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SUMMARY:2022 Ryukoku Lecture: Dr. Bunei Takada
DESCRIPTION:Ōjōyōshū- A Collection on the Essentials Concerning Birth and Shinran Shōnins 「往生要集』と親鸞聖人」 \nProfessor Bunei Takada\, Ryukoku University\, Faculty of Letters: Shin Buddhist Studies\nŌjōyōshū – A Collection on the Essentials Concerning Birth is the important scripture in Shin Buddhist studies. The author was Genshin\, one of the Seven Pure Land Masters selected by Shinran. Shin Buddhist researchers and scholars tend to read this text in the context of Jōdoshinshū\, and unconsciously overlook the original intension of Ōjōyōshū. This lecture is about two points: the intention of Ōjōyōshū\, and how Shinran understood the text. Please join us to appreciate the profundity of scripture interpretations by carefully reading Ōjōyōshū. Lectures will be in Japanese with English translation. \n『往生要集』は浄土真宗の「聖教」であり、その著者源信和尚は浄土真宗の「七高僧」の一人として尊崇されている。そのため私たちが『往生要集』を読む場合、最初から浄土真宗流に読んでしまい『往生要集』の原意は等閑に付されがちである。では『往生要集』は本来どういう教えなのか？そして親鸞聖人はそれをどう読まれたのか？この度の講義では、この２つの視点をもって『往生要集』を読み、聖典解釈の奥深さを味わいたい。 \n \nPacific Standard Time: \nMarch 14 (Mon) 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \nMarch 15 (Tue) 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \nMarch 16 (Thu) 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \nMarch 17 (Thu) 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \nMarch 18 (Fri) 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM \n  \nLectures will be in Japanese with English translation.  \nRegister here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkduiqpjkoGdzrpIDx83sOWjao4WGfu0ly
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2022-ryukoku-lecture-dr-bunei-takada/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220126T173000
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SUMMARY:Spring 2022 Virtual Open House
DESCRIPTION:IBS is pleased to offer a Virtual Open House on January 26\, 2022. Come learn about our stackable curriculum\, degree and certificate programs\, financial aid and more! \nIBS alumni Rev. Blayne Higa and dharma teacher and chaplain Dawn Neal will speak about their educational experiences and answer question. \nDean Scott Mitchell\, Sōtō Zen Buddhist Studies Certificate Program Director Rev. Dr. Daijaku Kinst\, chaplaincy program coordinator Chenxing Han and Shin Buddhist Studies program coordinator Rev. Harry Bridge will also be available to answer questions about the application process\, school culture\, tuition\, differences between programs\, and course offerings. \nBuddhist chaplain Dawn Neal \n  \nRev Blayne Higa \n  \nThe agenda for this event is as follows: \n-Opening and introduction to IBS programs\, application process and financial aid \n-Presentations by Rev. Blayne Higa and Dawn Neal \n-Breakout rooms with program coordinators (prospective candidates can choose who they’d like to meet with) \n-General Q&A and closing \n  \nRegister in advance for this meeting here:\nhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsdOyqqzMjG9L34_8WYUYopXjwIdnFj4iy \nFor more information\, please contact our admissions director Rev. Gesshin Greenwood at gesshin@shin-ibs.edu \nCurious about our courses but don’t want to commit to a full program? You can audit a course or enroll as a special student and apply the credit later. Check out Dr. Mitchell’s course Buddhism and the West. 
