Public Lecture: Shi Zhiru on Bells, Hells, and Dizang in Chinese Buddhism
We are pleased to welcome Professor Shi Zhiru (Pomona College) to UBC. Her lecture entitled, “For Whom The Bell Tolls: Bells, Hells, and Venerating Dizang in China” will take place at: UBC Robson Square | Room C100 | 800 Robson Street Monday, OCTOBER 20, 2014 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM Lectures are free and open to the public. Please […]
Video: Georgios Halkias on Pure Land in Tibetan Buddhism
**Reblogged from Asia Pacific Memo*** Featuring Georgios T. Halkias A few months ago the Asia Pacific Memo sat down with Dr. Georgios T. Halkias a noted scholar of Pure Land Buddhism, particularly of the Himalayan region, and the author ofLuminous Bliss, A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2012). He was a […]
Keynote Addresses: Georgios Halkias and Masahiro Shimoda
You are cordially invited to two keynotes addresses for the conference, “The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures: History, Image, Praxis, Thought”: Dr. Georgios Halkias – Pure Land in Tibet Dr. Masahiro Shimoda – Pure Land in Ancient India *Please click on links above to register for each keynote lecture. Dr. Georgios Halkias, Oxford University, will […]
Three Lectures on Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, in conjunction with the Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, Kameyama Lecture Series, and Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program, presents three lectures on Buddhism this March: Dr. Weirong Shen, research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, will present his lecture: Fiction in History and History in Fiction: “The Secret Meditation […]
Public Lecture: Albert Welter on Buddhist Relic Veneration in Medieval China
UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, together with the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program (generously supported by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Foundation), are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg. January 24, 5:00 – 6:30pm, Asian Center 604 “Buddhist Rulers and Rulers of Buddhists: Buddhist Relic Veneration in […]
Keynote Address: Cynthea Bogel
Professor Cynthea J. Bogel, Kyushu University, will present a keynote address for the conference, “Icons of Impermanence: Contemporary Buddhist Art”: “New Roads to Nirvana: Visual Buddhism, Modern Eyes” Date: Friday, July 6, 2012 Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm (Doors open at 7:00pm) Place: Museum of Anthropology, 6393 North West Marine Drive RSVP is required: Please click here. http://goo.gl/jHrM6 […]
Public Lecture: Robert Thurman on Buddhist Art
As one of the sponsors of the Visions of Enlightenment exhibition of Buddhist Art at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA), The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Society is delighted to invite you to a lecture on the topic of Buddhist art by Prof. Robert Thurman this Sunday. Prof. Thurman is one of the best at making Tibetan art accessible […]
Report: Simon Wickham-Smith’s Lecture on Spiritual Ecology in Contemporary Mongolian Literature
Around 20 people attended the exhaustive lecture by Simon Wickham-Smith on the Spiritual Ecology in Contemporary Mongolia, which was held in Conference Room 210 at the C.K. Choi Building in the UBC Point Grey Campus on the evening of January 26, 2012. In his lecture, Wickham-Smith spoke about the evocative works of seminal Mongolian poets writing in the 1980s […]
Photos from Simon Wickham-Smith’s Lecture on Contemporary Mongolian Literature
January 26, 2012 – “Spiritual Ecology in Contemporary Mongolian Literature” by Simon Wickham-Smith in the C. K. Choi Building. Original post for the event HERE The report can be found here HERE
Report: Eugene Wang’s Lecture on the Dunhuang Caves
Professor Eugene Wang presented his lecture “What to See in a Buddhist Cave?” to around 40 people at the C. K. Choi Building on November 30, 2011. Professor Wang began with a summary of the Dunhuang Caves, which are famous for their distinctive Buddhist murals and sculptures. Each cave had a specific layout inviting the […]