tag:www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de,2005:/en/veranstaltungen/vergangene/201320132023-07-29T08:23:19ZNAGR-fakgw-3033046-production2013-12-03T15:11:00ZThree-part Lecture Series: Mindfulness - A Buddhist Practice Takes Therapy by Storm<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/4166766/207-9908-kopie-3ec7371e68cfee670896323042a00c4295166f17.JPG" /><p>The subject of mindfulness meditation is continuing to thrive in the West today. Reflecting this is, for instance, a number of large international conferences that have in the past few years taken place in Germany - “Meditation und Wissenschaft” in 2010 and 2012 in Berlin and the “International Achtsamkeitskongress” in 2011 at the University of Hamburg. The latter conference was followed by a collected volume of articles that summarised this development in its title: Mindfulness: A Buddhist Concept Finds Its Way Into Science. The Hamburg conference marked the first time in which the Buddhist roots of the word “mindfulness” played a major role at the event. In Berlin, discussion centered around Western scientific research in the field, as well as around its transferences and applications. Another example of the mindfulness-trend in the sciences is a growing wealth of studies and books focusing on the subject. These are being written by therapists, psychologists, doctors, neuroscientists, meditation researchers, religious studies experts, as well as educators. At the same time, a similar tendency in various disciplines employing interreligious concepts is also emerging, especially in areas such as Esotericism, health improvement concerning diet and popular forms of yoga, as well as other religions, particularly Christianity.In light of the increasing scientific importance of the concept of mindfulness, major media has also begun to take note. This event will mark a further step towards the integration of mindfulness and meditation in mainstream Western society. In a new series of lectures on the topic of mindfulness at the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg, these two fundamental facets of the modern mindfulness-trend will have their say on the subject; namely, the Buddhist “root” and its Western “branches”.</p>
<p>[ 03.12.2013 ]<br>A History of Mindfulness<br>Bhante Sujato</p>
<p>Bhante Sujato is an Australian Buddhist monk. He was ordained in the Thai forest tradition, and for the past 20 years has been living in forest monasteries meditating and studying the Buddha's teaching. He is a teacher and an author, who specializes in the study of the earliest teachings of the Buddha that are common to all traditions. His books includes A History of Mindfulness, which examines the Satipatthana Sutta and related literature from a comparative and historical perspective, and White Bones Red Rot Black Snakes, a detailed study of the feminine in Buddhist mythology. </p>
<p>[ 07.01.2014 ]<br> Die ursprüngliche Achtsamkeit: Die frühbuddhistische Vipassana-„Bewegung“ − was sie ausmacht!<br>Hans Gruber<br><br>Hans Gruber is an Indologist, author and Vipassana-expert. He presents an overview of the diverse contemporary movement of “Vipassana“ (profound insight), which forms the foundation of the Western mindfulness-boom. This movement, along with its underlying concept, will be examined with respect to its practical and theoretical aspects. It will also be explained why in this context we are not dealing with a loose group of distinct teachings centering around mindfulness in early Buddhism, but rather a uniform "movement" defined by certain distinctive features that give way to a coherent structure.</p>
<p>[ 21.01.2014 ]<br>Mitgefühl, das Herz der Achtsamkeit<br>Dr. Christine Brähler</p>
<p>Dr. Christine Brähler is a Psychotherapist in private practice in Munich. She is also part of the research staff at the University of Glasgow, as well as a coach in the new popular mindfulness-based programs “Mindful Self-Compassion“ (Christopher Germer & Kristin Neff; www.centerformsc.org) and “Mindfulness-focused Therapy“ (Paul Gilbert). In her lecture, she will present the Buddhist origins of these programs, which combine Buddhist meditation with evolutionary, social, and neurosciences. Dr. Brähler will also survey the concept of compassion from a Buddhist and scientific perspective while describing compassion-based approaches, as well as preliminary research results.