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Self-ordination in an Indian Monastic Code / Numata Lecture
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The UofT/McMaster University Numata Buddhist Studies Program presents: VINCENT TOURNIER (School of Oriental and African Studies) LECTURE: Self-ordination in an Indian Monastic Code THURSDAY, February 12, 2015, 3-5 pm, UTSC (University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus), JHB 317 This presentation will explore the status of the Buddha as the first fully ordained monk, as it emerges... Read more »
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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies needs your advice
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Via Paul Crowe, Director at the David Lam Centre, SFU… Dear members of the Canadian community of Buddhist scholars and friends outside Canada: As some of you may know, the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies has been published for ten years. As of yesterday CJBS 10 is on-line. Over the decade twenty-three scholars published articles and ten... Read more »
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Shi Huifeng: Numata series reading group & lecture
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The UofT/McMASTER UNIVERSITY YEHAN NUMATA BUDDHIST STUDIES PROGRAM presents: SHI HUIFENG (Fo Guang University) READING GROUP: Literary Parallelism. Connecting Criticism and Hermeneutics in an Early Mahayana Sutra THURSDAY, January 22, 2015, 3-5 pm, UTSG, JHB 317 LECTURE: Chiasmus Methodology for Buddhist Textual Studies FRIDAY, January 23, 2015, 4-6 pm, McMaster, University Hall 122 The modern... Read more »
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“Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada” published by McGill/Queen’s U Press
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Via the publisher’s website… Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada Edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori and Alexander Soucy Analyzing the dramatic growth of Buddhism in Canada in global and historical contexts. When Sasaki Sokei-an founded his First Zen Institute of North America in 1930 he suggested that bringing Zen Buddhism to America was... Read more »
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Prof. Shi Zhiru on Chinese Buddhism, Vancouver, Oct 20
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UBC’s Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is pleased to welcome Professor Shi Zhiru (Pomona College). Her lecture entitled, “For Whom The Bell Tolls: Bells, Hells, and Venerating Dizang in China” will take place at: UBC Robson Square | Room C100 | 800 Robson Street Monday, OCTOBER 20, 2014 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM Lectures are free and... Read more »
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