Professor Michael Zimmermann will be giving two lectures (April 26 and 27, 2010).
- “Is Violence Avoidable? On War and Peace in Indian Buddhism.”
- “Engaged Buddhism: Social Entanglement with Spiritual Gain?”
Professor Zimmermann teaches Indian Buddhism and directs the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His research focuses on all aspects of Mahayana Buddhism in India, in particular its textual-historical dimension, based on the study of primary sources in the Buddhist canonical languages of India, Tibet, and China. He is also interested in questions of Buddhist ethics such as the relation of Buddhism to political ideas, peace, and violence. He is the editor of the volume Buddhism and Violence (2006).
Lectures are free and open to the public. Please reserve seats by contacting Jessica Main (bcsprogram@gmail.com). 5 minutes prior to start, any extra seating will be made available.
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program lectures are are made possible by the generous support of The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Research and Department of Asian Studies.