Category Archives: Video

Report on Donald Stadtner’s Lecture on “Sacred Sites of Burma”

Posted on July 25, 2011 by UBC Buddhism

On May 29, 2011, Dr. Donald Stadtner spoke to around 40 museum-goers on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. Based on his recent book, he discussed both established and new: “Sacred Sites of Burma”

Posted in Reports, Stadtner, Video | Tagged Asian Studies, Burma, MOA, Speakers, Stadtner

Report on the Venerable Sik Yin Kit’s Lecture on Teaching Vipassana in Canadian Prisons

Posted on July 11, 2011 by UBC Buddhism

Around 90 people attended the Venerable Sik Yin Kit’s lecture on Prison Dhamma at I.K. Barber Centre, UBC campus, early Friday evening, March 18, 2011: “Dhamma in Prison: The True Transformation?”

Posted in Reports, Sik Yin Kit, Speakers, Video | Tagged Corrections Canada, Fraser Valley, Po Lam Buddhist Association, Prison Dhamma, Report, Sik Yin Kit, Video

Report: “Buddhism in Canada” Conference 2010

Posted on March 13, 2011 by UBC Buddhism

From October 15 to 17, 2010, the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program convened an international conference on “Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions.” The conference was an opportunity to investigate the contours of Buddhism in Canada and its dramatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstracts, Buddhism in Canada, Conferences, Liogier, Prebish, Reports, Speakers, Video | Tagged Buddhism in Canada, Canadian Buddhism, Conferences, Contemporary Buddhism, Education, Report, Speakers, UBC

Report: Mark Unno on Shin Buddhism and Interreligious Dialogue

Posted on October 25, 2010 by UBC Buddhism

On September 23, 2010, at the I.K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Professor Mark Unno spoke before an audience of 60 interested individuals on: “Shin Buddhism in Interreligious Dialogue: A World of Teaching and Learning”

Posted in Reports, Speakers, Unno, Video | Tagged IKBLC, Interreligious Dialogue, Shin Buddhism, Speakers, Unno, Video

Report: Phakchok Rinpoche on Social Development

Posted on October 4, 2010 by UBC Buddhism

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon (September 18, 2010), Phakchok Rinpoche spoke about “Compassion in Action: Integrating Buddhism and Social Development” to an audience of 80 people at UBC’s I.K. Barber Learning Centre.