</p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-3033035-production2013-11-07T08:00:00ZModes of Interreligious Engagement: Buddhism and other Religious Traditions in Medieval China<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/3029408/chinese-religious-traditions-700d4a4daf6dc2ae79864aad7bedb850ee051fe4.jpg" /><p>The central focus of the symposium are the prevalent patterns of interreligious interaction and engagement in medieval China, especially between Buddhism and other religious traditions. By exploring the varied manners in which individuals and institutions responded to religious diversity, within the continuously evolving milieus of medieval China, the presenters will explore a range of facets of social and religious life, including the mutual borrowings among diverse religions, the sharing of common symbols and vocabularies, the points of tension or conflict, and the construction of multifaceted religious identities.</p>
<p>[ 07.11.2013, 18:15 h ] <br>Pattern of Interreligious Interaction in Tang China - Keynote lecture<br>Mario Poceski, University of Florida</p>
<p>[ 11.11.2013, 18:00 h ] <br>Die Dynamik zwischen Bewusstsein und Realität (Tendrel) − Mit Impulsen für den Dialog mit anderen Religionen und Weltanschauungen<br>Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Universität Sanchi</p>
<p>[ 13.11.2013, 18:15 h ]<br>Shifting Fortunes and Misfortunes of Buddhism in Modern China<br>Mario Poceski, University of Florida</p>
<p>In cooperation with the Konfuzius Institut, Hamburg<br></p>
<p>The lecture will explore the turbulent history of Buddhism in modern China, in relation to the main historical events and sociopolitical development that shaped China’s often frustrating attempts to come to term with modernity. In term of historical chronology, it will start with the varied Buddhist responses to the collapse of the old imperial order and the Republican revolution of 1911, and end with the ongoing revival of Buddhism in mainland China and Taiwan. Among the topic covered will be the notable attempts to revive Buddhism during Republican period (1911-1949), which included several different approaches that still exert influence on the contemporary development of Buddhism. Some Buddhist leaders, represented by Xuyun (1840–1959), the best-known Chan master of the era, and Hongyi (1880–1942), a noted monk, artist, and poet, advocated return to central elements of traditional Buddhism, such as meditative practice and observance of monastic discipline. In contrast, other Buddhist leaders took a distinctly reformist approach, as they tried to radically reorganize Buddhism in strikingly modern terms. For them the continuing relevance of Buddhism hinged on its ability to adjust and successfully meet the challenges posed by modernity, with its emphasis on science, technology, and rationality. The most famous reformist monk from this period is Taixu (1890–1947), who is credited with the creation of a novel form of the tradition, popularly known as “humanistic Buddhism.” Also covered will be the negative impacts of the persecution that Buddhism suffered during the violent Cultural Revolution, the revival of Buddhist institutions, pilgrimage sites, and popular practices during the last several decades, the intersections of religion and politics, and the current globalization of Buddhism. </p>
<p>Mario Poceski, an associate professor of Buddhist studies and Chinese religions at the Religion Department, University of Florida, received a PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures, with specialization in Buddhist studies, from the University of California, Los Angeles (2000). He has spent extended periods as a visiting researcher at Komazawa University (Japan), Stanford University, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Hamburg (Germany), and has received several prestigious fellowships, including an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship. Poceski’s most recent books are Ordinary Mind as the Way: The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism (Oxford 2007), Introducing Chinese Religions (Routledge2009), and The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism (Blackwell 2014). His publications also include two other books and numerous articles and chapters on various aspects of Buddhist studies. Presently he is working on a new book provisionally titled “The Records of Mazu Daoyi (709–788) and the Making of Classical Chan Literature.” <br> </p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-4165319-production2013-07-11T14:15:00ZEröffnungsfeier: Buddhismuskunde am Asien-Afrika-Institut<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/4166801/207-4037-kopie-68c06b92250d0a8c783f161349098cfcc5f440f8.JPG" /><p>Wir möchten Sie herzlich einladen zusammen mit uns zu feiern: Nach fast sechs Jahren seiner Existenz erhält das Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde neue Förderung und einen neuen Namen: Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde Zum Anlass der feierlichen Eröffnung des Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde erwarten wir Herrn Rev. Toshihide Numata, den Präsidenten der Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai (仏教伝道協会) und andere herausragende Vertreter der internationalen Buddhismusforschung und -förderung. Das Programm umfasst musikalische Darbietungen, Grußworte und kurze Reden zur Zukunft der Buddhismuskunde in Deutschland von </p>
