Marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s premiere Buddhist Studies institute at The University of Hong Kong
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Meditation: A Sampler Workshop with Professor Michael Sheehy
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Prof. Michael Sheehy’s workshop on Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices brought a unique teaching style to ancient techniques of meditative insight
The Cosmos Inside a Buddha’s Body – The Iconography and Presence of Cosmological or Dharmadhatu Buddhas
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A talk on a unique Buddhist art motif by Macau-based Buddhist Studies Tianshu Zhu
Life, Happiness, and the Master of Buddhist Studies at HKU
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Since 2002, the University of Hong Kong’s Centre of Buddhist Studies has remained Hong Kong’s premier institute for Buddhist Studies, with an ever-expanding community of international alumni. Now, enrolments are open for applications for the Master of Buddhist Studies (MBS) program of 2022-23. BDG is proud to work with CBS to present these testimonials from […]
The TLKY International Conference 2021 Interview Series – Prof. Albert Welter
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Welcome to our series of conversations with participating speakers at this year’s Tung Lin Kok Yuen International Conference – Buddhist Canons: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation for a Wisdom-oriented Education (27–28 November 2021). In each blog post, I speak with keynote speakers and paper presenters about their subject at this conference. Register for this […]
Sending Loving-kindness
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“Did today’s guided meditation session make your mind happy and peaceful?” I asked this question to Chan Oi Wan, an undergraduate student who was enrolled in a minor course offered by the Centre of Buddhist Studies (CBS) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The course was called Buddhist Psychology and Mental Cultivation. 200 undergraduate […]
Understanding Yoga with Ami Ganatra
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On 7 October, a workshop titled “Understanding Yoga: The holistic health science” was conducted at The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) Graduate House (GH). Ami Ganatra, who has been practicing yoga for over a decade, conducted the workshop with a presentation that covered yoga philosophy, scientific aspects of yoga, practices, and the impact of those […]
HKU’s PhD Students Seek Spirituality Beyond Dogma
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When we think about spirituality, we mostly think about specific teachings or doctrines that need to be accepted. This is a common assumption among communities with traditional faiths like Catholic Spain or Islamic Indonesia. For such communities, spirituality can be a sensitive issue because it traditionally brings to mind a place of worship or scriptures, […]
The 15th Sakyadhita Conference in Hong Kong: Women’s Empowerment through Diversity and Plurality
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Although gender equality has enjoyed progress in many sectors of our society, we can still see that discrimination against women in varying degrees is a feature of most societies. Gender casts a shadow in ongoing discussions about the re-establishment of Bhikkhuni Order, one of the crucial fourfold assemblies in the Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. […]