academic event

Academic events

 

Condferences, Symposiums, and Seminars

• "Buddhism and Society in the Goryeo Period," November 29, 1976, Seoul Youth Center

• "Historical consciousness of Korean Buddhism," September 29, 1978, Dongguk University

• "Issues of the Revival of Korean Buddhism," May 14, 1983, Olympia Hotel, Seoul

• "What to Do for Today's Religion and Society," April 7, 1984, Korean Education Association Hall, Seoul

• "Reexamination of the Tradition and Sect Names of Korean Buddhism," June 9, 1984, Dongguk University

• "What is Dharma?" October 20-21, 1984, Academy House, Seoul

• "Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Thought," November 3, 1985, Daewon Hall, Seoul

• "Modern Significance of Wonhyo’s Thought," November 8, 1986, Dongguk University

• "Buddhism and Democracy," November 14, 1987, Korean Institute for Buddhist Studies

• "Buddhism and Communism," September 11, 1988, Korean Institute for Buddhist Studies

• "Buddhism and Christianity," December 1-2, 1989, Tower Hotel, Seoul

• "The World and Buddhism in the Twentieth Century," April 30, 1990, Lotte Hotel, Seoul

• "Who is a Buddhist? What should we believe and how should we live?" December 4, 1992, Tower Hotel, Seoul

• "What Can We Learn from Wonhyo Today?" November 18-19, 1994, Tower Hotel,  Seoul

• "The Meaning of Dao in Eastern and Western Cassics," November 18, 1995, Tower Hotel, Seoul

• "Religion and the State," November 9, 1996, Dongguk University

• "The Significance of Samyeongdang in the History of Korean Buddhism," September 17, 1999, Dongguk University

• "Modern Korean Buddhism and Buryeon," 10th anniversary conference in memory of Dr. Rhi Ki-Yong, November 3, 2006, Dongguk University

• "Modernity in East Asian Buddhism and the Buddhist Scholarship of Rhi Ki-yong," 15th anniversary conference in memory of Dr. Rhi Ki-yong, December 10, 2011, Korean Buddhism Promotion Foundation

• "Universality and Specificity of Buddhism, November 2, 2013, Yuma jeongsa

• "Bodhisattva: The Ideal of Mahayana Buddhist Practitioners," 20th anniversary conference in memory of Dr. Rhi Ki-yong, November 5, 2016, Dongguk University

• "Bodhisattva and Buddhism of Lay Buddhists," symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Rhi Ki-yong, November 4, 2022, Korean Buddhist History and Culture Memorial Hall, Jogyesa

 

Special Lectures

• Thomas Altizer (State University of New York, Stony Brook), “God’s Death and Emptiness,” July 11, 1974

• Ida Shotaro (University of British Columbia), “Woncheuk’s Thought,” July 23, 1974

• Norman (University of Illinois), “Buddhist Studies in the West,” March 23, 1975

• Lee Jeong-ryong (USA), “Buddhism and Western Thought,” August 16, 1975

• Lewis Lancaster (University of California, Berkeley), “What Buddhism Can Offer to the Western World,” August 28, 1976

• Dema Galpo, “Buddhism in Tibetan Life,” September 4, 1976.

• Rober Buswell (UCLA), “The Meaning of Enlightenment in the National Teacher Bojo Jinul,” January 19, 1994

• An Byeong-jik (Seoul National University), “Han Yong-un, a Great Free Man,” November 2, 2014

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