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/spring-2022-virtual-open-house/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Admissions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211111T210000
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SUMMARY:Annual Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Buddhist Studies will hold its Annual Memorial Service via Zoom on Thursday\, November 11\, 2021\, at 7:00 pm (Pacific time). This will be an opportunity for us to remember all of the many people who have allowed IBS to grow and flourish. We would be very honored if you could join us at this important event. \nClick here to register for this event.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2021memorial/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211023
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SUMMARY:2021 Graduate Student Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Authority and Normativity in and Between Buddhist Traditions \n9 AM – 12:30 PM PT \nRegistration info here \nThe question “what is Buddhism?” is deceptively uncomplicated. Scratching beneath the surface of this question presents a host of issues surrounding who has the authority to make normative claims about the Buddhadharma\, what it includes and what it excludes.  \nWhat resources do Buddhist authorities\, laypeople\, and academics draw on to define Buddhism for themselves and for others? What are the ethical and philosophical ramifications of drawing such boundaries for a tradition that emphasizes compassion for others and the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena? What are the responsibilities of academics\, taken as trusted authorities on their subject of expertise\, who present the Buddhist traditions for the public in a putatively “objective” fashion? \nThis Graduate Student Symposium on “Authority and Normativity In and Between Buddhist Traditions” brings together students and scholars from a variety of institutions\, disciplines\, and theoretical backgrounds\, to explore these issues in innovative ways.  \nDr. Ann Gleig \nThe keynote Speaker for the Symposium is Dr. Ann Gleig. Dr. Gleig is an associate professor of religion and cultural studies at the University of Central Florida and author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity (Yale University Press\, 2019).  \nHer keynote lecture is entitled “There’s Nothing Buddhist About This”: Reflections on Racial Justice\, Regulation\, and ‘Real’ Buddhism.  \nIn recent years\, racial justice has come to the forefront of American Buddhism as a response to white supremacy both within and outside of Buddhist communities. In her lecture\, Dr. Gleig will  consider attempts by white Buddhists to delegitimize Buddhist racial justice work on the grounds that it represents an intrusion of progressive values into the tradition and is not “real” Buddhism. She identifies the strategies by which white Buddhists attempt to define what Buddhism is and who is and is not Buddhist. Next\, she will consider the role of Buddhist Studies in such regulation. In what ways have Buddhist Studies scholars colluded with the white Buddhist backlash to racial justice and in what ways might we disrupt it? Reflecting on the reception of American Buddhist racial justice work in both practice and academic communities\, Dr. Gleig will suggest\, illuminates many assumptions around authority and normativity in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies. \nPlease see the call for papers here. \n  \nSchedule: \n9:00 – 9:45 – Opening Remarks & Presentations from Kali Cape & Devin Zuckerman \nKali Cape – How Buddhists Redefined Norms for Sexual Ethics: Lessons from Discursive Practices in 14th Century Tibetan Consort Literature \nDevin Zuckerman – ‘No One Does this Anymore’: Shifting Perspectives on Matter\, Materiality\, and Elements in Tibet’s Great Perfection Tradition \n9:45 – 10:00 – Q & A with Presenters \n10:00 – 10:15 – Short break \n10:15 – 11:00 – Presentations from Ray Buckner & JP de Guzman \nJP deGuzman – “A Buddhist Deplores Inequality”: Discourses of Engaged Buddhism in The American Buddhist\, Wheel of Dharma\, and Beyond \nRay Buckner – Black Feminist Buddhism: Forging a Black Feminist Theoretical Orientation to American Buddhist Studies \n11:00 – 11:15 – Q & A Period with Presenters \n11:15 – 11:30 Short Break \n11:30 – 12:15 – Keynote Address by Dr. Ann Gleig \n12:15 – 12:30 – Q & A with Gleig \n  \n  \nRegister for this event here. \nThis event is very generously supported by the BDK/Numata Foundation.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/gss2021/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Symposia
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T183000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open House
DESCRIPTION:IBS is pleased to offer this year’s first Virtual Open House. Come learn about our stackable curriculum\, degree and certificate programs\, financial aid and more! \nSōtō Zen Buddhist Studies Certificate Program Director Rev. Dr. Daijaku Kinst\, chaplaincy program coordinator Chenxing Han and Shin Buddhist Studies program coordinator Rev. Harry Bridge will be presenting on the two certificate programs and answering questions. \n  \n  \nThe agenda for this event is as follows: \n-Opening and introduction to IBS programs\, application process and financial aid \n-Presentations by Rev. Kinst\, Chenxing Han and Rev. Bridge on their different programs \n-Breakout rooms with program coordinators (prospective candidates can choose who they’d like to meet with) \n-General Q&A and closing \nRev. Daijaku Kinst \nChenxing Han \nRev Harry Bridge \nRegister for this event here.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/virtual-open-house/
CATEGORIES:Admissions
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T140000
DTSTAMP:20210805T183429Z
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SUMMARY:Secularizing Buddhism Book Event
