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Housed at the University of British Columbia and supported by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, our mandate is to foster understanding of modern and contemporary Buddhist forms, and how they are involved in socio-economic and political life in Asia and abroad in Buddhist diaspora communities in the Vancouver region. For more information about the Program, please contact us. For more information about the TLKY Canada Foundation, please visit The Buddhist Door website.
Category Archives: State of Buddhism in Asia
APM: Japanese Buddhism After the Earthquake
Japanese Buddhism After the Earthquake: Memorials, Spiritual Comfort, and Emergency Response Originally posted on March 31, 2011, at Asia Pacific Memo (#69) byJessica L. Main – jessica.main [at] ubc.ca On the 7th day after the earthquake, at precisely 2:46 p.m., … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Japanese Buddhism, Main
Prof. Tsering Shakya on the Karmapa Controversy
Karmapa Controversy – Raid on a Tibetan Monastery in India Originally posted at Asia Pacific Memo by Tsering Shakya – tsering.shakya [at] ubc.ca There is media frenzy in India following a police raid on the temple residence of Ugyen Thinley … Continue reading
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Tagged India, Karmapa, Shakya, Tibetan Budd
Khmer Buddhist Monks Denied Religious Freedom in Vietnam
By Ian Harris, Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, reposted from Asia Pacific Report 32.2 (2008): 1, 7. The Mekong delta area, known in Cambodia as Kampuchea Krom, has been populated by Khmer … Continue reading
Posted in Harris, News, Research, State of Buddhism in Asia, Visiting Professors
Tagged Cambodia, Contemporary Buddhism, Harris, IAR, Politics, Theravada Buddhism, Vietnam, Violence, Visiting Professor
