[Events] UBC: 2021/22 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies With Guest Speaker Professor Clark Chilson

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 …

[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 …