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The papers for this session include advanced studies related to philosophical issues in meditation practices; dialogues on meditation differences in the traditions; theological or cosmological issues and resultant meditative attainments. This panel aims towards a serious discussion of deep philosophical points actualized as possible or beneficial, with evidence of transformation. The papers in this panel represent an Indra's net of study of original text, ancient commentary, exegesis and various perspectives on modern context, ritual and applicability - with completely different arrangements - many, from apparently unrelated schools of Buddhism that deal with comparable issues, such as: the transmission of the teaching, the historical and modern opportunities provided by transporting one form of Buddhism to another region or culture, or the difficulty in expressing meditative experience through language. Many of the papers have been composed with passion and an appreciation of the great challenge in understanding Buddhist meditative practice and theory, and how they relate to one another. Each represents an attempt to communicate this challenge within a shared discourse. Indeed with subjects covering such a great range of geographical and historical contexts, from such a wide diversity of intellectual and scholarly traditions, addressed by contributors, all at different levels of knowledge and training, who employ a variety of scientific and arts based vocabulary, the papers seem like a slice through all the variety of embodiments of modern Buddhist debate, at many levels. Papers apply theory and practice understanding to many levels of bodily practice, emotional expression, ritual behavior, doctrinal exegesis, textual examination, philosophical debate and scientific discourse. |
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Name : Jason Siff
Email Address : Jason@skillfulmeditation.org
Current Position : Meditation Teacher and Director of the Skillful Meditation Project
Education : M.A., Counseling Psychology, Ryokan College
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Theravadin monk in Sri Lanka, 1987-1990, founder of the Skillful Meditation Project, 1995, author of "Unlearning Meditation: What to do when the instructions get in the way," published by Shambhala Publications, 2010
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Title: Language and Meditation
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The Academy of Korean Studies, R.O.K.
Title: Thought and Praxis in Cotemporary Korean Buddhism: A Critical Examination
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Name : Ven. Jinwol Y. H. Lee
Email Address : jinwol@dongguk.edu
Current Position : Chair Professor of Department of Seon (Chan/Zen) Studies
Education : Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at University of California, Berkeley
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Seon Buddhist Meditation Practice since 1969
CBT project, ECAI project, Seon Healing Project
Ven. Dr. Jinwol established United Religions Initiative of Korea and had been elected and working as a president of it since 1999; had been elected and working as a Global Council member of United Religions Initiative since 2000; elected and working as a Executive Committee member of World Fellowship of Buddhists since 2002; appointed and worked as a member of Presidential Committee on Sustainable Development in Korea 2004-2006; appointed as the President's Special Advisor for International Affairs of Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in 2011; taught religious studies and Buddhist meditation practice at Dongguk University in Seoul 1998-2006. His main English publications are Ch'oi Üisun: A Liberal Sõn Master and an Engaged Artist in Late Chosõn Korea. (Asian Humanities Press, 2002), "A Mahayana Vision of Dharmic Society in Korea" in Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dharmic Societies (Suksit Siam, 1997), "The Ideal Mirror of the Three Religions (Samga kwigam)of Hyuj?ng" in Buddhist-Christian Studies. (University of Hawaii Press, 1995) "Buddhism" in Sourcebook of Korean Civilization vol. I. (Columbia University Press, 1993).
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Dongguk University
Title: Ganhwaseon in Korea: From a Seon Practitioner's Perspective
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Name: Robert E. Buswell, Jr.
Email Address: buswell@humnet.ucla.edu
Current Position:
Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies/Irving and Jean Stone Chair in Humanities/Director, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Education:
Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies), University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
M.A. (Sanskrit), U.C. Berkeley. 1983.
A.B., With Highest Honors (Chinese), U.C. Berkeley. June, 1981
Fieldwork in Buddhist Monasticism: Wat Bovoranives, Bangkok, Thailand, 1972-73 (Theravada); Polamji, Landau Island, Hong Kong, 1973-74 (Chan); Songgwangsa, Cholla Namdo, Korea, 1974-79 (Son and Hwaom).