DESCRIPTION:Buddhism is both deeply personal and profoundly social. In the neutral tones of academic language\, we might say that secular Buddhism\, and secularized forms of Buddhist practice such as mindfulness\, are simply adaptations to a new society. This picture is at times supported by claims that reinterpretation is simply what Buddhist history has always been. We can\, however\, look through the neutral measured tones of that language with a hermeneutics of suspicion. Then\, we can see a history of conflict\, competition\, claims to power and authority\, expropriation\, and Othering. The secularizing of Buddhism is not a natural\, evolutionary\, or inevitable process\, but rather the accumulation of perceptions\, decisions\, and actions by individual Buddhists\, whether they consider themselves traditionalist or secularist. Drawing on the work in Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition\, Funie Hsu and Richard K. Payne will discuss the processes by which Buddhism has been stripped of racial and ethnic associations\, and recontextualized in contemporary American society.  \nSecularizing Buddhism is a new collection edited by Richard Payne\, featuring essays by Bikkhu Bodhi\, Gil Fronsdal\, Kathleen Gregory\, Funie Hsu\, David McMahon\, and Ron Purser\, known for coining the phrase “McMindfulness.” Exploring the issue of “secular Buddhism” from a variety of standpoints\, including race and racism\, neoliberalism\, traditional doctrines of rebirth\, modern psychology\, and more\, this new publication is an exciting contribution to the field. \nJoin us for a conversation between Richard Payne and Funie Hsu on Friday September 10 to discuss the new book\, Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition. \nRegister for this webinar here. \nLearn more about the book here. \nAbout the participants: \nRichard K. Payne Richard K. Payne is Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies\, Berkeley. He was born and raised in the South Bay\, and his family attended\npublic events\, such as O-Bon and bonsai shows\, at BCA temples throughout the 60s. His interest\nin Buddhism was both personal and intellectual\, eventually leading to doctoral research on\nShingon Buddhism. In addition to his academic research at Mt. Koya\, the main training center\nfor Shingon\, he completed his training and was initiated as an ajari (acarya). His tenure at the\nIBS covers some 25 years as Dean. He is the co-editor of Homa Variations\, co-editor-in-chief of\nthe Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhist Studies\, and editor of Secularizing Buddhism: New\nPerspectives on a Dynamic Tradition. \nFunie Hsu is Associate Professor of American Studies at San José  State University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California\, Berkeley\, an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education\, and a B.A. from the University of California\, Davis. Her prior experience as an elementary school teacher informs her scholarship on education\, empire\, Buddhism\, mindfulness\, and race. Funie was raised in a Taiwanese Humanistic Buddhist tradition. In addition to maintaining that practice\, she has recently been learning about the Jodo Shinshu tradition.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/secular2021/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210521T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210521T150000
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SUMMARY:2021 Graduation and Commencement
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a celebration of our students on Friday May 21 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Register here for the Zoom meeting. \nDue to the covid pandemic last year\, IBS was unable to host an in-person commencement ceremony for our 2020 graduates. Unfortunately\, though there is a light at the end of the tunnel\, we are not quite ready to come together in person. And so we will gather virtually to celebrate the achievements of both our 2020 and 2021 graduates as they complete their degree and certificate programs. \nAdditionally\, we will be honoring Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka and his many years of support and selfless contributions to our community which have made possible the spread of the Dharma in America. \nAll members of our community — students\, faculty\, staff\, friends\, and family — are welcome to attend this special service. Please register for the event to get the Zoom information\, and contact our offices with any questions or concerns. \nDownload the 2021 Commencement Program as a PDF.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2021graduation/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Graduation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T133000
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SUMMARY:Daring Compassion & Movement Chaplaincy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk about care\, accompaniment and resilience building in social change movements and the specific emerging role of movement chaplaincy as a source of support and care. Are movements secular? Is there a place for emotional and spiritual care in the work of changing laws\, communities and dominant systems? We will explore these and other questions in an interactive discussion about providing care and nurturing sustainable leadership in the world of activism\, organizing and social change. \nFaith Matters Network’s Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Project advances the emerging vocational role of Movement Chaplain through training and supporting spiritual and emotional caregivers in social change movements. Movement Chaplaincy is the work of spiritual accompaniment to social justice movements and their leaders. Just as there are chaplains who attend to the spiritual needs of people in hospitals\, colleges\, corporations and other settings\, there is a need for those who can fill this role within our movements for social change. The Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Training focuses on the basic skills and knowledge central for the role of Movement Chaplain — those who focus on care\, healing\, and resilience building to people engaged in social justice movements. \nClick here to register for this event. \n\nFacilitators\nMicky ScottBey Jones (she/her) – the Justice Doula – accompanies people as they birth more love\, justice and shalom into our world. As a womanist\, faith rooted\, contemplative activist\, movement chaplain\, and nonviolence practitioner\, Micky supports students\, clergy\, activists and everyday leaders in a variety of roles – speaker\, writer\, facilitator\, pilgrimage guide and teacher. She is the Director of Resilience and Healing Initiatives with Faith Matters Network known for The People’s Supper which gathered more than 10\,000 people around tables after the 2016 U.S. election for bridging and healing conversations. She’s the founder of FMN’s Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Project\, which