Event: The Basic Knowledge and Practice of Buddhism, with Venerable Professor Tsung Tzu Shih
DATE Tuesday October 16, 2018 TIME 2:00 to 4:00 pm LOCATION UBC | Asian Centre Auditorium | 1871 West Mall Dakinava Buddhist Educational and Cultural Society (DBECS) has invited Master Ven. Tsung Tzu to give talks on topics related to the foundations of Buddhism. Please join us! Topics of discussion will include: 1. The […]
Report: 18th IABS Congress Showcases the Vitality and Global Reach of Buddhist Studies
(Article by Harsha Menon originally posted to BuddhistDoor.net) In the University of Toronto’s ceremonious and elegant Convocation Hall, PhD candidate and academic coordinator Anthony Scott is offering a Land Acknowledgment. Speaking onstage, in the same spot where His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa stood a little over a month earlier, Scott invokes the pre-colonial indigenous […]
Report: A Reflection on the “Bridging Divides in Buddhist Studies” Round Table at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, August 21st 2017
(Original article by Crystal Beaudoin for the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies’ News Blog) The International Association of Buddhist Studies 18th Congress began in earnest on Monday, August 21st 2017. After a day full of engaging panels, participants had the opportunity to attend an evening round table at the Royal Ontario Museum. This event, entitled […]
Buddhism and Youth, Nov 4, 2017
Date Saturday, November 4, 2017 Location UBC | St. John’s College Social Lounge | 2111 Lower Mall Buddhism and Youth: A Symposium University of British Columbia • November 4, 2017 There are Buddhist monastic rules, stories, and teachings that directly address those of lesser years and the issues that are thought to be unique to […]
Building Communities and Cultivating Networks in the Field of Buddhist Studies
By Harsha Menon (See original article from BuddhistDoor.net here) Starting on 14 October, the community of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto will sit down together to enjoy a cup of tea. However, this will be no ordinary tea party, but the first of three […]
Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit: June
Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit: Intersections between Buddhism and Economics Past and Present Buddhism and economics is emerging as a significant field of scholarly inquiry. Having long ago abandoned the vision of Buddhist practitioners as recluses seeking individual soteriological ends at a remove from the “ordinary” world, students of history, philosophers, and specialists in […]
Talk by Prof. Mark Unno (University of Oregon): Madness and Buddhist Compassion
UPDATE: The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies featured Prof. Unno’s talk in their blog! Click here to visit their site! On March 21, 2016, the Buddhism and Contemporary Society at the University of British Columbia welcomed Dr. Mark Unno from the University of Oregon, with his guest lecture titled “Madness and Buddhist Compassion”. In his […]
Talk by HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ — May 15
The Relevance of Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st Century UPDATE: We are very pleased to announce that HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa’s talk is available for viewing online! Use the link below to view and share. http://mediasitemob1.mediagroup.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/2298fdc0e771411e94af8b305a0351941d Join us on Sunday, May 15, for a talk by HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre. Place: Frederic […]
Seduction and Spellcraft in an Apocryphal Buddhist Scripture
UBC Buddhist Studies Forum and SSHRC proudly present a lecture by Prof. James Benn (McMaster University) Date and time: February 26, 2016, 4:00-5:30pm Venue: Asian Library, Room 506, 1871 West Mall, BC, V6T1Z2 The important Chinese Buddhist apocryphon “Scripture of the Heroic March” (Lengyan jing) famously begins with the nearly successful seduction of the Buddha’s cousin […]
Making and Defending Sacred Space: Parasols in Dunhuang Buddhist Rituals
UBC Buddhist Studies Forum, Kameyama Lecture Series and Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) proudly presents a lecture by Prof. Xin YU 余欣 (Fudan University & Princeton University) Date and time: January 21 (Thursday), 2016, 3:30–5:00pm Venue: Asian Library, Room 506, 1871 West Mall, BC, V6T1Z2 Professor Yu has investigated all manuscripts concerning parasols, mainly focusing on “Liturgies for Installing Parasols” 安傘文 from Dunhuang. He argues […]