Buddhist Projects/Experiences : B
uswell has published fifteen books and some forty articles on various aspects of the Chinese, Korean, and Indian traditions of Buddhism, including: The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea (Princeton, 1992), Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen (Honolulu, 1991), Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the East Asian Buddhist Traditions (Honolulu, 2005), Cultivating Original Enlightenment: W?nhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra (Honolulu, 2007), The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea (Princeton, 1989). Buswell also served as editor-in-chief of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Macmillan Reference, 2004). In 2009, Buswell was awarded the Manhae Prize from the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism in recognition of his pioneering contributions to Korean Buddhist Studies in the West. Buswell was elected president of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) for 2008-2009, the first time a Koreanist or Buddhologist has ever held the position, and served as past-president and past-past-president in subsequent years. Before returning to academe in 1979, Buswell spent seven years as an ordained Buddhist monk in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Korea.
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Title: The Transformation of Doubt in Kanhwa Sön : The Testimony of Gaofeng Yuanmiao (1238-1295)
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Name: Miss Pyi Phyo Kyaw
Email Address: ppkyaw24@gmail.com
Current Position: PhD Candidate
Education:
2010- PhD Religions: Buddhism, SOAS, University of London, UK.
20092010 M.A. Religions: Buddhist Studies Pathway, SOAS, University of London, UK. Grade: Distinction. Courses attended: 'Basic Pãli', 'Buddhism: Theravadin Traditions', 'Independent Research'
20042008 B.A. (Hons) in Economics and Management, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences:
Conference Papers
Forthcoming 'The Mahamuni Image of Mandalay and His Brothers: understanding Buddha worship in Southeast Asian context'. The Buddhist Art Forum, Courtauld Institute, London, April 2012.
Forthcoming 'The Patthãna (Conditional Relations) and Buddhist meditation: application of the teachings in the Patthãna in some Burmese meditation traditions'. The 2nd IABU Academic Conference, MCU, Thailand, December 2011.
Forthcoming 'Not Intellectually Educated, but Intellectually Enlightened: an unique meditation approach of two meditation masters in contemporary Burma'. The 3rd ATBU Conference, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, November 2011.
January 2011 'Emptiness through dhammas or Emptiness of dhammas: understanding of Emptiness in Theravãda Meditation Traditions' at the 3rd International Buddhist Research Seminar organized by The Buddhist Research Institute, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Ayutthaya, Thailand.
October 2010 'A Good Business Person and/or A Good Buddhist: Pervasiveness of Buddhist teachings and symbols in contemporary Burmese business practices' at Buddhist Forum, SOAS, University of London.
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SOAS, London
Title: The Patthãna (Conditional Relations) and Buddhist Meditation: Application of the
Teachings in the Patthãna in Insight (Vipassanã) Meditation Practice
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Name : Lei Xiaoli
Email Address : leixiaolizhj@hotmail.com, leixiaolizhj@gmail.com
Current Position : Ph.D Candidate
Education :
2010.05-present Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University,
Graduate School.
Ph.D Candidate, Buddhist Studies, English programme.
2009.07-2010.04 Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Thai Language study.
2007.09-2009.07 Renmin University of China,
School of Philosophy.
Master of Philosophy, Major in Religious Studies.
2003.09-2007.07 Minzu University of China,
School of Philosophy and Religion
Bachelor of Philosophy, Major in Religious Studies.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
2007.06 Thesis of Bachelor: The Idea of Harmony in Buddhism.
2007.12 Theory of HuiNeng's Buddha Nature.
2009.05 Thesis of Master: A Critical Survey to Insight Meditation and Insight Meditation Movement in Modern Theravadin Countries.