has already trained hundreds of people in accompaniment\, healing & resilience building in social change movements. Micky earned a M.A. in Intercultural Studies from NAIITS/Portland Seminary and is a trained and certified Enneagram teacher. She is featured in two multi-authored books – Becoming Like Creoles: Living and Leading at the Intersections of Injustice\, Culture and Religion and Keep Watch With Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers. \nFeatured by the Nobel Women’s Initiative’s #16DaysOfBoldChange\, racial justice fellow for Christians for Social Action and named one of the Black Christian leaders changing the world in Huffington Post\, Micky is known worldwide for exploring peacemaking and justice movements in different contexts\, across continents\, crafting experiences for brave space\, transformation and revolutionary love\, compelling storytelling\, engaging in authentic conversations – and most importantly – never passing up a dance floor. \nHilary Allen (she/her) – is a facilitator and consultant focused on individuals and collectives at the intersection of justice and spirituality. Committed to transforming the experiences of people within movement\, Hilary co-founded and convened Ruach Guild\, a peer supervision group for activists and organizers honing spiritual care. Based in Boston\, Hilary also serves as a strategic companion to people and organizations connected to movements for justice. She is a Congregational Consultant in the New England Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Hilary received a Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Divinity School and completed a Clinical Pastoral Education unit at Hebrew SeniorLife. She loves to circle up with good people\, especially to sing\, and cherishes adventures with her toddler son.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/movement/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T183000
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SUMMARY:Lama Rod Owens Speaks on “Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation”
DESCRIPTION:IBS is proud to support the The 14th Annual John E. Boswell Lecture at The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion with Lama Rod Owens: “Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation” \n  \nIn our present day\, when a politics of anger infuses every institutional and cultural sphere\, Lama Rod Owens\, author of Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger\, will explore a radical re-envisioning of this timely topic as he addresses\, in particular\, those who feel called to metabolize or harness their anger for the purpose transformation and change. \nFor more information and to register for this event\, please visit the CLGS website.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/lama-rod-owens-speaks-on-love-and-rage-the-path-to-liberation/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T180000
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SUMMARY:Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture: Kenneth Tanaka
DESCRIPTION:Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture\nFeaturing Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka\nProfessor Emeritus\, Musashino University\, Tokyo \nClick here to register for this event. \nWith generous support from the Unno family and in honor of the Seventh Cycle Memorial for Rev. Dr. Taitetsu Unno (1929-2014)\, the Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announced the Taitetsu Unno Memorial lecture\, to be held on Friday March 19\, 2021 via Zoom webinar. \nA prolific author and scholar\, Rev. Dr. Unno was a graduate of the Univeristy of California\, Berkeley\, and Tokyo Univeristy. For forty years he taught in the field of Buddhist studies\, first at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, then at Smith College\, where he served as Department Chair and as the Jill Ker Conway Professor of World Religions. He was the author\, translator\, and editor of numerous academic volumes and articles\, but he is perhaps best known for his two works introducing Shin Buddhism to English-language audiences\, River of Fire\, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism and Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turned into Gold\, as well as his translation Tannisho: A Shin Buddhist Classic. In addition to his prolific scholarly career\, Rev. Dr. Unno was also an ordained Shin Buddhist minister in Nishi Honganji tradition\, and he devoted his career to working in Shin Buddhist communities across North America. \nIn celebration of his life and accomplishments\, IBS will honor Rev. Dr. Unno at this special event. Following the delivery of the Unno Memorial Lecture\, a scholarship award will be made to a IBS student for outstanding work in a master’s level thesis. \nThe memorial lecture will be delivered by Dr. Kenneth Tanaka and titled: Revisioning Shin Buddhist Teachings for Today: Thirteen Contributors to a Book\, The Tide of Wisdom: Shinran’s Wisdom\, Authentic Individuality and Social Engagement. \nDr. Tanaka received his doctorate from the Univeristy of California\, Berkeley\, and served as a minister for the Buddhist Churches of America as well as Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at IBS before relocated to Japan where he held the position of Professor of Buddhist Studies at Musashino University\, Tokyo\, for over twenty years. He is past-president of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies and current Chairman of the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Buddhist Canon English Translation Project sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism (BDK). He was recently appointed Adjunct Researcher at the Hongwanji Comprehensive Research Center. His publications include The Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine; Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in America; and most recently Jewels: An Introduction to American Buddhism for Youth\, Scouts and the Young at Heart. His books have been translated into Japanese\, Chinese\, and Portuguese. He is the 2017 recipient of the 27th Nakamura Hajime Eastern Study Prize\, awarded to scholars who distinguish themselves in the field of Indian and Buddhist studies by the Eastern Institute and the Indian Embassy\, Tokyo. In April 2018\, he was the object of a one-hour NHK (National Broadcast Network\, Japan) TV documentary in a series entitled “The Age of Kokoro (heart/mind). \nClick here to see an agenda for this event. \nThis event is free and open to the public but registration is required. \nClick here to register for this event.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2021unnolecture/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
