UT: August 27, Lecture by His Holiness the 31st Sakya Trizin

In case you are interested:

His Holiness the 31st Sakya Trizin, the head of the Tibetan Buddhist Sakya tradition, will speak at the University of Toronto on Saturday, August 27, from 5-7 pm. His lecture will be entitled “How to Incorporate Buddhist Practice in Daily Life,” and the location is the Medical Sciences Building, 1 King’s College Circle.

The Seat in exile of the Sakya lineage is in Dehra Dun, India, where His Holiness has established the Sakya Centre, College, Nunnery, Institute and Academy. His network of centers spans Europe, Asia, and North America, including a local center here in Toronto. For more on his activities in Toronto this August, see http://www.sakyatoronto.com/ .

Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:

• Riwoche Tibetan Buddhist Temple, 28 Heintzman Street
• Shangrila Tibetan & Asian Cuisine, 1600 Queen St. West
• Tibet Kitchen (queen st and dowling ave)
• Tsampa cafe (queen st and dowling ave)
• Tibet Emporium (queen st and jameson ave)
• by phone (647) 233-5159 or (647) 892-5114

http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/lecture-by-hh-sakya-trizin/

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UT: April 15, The Limited Reach of Religious Doctrine Lecture

In case you are interested:

Reminder:

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program is pleased to announce a free, public lecture by Professor Gregory Schopen (UCLA): “The Limited Reach of Religious Doctrine: Debt, Slavery, and Who could Become a Buddhist Nun (or Monk) in Early India.”

Time and date: 5 pm, April 15, 2011

Place: Muzzo Family Alumni Hall 100, University of St. Michael’s College, St. Joseph Street, Toronto
Sponsored by the University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program

Professor Gregory Schopen (MA McMaster University, 1975; PhD ANU, 1979) has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Washington, Indiana, Texas, Stanford, and California. He was awarded a prestigious MacArthur “genius” fellowship (1985-1990) in recognition of his work in Buddhist Studies, which has been described as “Unquestionably the freshest, most exciting scholarship to have emerged in the field in half a century.” Professor Schopen’s numerous publications include:

• Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks. University of Hawai’i Press, 1997.
• Buddhist Monks and Business Matters. University of Hawai’i Press, 2004.
• Figments and Fragments of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India. University of Hawai’i Press, 2005.

For more information, contact Shayne Clarke: clarsha@mcmaster.ca

http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/gregory-schopen/

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UT: Public Buddhist Prayer Service for victims of earthquake and tsunami in Japan

In case you are interested:

Public Buddhist Prayer Service for victims of earthquake and tsunami in Japan

-- the service will be conducted in three Buddhist traditions

Donations, in cash or cheques, will be collected for the Canadian Red Cross to support relief efforts in Japan.

Time: 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 2, 2011

Place: Main Activity Hall,

Multi-Faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice, University of Toronto, 569 Spadina Ave.

http://www.multifaith.utoronto.ca/Contact-Us--Book-Space.htm#Directions

Presented by: Buddhism & Psychology Student Union, U of T www.bpsu.org

UT: March 24 Female Body, State and Family Planning Lecture

In case you are interested:

"Female Body, State and Family Planning: Tibetan women's experiences with China's birth control policies"

A lecture by Mona Schrempf

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4-6 pm in Room 317, Jackman Humanities Building (170 St George St)

Mona Schrempf, coming from Humboldt University of Berlin, is an anthropologist with areas of specialty that include the anthropology of religion, medical anthropology, oral history in Tibetan societies, Tibetan medicine, Chinese public health and minority medicine, and the globalisation of traditional Asian medicine. Her current research projects focus on family planning among Tibetans in China; medicine, religion and healing in Tibetan and Tibetanized communities in China and the Himalaya; Bon lineage doctors and local healers in Tibet (TAR), and Qinghai; and ritual masked dances and the revival of Tibetan Bon religion. She is the author of numerous articles and the author or editor of several books, including the forthcoming Making the Modern Tibetan Family: Gender, Fertility, and Experiences with State Birth Control in Post-Mao China and Monastic Revival and Ritual Practice in a Tibetan Bonpo Community of Post-Mao China; and the published Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds; Studies of Medical Pluralism in Tibetan History and Society; Figurations of Modernity: Global and Local Representations in Comparative Perspective; and Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives. Professor Schrempf conducts field research in various Tibetan regions of China and the Himalayas.