2011.07 Chinese Buddhist Studies. Comparative Study of the Four Systems of Vipassana Meditation in the Current Theravada Buddhism. p269-283.
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Mahachulalongkornrajavdyalaya University
Title: A Study on the Development of Meditation in
Theravada Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism
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Name : Kanae Kawamoto
Email Address : metta9072@gmail.com
Current Position : Master's degree student, Tutor
Education : Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (Thailand), Bukkyo University (Japan)
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
* English Paper Buddhism and Suicide: Right Attitude towards Death, published by UNDV Conference, Thailand, 2011
* Spanish Translation of the above paper Buddhismo y Suicidio: Actitud Correcta con Respecto a la Muerte, published by Buddhismo Theravada Hispano, Mexico, 2011
* Illustration for Korean translation of Buddhism and Vegetarianism written by Ashin Nandamãlavivamsa, Myanmar, translated by Ven. Doil, 2009
* Nunhood as Ven. Sunanda, Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, Myanmar, 2008-2009
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Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Title: Pragmatic Benefits and Concentration through Anãpãnasati meditation
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Name : Dr Tadeusz Skorupski
Email Address : ts1@soas.ac.uk
Current Position : Retired Reader in Buddhist Studies, SOAS, University of London
Education : BA Greek Philosophy (Poland, 1965), BA Theology (Canada, 1970), Licentiate Theology (Italy, 1972), PhD Buddhist Philosophy (SOAS, University of London, 1979).
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Founder of the SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of London. Editor of the Buddhica Britannica Series (11 volumes), and the Buddhist Forum (6 volumes). Authored eleven books and some fifty articles, edited eighteen books.
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SOAS, University of London
Title: Consciousness and Luminosity in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
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Oregon State University and Maitripa College
Title: Samatha and its Relation to the Mundane and Supramundane Paths According to Geluk Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism
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Name : Thomas Weiser
Email Address : tweiser@naropa.edu
Current Position : Adjunct Instructor
Education : BA Harvard College, MA City College of New York, MA Naropa University
Buddhist Projects/Experiences:
Naropa University Honors Thesis: Three Ways to Practice the Four Foundations: An Investigation of Vipassaná Meditation, Analytical Meditation and Samatha/Vipasyaná Meditation on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
PRESENTATIONS
Three Ways to Practice the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Marpa House, Boulder, CO, 2011
RETREAT EXPERIENCE
Karme Chöling Shambhala Center, Barnett, VT, seven-day retreat December 2005
Shambhala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes, CO, thirty-day retreat July, 2006
Karme Chöling Shambhala Center, Barnett, VT, seven-day solo retreat December 2006
Shambhala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes, CO, fourteen-day retreat December, 2007
Great Mountain Zen Center, Louisville, CO, three-day retreat April, 2009
Dhamma Dhara Vipassana Meditation Center, Shelburne Falls, MA, ten-day retreat December 2009
Shambhala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes, CO, thirty-day retreat July, 2010
Shambhala Mountain Center, Red Feather Lakes, CO, staff, fifteen-day retreat December 2011
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Title: Three Practices of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness:
An Investigation in Comparative Soteriology
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Name : Dr. H. M. Mahinda Herath.
Email Address : kavitmaamodi@yahoo.com
mahindaherat@gmail.com
Current Position : Deputy Director
SIBA DCI Research Centre
Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy SIBA
Pallekele, Kundasale 20168, Sri Lanka
Education
Ph.D. in Pali, University of Peradeniya, 2009
M.A. in Sankrit Buddhist and Pali University, 1998
B.A. (Hons) in Pali (First Class Honours), University of
Peradeniya, 2001
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
A critical Study of the Patisambhidhamagga (in Sinhala)
Peradeniya: Netvin Printers, 2011.
