UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum

12-14, 18 October, 2004
Asian Center, Room 604

1). 4-5:30pm of 12 October, 2004 (Room 604, Asian Center): “Were there really Buddhist monks and nuns in medieval Japan?” (Paul Groner, University of Virginia) (presented by UBC Buddhist Forum)

2). 4 – 5:30pm, 13 October, 2004 (Buchanan 1206-07): “The Emergence of Chinese Printing and its Meaning for Europe” (T. H. Barrett, SOAS, London University) (cosponsored with Dept. History)

3). 10:30-12:00pm of 14 October, 2004 (Seminar room, Institute of Asian Research): “From Zhunti to Juntei: The Japanese Transformation (and Masculinization?) of a Buddhist Goddess” (Robert Gimello, Harvard) (cosponsored with IAR)

4). 2:15-3:45pm of 14 October, 2004 (Seminar room 604, Asian Center): “Ritual, Play, and Enlightenment.” (Robert Sharf, Berkeley) (cosponsored with CNRS)

5). 4:30-6:00pm of 18 October, 2004 (Seminar room 604, Asian Center): “Perception, Conceptual Construction and Yogic Cognition According to Kamalasila’s Epistemology” (Toru Funayama, Kyoto University) (presented by UBC Buddhist Forum)