Tung Lin Kok Yuen International Conference

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Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong

Tung Lin Kok Yuen International Conference

Buddhist Canons: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation for a Wisdom-oriented Education

27 & 28 November, 2021 (HKT) | Online & On-site at HKU

Jointly organized by

The Conference is sponsored by

Tung Lin Kok Yuen.

Organizer & Sponsor

Programme (The programme is subject to change without prior notice. Please check this page for any update.)

Day1

Day 1 - 27 November 2021 (Sat) (Hong Kong Time) (please click the topic to learn more)

Onsite at HKU Rayson Huang Theatre | Online at HKUCBS YouTube

Time	Keynote	Presentation Topic	Speaker
13:15-13:30		--- Registration ---
13:30-13:45		--- Opening and Welcoming ---
13:45-14:30	*	Intellectual Understanding versus Wisdom (paññā/prajñā) in Buddhist Education	Ven. K. L. Dhammajoti
14:30-15:00		Educating the Confucians about Filial Piety: Qisong’s Treatise on Filial Piety	Guang Xing
15:00-15:30		Attaining the acceptance of truth (kṣānti) through the three kinds of knowledge and its modern-day application.	Ven. Sik Hin Hung, Bonnie W. Y. Wu, and Ven. Sumana
15:30-15:45		--- Break ---
15:45-16:15		Notes on the Translation and Transmission of Wisdom from the Earliest Canonical Collections of Tibetan Buddhism.	Georgios T. Halkias
16:15-16:45		From Tradition to Innovation: Wisdom-oriented Education in Buddhist Theory and Practice	Ernest C. H. Ng
16:45-17:15		Conjoining Scientific Knowledge and Dhamma Knowledge for Creating an Authentic Person	G. A. Somaratne
17:15-17:30		--- Break ---
17:30-18:00		On ‘foshuo佛説’ in the Title of Some Chinese Buddhist Sutras	Chengzhong Pu
18:00-18:30		The Buddhist texts translation in Dharmarakṣa’s team	Chung-hui Tsui

Day 2 - 28 November 2021 (Sun) (Hong Kong Time) (please click the topic to learn more)

Online ONLY at Zoom AND HKUCBS YouTube

Time	Keynote	Presentation Topic	Speaker
09:15-10:00	*	Buddhism and Engaged Citizenship	Jin Y. Park
10:00-10:45	*	Retrieving the Dharma Wheel: Searching for Meaning in the Sino-East Asian Buddhist Canon	Albert Welter
10:45-11:00		--- Break ---
11:00-11:45	*	Opening the Canon: New Challenges to Buddhist Studies in Humanities Education	Wu Jiang
11:45-12:15		Shaping the Order of Ritualized Community in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Monasticism	Huaiyu Chen
12:15-14:00		--- Lunch ---
14:00-14:30 #		Knowledge tied to or freed from identity? Epistemic reflections through the prism of the early Buddhist teachings (#available on Zoom ONLY.)	Ven. Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna
14:30-15:00		Knowledge and Wisdom from an early Buddhist Perspective	Asanga Tilakaratne
15:00-15:30		Vasubandhu on the Role of the Teacher and the Features of Wisdom-Oriented Education	Oren Hanner

# Please note that the presentation by Ven. Dhammadinna will be available on Zoom ONLY.

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