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303, 2019

Lecture: “Carrying a Basket of Gold,” A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan with Dagmar Schwerk

By Jessica Main|2019-03-07T21:21:35+00:00March 3rd, 2019|Categories: Buddhist Philosophy, Events, Feature, Himalaya Program, Homepage Slideshow, RHNHFF Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Speakers|Tags: Bhutan, Buddhist Philosophy, Dagmar Schwerk, Tibetan Buddhism|0 Comments

DATE Monday, March 18th, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 PM [...]

2202, 2019

Lecture: Khenpo Chöying Dorjee on Emptiness: “How to Milk a Painted Cow”

By Jessica Main|2019-02-28T00:01:35+00:00February 22nd, 2019|Categories: Buddhist Philosophy, Events, Feature, Himalaya Program, Homepage Slideshow, RHNHFF Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Speakers|Tags: Buddhist Philosophy, Khenpo Choying Dorjee, Tibetan Buddhism|1 Comment

DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 6:30 to 8:00 [...]

2202, 2019

Lecture: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion, with Dr. Valerian Rodrigues

By William Strausser|2019-02-22T23:42:43+00:00February 22nd, 2019|Categories: Asian Studies, Buddhist Philosophy, Centre for Southeast Asian Research (CSEAR), Events, Feature, Homepage Slideshow, Institute of Asian Research (IAR)|Tags: Ambedkar, CISAR, Valerian Rodrigues|0 Comments

DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 5:00 to 7:00 [...]

2102, 2019

Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership

By William Strausser|2019-02-23T01:07:19+00:00February 21st, 2019|Categories: Events, Himalaya Program, Homepage Slideshow, Institute of Asian Research (IAR), Khyentse Foundation|Tags: Khenpo Choying Dorjee, Khyentse Foundation, Siddhartha's Intent, Tibetan Buddhism|0 Comments

DATE 25 February, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 pm LOCATION [...]

2801, 2019

Lecture: Rongdao Lai on Education Modernization in Chinese Buddhism

By William Strausser|2019-02-23T00:21:39+00:00January 28th, 2019|Categories: Events, Feature, From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR), Homepage Slideshow, Non-Program, Politics & Society, Speakers|Tags: FROGBEAR, Global Network of Buddhist Studies, Glorisun, Rongdao Lai|0 Comments

Monastic education is one of the most important projects in the modernization of Chinese Buddhism. This talk begins by exploring several paradigm shifts associated with Buddhist educational modernization that began in the 1920s, a period of fervent growth and significant changes. I argue that the reimagining of a national Buddhist community and reinterpretation of orthodoxy produced a distinctly Buddhist citizenship discourse, which became the basis for Buddhist engagement with the nation-state in terms of property rights, political participation, and wartime activism. These changes proved to be essential in inspiring and shaping the discourse and conceptualization of education within the tradition. The second part of the talk offers some observations and reflections on the current state of Buddhist education in mainland China and Taiwan.

1610, 2018