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Video and Q&A: Other Power III – “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism

Video and Q&A: Other Power III – “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism

About this Event Presented on December 10, 2022 by an amazing group of panelists, this symposium was made possible by the generous support of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, co-sponsored by the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS) To know more about this event, go to the Other Power III: “Other Power” […]

Virtual Symposium: Other Power III: “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism

Virtual Symposium: Other Power III: “Other Power” in Tibetan, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism

Date Sat, Dec 10, 2022 Time 5:00 – 8:00 PM Registration Closed This event is an online panel, and can be attended online via Zoom. This event is made possible by the generous support of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, co-sponsored by the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). We are delighted […]

Video and Q&A – Precarity: Living and Dying in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures

Video and Q&A – Precarity: Living and Dying in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures

Guest Lecture with Professor Karma Lekshe Tsomo: Precarity: Living and Dying in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures

Guest Lecture with Professor Karma Lekshe Tsomo: Precarity: Living and Dying in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures

Exhibition Opening & Reception: Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters

Exhibition Opening & Reception: Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters

DATE Tuesday October 15, 2019 TIME 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Liu Institute for Global Issues Lobby Gallery | 6476 NW Marine Drive About this event Tibetans regard every syllable of their language as sacred, imbued with the power to liberate beings from suffering. The sheer reverence with which Tibetans hold their […]

Lecture: “Carrying a Basket of Gold,” A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan with Dagmar Schwerk

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”

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 […]

Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership

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 […]

Video: Robert Thurman, “Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis”

Professor Robert Thurman, an expert on Tibetan Buddhism, and author of several books on Tibet, Buddhism, art, politics, and culture presented a lecture entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis at UBC’s Chan Centre (April 27, 2008): Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: […]

Lecture: Dr. Ben Wood on Procedures for Locating Incarnations (tulkus) in Tibetan Historical Literature

Lecture: Dr. Ben Wood on Procedures for Locating Incarnations (tulkus) in Tibetan Historical Literature

DATE October 16, 2017 TIME 5:00 to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall Searching for the Right Buddha: Procedures for Locating Incarnations (tulkus) in Tibetan Historical Literature About the Event UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a talk which will consider the topic of incarnate lamas (tulkus)—births of the […]

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