Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy: Do They Exist?
DATE Friday, November 15, 2019 TIME 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Room 120 | 1855 West Mall About this event The demarcation and maintenance of jurisdictional boundaries between religious institutions and lay society have been at the center of the conflict between religion and the state since the formation of […]
Mingyur Rinpoche: In Love With the World; Dying Everyday
An Evening with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Author of In Love with the World DATE Friday, June 21 2019 TIME 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Frederic Wood Theatre 6354 Crescent Rd Dying Every Day: Meditation, Transformation, and the Bardos DATE Saturday, June 22 2019 TIME 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Frederic […]
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 […]
Buddhism in the Global Eye, Aug 10-12, 2016
Date August 10-12, 2016 Location UBC | St. John’s College Social Lounge | 2111 Lower Mall Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West August 10-12, 2016 The 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference (Hosted by the The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Jessica […]
Academic Workshop: Buddhism Now at Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre
This academic workshop, presented by Dharma Drum Vancouver Center, brings together four distinguished scholars of Buddhism to give lectures on the theme of “Buddhism Now: Opportunities and Challenges.” This free workshop will be open to all members of the public and academic community who have an interest in contemporary Buddhism. To register for this event, go to http://www.ddmba.ca Sunday, […]
Public Lecture: Raoul Birnbaum on Hongyi Dashi, the 20th Century Chinese Monk
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum are delighted to welcome Professor Raoul Birnbaum (University of California, Santa Cruz). He will present a lecture entitled, “Biographical Imperatives, Autobiographical Pacts: Hongyi Dashi and the Construction of Buddhist Lives in 20th c. China” Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:30 pm […]
Public Lecture: Brenton Sullivan on Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism
“Between Heaven and Hell: The Daily Life of Tibetan Buddhist Monks and the Social Fabric of Tibet” Talk by Brenton Sullivan, Sunday, February 22, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., in Room 120 of the C. K. Choi Building. The image of monasteries in Tibet has suffered from the same sort of distortion affecting Tibetan history and society more […]
Public Lecture: Rongdao Lai on Student-Monks and the Rise of Social Engagement in Modern Chinese Buddhism
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by the Venerable Rongdao Lai. “Becoming Citizens: Student-Monks and the Rise of Social Engagement in Modern Chinese Buddhism” Date: Wednesday, 9 April 2014 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM Place: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall Lectures are free and open to the public. Seating […]
Jan 20 and 22 (Chinese Language): Visit from Monks of Longquan Monastery, Beijing to UBC
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, generously supported by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, together with UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, are pleased to welcome Ven. Xianli 賢立 and Xianxun 賢遜 to UBC campus. (These are Chinese language talks. Oral translation is available when necessary) Jan 20: Rénshēng de kŭ yŭ lè——Fójiào de jiàzhí […]
MOA Event: One Million Grains of Light
A group of Tibetan monks from the Dzongkar Choede monastery will be visiting the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) for a 4 day sand mandala creation. They will be here on October 24,25,27,and 28 to create and demonstrate the making of a sand mandala, and will finalize with the destruction of the piece.