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SUMMARY:2021 Ryukoku Lecture: Prof. Akira Yoshida
DESCRIPTION:Views of the Human Beings in the Doctrines of the Buddhist Praxis 「仏教の修道論に見られる人間観」\nAkira Yoshida\, Associate Professor\, Ryukoku University\, Faculty of Economics \nHow did the teaching of early Buddhism view human beings and their Buddhist praxis toward enlightenment in India? We refer to the Abhidharma literatures by the Sarvastivada and writings in the sixth century about the theory of Buddhist epistemology.\n修道論(修行論)に関する仏教の教説の中に見られる人間観のうちで注目すべきいくつかの特徴を見てみたい。特に、説一切有部のアビダルマ文献における記述や、6 世紀以降の 仏教認識論における記述を中心的にあつかう予定である。 \nIn Japanese with English translation provided by Rev. Dr. Mutsumi\, Institute of Buddhist Studies and Orange County Buddhist Church. \nMarch 8 (Mon) 6:00PM – 7:30PM\, Pacific Time\nMarch 9 (Tue) 6:00PM – 7:30PM\, Pacific Time\nMarch 10 (Wed) 6:00PM – 7:30PM\, Pacific Time\nMarch 11 (Thu) 6:00PM – 7:30PM\, Pacific Time \nPlease register here. Registrants will receive Zoom access and instructions prior to the first lecture.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/ryukoku2021/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210128T143000
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SUMMARY:Be the Refuge — Book Launch: A Conversation with Chenxing Han
DESCRIPTION:Be the Refuge Book Launch: A Conversation with Chenxing Han \n  \nJoin us on Thursday\, January 28\, 2021\, for a conversation with Chenxing Han to discuss her new book\, Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. \nRegister for this event here! \nBegun as a research project at IBS\, Han’s forthcoming book both critiques the erasure and uplifts the voices of Asian American Buddhists. Han’s work champions Asian American Buddhists as trailblazers\, bridge-builders\, integrators\, and refuge-makers\, bringing a fresh perspective to the study of American Buddhism. She will be joined in conversation with IBS Dean Scott Mitchell. \nChenxing Han is a Bay Area–based writer whose publications have appeared in Buddhadharma\, Journal of Global Buddhism\, Lion’s Roar\, Pacific World\, Tricycle\, and elsewhere. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA in Buddhist studies from the Graduate Theological Union. After studying chaplaincy at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley\, California she worked in spiritual care at a nearby community hospital in Oakland. Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is her first book. www.chenxinghan.com \nThis webinar will take place on Thursday\, January 28\, 2021\, from 1:00 to 2:30 PST. Registration is free but space is limited. \nRegister for this event here! \nPreorder Be the Refuge online here.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/refuge2021/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113
DTSTAMP:20200803T182043Z
CREATED:20200803T182043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200803T182043Z
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SUMMARY:Fall 2020 Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/fall-2020-memorial-service/
CATEGORIES:Memorials
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T140000
DTSTAMP:20200911T001355Z
CREATED:20200803T181959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T001355Z
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SUMMARY:Sculpture\, Time\, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine: Fall 2020 Numata Lecture with Michelle C. Wang
DESCRIPTION:Register for this webinar here. \nPlease join us on Friday October 23\, 2020\, at 1:00 p.m.\, Pacific time\, for our second 2020 Numata Lecture. \nSculpture\, Time\, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine \nThis talk examines the dialogue between architecture and sculpture in Maijishan Cave 133\, located near Tianshui\, Gansu Province.  Initially constructed in the sixth century\, this Buddhist cave shrine continued to receive patronage from pious donors through the Ming and Qing dynasties.  Among the objects that were placed in the cave were relief sculptures\, stone stelae\, and freestanding statues.  What makes Maijishan Cave 133 a particularly interesting case study is that successive layers of architectural and sculptural materials can be correlated – more or less – with different “generations” of donors.  What can we learn from unpacking the juxtaposition between rock (the mountain)\, clay (sculptures)\, and stone (stelae)\, and the subsequent engagement with varied sculptural techniques?  Keeping this question in mind\, we will consider the choreographies of space created and experienced by successive generations of donors and devotees. \nMichelle C. Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. A specialist in medieval Chinese art\, her publications have addressed Buddhist maṇḍalas\, Dunhuang painting\, and art of the Silk Road.  Her first monograph\, Maṇḍalas in the Making: The Visual Culture of Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang (Leiden and Boston: Brill\, 2018) analyzes the Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas at the Mogao and Yulin caves during the Tibetan and Guiyijun periods\, demonstrating that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes\, and the religious dialogue between Chinese and Tibetan communities\, were defining characteristics of Buddhist maṇḍalas at Dunhuang. \nThis lecture is free and open to the public; however\, registration is required and space is limited. To register\, click here.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/numata202/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T150000
DTSTAMP:20200911T000057Z
CREATED:20200803T181921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T000057Z
