Religion & Spirituality
Ven. Sik Yin Kit – Dhamma in Prison: The True Transformation?
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program. This lecture is made possible by the generous support of The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Research and Department of Asian Studies. Venerable Sik Yin Kit, Head Nun, Po [...]
Raphaël Liogier – Buddhism and the Hypothesis on Individuo-globalism
Program sponsored by Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, the Institute of Asian Research, and the Department of Asian Studies, Raphael Lioger presents that research carried out within the framework of the Observatoire du Religieux (World Religion Watch) over the last decade seem to clearly to demonstrate that, in [...]
Charles Prebish – The Swans Came to Canada Too: Looking Backward and Looking Forward
Program sponsored by Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, the Institute of Asian Research, and the Department of Asian Studies. Following the change in immigration law by Canada and the United States in the mid-twentieth century, Buddhism exploded on the North American continent. Buddhism is now found everywhere: from [...]
Mark Unno – Shin Buddhism in Interreligious Dialogue: A World of Teaching and Learning
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program. Based on the religious thought of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Shin Buddhism, the largest sect of Japanese Buddhism, this presentation explores the world of religious dialogue. Specifically, how can one understand the particularity of religious [...]