In the winter/spring semester of 2011, Professor Schrempf is DAAD Visiting Scholar in the Department for the Study of Religion at University of Toronto, where she is teaching undergraduate courses on ritual, performance and healing traditions, and working with graduate student research projects.

See http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/lecture-by-mona-schrempf/

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UT: April 15 - A Public Forum on Food and Religion

In case you are interested:

The University of Toronto Religion in the Public Sphere (RPS) Initiative presents:

A Public Forum on Food and Religion

April 15, 2011 2:30-5:00 pm
Great Hall, Hart House
University of Toronto

Toronto is a hub for immigrants from all over the world, who practice a dizzying array of culinary and religious traditions. How do these food traditions intersect with the sustainable food movement and how are religious organizations responding to the ethical concerns raised by food activists? Moderated by Department of Religion Professor and RPS Founder Pamela Klassen, the RPS public forum for 2011 will bring together scholars, activists, food practitioners, and policy makers to discuss the significance of religious diversity for the burgeoning food movement.

Speakers Include:

Nancy Chen - Professor of Anthropology at University of California at Santa Cruz, a medical anthropologist who examines cultural and spiritual practices of self care through eating and medicating.

Nigel Savage - Founder of Hazon, the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America, dedicated to creating healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond.

Yasir Syeed - Founder of Green Zabiha, a business which produces organic, halal, pastured and grass-fed meats and is devoted to promoting the importance of conscious eating.

Elbert van Donkersgoed - An agricultural journalist and consultant who served for over three decades as the Strategic Policy Advisor of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario.

For more information: http://rps.chass.utoronto.ca

Event poster available for download at the above link.

Organized by the Department for the Study of Religion's Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative, with co-sponsorship from the University of Toronto Centre for Jewish Studies, the University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance, and Greening Sacred Spaces.

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UT: March 24-25 2011 Munk Graduate Student Conference

In case you are interested:

RPS Partner The Munk School Presents the following Graduate Conference:

2011 Munk Graduate Student Conference
Empty Stomachs and Loaded Rifles: Food Scarcity and Global Security
March 24th – 25th Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility

The Munk School of Global Affairs is pleased to announce the 2011 Graduate Student Conference. The Munk School of Global Affairs is a hub for scholars and practitioners at the forefront of research and debate. Accordingly, the conference will draw on multidisciplinary scholars and practitioners in the governmental, non-governmental, and private sectors.

This year’s conference, Empty Stomachs and Loaded Rifles: Food Scarcity and Global Security, promises to ignite a timely discussion of the leading issues confronting the global community in the 21st century. Specifically, the conference will explore the critical links between food shortage and conflict. Indeed, issues of food scarcity and global security are increasingly inseparable. As such, the conference will stimulate panel discussions on three leading themes, namely Control and Equity of Food Supply, Food Scarcity as a Catalyst for Political Unrest, and Weaponization of Food.

The conference will be held at the University of Toronto from March 24th – 25th at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility (1 Devonshire Place, M5S 3K7). On March 24th, Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will deliver a special address via videoconference. This will be followed by a keynote address by Peter Gill, author of “Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid”. The three panel discussions will be held on March 25th. Among the panelists are filmmaker and journalist Alexandre Trudeau, coauthor of “Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea,” Stephan Haggard, former Deputy Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, Lt. General Andrew Leslie, and Ambassador John Schram (Ret’d).

For the conference website and registration details, please visit: http://www.munkschool.utoronto.ca/mgc/

Student registration is $10.00 and regular registration is $15.00.

For further information, contact us at:

munk.graduateconference@utoronto.ca

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UT: March 4- Yoga for Cats, Doga, Woga and others monsters in contemporary yoga practice

In case you are interested:

Federico Squarcini

Yoga for Cats, Doga, Woga and others monsters in contemporary yoga practice

Date: Friday, March 4

Time: 4 - 6 PM

Place: Jackman Humanities Building (170 St George St), Room 318

Modern Yoga is a phenomenon of considerable dimensions. Daily, yoga practices attract thousand of new people and every day many millions perform one of its infinite variations. While all the different kinds of yoga are supposedly traced back to the ancient past, many are ‘true inventions’ of our days. In this presentation the economical logic of the continuous reconfiguration of yoga will be addressed and it will be related to role that contemporary Indology can play in dealing and interpreting this unique cultural phenomenon.

