Report: Phakchok Rinpoche on Social Development
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon (September 18, 2010), Phakchok Rinpoche spoke about “Compassion in Action: Integrating Buddhism and Social Development” to an audience of 80 people at UBC’s I.K. Barber Learning Centre. Phackchok Rinpoche presented a well-known orientation in Buddhist social engagement: that by developing the self, one can develop society. Helping others begins […]
Kameyama Lecture: James Benn on Tea
UBC Kameyama Lecture Series on Buddhist Studies Proudly Presents Professor James Benn of McMaster University for the following talk: “Buddhist Episodes from the Prehistory of Tea in China” Date: Thursday, October 7 , 2010 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM Location: Asian Center 604 James A. Benn (PhD, UCLA 2001) is Associate Professor of Buddhism and East […]
Video: Hopkins Lectures at the Asian Centre
Professor Jeffrey Hopkins, scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and Professor Emeritus of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, presented a lecture entitled Gender, Sexuality and Tibetan Buddhism: How Sex Is Used in the Spiritual Path at UBC’s Asian Centre (April 20, 2009):
Thich Nhat Hanh to Visit Vancouver in August 2011
The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics of Plum Village, Deer Park Monastery, Blue Cliff Monastery, and Magnolia Village will hold a residential meditation retreat and a public lecture in Vancouver, August of 2011: ***official website: http://www.tnhvancouver2011.org/*** Retreat: “Awakening the Heart” Dates: August 8-13, 2011 Location: UBC Point Gray Campus (more details available here) Lecture: […]
ASIA 450: Special Topics in Buddhist Studies, Winter 2011
Theravada Buddhist Stories: Ancient Texts to Modern Film (3 credits) Course Syllabus Excerpt Jan – Apr 2011, Tue / Thu 10:00-11:00 Buchanan B218 Instructor: Jessica L. Main, jessica.main@ubc.ca, (604) 822-9305, C.K. Choi Building, Room 283 Office hours: TBA Course Description: The course will examine Theravada Buddhism, the Buddhism of Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), […]
ASIA 250: Introduction to Buddhism, Fall 2010
Introduction to Buddhism: Modernism and Other Forms (3 credits) Course Syllabus Excerpt Mon/Wed 10:00-11:00 Buchanan B315 Fri 10:00-11:00 McLeod 202 Office hours: Mondays, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Instructor: Jessica L. Main, jessica.main@ubc.ca, (604) 822-9305, C.K. Choi Building, Room 283 Course Description: We will move from the Buddhism many know, “Buddhist modernism,” to forms of […]
Introducing Asia Pacific Memo
The Institute of Asian Research at UBC has launched a new blog: ASIA PACIFIC MEMO. It features accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia. New content will be published 2+ times a week, normally on Tuesday and Thursday. The Memo will also occasionally post short pieces on contemporary Buddhism. Learn how to subscribe, or follow the […]
Second Meeting of the Lower Mainland Buddhism Group
Gathering at Steveston Buddhist Temple held on May 27, 2010 Rev. Grant Ikuta welcomed us with a brief history and tour of the temple, and from its unique altar space, arched beams shaped like bodhi-leaves, flanking portraits of the founding couple, Shinran and Eshinni, to the two dragons on its central censer, the temple has […]
UBC-TCU-RUC: Summer program in Buddhist Studies, 2010
reposted from the UBC-TCU-RUC Summer Program in Buddhist Studies homepage. The University of British Columbia (UBC), Tzu-chi University (TCU, 慈濟大學) and Renmin University of China in Beijing (RUC, 中國人民大學) cordially invite applications for a four-week summer program in Buddhist studies (July 21-August 10, 2010) in China (first in Suzhou 蘇州 and then in Chengdu 成都). […]
First Meeting of the Lower Mainland Buddhism Group
Workshop: Connecting with Vancouver Buddhist Communities held on December 15, 2009 at the Institute of Asian Research. 25 leaders and organizers from different Buddhist communities in the Vancouver area, including those affiliated with Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Southeast Asian Theravada, Tibetan, and Engaged Buddhist traditions, came together on December 15, 2009. Discussions ranged from the possibility […]