Editor Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies (SIJBS), Vol. II, SIBA-DCI Research Centre, Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy, Pallekele. Kandy: Graphic Land, 2011
Translation of Majjimanikáya óãkà III in to Sinhala
Published by Buddhist Cultural Centre, Nedimala, Dehiwala. 2011
Editor Sri Lanka International Journal of Buddhist Studies (SIJBS), Vol. I, SIBA-DCI Research Centre, Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy, Pallekele. Kandy: Graphic Land. 2010
"Pali S?hitya vicàra lipi"
Peradeniya: Netvin Printers, 2009.
Editor V ?ma?sã, B i- Monthly Newsletter of the Department of
Pali & Buddhist Studies. Vol.1, Issue 6. 2007, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya.
A Critical Examine on Merit & Demerit (in Sinhala)
Peradeniya: Netvin Printers, 2006.
Editor V ?ma?sã, Bi- Monthly Newsletter of the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies. Vol.1, Issue 5. 2006, University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya.
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Deputy Director, SIBA Research Centre,
Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA)
Title: Theravada Philosophical Exposition of the Supramundane (Lokuttara) State
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Name : Dr. Ira Greenberg
Email Address : intentionaldoc@hotmail.com
Current Position : PhD Research Student (University College Cork)
Education :
PhD University College Cork (in progress-all but dissertation)
Juris Doctor (law)
Doctor of Chiropractic
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Research: "Vajrayana Buddhist Conceptions of Mind, Neuroplasticity and Mental Causation: Toward an Ecology of Mind"
Research and presentations: The Dying Mind: A Vajrayana Perspective
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Title: Mind, Death and Supervenience: Towards a Comparative Dialogue
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Name & Title Jeff Waistell. Senior Lecturer
Current Roles and Responsibilities Module Leader for Organisational Innovation and Change.
Educational Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Open University, 1999-2000
MBA: Strategy (distinction), HRM, Performance Measurement and Evaluation, Public Services Management; Open University 1994-1996
DMS (distinction); Teesside University, 1992-1993
MA in Social Work; Nottingham University, 1982-1984
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work; Nottingham University, 1982-1984
BA in General Arts (Honours B); Durham University, 1976-1980
Qualifications MBA, MASW, CQSW
Publications and measures of esteem Journal Articles
Koning, J. and Waistell, J. (2012) 'Identity Talk of Aspirational Ethical Leaders', Journal of Business Ethics, ISSN 0167-4544.
Waistell, J. (2011) 'Individualism and collectivism in business school pedagogy: a research agenda for internationalising the home management student', Higher Education Research and Development, 30(5).
Waistell, J. (2009) 'The Textual Constitution of Organisational Values', Philosophy of Management, Vol.7, No.2, pp.41-59.
Waistell, J. (2009) 'Organising Values', Philosophy of Management, Vol.7, No.3, pp.13-26.
Waistell, J. (2009) 'Management Education: Critically, Dialectically, Metaphorically', International Journal of Management Education, Volume 8(1), pp.73-84.
Waistell, J. (2007) 'Metaphorical Perspectives of Organisational Values', Culture and Organization, Vol.13 No.1, pp.83-97.
Waistell, J. (2006) 'Metaphorical Mediation of Organizational Change Across Space and Time', Journal of Organisational Change Management, Vol.19 No.5, pp.640-654.
Conferences
Waistell, J. (2011) ''The Way of Environmental Preservation and Restoration''. Paper presented at the United Nations Vesak Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, May.
Waistell, J. (2010) '(An)Aesthetics Of Nature: A Buddhist Ecology For Businesses'. Paper presented at the United Nations Vesak Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, May.
Waistell, J. (2009) 'Building a future in a global world: Managing Individual and Communal Knowledge at University and Work'. Paper presented at the The Centre for International Curriculum Inquiry and Networking (CICIN) 'Internationalisation of the Home Student', Oxford, June.
Haigh, M. and Waistell, J. (2009) 'Engagement with Environmental Action: Comparing Buddhist and Vaishnava Perspectives'. Paper presented at the United Nations Vesak Conference, Bangkok, May 2009.
