Lecture: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan since 1945 Date and Time: Tuesday, March 8, 20225:00pm PST Reception with light refreshments6:00pm PST LectureLocation: Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver Presented in English. Free & open to the public. Registration is required. The registration form for this event will open in January 2022. Please visit this … Continue reading [Events] UBC: 2021/22 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies With Guest Speaker Professor Clark Chilson
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[Event] UBC: Incentives to Secularize Buddhism: Naikan Meditation in Japanese prisons in the 1950s
Date and time: March 10, 2022, 6PMLocation: C. K. Choi Building, Room #120, 1855 West Mall, University of British Columbia About this eventOfficials for the US government during their occupation of Japan in the late 1940s wanted to ensure that Japanese leaders would not use Shinto or any other religion to inspire popular support for … Continue reading [Event] UBC: Incentives to Secularize Buddhism: Naikan Meditation in Japanese prisons in the 1950s
[Webinar] Unfavorable Circumstances into Courage and Happiness by Tulku Neten Rinpoche
Date and time: January 20, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:30pm MST (3:00pm - 4:30pm PST)Location: Zoom Presented by the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies and the Department of Classics & Religion, University of Calgary Abstract: Life’s challenges and adversities are inescapable, and they are opportunities for growth. His Eminence Tulku Neten Rinpoche will talk about the … Continue reading [Webinar] Unfavorable Circumstances into Courage and Happiness by Tulku Neten Rinpoche
[Event] UBC Himalaya Program: Gender in Himalayan Buddhism: Glacial Shifts in Attitudes and Institutions
Date and Time: 7 March 2022 6:00-7:30 pm (PST)Location: UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues or The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees, 6476 Northwest Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 This event is currently scheduled as an in-person event. Please register for the event on Eventbrite here, https://bit.ly/32hp8wa, to receive updates, including a Zoom … Continue reading [Event] UBC Himalaya Program: Gender in Himalayan Buddhism: Glacial Shifts in Attitudes and Institutions
[Webinar] Can the creation of a broadway-style Buddhist musical comedy be justified in Buddhist terms?
Date and Time: Thursday, December 16, 20215:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buddhist-studies-on-stage-what-the-buddha-never-taught-a-rock-opera-tickets-220296531857 Join Mangalam Research Center for this conversation with Martin T. Adam, creator of the new rock opera, "What the Buddha Never Taught." Can the creation of a broadway-style Buddhist musical comedy be justified in Buddhist terms? This presentation explores the challenges … Continue reading [Webinar] Can the creation of a broadway-style Buddhist musical comedy be justified in Buddhist terms?
[Webinar] Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture series on Buddhism: Fostering Education beyond the Classroom: Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 5:00AM PST/8:00AM EST Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ylf-Gqrz0rHNXLQhbOJDOexkft0VsWPtNW Abstract: The domain of ‘Buddhist education’ makes a distinction between education for the Sangha and Buddhist learning for the lay believers. In the context of education within/for lay society, Buddhist monastics and lay intellectuals did more than simply lecturing the laity about … Continue reading [Webinar] Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture series on Buddhism: Fostering Education beyond the Classroom: Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today
[Webinar] The relationship between Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism in Song Dynasty taking Zhu Xi as an example
Time: Monday, December 6, 2021, 10:00 AM – 12 PM PST Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wrdOmoqzgvGN1Ua0TqENfP-XZayG8-nG12 Abstract: Since the introduction of Buddhism to China, the debate between Confucianism and Buddhism has experienced a long-lasting discussion. It became more and more intense during the middle and late Tang Dynasty with the rise of Confucianism. The focus of the … Continue reading [Webinar] The relationship between Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism in Song Dynasty taking Zhu Xi as an example
[Webinar] Tracing the Tiantai Lineage in Southeast Asia
Time & Location Nov 30, 6:00 PM PST Zoom About the Event The second installment in the Modern and Contemporary Buddhist Encounters in the Southern Sinosphere monthly lecture series features a talk by Dr. Rongdao Lai of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lai's description for this lecture: The close ties between migration networks … Continue reading [Webinar] Tracing the Tiantai Lineage in Southeast Asia
[Online] Buddhist Literary Festival Canada 2021
Friday-Sunday, December 10–12, 2021, 2–5 p.m. EST Daily Online & Free Register Here PROPOSED BY: Venerable Professor Bhikkhu Mihita (Retired, Trinity Divinity, University of Toronto)SPONSORED BY: Centre for Religion and Its Contexts, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of TorontoTEMPLE CO-SPONSORS: Mahadhammika (Burmese); Mahayana Pure Land Temple (Chinese); Pho Hien (Vietnamese); Toronto Mahavihara … Continue reading [Online] Buddhist Literary Festival Canada 2021
[Online Colloquium] Exploring the World of Pali: Current Doctoral Research at U of T
When and Where Friday, December 10, 2021 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (EST) Online (Zoom) | Register to attend Speakers Panelists: Andrew Dade, Liwen Liu, Rachelle Saruya, Tony ScottChair: Libbie MillsDiscussant: Christoph Emmrich Description This roundtable will feature doctoral students of religion in whose work Pali, the scriptural language of Theravada Buddhism, figures in very … Continue reading [Online Colloquium] Exploring the World of Pali: Current Doctoral Research at U of T