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SUMMARY:The True Teaching? Fall 2020 Numata Lecture with Jolyon Baraka Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Register for this webinar here. \nPlease join us on Friday October 9\, 2020\, at 1:00 p.m.\, Pacific time\, for our first 2020 Numata Lecture. \nThe True Teaching?\nJapanese Buddhists and the Quasi-Sectarian Politics of Public Schooling \nSecularist legal arrangements place religious organizations in a paradoxical position: they must serve the public good while simultaneously fostering private virtue. These tensions become particularly salient in situations where religious organizations must clarify their relationship to state\, society\, and the laity. In this lecture I use Buddhist debates over public schooling to show that differences of opinion over the proper relationship between Buddhism and the state have elicited vehement disagreements about orthodoxy and proper Buddhist practice. Focusing on Buddhists’ attempts to influence the revision of the Fundamental Law on Education in the early 2000s\, I show that although many Buddhists aimed to change a key Japanese law\, ultimately the lobbying process changed Buddhist perceptions of their own tradition more than it influenced national policy or classroom pedagogy. The debates over public schooling and related arguments about how Buddhists could best contribute to the public good ultimately forced a reckoning\, highlighting just how little Buddhists saw eye to eye on the relationship between private morality\, the public good\, and public policy. \nJolyon Baraka Thomas is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Drawing on Tradition: Manga\, Anime\, and Religion in Contemporary Japan (2012) and Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan (2019). He is currently co-editing the New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions while working on a third monograph tentatively titledDifficult Subjects: Religion and the Politics of Public Schooling in Japan and the United States. \nThis lecture is free and open to the public; however\, registration is required and space is limited. To register\, click here.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/numata201/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200316
DTSTAMP:20200304T185633Z
CREATED:20191202T225910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200304T185633Z
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SUMMARY:Foundations for Buddhist Chaplaincy: Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. \nRegrettably\, due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding the coronavirus/COVID-19 situation\, and an overabundance of caution\, CJS and IBS have made the difficult decision to cancel this event. The organizers sincerely hope to reschedule this important conference at some point in the near future. For updates\, please sign up for our email list. \nFoundations for Buddhist Chaplaincy:\nDialogues and Developments in Japan and North America connecting Teachings and Effective Service \nCo-sponsored by the\nInstitute of Buddhist Studies and\nUC Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Studies \nAnd supported by BDK America
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/chapcon2020/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T210000
DTSTAMP:20200214T233442Z
CREATED:20190808T183121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T233442Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Ryukoku Lecture (2)
DESCRIPTION:Life and Thought of Rennyo – His Propagation Skills and Influences\nThe 2020 Ryukoku Lectures will be delivered by Kenjun Inoue\, Assistant Professor of the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies\, Ryukoku University. \nThe topic of the lectures will be Rennyo (1415–1499)\, the 8th Monshu of Hongwanji\, widely credited as making the Hongwanji-ha Japanese Buddhism’s largest sect during the 15th century. Inoue-sensei will discuss Rennyo’s propagation skills and his influences. \nThere will be two lectures on\nFebruary 25 and 27\, 2020 from\n6:00pm-9:00pm \nBoth Lectures are free and open to the public. \nEnglish translation will be provided by Rev. Dr. Mutsumi Wondra.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2020-ryukoku-lecture-2/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T210000
DTSTAMP:20200213T002437Z
CREATED:20190808T183035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T002437Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Ryukoku Lecture (1)
DESCRIPTION:Life and Thought of Rennyo – His Propagation Skills and Influences\nThe 2020 Ryukoku Lectures will be delivered by Kenjun Inoue\, Assistant Professor of the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies\, Ryukoku University. \nThe topic of the lectures will be Rennyo (1415–1499)\, the 8th Monshu of Hongwanji\, widely credited as making the Hongwanji-ha Japanese Buddhism’s largest sect during the 15th century. Inoue-sensei will discuss Rennyo’s propagation skills and his influences. \nThere will be two lectures on\nFebruary 25 and 27\, 2020 from\n6:00pm-9:00pm \nBoth Lectures are free and open to the public. \nEnglish translation will be provided by Rev. Dr. Mutsumi Wondra.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2020-ryukoku-lecture-1/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T200000
DTSTAMP:20190731T164905Z
CREATED:20190731T164905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T164905Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Annual Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP if you are interested in joining us for our annual memorial service to remember all those who came before to make the Institute possible.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2019-annual-memorial-service/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Memorials
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191101T170000
DTSTAMP:20191025T211435Z
CREATED:20191025T204846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T211435Z
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SUMMARY:Approaches to Shin Buddhist Ethical Thinking
DESCRIPTION:Ryukoku University and Institute of Buddhist Studies\npresent a Symposium on\nApproaches to Shin Buddhist Ethical Thinking \nNovember 1\, 2019\n1:00 – 5:00 pm\nJodo Shinshu Center \n1:00-2:45\nPapers by:\nMitsuya Dake\nJames Fredericks\nCharles Hallisey\nDennis Hirota\nResponses and Discussion \n3:00-5:00\nPresentation: “Jōdo Shinshū and Ethics”\nTakashi Miyaji\nResponses and Discussion \nSpeakers: \nDennis Hirota\, PhD\nEmeritus Professor of Shin Buddhist Studies\nRyukoku University \nMitsuya Dake\nProfessor of Japanese Religion\nRyukoku University \nCharles Hallisey\nYehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures\nHarvard Divinity School  \nJames L. Fredericks\, Ph.D.\nEmeritus Professor of Theology\nLoyola Marymount University \nRev. Takashi Miyaji\, PhD\nTacoma Buddhist Temple \nModerator:\nDavid Matsumoto\, PhD\nInstitute of Buddhist Studies