Waistell, J. (2008) 'Philosophy of Lay Buddhism and leading organisational change'. Paper presented at the World Lay Buddhist Conference, Seoul, October.
Waistell, J. (2008) 'What is Nature teaching us?'. Paper presented at the United Nations Vesak Conference, Hanoi, May.
Waistell, J. (2005) Hermeneutics Into Practice: Organising Values.
Philosophy of Management Conference, St Anne's College, Oxford, July.
Waistell, J. (2005) Metaphorical mediation of organisational change across space and time, 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Cambridge, July.
Waistell, J. (2005) 'The Role of Mandalas in Manufacturing Corporate Identity', 16th Meeting of Standing Conference for Management & Organization Inquiry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April.
Waistell, J. (2000 and 2001) Invited lecture tours of Brazil sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Brazilian Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the Universities of Brazilia, Sao Paulo and Amazonas.
Books
Quintas, P., Ray, T., Little, S. Albert, S. Buckingham Shum, S., de Chernatony, L., Skyrme, D., Thomson, A. and Waistell, J. (2001) Managing knowledge: a synthesis. Milton Keynes: Open University, ISBN: 0749277785. DDC: 658.4038.
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Name Professor Angraj Chaudhary
Email Address angraj.c@gmail.com
Current position
Working as editor and teacher (I also teach Pali to Indian and foreign students here) in Vipassana Research Institute, Dhammagiri, P.O. Igatpuri, Dist. Nashik 422403, where I came after I retired from Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda as Professor of Pali, in 1994.
Education
M.A. (English and Pali), D.Lit. (Patna University), P.G. Dip in English Studies (University of Leeds, U.K.), Certificate of Honour in Pali awarded by the President of India.
Buddhist Projects/ Experiences:
(a) Taught Pali Literature for more than 29 years at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda ,Bihar.
(b) Critically edited the following Atthakathas for the first time into Devanagari script and wrote long introductions:-
(1) Suttanipata Atthakatha Part I
(2) Suttanipata Atthakatha Part II
(3) Theragatha Atthakatha, Part I
(4) Theragatha Atthakatha Part II
(5) Therigatha Atthakatha
These books are published by Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda.
(6) As one of the editors at the Vipassana Research Institute, Dhammagiri I helped in editing the Pali Texts with commentaries, sub-commentaries and sub - sub commentaries. These were published from here in 140 volumes.
(7) I have also translated a few Atthakathas such as Theragatha Atthakatha, Suttanipata Atthakatha into Hindi.
Books published;-
(1) Comparative Aesthetics: East and West
(2) Essays on Buddhism and Pali Literature. (contains 27 essays)
(3) Aspects of Buddha-Dhamma (contains 35 essays)
(4) Telakatatahagatha (English and Hindi translation with a long introduction)
All these books are published by Eastern Book Linkers, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110007.
Besides these books I have written a number of articles which have been published in reputed national and international journals.
(8) I have also worked on a Major Research Project entitled 'Buddhist Aesthetics' approved by the University Grants Commission of India. This book will soon see the light of the day.
(9) I have guided many scholars to write their theses on different aspects of Buddhism and Pali Literature.
(10) At present I am engaged in translating Theragatha Atthakatha into English.
(11) Practicing Vipassana meditation
I learned Vipassana from Acarya Satyanarain Goenka in 1973 but I have been regularly practicing it since 1994.
Practicing Vipassana has convinced me that Pali Canonical Literature can not be clearly understood without practicing Vipassana. There is so much here that has come from Bhavanamayi prajna. One has to develop it to understand the teachings of the Buddha
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Title: The Philosophy of Suffering and Practice of Vipassana
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Name : Dr. Charles Pyle
Email Address : crpyle@gmail.com
Current Position : Database Administrator, APS Healthcare
Education : Ph. D. Linguistics, University of Illinois
Buddhist Projects/Experiences : Linguistics of truth and falsity, Duplicity of Language, Buddhist theory of language, Meditation.
