Public Lectures: Jeffrey Hopkins on Gender and Sexuality in Tibetan Buddhism
Professor Jeffrey Hopkins will be giving two lectures at UBC (April 20 and 21, 2009): “Gender, Sexuality and Tibetan Buddhism: How Sex Is Used in the Spiritual Path” “The Dalai Lama’s Blending of “Classical” Tibetan Buddhism with Contemporary Outlooks”
Ian Harries on Khmer Buddhist Monks, Denied Religious Freedom in Vietnam
By Ian Harris, Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, reposted from Asia Pacific Report 32.2 (2008): 1, 7. The Mekong delta area, known in Cambodia as Kampuchea Krom, has been populated by Khmer speakers for around one and a half millennia. Not surprisingly, the Vietnamese annexation of the […]
Public Lecture: Jessica Main on Japanese Buddhism as Civil Society
“The Constitution of a Religion: Ōtani-ha Shin Buddhism as Civil Society Actor” Presented by Jessica L. Main, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University. Date: Friday January 9, 2008 Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Place: Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall Contemporary Japanese Buddhism has, to a large extent, been […]
Lecture: Stefania Travagnin on Contemporary Taiwanese Buddhism
“Contemporary Society and Buddhist Modernity: Translating Modalities of Faith and in Twentieth-century Taiwanese Buddhism” Presented by Stefania Travagnin, Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions, Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia. Date: Wednesday January 14, 2008 Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Place: Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall […]
Public Lectures: Robert Thurman on Buddhism and the Current Global Crisis
Professor Robert Thurman, an expert on Tibetan Buddhism, will be giving a series of three lectures at UBC (April 26 and 27, 2008): “The Mañjuśrī Connection: Relations between Tibetan and Chinese Buddhisms” “The Layman Vimalakīrti and the Basic Mahāyana Buddhist Path” “Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis”
Announcement: Ian Harris as TLKY Visiting Professor, Winter 2008
Ian Harris Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jan – May 2008) The Institute of Asian Research welcomes Professor Ian Harris as the TLKY Canada Foundation Visiting Scholar. Professor Harris was a Senior Scholar at the Becket Institute, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (20014) and is currently Professor of […]
Annual Report: Buddhism and Contemporary Society, 2006-2007
by Tsering Shakya, Canada Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia. This year the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program began with the appointment of Professor Kate Crosby as the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society at UBC. Professor Crosby will be joining UBC from the University of […]
Public Lecture: Guang Xing on the Compatibility of Buddhism and Secular Values
“The Relevance of Buddhism to Modern Society” Presented by Professor Guang Xing, Centre of Buddhist Studies, the University of Hong Kong. Date: Thursday May 31, 2007 Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM Place: Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall In contemporary society, there are many concepts influencing and affecting our […]
Public Lecture: Paul Arai on Ritual in Contemporary Japan
“The Power of Rituals to Harm or to Heal” Presented by Paula Arai, Assistant Professor of Religion, Asian Studies, Carleton College. Date: Wednesday October 4, 2006 Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Place: Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall Exploring the multi-valent dynamics of ritualized behavior illuminates the worldviews, moral […]
Public Lecture: Jing Yin on Buddhist Teachings in Daily Life
“The Art of Happiness: Buddhist Teachings in Daily Life” Presented by Dr. Jing Yin, Director, Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong. Date: Thursday September 29, 2005 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM Place: HSBC Hall, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson How can meditation help us overcome anxiety, anger, fear and jealousy? How can […]