Federico Squarcini (PhD. in ‘Social and Historical Studies of Religions’ from the University of Bologna), currently researching on history and sociology of Southasian classical religious and legal traditions, is Assistant Professor of ‘History of Indian Religions’ at the University of Florence. He is also Lecturer in Sociology of Cultural Processes in South Asia at the Post-graduate Master Program ‘Immigrati e Rifugiati’, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, and Lecturer in Indology at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’. He is author and editor of different volumes, like Tradition, Veda and Law (Manohar 2008), Yoga. Fra storia, salute e mercato (Carocci 2008), Ex Oriente Lux, Luxus, Luxuria. Storia e sociologia delle tradizioni religiose sudasiatiche in Occidente (SEF 2006) and Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions (Firenze University Press 2005).

U of T Buddhist Studies: http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

U of T Study of Religion: http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/

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UT: March 3- The Trouble with Tribals: Indian Esoteric Buddhism and Fantasies of the Primitive

In case you are interested:

Christian Wedemeyer, Assistant Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, will be a Numata Program visiting speaker on March 3, 2011, from 4-6 pm at the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St George St), Room 317. He will deliver a lecture entitled “The Trouble with Tribals: Indian Esoteric Buddhism and Fantasies of the Primitive.”

Prior to coming to the University of Chicago, Christian Wedemeyer was University Instructor of South Asian Studies and Director of the Tibetan Studies program at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Københavns Universitet). He has also taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, Antioch University and Wesleyan University. He teaches a variety of courses on Buddhism, South Asian religions and the academic study of religion(s) and does research on the history, literature and ritual practice of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist communities, ca. AD 700–1400.

U of T Buddhist Studies: http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

U of T Study of Religion: http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/

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UT: Feb 18-20: Film & Workshop Series on Documentary Film in Tibet and Burma

In case you are interested:

New Voices, New Visions

A Film & Workshop Series on Documentary Film in Tibet and Burma

On February 18-20, 2011, the University of Toronto's Department for the Study of Religion has organized a showcase of films by emerging Tibetan and Burmese filmmakers. Filmmakers will be in attendance to discuss their films and discuss their work with Canadian documentary filmmakers.

The film presentations will be held on two of the University of Toronto campuses and will feature ethnographic films by young Tibetans from within China and young Burmese filmmakers, a lecture and film on Buddhism in Burma, and a workshop on documentary film and development in Asia. Interesting similarities between Burmese and Tibetan cultures – both of which flourish in strongly Buddhist, intellectually rich yet economically poor communities living within difficult political boundaries – make this cross-cultural comparison especially compelling. The weekend will feature works of emerging and established Tibetan filmmakers, most of which have never been shown outside China, Burmese students participating in the Yangon (Rangoon) Film School, and established Anglo-Burman filmmaker Lindsey Merrison. Films will be followed by discussions with invited Toronto filmmakers. Discussions will also focus on the special value of participatory film projects for young people living in threatened cultural groups and on the potential of open access and open source tools and practices for these communities. The event venues will be enhanced by a stunning exhibit of images by Plateau Photographers, an open participatory photography project that trains minority students in western China.

Canadian Gemini Award winning filmmakers in attendance include Shelley Saywell, Cyrus Sundar Singh and others. Filmmaker Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang (aka Jangbu), who is considered by many to be Tibet’s greatest living poet, will be joined by Anglo-Burman director and producer Lindsey Merrison, Tibetan Studies scholar Dr. Françoise Robin, and two Tibetan student filmmakers, Dondrup Dorje and Otto Wendekar, who will present their work to Canadian audiences for the first time.

Organized by the U of T’s Department for the Study of Religion, the event series is co-sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, the Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program, the UTSC Tung Lin Kok Yuen Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture Program, the Asian Institute, the East Asia Group, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, the Cinema Studies Institute, Open Scholarship, and the Religion in the Public Sphere Initiative.

For more information, see http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/new-voices-new-visions/ or contact Frances Garret, frances.garrett@utoronto.ca

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UT: Feb 17-18: Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg

In case you are interested:

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies

Presents

Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg

On Thursday, February 17, 2011, 4-6 pm, Professor Welter will join the Numata Reading Group at U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St., Room 318. Our guest, faculty, and students, will discuss the readings from “Strange Brew: The Fictional Background to Yulu Encounter Dialogues”. Please contact christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca if you would like to join and receive the required materials.