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Title: The Strategic Perspective on Buddhist Meditation
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University of Hamburg
Title: Communicating the Innate: Observations on Teacher-Student Interaction
in the Tibetan Mahämudrä Instructions
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Name : Sumi Lee
Email Address : sumiring@gmail.com, sumilee@ucla.edu
Current Position :
PhD Candidate
Buddhist Studies
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of California, Los Angeles
Education :
Ph.D., BUDDHIST STUDIES (ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, California, US, 2013 (In Progress).
M.A., BUDDHIST STUDIES (EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES), UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, US, 2006.
M.A., PHILOSOPHY, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, South Korea, 2000.
B.S., PHARMACY, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, South Korea, 1996
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Sumi Lee received both her BS (1996) and MA (2000) from Seoul National University, first in Pharmacy and later in Philosophy. She received a second MA in Buddhist Studies from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (2006) before coming to UCLA. Her research interests include Korean Buddhism, East Asian Buddhism, and the broader Yogäcära tradition. She is currently working on her dissertation, tentatively entitled, "Toward a New Paradigm of East Asian Yogäcära Buddhism: Taehyõn (ca. 8th century CE), a Korean Yogäcära monk, and his Predecessors."
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University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Searching for a Possibility of Buddhist Hermeneutics: Two Exegetic strategies in Buddhist Tradition
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Title: The Mind's 'I' in Meditation: Early Pãli Buddhadhamma and Transcendental Phenomenology in Mutual Reflection
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Title: Is it true that Buddhism is Mind-Based Science?
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Name : Karin L. Meyers
Email Address : karin.L.meyers@gmail.com
Current Position : Lecturer, Kathmandu University Centre for Buddhist Studies
Education : PhD, University of Chicago
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
"Free Persons, Empty Selves: Free Will in Light of the Two Truths" (forthcoming, to be included in an Oxford University Press edited volume; editors: Edwin Bryant and Matthew Dasti)
"Freedom and Self-Control: Free Will in South Asian Buddhism" (dissertation, University of Chicago 2010)
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Centre for Buddhist Studies
at Rangjung Yeshe Institute
Kathmandu University, Nepal
Title: Defilement, Dhyãna and Insight in Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosabhãsya
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Title: Buddhadãsa Poetry: the object of Contemplation on Emptiness
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Name: Dr Uma Maheswari Shankar
Email Address : umahsankar21@hotmail.com
Current Position:
Associate professor At SIes Colloge of Arts, Science & Commerce
Reasearch guide at Somaiya Buddhist studies, Vidya vihar, Mumbai
Education: M.A. ( Philosphy) Ph.D
Academic Position:
Chair person of Board of studies - Logic and Philosophy, Mumbai university Academic Council Faculty of Arts, and BUTR. Since 2011
Experiences
1. Has been teaching at SIES college of Arts, Science
and commerce , Sion since 1993 the papers are
Metaphysics, Buddhism, Philosophy of Yoga, Indian
philosophy, Formal logic, Moral philosophy and
Developmental Psychology for the under graduates,
2. Has also been teaching "Sankara" Philosophy of Religion
for the postgraduates, at the University of
Mumbai for the last ten years
PUBLICATIONS
1. Edited and published a book "Revisiting Vedanta in 21st Century"- the proceedings of the seminar in October 2010.ISBN no 987-93806690-90
2. An Article on Pramanas published by ACPI (Association of Christian Philosophers of India) Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 2010. ISBN no 817086575-1
3. What makes a good manager? in HR Magazine, Hyderabad, 2009.
4. Philosophy of Yoga, in the magazine of Yoga Vidya Niketan, 2008.
5. Sharanagathi in Advaita Vedanta, published by Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute,Volume VII, 2005.
