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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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
When and Where Friday, November 19, 2021 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (EST) Online | Register here Speakers Alexander O'Neill, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto. O’Neill is a PhD Candidate at the Department for the Study of Religion and the Centre for South Asian Studies. His research focuses on Newar Buddhism … Continue reading [Online Colloquium] Orality, Literacy, and Agency in Buddhist Book Worship
Date: Saturday, December 11, 2021Time: 5:00 — 8:00 PM (PST)Zoom RegistrationThis online panel, as the second of a two-part series, is sponsored by UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (何鴻毅家族基金佛學與當代社會課程) and the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in … Continue reading [Virtual Symposium] The Radical Other Power of Shinran (1173-1263)
Date: November 4, 2021 - March 24, 2022Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (EDT)Online via Zoom. Registration is required.You may register at any time to join a lecture. Your registration is valid for the whole series, and you may attend as many lectures as you like. You will automatically receive reminders for the lectures.Register here … Continue reading [Webinar] Buddhism & Posthumanism Conversation Series 2021–2022