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 […]
Panel Discussion: Contemporary Buddhism and Emancipation, Dr. Ambedkar International Symposium 2023
Date Fri, Apr 21, 2023 Time 2:00 – 3:15 PM Registration Closed This event is hybrid, and can be attended in person or online via Zoom. However you choose to attend, please use the Zoom Registration button to register. In person attendees will be asked to follow all current UBC pandemic health guidelines in response […]
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”
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 […]
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 […]
Talk by Dr. Dzung Vo: The Mindful Teen: Secular and Buddhist Mindfulness for Adolescents
UPDATE: Dr. Vo’s talk was recently featured on the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies’ blog! Click here to visit their site! On the night of March 22, scholars, Vancouver’s Buddhist community members and interested public attended Dr. Dzung X. Vo’s talk on mindful clinical therapy for adolescents and controversies surrounding secular mindfulness. Dr. Vo, MD, FAAP, […]