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/approaches-to-shin-buddhist-ethical-thinking/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191017T180000
DTSTAMP:20190923T212042Z
CREATED:20190418T165137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T212042Z
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SUMMARY:Robots in Robes: Buddhism\, AI\, and Skillful Means\, 2019 Numata Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2019 Numata Lecture\nwith Dr. Courtney Bruntz\nThursday October 17 at 4 p.m. \nRobots in Robes: Buddhism\, AI\, and Skillful Means \nIn 2015\, the Longquan Temple outside Beijing unveiled “Xian’er” — a two-foot-tall robot monk capable of responding to questions\, chanting sutras\, and singing Buddhist songs. A few years later\, the Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto debuted “Mindar” — a six foot tall android Kannon (the Bodhisattva of Compassion) with the ability to provide a sermon on the Heart Sutra. This lecture explores intersections of Buddhism and robotics to reveal the variety of ways in which Buddhists are making use of artificial intelligence in Chinese and Japanese contexts\, plus the justifications Buddhist leaders provide for embracing robotic technology. From political support to survival\, Buddhist communities are utilizing AI as skillful means. But at what cost? At the conclusion\, this lecture seeks to unravel the implications of Buddhists adopting AI. \nDr. Courtney Bruntz\, Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at Doane University. Dr. Bruntz’s work focuses on tourism and economics in mainland China\, including the use of new media technology and robotics by Buddhist monastics. She is co-editor of the forthcoming book from University of Hawaii Press\, Buddhist Tourism in Asia. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nRSVP on Facebook.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2019gss/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190524T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190524T130000
DTSTAMP:20190405T153542Z
CREATED:20190405T153542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190405T153542Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Graduation and Commencement Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The IBS 2019 Graduation Ceremony will take place the morning of Friday\, May 24. Please contact the Office of the Registrar for details and to RSVP.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2019-graduation-and-commencement-ceremony/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Graduation
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190511T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190511T123000
DTSTAMP:20190406T000136Z
CREATED:20190406T000136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190406T000136Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy
DESCRIPTION:With Jennifer Lemas\, Daijaku Kinst\, Diane Wilde and Others Saturday\nMay 11\, 2019\, 9:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. \nJoin us for a half-day overview of a chaplain’s work of providing spiritual care and support for people in hospitals\, hospices\, prisons\, and a wide variety of other settings. The work is wonderfully challenging and satisfying. In recent years\, Buddhist practitioners have been experiencing chaplaincy as a powerful opportunity to practice engaged Bud- dhism\, and for some\, as a vocation and profession. Information about the Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training and the Institute for Buddhist Studies Chaplaincy Degree Program will also be provided. \nDaijaku Kinst is the Hanyu Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the direc- tor of the Buddhist Chaplaincy graduate program offered jointly by IBS and the Graduate Theological Union. She is a Soto Zen priest and guiding teacher\, with Rev. Shinshu Roberts\, of the Ocean Gate Zen Center in Capitola CA. She also trained and is licensed as a marriage and family therapist and completed one unit of CPE at UCSF. \nDiane Wilde has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project\, and helps to coordinate and train over 65 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She was lay or- dained as a Buddhist Minister by Gil Fronsdal in 2015. She is a teacher at Sacramento Insight Meditation and California State Prison Sacramento. \nJennifer Lemas has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1997. She was lay ordained as a Buddhist Minister by Gil Fronsdal. She is a graduate of the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy Program\, Upaya’s Buddhist Chaplaincy and has completed four units of CPE at Sequoia Hospital. Jennifer has served as a chaplain since 2010 at various Bay Area Hospitals. She also leads the Buddhism and Recovery group at IMC. \nNo cost– Donations Welcome – No Registration Required\nInsight Meditation Center\, 108 Birch Street\, Redwood City\, CA 94062
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/introduction-to-buddhist-chaplaincy-2/
LOCATION:Sati Center\, Insight Mediation Center\, 108 Birch Street\, Redwood City\, CA\, 94062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190412T160000
DTSTAMP:20190405T153349Z
CREATED:20180711T165330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190405T153349Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Spring Colloquy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with our graduating students to discuss their research and celebrate their success. \nStudent speakers: \nBrent Beavers (GTU/IBS MA)\nNo-Self\, Five Aggregates\, and a Fearless Heart in the Interruption of Transgender Othering in Healthcare \nRhiana Wiggins (GTU/IBS MA)\nThe Buddhist Teachings of Impermanence as a Heuristic Means: Transforming Fear and Denial of Death and Dying
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/spring-colloquy-tentative/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190312T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190312T210000
DTSTAMP:20181024T170510Z
CREATED:20181024T165931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T170510Z
UID:6676-1552413600-1552424400@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:2019 Ryukoku Lecture (1): The World of Theravadins
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2019 Ryukoku Lecture Series\, delivered by Prof. Yukio Hayashi\, “The World of Theravadins: It’s Tradition and Transition from the Field Observation since 1981.”