On Friday, February 18, 2011, 4-6 pm, Professor Welter’s lecture, “The Buddhist School of Principle and the Intellectual Climate of the Song Dynasty China”, will be held at McMaster University, in University Hall 122.

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UT: Feb 3-4: Anne Monius of Harvard University

In case you are interested:

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies

Presents

Professor Anne Monius, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University

On Thursday, February 3, 2011, at 4 - 6 pm. Professor Anne Monius’ Lecture, “With No One to Bind Action and Agent: The Fate of Buddhists as Religious 'Other' in Tamil Śaiva Literature”, will be held at McMaster University, in University Hall 122.

On Friday, February 4, 2011, 4-6 pm Professor Anne Monius will join the Numata Reading Group at U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St., Room 318. Our guest, faculty, and students, will discuss the readings from “The Vīracōliyam. Language, Literary Theory, and Religious Community, and Imagining Community through Commentary”. Please contact christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca if you would like to join and receive the required materials.

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U of T: Nov 29: SHINZEN YOUNG on "How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science"

In case you are interested:

New College at the University of Toronto and basicmindfulness.org present:

Free public talk by SHINZEN YOUNG

"Divide and Conquer: How the Essence of Mindfulness Parallels the Nuts and Bolts of Science"

Introduced and moderated by Jeff Warren, author of *The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness* (Random House, 2007)

Monday Nov. 29 , 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

*170 College Street*, The Mining Building, room 128 (north-east corner of College and King's College Road, at U of T's main gates)

About Shinzen Young: Author of the "Science of Enlightenment" talks, Shinzen Young is one of North America's most respected Buddhist scholars and teachers of meditation. He has trained extensively in three major Buddhist meditative traditions: Vajrayana, Zen, and Vipassana. His intellectual interests includes the burgeoning dialogue between Eastern internal science and Western technological science. Shinzen leads meditation retreats in the mindfulness tradition throughout the world, and has helped establish several centers and programs.

For more information on Shinzen, see www.basicmindfulness.org

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UT: Nov 18: Todd Lewis on a Buddha's Life Narrative from the Kathmandu Valley

In case you are interested:

Todd Lewis will be a Numata Program visiting speaker on Thursday, November 18, 2010, from 4 - 6 pm. Professor Todd Lewis's Lecture, "Sources and Sentiments in Sugata Saurabha, a mid-20th Century Narrative on the Buddha's Life from the Kathmandu Valley," will be held at U of T, Munk Centre, Room 208N.

Todd Lewis has been Associate Professor of Hinduism and Buddhism at the College of the Holy Cross since 1990. He is a leading authority on the cultures, religions, and peoples of the Himalayan region and the social history of Buddhism. His special research focus for over twenty years has been Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley, particularly the traditions found among the Newars, the indigenous population of Nepal's most populous valley. He speaks both the national language of the country, Nepali, as well as the Tibeto-Burman language Nepal Bhasa or Newari that is spoken by the Newars. Beginning with his scholarly training at Columbia University (where he studied Sanskrit and Pali, earning his Ph.D. in Religion 1984), Professor Lewis' research and teaching has been interdisciplinary, linking anthropology and the history of religions. In addition to scholarly books and articles published in leading academic journals, Professor Lewis has shot, directed, and produced films for classroom use.

Since 1982, Dr. Lewis has been a member of the American Academy of Religion and he was the founding co-chair (1992-1996) of the "Tibetan and Himalayan Religions" group, the first AAR unit whose members are specialists in the region. Professor Lewis has since 1978 been a member of the Nepal Studies Association and he has served as an Associate Editor of the Association's journal, The Himalayan Research Bulletin, editing the Book Reviews section. Professor Lewis is also an active member in the Asian Studies Association and the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Professor Lewis has been awarded major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Fulbright Senior Faculty Research Program, the American Philosophical Society Research Fellowship, the American Academy of Religion, National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic, the Social Science Research Council Grant, U.S. Department of Education, Smithsonian Institution, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

See http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/todd-lewis/

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U of T: November Buddhism Lectures

Nov 3, 2010 7:30-9:00pm
Wednesday, November 3th (7:30-9:00pm) at AA112, University of Toronto, Scarborough.

FREE public lecture. All are welcome.
Please RSVP your attendance to aep@utsc.utoronto.ca.
A FREE shuttle bus service will leave from Hart House Circle at 6pm, and return after the lecture.

