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The idea that all Buddhists, especially sangha members, practice vegetarianism is a Western misperception. In the Pali Canon, the Buddha rejected a suggestion by Devadatta to impose vegetarianism on the sangha. According to the Pali Texts, the Buddha ate meat as long as the animal was not killed specifically for him.
Ramesh Sangha — Former MP for Brampton Centre; Randeep Sarai — MP for Surrey Centre; Ravi Kahlon — Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism of British Columbia; Ruby Dhalla — First Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons of Canada. Ruby Sahota — MP of Brampton North; Sabi Marwah — Member of the Canadian Senate
Charles Margrave Taylor CC GOQ FRSC FBA (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history.
Alex Sangha MSM [1] [2] is a Canadian social worker [3] and documentary film producer. [4] He is the founder of Sher Vancouver [5] which is a registered charity [6] for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex South Asians and their friends. [7] Sangha was the first Sikh to become a Grand Marshal of the Vancouver Pride Parade. [8]
Traditional society has often been contrasted with modern industrial society, with figures like Durkheim and Pierre Bourdieu stressing such polarities as community vs. society or mechanical vs. organic solidarity; [3] while Claude Lévi-Strauss saw traditional societies as 'cold' societies in that they refused to allow the historical process to define their social sense of legitimacy.
One or more villages under the Sankara Sangha have one such committee, which is known as Prathamic Samiti (primary committee). The committee headed by Manipad Bora was the first-ever Prathamic Samiti. Presently the Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha has 5,672 Prathamic Samiti, which itself is a record for any religious organization.
To honour Porter's importance in developing sociology in Canada, the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association initiated an annual award called the Porter award. Shortly before his death in 1979, he put together ten of his most significant essays in The Measure of Canadian Society: Education, Equality, and Opportunity. He died in Ottawa ...
The Social history of Canada is a branch of Canadian studies dealing with Social History, focusing on the history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life. It pays special attention to women, children, old age, workers, ethnic and racial groups and demographic patterns.