Event Series Mindful Mondays with Aisha

Mindful Mondays with Aisha

Online/Virtual Event

Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from November 7 to December 19 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions!   Taking place from 12:15-12:35 p.m. join Aisha and an engaged community to build connections, increase […]

What do East Asian Buddhists call their books and why?

C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Almost all scholars of East Asian Buddhism refer to Buddhists’ books as either the “Three Baskets” or the “canon”. But either term denotes a collection of thousands of individual books, whether in manuscript or printed form. Many premodern Japanese Buddhist temple librarians used another term, shōgyō 聖教 (shengjiao), possibly meaning the noble teachings. This presentation will explore […]

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Warriors Against Violence Society: A Story of Change with Joyce Fossella

Online/Virtual Event

Sign up online free at: https://learningcircle.ubc.ca/2023/09/14/warriors-against-violence-society/ ========= A victim’s story of how a men’s program addressing violent behaviors changed her life when the perpetrator participated in a unique program that incorporates tools, culture and spirituality. ========= Joyce Fossella is from the Lil’wat nation. Joyce has worked in the Indigenous community for over thirty years in […]

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