6. Rasa theory of Madhusudana Saraswathi, published by Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute,Volume III, 2001.
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SIES College of Arts, Sc & Com, Mumbai, India
Title: The Philosophical Perspectives in the Meditational practices of Tantric Buddhism
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Name : H.D.Yasanjali Devika Jayatilleke
E-mail : jajay@ou.ac.lk
Current Possition : Professor
Education : Ph.D
Buddhist Project/Experience : I have engaged in various research projects
pertaining to Sri Lankan Buddhist Rituals.
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University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Title: An Anthropological Study on the Rituals
Pertaining to Life Crises Events among Sri Lankan Buddhists
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Name : Dr Mark Owen
Email Address : mark.owen@winchester.ac.uk
Current Position : Director, Winchester Centre of Religions for Reconciliation and Peace.
Education :
BA Hons, MA Religious Studies, University of Southampton.
PhD Tibetan Buddhism, University of Winchester.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Dr Mark Owen has studied and taught Buddhism at undergraduate and postgraduate level, completing his doctorate on Tibetan Buddhist death rituals and beliefs. He is currently Director of the Winchester Centre of Religions for Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester, and his research interests include Buddhism, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding.
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Title: The Philosophical Foundations of the Tibetan Buddhist Practice of Bodily Preservation
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Name : Dr Bethany Lowe
Email Address : bethany.lowe@ncl.ac.uk
Current Position : Lecturer (Arts and Cultures)
Education : BA (First Class), University of Oxford
MMus, University of London
PhD, University of Southampton
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Presentations at Third International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts (Lincoln, 2009) and Spirituality, Theology, and Mental Health: Myth, Authority and Healing Power (Durham, 2010)
'In the heard, only the heard
: Music, Consciousness, and Buddhism', published in Music and Consciousness, eds. Clarke (Oxford University Press, 2011)
'The aesthetics of purity: overtone singing and its contexts in western culture' (project in progress)
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Title: Dangerous Dharma, Death, and Depression: The Importance of 'Right View' for Practicing Contemplation in Western Buddhist Traditions
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Education
BA in Pali and Buddhist Studies of Kelaniya University in Sri-Lanka
MA in Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Master of Philosophy in Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
presently A candidate of PHD in Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 2012
Publications
My own Writing : [Sati 100] BCC, Sri Lanka, 2009, in English
Translation : [The concept and Reality] Bhikkhu Nanananda,.2006, Haneun, in Korean
Translation : [The Magic of the Mind] Bhikkhu Nanananda, 2002, Sum, in Korean
Translation : [everything arises, everything falls away] Ajahn Chah, 2006, Muwoosoo, in Korean
My own writing : Meditaion Essay [Pouring sunbeam] in Korean
Contact Mobile Phone : 0779366911 (Sri-Lanka)
E-mail : anulametta@hanmail.net
Career Presently the Meditation Teacher of Kalyanamitta Meditation Center in Korea
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PhD Candidate, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies
Title: The Practical approach to the Enlightenment through the Buddhist Meditation
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Name : Sarah Shaw
Email Address : sarah.shaw@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Current Position : Member of Oriental Institute and Wolfson College, Oxford University, Honorary Fellow Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, lecturer Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.
Education : Manchester University. BA Hons Greek and English Literature, 1976; PhD English Literature, 1983.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Lecturer, author and writer on Buddhist subjects. Books include Buddhist Meditation: an Anthology of Text (Routledge 2006), Jätakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (Penguin Classic Series, Delhi, 2006) and Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Routledge 2009). |
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Title: Breathing Mindfulness: Text and Practice
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Title:The Training of Satipatthãna related to 15 Caranas and 8 Vijjãs
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Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
Title:Transcending the Limiting Power of Karma The Early Buddhist Appamãnas
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The Buddhist Academy of China
Title: A Study of the Meditation Methods in the DESM and Other Early Chinese Texts
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