Virtual Go Global 101 Sessions
Online/Virtual EventThinking about adding a global learning program to your UBC experience? Check out this introduction to Go Global designed to help you decide if a Go Global program is right […]
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The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
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A Sense of an Ending: Chinese Buddhist Eschatology Reconsidered
C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaIn 1976, Dan Overmyer published Folk Buddhist Religion, a volume that drew attention to apocalyptic visions of some popular groups influenced by Buddhist conceptions, amongst others, of global disaster. This […]
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Buddhist Self-Immolation and Climate Change
C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaIn recent years, a number of climate activities have self-inflicted auto-cremation in a drastic response to climate change. Though Inspired by Buddhist auto-cremators of the late twentieth and early twenty-first […]
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UBC Farm Farmers’ Market
UBC Farm 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe UBC Farm Farmers' Market starts in June Join us on Saturday, June 4 for the beginning of the UBC Farm Farmers' Market season. Don't miss Vancouver's only multi-vendor farmers' […]
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
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Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: Then and Now
Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThis lecture will explore selected translations of the Kyōunshū 狂雲集 (Crazy Cloud Anthology), an anthology of poems in literary Chinese by medieval Rinzai monk Ikkyū Sōjun 休宗純 (1394-1481). The readings […]
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The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
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A New Translation and Study of The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang)
Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThis lecture will explore the Western reception of the Zhuangzi, a foundational text of the Chinese philosophical tradition and the cornerstone of Daoist thought, and how the early European encounters […]
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UBC DIY Media Workshops Fall 2022 – Introduction to Production
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaHow do they get such great footage? Are you a UBC Instructor or Staff, and planning on filming your own video content? This hybrid workshop will provide advice for DIY […]
Exploring Place: the Indigenous Atlas of Canada Giant Floor Map
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJoin the Xwi7xwa library as they roll out the Indigenous Atlas of Canada Giant Floor Map. In this session we encourage participants to think differently about location and place through […]
Creating Interactive Videos with Kaltura
Online/Virtual EventThis is an advanced workshop for Kaltura. For introductory workshops click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/event-category/intro-kaltura/ Interactive videos can increase student engagement and enhance learning. Join us for this 1 hour session to […]