Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!njin!princeton!pixel.cps.msu.edu!raja From: raja@pixel.cps.msu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern Subject: Conference on Buddhism Message-ID: <1121@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 10 Jul 90 18:19:17 GMT Sender: mukund@idunno.Princeton.EDU Lines: 158 Approved: mukund@idunno.Princeton.EDU CONFERENCE ON BUDDHISM IN CANADA -------------------------------- --Toward Partnership in the Making of Buddhism in the West Duration: July 8 through 14, 1990 Location: Zen Buddhist Temple 86 Vaughan Road Toronto, Canada. Registration: 1. All conference sessions are free, and one can attend without registering. 2. Lunch and snacks will be available. Donation for lunch & snacks: US $10.00 per day. 3. Dormitory-style accomodation is available (please bring sleeping bag). Rate for accomodation (INCLUDING meals): US $20.00 daily. PRE-REGISTRATION NECESSARY. ================================================================ Daily Schedule: 5:00 am Meditation (optional) 6:00 am Morning Service (Yebul) 7:00 am Breakfast 8:00-12:30 pm MORNING SESSION 12:30 pm Lunch (Theravada monks: before 12) 2:00-6:30 pm AFTERNOON SESSION 6:30 pm Evening Refreshments 7:00 pm Evening Service (optional) 8:00 pm EVENING PROGRAM 10:00 pm retire ================================================================ ================================================================ Detailed Schedule: [HIGHLY EDITED -- Raja] July 8 (Sunday)-- 10:00 am Opening Ceremony Bells and Drums Opening Remarks Address: "Buddhism in Canada, Yesterday & Today" Ven. Samu Sunim, Zen Buddhist Temple 12:00 noon Luncheon (by Thai community) & Reception -- "THAI DAY" 2:00 pm "An Overview of Buddhism in Canada" Suwanda Sugunasiri President, Buddhist Council of Canada "The Role of Women in the making of Canadian Buddhism" "Building a Buddhist Monastery in Eastern Canada" Rev. Lodro Zangpo, Gampo Abbey 6:30 pm Evening Refreshments (by Thai community) 8:00 pm World Buddhism in North America (video showing) July 9 (Monday)-- Session to be held in TORONTO BUDDHIST CHURCH 918 Bathurst Street 8:00 am "A Jodo Shinshu Minister in Japan & N. America" Ven. Toshio Murakami Bishop, Buddhist Churches of Canada "A Monk in Cambodia and in Canada" Ven. Hok Savann, Pagode Khmer du Canada 12:30 pm Luncheon (by Toronto Buddhist Church) -- "JAPANESE DAY" 2:00 pm "Overview of Buddhist Movements in the W. Coast" 3:30 pm "Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Movements in Canada" 5:00 pm "Vipassana Meditation Movements in Canada" 6:30 pm Evening Refreshments (by Toronto Buddhist Church) 8:00 pm "Life as a Western Woman Buddhist" Annabel Cathrall (Engineer) 9:00 pm "Healing and my Tibetan Buddhist Practice" Dr. Joe Lukezich July 10 (Tuesday)-- 8:00 am "A Monk in Vietnam and in Canada" Ven. Thich Thien Nghi President, Vietnamese Buddhist Assn. of Canada 10:20 am "A Monk in Tibet & India and in Canada" Ven. Geshe Khenrab, Temple Bouddhiste Tibetain 12:30 pm Luncheon (by Chua Hoa Nghiem Temple) -- "VIETNAMESE DAY" 2:00 pm "Overview of Buddhist Movements in the Prairie Provinces" Dr. Steven Kh Aung 3:00 pm "Buddhism in Toronto in the 60's and 70's" 4:40 pm "Overview of Buddhist Movements in Toronto & Ontario" Janet McClellan, Buddhist Council of Toronto 6:30 pm Evening Refreshments (by Ambedkar Mission) "EVENING FOR BUDDHISM IN INDIA" 8:00 pm Roundtable Discussion on Human Rights, Social Justice, & Ecological Awareness July 11 (Wednesday)-- 8:00 am "A Monk in Korea and in Canada" Ven. Samu Sunim, Zen Buddhist Temple 10:20 am "A Monk in China and in Canada" Ven. Yuen Chi, Manshu-Yuen 12:30 pm Luncheon (by Manshu Yuen Chinese comm.) -- "CHINESE DAY 1" 2:00 pm "Overview of Buddhist Movements in Quebec" Francois Mercier, Universite de Montreal 3:20 pm "Buddhist Movement of L'Association Dojo Zen de Montreal" Rev. Raymond Dubois Director, L'Association Dojo Zen de Montreal 4:30 pm "Buddhist Movement of Pratique du Zen Deshimaru in Quebec" Rev. Alexandre Roy 5:30 pm "Can Zen ever have more than a marginal impact on Canadian Society?" Albert Low, Montreal Zen Centre 6:30 pm Evening Refreshments (by Tibetan community) "EVENING FOR TIBET" 8:00 pm Meditation or free time July 12 (Thursday)-- 8:00 am "A Monk in Sri Lanka and in Canada" Ven. Bhante Punnaji, Abbot of Toronto Mahavihara 10:20 am "A Monk in the Chinese Tradition in Vietnam & in Canada" Ven. Thich Ngo Duc, Tai Bay Temple 12:30 pm Luncheon (by Tai Bay Temple) -- "CHINESE DAY 2" 2:00 pm "On the Need for a Buddhist Seminary or College for Canadian Buddhism" Prof. Richard Hayes, McGill U 3:30 pm Seminar on Teachin Buddhism at Canadian Universities 5:45 pm Evening Refreshments (by Toronto Zen Centre) 6:30 pm Tour of Buddhist Collection at Royal Ontario Museum Dr. Doris Dorenwend, Curator, Far Eastern Dept, ROM July 13 (Friday)-- 8:00 am Roundtable Discussion: "Scholars and Clergy -- how they can help each other to transmit Buddhism to the West" 10:20 am Symposium on Buddhist Rituals and Ceremonials - I 12:30 pm Luncheon (by Sri Lankan community) -- "SRI LANKAN DAY" 2:00 pm Symposium on Buddhist Rituals and Ceremonials - II 4:20 pm "Women and Buddhism in Canada -- When is the Traditional Practice an Inspiration, & When is it an Encumbrance" 5:30 pm "On Social and Religious Issues facing Buddhist Women" Rev. Sujata Linda Klevnick, Zen Buddhist Temple 8:00 pm Evening Refreshments 8:00 pm Colloqium on Women and Buddhism JUly 14 (Saturday)-- 8:00 am "Social Justice, Peace and Ecology in Modern Buddhist Movements" Peter Timmerman, Inst. for Envir. Studies 9:00 am "Human Rights in Buddhist Asia" 10:00 am Evaluation of the Conference & Adoption of Resolutions/Statements of Consensus 11:30 am CLOSING CEREMONY 12:00 Luncheon (by Korean community) -- "KOREAN DAY" 2:00 pm Tour of Temples in Toronto (to be confirmed) ================================================================