The next International Buddhist Conference will be held in 2012 on the Theravada Buddhist island of Sri Lanka. The title and theme of it is “New Millennium Challenges for Buddhism,” according to the Sri Lanka Minister of Higher Education, S.B. Dissanayake. The conference will be held from February 17-19 at the Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University, Anuradhapura.
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Over 100 Buddhist scholars from local and international Buddhist organizations will take part. The conference is aimed at presenting over 100 research papers from different parts of the globe to discuss the progressive aspects of the Buddhist establishment in their respective countries.
Moreover, the issues and challenges Buddhist monastics and laypersons encounter will also be discussed. In addition, the forum will call attention to several goals such as investigating a meaningful mechanism to modernize Buddhist education. Other goals are to share strategies, adopted by different Buddhist traditions, to:
- upgrade Buddhism, to draft a coordinated plan to propagate the Buddha's message to an ultra-modern society equipped with the latest consumer technology and the resultant mindset, to discuss ways and means of reintroducing the age-old relationship between monastics and laity.
NOMINATIONS OPEN
2012 Excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies
The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
2012 Excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies
The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
The Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies is now receiving nominations for the 2012 Frederick Streng Book Award for Excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies. Nominations must be received by Dec. 31, 2011. The winner will be announced at the annual meeting of the Society. The criteria [are]... More