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Yamantaka: the Band Yamantaka: the Band Designer Babies Welcome in Canada Captcha – a meaningful story Captcha – a meaningful story The InterDependence Project Weekend Retreat: Moving the Mind with Jean-Claude van Itallie Yamantaka: the Band Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST Yamantaka // Sonic Titan are a music collective from Montreal. They bill themselves as a Black Metal band. The two leads, Alaska B and Ruby Atwood, identify themselves as practicing Buddhists. Here's a recent article about them:  http://www.avclub.com/toronto/articles/alaska-b-and-ruby-atwood-of-yamantaka-sonic-titan,68404/ Speaking of Buddhist Metal (?), don't forget Affinity in Toronto, with Sean Hillman on drums. Sean is a former Gelugpa monk, currently a Buddhist scholar at the University of Toronto, and publisher of the blog,  http://www.torontobuddhistethics.blogspot.com/ . You can follow the band via their Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/affinit...

13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women calls for papers 13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women calls for papers Centuries-old temple fully restored Not all Rolls Royce-driving tulkus… Buddhist group offers path to inner peace at historic Azusa mansion Jikoen Buddhist Women’s Association donates substantial sum for Pacific Buddhist Academy’s capital campaign The Real "Dark Age" 13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women calls for papers Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST The 13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women which will be held this year in Vaishali, India — has issued their annual call for papers. The theme this year is "Buddhism at the Grassroots." Sakyadhita, or "Daughters of the Buddha," describes itself as "the world's leading international organization of Buddhist women… an alliance of women (and men) committed to trans...