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2019-ryukoku-1/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190308
DTSTAMP:20181102T230908Z
CREATED:20181024T170339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181102T230908Z
UID:6680-1551916800-1552003199@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:Hearing the Light: innovation and compassion in American Pure Land Buddhism\, BCANCM Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Our annual symposium at the BCA National Council Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday\, March 7\, 2019 in Phoenix\, Arizona. More information is forthcoming.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2019-bca-ncm-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Symposia
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T210000
DTSTAMP:20181001T203729Z
CREATED:20180711T165124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181001T203729Z
UID:6132-1541093400-1541106000@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:Annual Memorial Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual memorial service to remember those who have gone before and helped to create\, sustain\, and grow the Institute. There will be a light reception at 5:30 followed by the formal service at 7:00. RSVP required.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/annual-memorial-service-tentative/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Memorials
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181005T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181005T180000
DTSTAMP:20180828T195432Z
CREATED:20180124T173912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T195432Z
UID:5758-1538744400-1538762400@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:2018 Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Political Engagements\nHow has Buddhist thought\, cosmology\, or ethics been used to engage\, disengage\, critique\, or conform to systems of social and political power? Graduate student presenters will explore the various discursive strategies Buddhists have used historically and contemporarily to reimagine Buddhist worlds in the present moment\, to critique or support political systems\, and develop practices and approaches to the path in line or at odds with social norms. \nMelissa Anne-Marie Curley will deliver the keynote address\, “Impure Land: Ethical Living for Evil People” \nDr. Curley is an assistant professor in the department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. Her work focuses on Buddhism\, particularly Pure Land Buddhism\, in relation to modern understandings of selfhood and the state. Her first book\, Pure Land\, Real World: Modern Buddhism\, Japanese Leftists\, and the Utopian Imagination\, examines modernist reinterpretations of images of utopia and exile in the context of the Asia-Pacific War. She is currently working on a project exploring Buddhist engagements with self-help in East Asia and North America\, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Visit our Facebook page to RSVP. \nSymposium Schedule \nFirst Session: 1:00 – 2:30\nBrent Beavers\nGraduate Theological Union and Institute of Buddhist Studies\n“The Gender Transformation of Avalokiteśvara” \nBrianna K. Morseth\nDharma Realm Buddhist University\n“Taixu and Buddhism in Taiwan: Coming down from the mountain and out from the cave” \nTimothy Loftus\nTemple University\n“Making a Case for Inclusion: Ambedkar’s Buddhism” \nAdrien Chorn\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley\n“Buddhist-Rightful Resistance: Monastic Activism in Contemporary Cambodia” \nBreak \nSecond Session: 3:00 – 4:00\nBlayne Higa\nInstitute of Buddhist Studies\n“Coming Out” as Buddhist: The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii and the Struggle for Marriage Equality \nCJ Dunford\nGraduate Theological Union and Institute of Buddhist Studies\nMinority Stress- and Trauma-Informed Shin Buddhist Pastoral Care for LGBTQ Communities \nIsmail Buffins\nHarvard Divinity School\nAnger\, Interdependence\, and Democracy: Subaltern Perspectives on Buddhist Soteriology \nBreak \nKeynote: 4:30 – 5:30\nMelissa Anne-Marie Curley\n“Impure Land: Ethical Living for Evil People”
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/gss2018/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180822T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180822T130000
DTSTAMP:20180711T164900Z
CREATED:20180711T164900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T164900Z
UID:6871-1534933800-1534942800@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:New and Returning Student Orientation
DESCRIPTION:All current and incoming students are invited to attend the annual orientation to get important information and updates about programs and policies\, meet with faculty and advisors\, register for courses\, and reconnect with friends and peers. Please contact the Registrar for details. This event is not open to the public.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/new-and-returning-student-orientation-2/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Orientation
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of Buddhist Studies":MAILTO:instituteofbuddhiststudies@shin-ibs.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180722
DTSTAMP:20180413T152341Z
CREATED:20180413T152341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180413T152341Z
UID:5908-1532044800-1532217599@www.shin-ibs.edu
SUMMARY:Summer Pacific Seminar 2018
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Education; for information and registration\, please visit the CBE registration page or Facebook event.
URL:https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/summer-pacific-seminar-2018/
LOCATION:Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)\, 2140 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposia
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