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Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

There has been a surge of interest in earlier meditation techniques as well as in Theravāda meditation, particularly vipassanā, throughout the Sinitic world over the past few decades. These Theravāda-inspired meditation techniques, whether rediscovered in canonical scriptures or newly introduced from South-East Asia, retain the allure of being early Buddhist practices and are welcomed as such […]

Free

Unceded & Undefeated with Alana Cook

Online/Virtual Event

A professional MMA fighter, a proud Métis woman, and a budding scholar in the field of Indigenous Health and Wellness, Alana has spent the last decade of her life embracing the beauty of active movement through martial arts, and re-discovering the incredible ways that Indigenous knowledge and Land-based learning can heal us from the intergenerational […]

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Folil Trafun 2.0 – Sept 27 Showcase

Forest Sciences Centre 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for the first showcase of Indigenous short films, food and conversation. Folil Trafün (‘Joining roots’ in Mapuzugun) is part of several showcases of Indigenous and Afro-diaspora films made […]

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Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Zhao Puchu’s Concept of “Buddhism as Culture” and the Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Mainland China

Online/Virtual Event

Speaker: Sheng Kai, Tsinghua University Discussant: Fan Wenli (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences / University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) During the emergence of socialism in early modern China, Buddhism was criticised as “feudal superstition” and “spiritual pollution”. As a key leader in the Buddhist community, Zhao Puchu responded pragmatically rather than academically by […]

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Jane Huffman Reads Public Abstract

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Whole Cloth Reading Series Jane Huffman, poet Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, October 30, 5-6:30 pm Winner of the 2023 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Jane Huffman’s intricate debut collection, Public Abstract, examines illness and recovery, loss and addiction: the ripples of influence an addict has on their family circle, and vice […]

Transformative Storytelling as a Way of Life: A Workshop for Peaceful Warriors, Wisdom Seekers, Lovers of Life & Magicians of the Common Good

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

An workshop with Dr. Gareth Higgins, internationally-renowned peacemaker, writer and activist at the intersections of spirituality, justice and art. Since communication began, human beings have woven together experiences and interpretations of those experiences in attempts to make meaning–we call these attempts “stories”. Stories can be told through words, images, and sounds; they can be written […]

$150