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Zoominar series from April 12-30, 2021

2021 DIRI Buddhist Academy Zoominar Series

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2021 DIRI Buddhist Academy Zoominar Series

This zoominar series aims to promote Buddhism and Buddhist Studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of outstanding scholars are invited to lecture through ZOOM for the public, monastic, lay Buddhist, academic and non-academic audience worldwide. It is anticipated that these zoominars will offer the audience the light of wisdom and peace that is flourishing in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies.

Join Zoom Meeting
Link: www.zoom.diri.ac.nz
or Zoom Meeting ID : 825 3655 7097
Passcode : 072

12 Apr 2021
8-9pm NZST | 3-4pm ICT

Dr. Jeff Wilson

Topic : Buddhism, Husserl and the Void
15 Apr 2021
2-3pm NZST | 9-10am ICT

Dr. D.E. Osto

Topic : Entering the Supreme Array: A Mahāyāna Dharmology for the 21st Century
17 Apr 2021
8-9pm NZST | 3-4pm ICT | 1:30-2:30pm IST

Asst. Prof. Dr. Arvind Kumar Singh

Topic : A Re-examination of Devadatta’s Character as Depicted in the Buddhist Scriptures
20 Apr 2021
9-10pm NZST | 4-5pm ICT | 2:30-3:30pm IST

Dr. Yojana Bhagat

Topic : Asokan inscriptions
24 Apr 2021
1-2pm NZST | 8-9pm ICT | 1-2 am PDT

Prof. Dr. Richard Salomon

Topic : A Newly Discovered Biography of the Buddha in Gāndhārī
26 Apr 2021
9-10pm NZST | 4-5pm ICT | 2.30-3.30pm IST

Prof. Dr. Anand Singh

Topic : Nuns and Laywomen as Donors at Sārnāth: Locating Gender, Endowments, and Autonomy
26 Apr 2021
2-3am NZST(27Apr)|9-10pm ICT| 11am-12pm CEST

Dr. Stefan Baums

Topic : Buddhist Inscriptions from Ancient Gandhāra: A Window on Faith, Ritual and Patronage
27 Apr 2021
6-7pm NZST | 1-2pm ICT | 4-5pm AET

Dr. Mark Allon

The Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts
28 Apr 2021
7-8pm NZST | 2-3pm ICT | 9-10am CEST

Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann

Topic : The Buddha within: an Unorthodox Idea in Indian Buddhism?
29 Apr 2021
0:30-1:30am NZST(30Apr) | 7:30-8:30pm ICT

Dr. Imre Galambos

Topic : Untying the Bonds of Hatred: A Dhāraṇī from Dunhuang
30 Apr 2021
1-2pm NZST | 8-9am ICT | 2-3am CET

Dr Lina Verchery

Topic : Buddhism and Filmmaking: Challenges and Possibilities

Organiser

  • Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), New Zealand

Co-Organisers

  • Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), University of Cambridge, UK

  • School of Social Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

  • Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), UK

  • World Alliance of Buddhists (WAB)

Supporters

  • DKF International Affairs

  • The 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of Australia and New Zealand

Advisory board

  • Most Ven Phravidesdhammabhorn (Bundit Varapanyo), DKF

  • Most Ven Phrasudhammayanavidesa (Sudham Sudhammo), DIRI

  • Most Ven Dr Pornchai Palawadhammo, WAB

  • Prof. Dr Garry W. Trompf, University of Sydney (Retired)

  • Prof. Dr Will Sweetman, University of Otago

  • Dr Imre Galambos, FAMES, University of Cambridge

  • Dr Elizabeth Guthrie, University of Otago

  • Dr Edward F. Crangle, University of Sydney (Retired)

Join Zoom Meeting

Link: www.zoom.diri.ac.nz

Zoom Meeting ID : 825 3655 7097
Passcode : 072

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This zoominar series aims to promote Buddhism and Buddhist Studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of outstanding scholars are invited to lecture through ZOOM for the public, monastic, lay Buddhist, academic and non-academic audience worldwide.