Michael Zimmermann (Hamburg)
Holger Fischer (Vizepräsident, Uni HH)
Tatsuhiko Ichihara (Konsulat Japan)
Kai Vogelsang (Hamburg)
Mario Poceski (University of Florida, USA)
Jörg Quenzer (Hamburg)
Shoryu Katsura (Kyoto)
Lambert Schmithausen (Hamburg)
Rev. Toshihide Numata (Tokio)
<p>Musikalische Darbietung:</p>
<p>Michael Petermann (Cembalo) & Martin Gonschorek (Flöte), Akademie des Hamburger Konservatoriums </p>
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonate D-Dur für Flöte und Cembalo, Wq 83, 3 Sätze
<p>Im Anschluss an den offiziellen Teil laden wir alle Zuhörer zu einem Buffet mit Sushi und Getränken. <br>Der Eintritt ist frei. Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen!</p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-4165326-production2013-06-24T16:15:00Z'Enoughness': A Thai Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy”<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/3124436/swearer-afab00b879668f0271fb30ed2b4330b2af4e631d.png" /><p>Prof. Dr. Donald K. Swearer (Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School) </p>
<p>The philosophy of ”sufficiency economy” (sethakit phòphiang) became prominent in Thailand after H.M. King Bhumibol’s 1997 address in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis in which his majesty enunciated the principle: ”sufficient economy means to have enough to support ourselves.” Since that time a considerable literature on the subject has been published, including the 2007 UNDP Thailand Human Development Report on Sufficiency Economy. This lecture will explore the extensive application of phòphiang (”enoughness”) from agriculture to industry to education, and its transformation into an iconic term, defining what it means to be Thai in the 21st century. Donald K. Swearer directed the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School from 2004 to 2010 after retiring from Swarthmore College as the Charles and Harriet Cox Professor of Religion. Currently he is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the CSWR. His research and publications have focused on Buddhism in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand. Recent monographs include: The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia, 2nd ed. (2009), Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand (2004), Sacred Mountains in Northern Thailand and Their Legends (2004).</p>
<p>In cooperation with the Department of Southeastasian Studies</p>
<p>Termin: Montag, 24. Juni 2013, 18:15-19:45 Uhr<br>Ort: Universität Hamburg, Emund-Siemers-Allee 1 Westflügel, Raum 221</p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-4165335-production2013-06-04T16:00:00ZBuddhist Women at the Grassroots - Scholars and Practitioners in Dialogue<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/4166841/207-grassroots-d68277ac8cb22d7ab53aed1d6ee223089b03ee71.JPG" /><p>An interdisciplinary cooperative event by the Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Academy of World Religions with the kind support by the Fund for Gender Equality of the University of Hamburg (Faculty of Humanities) and the Gustav Prietsch-Stiftung.<br> [ mehr ]</p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-4165344-production2013-06-04T12:00:00ZResearch, Dialogue and Understanding across Religions: Women and Gender Issues as an Organizing Point for Scholarship<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakgw/4166876/207-0497-6fb506a6771952ec45e2d266128ed0d828d431f8.JPG" /><p>Followed by a Co-Creative Workshop for a Programme on Women in Buddhism An interdisciplinary cooperative event by the Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Academy of World Religions with the kind support by the Fund for Gender Equality of the University of Hamburg (Faculty of Humanities) and the Gustav Prietsch-Stiftung.[ Programm und Veranstaltungsaufzeichnungen ]</p><p>Photo: </p>NAGR-fakgw-4165351-production2013-05-14T16:15:00ZBuddhist Ethics as Moral Phenomenology<p>Veranstaltung in Kooperation mit dem Tibetischen Zentrum e.V. Hamburg</p>
