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Chan & Chat at UBC

Chan & Chat at UBC

Date Every 2nd Thursday of the month Time 3:30 – 4:30 PM (PST) Venue UBC Life Building 1303 Join us for mindfulness/meditation practices (Ch’an) and sharing (Chat) facilitated by Buddhist Chaplain! For every monthly session, we will start gathering 30 mins before and stay 30 mins after for tea / coffee! Scan the QR code […]

Ven. Dayuan at UBC: Converting Markets through Merit — June 17

Ven. Dayuan at UBC: Converting Markets through Merit — June 17

Converting Markets through Merit: Perspectives for Fostering a New Entrepreneurial Culture with Chan Buddhist Principles 陶朱道妙,臻於功德 :禪道對新型企業⽂化建設的前景 Date: 7pm Saturday June 17, 2017 Location: Jack Poole Hall, Alumni Centre, UBC Speaker: Venerable Dayuan Abbot of the Sixth Patriarch Temple in Sihui, Guangdong, China | 中國廣東四會六祖寺⽅丈 Vice President of the Buddhist Association of Guangdong Province | 廣東省佛教協會副會⾧ […]

Lines and Enlightenment: Chan Buddhism and Literature in Medieval China — Aug 9

Venue: Asian Center 604, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC Co-sponsors:  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum  The relationship between literary and religious activities has been a lasting theme for any society of any time all over the world. One lens to see through the patterns of […]

Report: John McRae Rethinks the Early History of Chan Buddhism

Professor John McRae, a well-known scholar of Chinese Chan Buddhism, presented a lecture on early Chan history entitled, “Rethinking Bodhidharma and the Beginnings of Chinese Chan/Zen Buddhism,” at the Asian Centre on February 4, 2010. The lecture drew around 50 students and faculty. Professor McRae kept all on their toes, combining careful text analysis with […]

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