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Hybrid Symposium – The Buddha The Scientist

Hybrid Symposium – The Buddha The Scientist

This event is sponsored and hosted by BC Children’s Hospital, Plum Village, and The RHNHFF BCS Program. Symposium Date May 20, 2025 Location Asian Centre | UBC

A conversation – Living Spiritually with Climate Change

A conversation – Living Spiritually with Climate Change

This event is sponsored by the RHNHFF BCS Program and the UBC Himalaya Program, with generous support of Department of Asian Studies UBC. Date Fri, Oct 11, 2024 Time 12:00 – 2:00 PM PST Location UBC | Asian Centre – Room 604 Closed Closed This event is hybrid, free and open to the public, and […]

Call for Papers – The 20th IASBS Conference

Call for Papers – The 20th IASBS Conference

This lecture is sponsored by The International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). [Original post here] Date Sep 28-29, 2024 Location Ryukoku University | Kyoto, Japan Registration Form Registration Instructions Please click the “Registration Form” above and send it to the contact email address below by September 15th, 2024. Fee: JPY 2,000.00. Please send the […]

Conference – Burning Refuge

[Original post here] Date March 7-9, 2024 Location Harvard Divinity School Closed Conference Themes Buddhism and Race, White Supremacy & Colonialism Buddhism and Sex, Gender & Queer/Trans Being Buddhism and Capitalism & Labor Buddhism and AI, Technology & Meta-Narratives of Progress Buddhism and Environmental Justice, Animal Liberation & Deep Ecology Keynote Speakers Ven. Kodo Nishimura […]

Video – Dr. Kin Cheung (George) Lee’s book: The Guide to Buddhist Counseling

Video – Dr. Kin Cheung (George) Lee’s book: The Guide to Buddhist Counseling

With the support of The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Society (TLKY), this video has audio translation to Mandarin and Cantonese, that may be found below: ➨ Audio in Mandarin:Click here for Mandarin ➨ Audio in Cantonese:Click here for Cantonese About this Event This conversation about Dr. Lee’s book The Guide to Buddhist Counseling (Routledge, […]

Photos of Workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas

Photos of Workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas

Original post for the event HERE About this Event Date: April 17, 2023 Dr. Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia (University of Southern California) lead this interdisciplinary workshop connecting three different methods: firstly, the study of material religion; secondly, scholarly conversations around Buddhist communities and climate change; and thirdly, doing community-based collaborative projects in Buddhist studies. The workshop […]

Workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas

Workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas

This lecture is sponsored by the RHNHFF BCS Program, UBC Himalaya Program, Department of Asian Studies, and UBC CIS Institute. Date Mon, Apr 17, 2023 Time 12:30 – 2:30 PM PST Location Asian Studies Auditorium Registration Closed This event is hybrid. However you choose to attend, please use the Registration button to register. In person […]

Video and Q&A – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jin Y. Park, “What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics”

Video and Q&A – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jin Y. Park, “What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics”

About this Event Presented on October 1, 2022 by Professor Jin Y. Park, this keynote is part of the academic workshop, Buddhist Ethics 3.0: In Memory of Michael Jerryson (1974-2021). To know more about this event, go to the Keynote page: What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics. This event was made […]

Video and Q&A – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jay L. Garfield, “Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World”

Video and Q&A – Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jay L. Garfield, “Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World”

About this Event Presented on September 30, 2022 by Professor Jay L. Garfield, this keynote is part of the academic workshop, Buddhist Ethics 3.0: In Memory of Michael Jerryson (1974-2021). To know more about this event, go to the Keynote page: Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World. This event was made possible by by […]

Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jin Y. Park, “What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics”

Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jin Y. Park, “What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics”

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