<p>It is tempting to try to understand Buddhist ethics in terms of Western ethics. Some have tried to show that it is a species of virtue ethics, and indeed Buddhist ethicists do talk about virtue. Others have tried to show that it is a species – or several species – of consequentialism. And indeed Buddhist ethicists do talk about pain, pleasure and the consequences of action. But neither of these approaches does justice to Buddhist ethics. I will argue that Buddhist ethics – particularly the approach of Santideva – is best understood on its own terms, as a kind of moral phenomenology, and that as such, it has a great deal to contribute to contemporary global ethical discourse. Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College/ Northampton, at the University of Massachusetts, at Melbourne University, and he is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India. He teaches and pursues research in the philosophy of mind, foundations of cognitive science, logic, philosophy of language, Buddhist philosophy, cross-cultural hermeneutics, theoretical and applied ethics and epistemology. He is author of numerous books on Western and Buddhist Philosophy, including Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation (OUP 1996).</p>NAGR-fakgw-4165358-production2013-05-10T14:15:00ZBuddhism and Political Power: A Provisional Typology<p>Im Laufe seiner langen Geschichte wurde der Buddhismus in einer Vielzahl von Umgebungen praktiziert. Einige davon unterstützten die klösterlichen Ordensgemeinschaften (saṅgha) großzügig, andere waren ihnen feindlich gesinnt. So ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass die buddhistischen Mönche eine Reihe von Anpassungsstrategien entwickelt haben. Manchmal werfen sie sich in das Zentrum des politischen Geschehen, manchmal ziehen sie sich an die Peripherie zurück, aber meistens agieren sie zwischen diesen beiden Extremen. Häufig wird behauptet, dass der Buddhismus einen Gegenpol zu der Schnelllebigkeit der Politik bildet. Doch obwohl es Belege für "Politischen Quietismus" in den historischen Quellen gibt, ist er in Wirklichkeit nur sehr selten zu finden. Durch die Untersuchung einer Vielzahl von konkreten Beispielen – sowohl aus der Vergangenheit als auch aus der Gegenwart – werde ich diesen Vortrag nutzen, um eine vorläufige Typologie aller möglichen Interaktionen zwischen organisiertem Buddhismus und politischer Macht zu entwickeln. </p>
<p>Ian Harris studierte an den Universitäten Cambridge und Lancaster und promovierte an letzterer in Buddhist Studies. Ursprünglich ein Student buddhistischer Philosophie ist sein aktuelles wissenschaftliches Interesse auf die neuere Geschichte Kambodschas, den Zusammenhang von Buddhismus und Politik in Südostasien, sowie auf buddhistische Umweltschutzbewegungen und Landschaftsästhetik gerichtet. Seine jüngsten Bücher sind Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice (2005), Buddhism Under Pol Pot (2007), Buddhism in a Dark Age: Cambodian Monks under the Khmer Rouge (2013) und ein Sammelband mit dem Titel Buddhism, Power and Politics in Southeast Asia (2007). Er ist emeritierter Professor der Universität von Cumbria und Gastprofessor an dem Department of Theology and Religious Studies des King’s College London. Weiterhin ist er Mitbegrüder der UK Association of Buddhist Studies [UKABS] und Gastprofessor an den Universitäten von Oxford, Toronto und British Columbia, an der National University of Singapore, der Dongguk University, dem Documentary Center of Cambodia und der Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University in Phnom Penh.</p>NAGR-fakgw-4165365-production2013-01-17T17:15:00ZDer Buddhismus in der japanischen Literatur<p>Die japanische Literatur wurde von ihren Anfängen an entscheidend vom Buddhismus geformt. Kaum ein literarisches Genre, in dem sich keine Spuren der buddhistischen Weltdeutung finden. Der Vortrag versucht nachzuzeichnen, wie der Buddhismus der japanischen Literatur ihr spezifisches „Gepräge“ gegeben hat. </p>
<p>Prof. Dr. Peter Pörtner ist seit 1992 Professor für Japanologie an der LMU München und langjähriger Leiter des dortigen „Japan-Zentrums“. Innerhalb seiner Forschungschwerpunkte Geistesgeschichte und Gesellschaft Japans hat er sich immer wieder mit Fragen der Ästhetik und der Literatur beschäftigt. Zu seinen einflussreichsten und bekanntesten Publikationen zählen die Studie zu und Übersetzung von Nishida Kitarôs Zen no kenkyû („Über das Gute“) sowie zahlreiche Aufsätze zu geistesgeschichtlichen und kulturwissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen.</p>
<p>Eine Veranstaltung der Abteilung Japanologie in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde</p>