What does an immigrant parent feed her child? How does she find health-giving foods that bridge the gap between her own body, nourished under her parents' care, and the resources available to her in a new country?

Under what circumstances do immigrant societies come to grow their own food in a new place? Do they grow a few spices in a home garden, or do some families actually become farmers, negotiating the challenges of unfamiliar climates, soils, markets and regulatory regimes?

The translation and re-production of culture during migration always happens in a specific ecological context. In the immigrant context, pregnant women, new parents and grandparents, growing children, farmers, home gardeners and traditional medical practitioners all create networks around that reproduce and translate the tastes, smells and medical practices of a distant culture at the same time that they create healthy people.

In this talk Dr. William Tuladhar-Douglas will argue that the social practices of agriculture and parenting among immigrant Buddhist families around North America should be considered together. With the help of skilled informants from various communities around Toronto, we will discover that existing support for farmer's markets and near-urban farms, when combined with targeted support for immigrant farmers, leads naturally to the healthy reproduction of immigrant Buddhist societies.


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Friday, November 5th (1-5 pm) and Saturday, November 6th (10am-4pm) at
Miller Lash House, University of Toronto, Scarborough.

A FREE symposium on social practices of place and environment in Buddhist societies.
Space is very limited. Attendance by RSVP only. Please email RSVP to aep@utsc.utoronto.ca.

Taking the form of a lively conversation structured by occasional presentations by a wide range of interested folk: practitioners and priests, ethnographers and textualists, long-time Turtle Island inhabitants and recent immigrants, and perhaps even a few artists.

The purpose of the workshop is to ask several questions:

* what social practices (rituals, forms of speech, architectural genres) were or are there, through which Buddhist communities inhabit and create their landscapes?
* are there particularly Buddhist theories about place and dwelling?
* what material or intellectual projects are apparent among Buddhist communities around the Greater Toronto Area?
* how should Canada's new Buddhist communities learn to inhabit this place?
* what can be learned through conversations between Aboriginal and new Buddhist experts in dwelling practices and rituals?
* are there specific ethical or practical commitments that ought to inform Buddhist communities in North America?

See http://tending.to/garden/projects/tlky/how-is-this-place-buddhist



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Arts & Events Programming
Dept. of Humanities
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail, AA-313
Toronto, ON M1C 1A4

Tel: 416.287.7076
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UT: Oct 15 Reading Group with Prof Heller

In case you are interested:

Dear colleagues, dear students, dear friends,

I am delighted to announce our first distinguished guest in this year's University of Toronto / McMaster University Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies: Professor Natasha Heller from University of California, Los Angeles.

On Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at 4 - 6 pm Professor Heller's Lecture, "How to Be a Buddhist Recluse in the Yuan Dynasty" will be held at McMaster University, in University Hall 122.

On Friday, Oct 15, 4-6 pm Professor Heller will join the Numata Reading Group at the Department of Religious Studies, at Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Building Room 317. Our guest, faculty, and students, will discuss Professor Heller's work in progress entitled, "Buddhism and Revenge: Tales of Injustice from Taiping Guangji"

Should you like to join and receive the required materials please feel free to contact me anytime.

I would be very grateful to you, if you could circulate this announcement among those who you assume are not receiving this mail, and who you think might be interested in these events or advertise the event by putting up the attached poster.

Looking forward to having you join us.

With warm regards,
Christoph Emmrich

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Christoph Emmrich
Assistant Professor, Buddhist Studies
Coordinator, Numata Program
University of Toronto, UTM

Department of Historical Studies
University of Toronto, Mississauga
Room NE117, North Building,
3359 Mississauga Road North
Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
+905 569-4493 (o), +905-569-4412 (f)

Department for the Study of Religion
University of Toronto
170 St. George Street
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 313
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2M8
+416 978-2395 (o), +416 978-1610 (f)

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U of T: Buddhist Art of Dunhuang - Sept 25

In case you are interested:

Buddhist Art of Dunhuang

A slide-lecture presentation
- an unique art gallery on-site in the desert along the silk road designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987 by United Nations

Presented by: Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada. (www.BuddhistEduFoundation.com)

Speaker: Ms Ksanti Ling, Executive Editor, Dunhuang Academy, Gansu, China.

