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"Dharma from Pine Gate on YouTube"

In the spirit of sharing, peace and dharma, here's a compilation of some videos for Pine Gate:

Sariputta's Right View

Right Diligence

Right Speech

Interview with a Shaman

Transmission Ceremony with Thich Nhat Hanh

Read more and watch the videos on my blog online at: ianprattis.wordpress.com

Pine Gate Newsletter — Spring 2015


With springtime comes new hope, new growth and new plans for the future. Pine Gate is no exception and with the newest issue of the Pine Gate Newsletter we share some insights and ideas from the Pine Gate Mindfulness Community.

You can read the latest issue of the Pine Gate Newsletter online at: pinegate.wordpress.com

Friends for Peace Day in Ottawa


My full time job this summer was organizing a big event in Ottawa City Hall – the 13th annual Friends for Peace Day. This has been my job for over a decade. This year the event was held in Jean Pigott Place, inside Ottawa City Hall, on Saturday September 26 from 11am to 3.30pm. And what an event took place...

Read more of the 13th Annual Friends for Peace Day celebrations online at: ianprattis.wordpress.com

A Writer's Dream


It happens – that moment when unexpectedly your writing receives glowing confirmation. Luckily I have had a taste of that. At a writer's retreat recently, the facilitator who had read my book Redemption spoke of it that it was not so much a read but as if she were listening to music. The cadence of the writing struck her forcibly. I often describe Redemption as an extended prose poem but like her musical note more...

You can read the remainder of my thoughts on recent feedback and reviews of my books, Redemption and Trailing Sky Six Feathers online at: ianprattis.wordpress.com

Feedback on my books is always welcome, please send me a message or write a review of any of my books on Amazon.

The Australia Times Interview


Read the great interview I had with The Australia Times at the following links:

Interview Part One

Interview Part Two

Read More: Four Poems for the Australia Times Interview

Foreword Clarion Review of
Redemption by Julia Ann Charpentier


An admirable command of language brings to every scene a striking visual clarity.


A lost manuscript from 1975 reveals the depths of a sensitive man's soul in this pondering look at life nearing a crossroads. Not until 2011 did Ian Prattis pick up his heartfelt novel again, a book he titled Redemption...

Read more of the review on my blog at: ianprattis.wordpress.com

2015 Quill Award Winner - Trailing Sky Six Feathers


Dear Ian Prattis,

We thank you for your willingness to attend our very special author’s reception and congratulate you on winning the Donna Lynn Quill Award for your book Trailing Sky Six Feathers...

Read more of the award and the ceremony on my blog at: ianprattis.wordpress.com

Country Cottage Reflections Review of
Trailing Sky Six Feathers


I just finished this book late last night! With both the US and Canada facing issues of climate change ( and US Republican deniers), Loon Wolf violence, healthcare demands for more services and lower taxes (really), and world issues of refugees, I find the news dreary. It weighs heavily on the shoulders of those who cannot do anything about it.

This is a positive, uplifting book. I know that many of my blog pals would find it so...

Read more of the review at the authors Blog here: Cottage Country Reflections

Purchase Options for Redemption:

You can buy Redemption in any of the following ways:

An Autographed Softcover Version is available by visiting my website's Redemption Page. On that page, scroll down and click on the ORDER BOOK tab.

Located on the ORDER BOOK tab are also options for ordering Hardcover, Softcover and E-Book versions of Redemption from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the publsiher, Xlibris! To make things simpler here are the links:

Xlibris
XLIBRIS: Hardcover, Softcover and E-Book

Amazon
AMAZON: Hardcover
AMAZON: Paperback
AMAZON: KINDLE E-Book

Barnes & Noble
BARNES & NOBLE: Hardcover
BARNES & NOBLE: Paperback
BARNES & NOBLE: NOOK E-Book

On the website you can also find more information about the book
and the author, Ian Prattis.

Purchase Options for Trailing Sky Six Feathers:

You can buy my new book, Trailing Sky Six Feathers in any of the following ways:

An Autographed Softcover Version is available by visiting my website's Trailing Sky Six Feathers Page. On that page, scroll down and click on the ORDER BOOK tab.

Located on the ORDER BOOK tab are also options for ordering Hardcover, Softcover and E-Book versions of Trailing Sky Six Feathers from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the publsiher, Xlibris! To make things simpler here are the links:

Xlibris
XLIBRIS: Hardcover, Softcover and E-Book

Amazon
AMAZON: Hardcover and Softcover
AMAZON: KINDLE E-Book

Barnes & Noble
BARNES & NOBLE: Hardcover and Softcover
BARNES & NOBLE: NOOK E-Book

On the website you can also find more information about the book
and the author, Ian Prattis.

Pine Gate Mindfulness Community

Pine Gate is a Zen Buddhist community practicing Engaged Buddhism inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama and Sulak Sivaraksa. It has created an engaged expression for peace, social justice and planetary care in the community.

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Friends for Peace

Friends for Peace Canada is a coalition of groups working for peace, planetary care and social justice by promoting these ideas within our communities and around the globe.

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Ian Prattis is an Author, Poet, Professor Emeritus, Founder of Friends for Peace and Spiritual Warrior for Planetary Care, Peace and Social Justice.

Zen teacher since 1997, he offers retreats and public talks all over the world. Ian encourages people to find their true nature, so that humanity and the planet may be renewed.
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