Guest Lecture: Dr. Rey-Sheng Her on ‘Through Altruism to Enlightenment’
DATE Thursday November 7, 2019 TIME 2:30 to 4:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Asian Centre Room 604 | 1871 West Mall Tianzhu Network for the Study of Buddhist Culture with administrative support from FROGBEAR proudly presents a lecture by Dr. Rey-Sheng Her About this event Dharma Master Cheng Yen says that the Bodhisattva saves others […]
Dr. Suraj Yengde: Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series & Ambedkar Chetna Awards Night
DATE Thursday October 10, 2019 TIME 5:00 to 6:30 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall The Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series & Ambedkar Chetna Awards Night (2019) In the book ‘Caste Matters’ Suraj Yengde unearths the rigid and discriminatory caste system. In addition to delivering […]
Workshop: Buddhism and Social Change
DATE Monday September 30, 2019 TIME 9 AM to 4:40 PM LOCATION Richmond | Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre 8240 No. 5 Rd About this event The Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre’s “Buddhism and Social Change” workshop proposes to address areas of dialogue between Buddhist practice and the complex social and environmental crises and transitions we currently […]
Lecture: “Carrying a Basket of Gold,” A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan with Dagmar Schwerk
DATE Monday, March 18th, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is delighted to welcome Dagmar Schwerk, Khyentse Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Asian Studies, who will give a lecture entitled: Carrying […]
Lecture: Khenpo Chöying Dorjee on Emptiness: “How to Milk a Painted Cow”
DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 6:30 to 8:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Henry Angus Building Room 241 | 2053 Main Mall The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is delighted to welcome Khenpo Chöying Dorjee, who will give a lecture entitled: ‘How to Milk a Painted Cow’: Considering the Buddhist View […]
Lecture: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion, with Dr. Valerian Rodrigues
DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 5:00 to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall Lecture: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion, with Dr. Valerian Rodrigues About this event Much of the existing scholarship on Ambedkar’s idea of religion has focused on his critique of Hinduism and on his distinct approach […]
Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership
DATE 25 February, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 pm LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room #120, 1855 West Mall About the event For well over 500 years in Tibet, the Buddhist monasteries stood at the center of Tibetan cultural, spiritual, artistic, economic and political life. Now, with many Tibetan monasteries relocated to India and around […]