Lecture in English and Chinese

Free Admission

Saturday, September 25, 2010
2:00pm to 4:00pm
William Doo Aiditorium, New College
45 Willcocks Street (at Spadina Ave)

Sponsored by: New College, University of Toronto

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U of T: Sept 22, 5 pm: Book Talk with Tim Ward on What the Buddha Never Taught

In case you are interested:

On the 20th anniversary of the publication of his book, What the Buddha Never Taught, join Canadian author Tim Ward at the University of Toronto in a lively discussion about being a student in a Buddhist monastery in the jungles of Thailand, and how he finds Buddhist wisdom relevant to life in 21st century Toronto.

Location: 170 St. George St., Room 100

Time: September 22, 5-6 pm

For more on Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, see http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

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UT: May 11: "Purification of mind through mindfulness" with Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajeeva Thero

In case you are interested:


New College of the University of Toronto and the Toronto Mahavihara present

A lecture on "Purification of mind through mindfulness"
By Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajeeva Thero

Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Place: William Doo Auditorium, New College, 45 Willcocks Street

Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajiva Thero, a student of Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma, is the current head of the Nissarana Hermitage, a monastery in the strict forest tradition following strict standards of discipline. For information about Ven. Uda Iriyagama Dhammajiva Thero and Nissarana Vanaya, please visit:http://nissaranavanaya.blogspot.com/2008/03/ven-uda-iriyagama-dhammajiva-swamin.html

For more information about the talk, please call 416-993-1940

Admission Free / All Welcome


For more on Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, see http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

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U of T - May 14 & 15: Buddhism and Diaspora Public Lectures at UTSC

In case you are interested:

Tung Lin Kok Yuen Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture is pleased to be bringing two special guests to speak at University of Toronto Scarborough this May. Everyone is welcome to attend and admission is free.

On Friday, May 14th, Dr. Victor Hori will be speaking on “Buddhism: The Religion of Dispersion” at 7pm in Room AA 112 (Arts & Administration Building). There will be a free shuttle bus available to pick up attendees from the downtown area and return them back downtown after the lecture. The bus will leave from Hart House Circle at 5:30pm and return when the lecture is finished.

On Saturday, May 15th, Dr. Will Tuladhar-Douglas will be speaking on “Diaspora Buddhists Under a Scottish Nationalist Government” at 5pm in Room AA 112 (Arts & Administration Building). There will be a free shuttle bus available to pick up attendees from the downtown area and return them back downtown after the lecture. The bus will leave from Hart House Circle at 4pm and return when the lecture is finished.

***Space is limited for these lectures. Please RSVP to AEP to confirm your seat(s). ***

Our campus is located at 1265 Military Trail (Military Trail and Ellesmere).


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U of T: May 3, 7-9: 'Living in the Face of Death: The Tibetan Tradition' with Glenn Mullin

In case you are interested:

Glenn H. Mullin is a Tibetologist, translator of classical Tibetan literature, and Buddhist writer and teacher. He is the author of over 20 acclaimed books on various aspects of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, including the lives of the fourteen Dalai Lamas, tantric meditation systems, pilgrimage in Tibet, Buddhist art and ritual dance. In addition to his work as a translator and author, he has worked as a field specialist on several feature length films and several television documentaries dealing with Tibet, co-produced five albums of Tibetan ritual music, and organized Tibetan and Mongolian artist and monk tours across North America and Europe. Glenn Mullin continues to publish and tour regularly, as well as lead pilgrimage and cultural tours through Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia.

In this free public lecture, on Monday, May 3rd, 2010, from 7-9 pm, at the Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 100 (170 St George Street), Glenn Mullin will speak about topics from his new book 'Living in the Face of Death: The Tibetan Tradition'.

From the book: Whereas Western society views death as the last taboo, the Tibetan tradition incorporates meditation on death into everyday life. Tibetan Buddhists believe that a conscious awareness of one's own impermanence allows a person to live a happy, fulfilled life. 

Over the centuries the Tibetans have developed a wide-ranging literature on death, including inspirational poetry and prose, prayers, and practical works on caring for the dying.

This fascinating book presents nine short Tibetan texts. Important writings by the Second, Seventh, and Thirteenth Dalai Lamas, and by Karma Lingpa, author of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, are included. It covers topics such as meditation techniques to prepare for death, inspirational accounts of the deaths of saints and yogis, and methods for training the mind in the transference of consciousness at the time of death.

This event is sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Religion at the U of T.

For more news on Buddhist Studies at the U of T, please see our new website, at http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/

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