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Videos of lectures
To honor Ven. Master Cheng Yen and her Mentor Ven. Master Yin Shun's great contribution to contemporary Buddhism, Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation and seven outstanding universities of the world will hold Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series on Buddhism in the name of the two Venerables. We invite excellent Buddhist scholars from all over the world to give lectures on the thought, practice and application of contemporary Buddhism which will help promote the development of contemporary Buddhism and encourage more scholars to study the relationship of Buddhism with modern life.
 
 
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Columbia University
Peking University
The University of British Columbia
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation
 
Rey-Sheng Her
Buddhist Tzu Chi
Charity Foundation
 
Jinhua Chen
University of
British Columbia
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Sessions
 
Presentation
Lectures
 
Opening Speech
Dharma Master De Yuan
Jing Si Abode
Text of Opening Speech
Po-Wen Yen
CEO of Buddhist Tzu Chi
Charity Foundation
Text of Opening Speech
Co-Initiators of the Lectureship
Rey-Sheng Her
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation
Text of Opening Speech
Jinhua Chen
University of British Columbia
Text of Opening Speech
Representatives
Stephen Teiser
Princeton University
Professor, Program in East Asian Studies
Jonathan Gold
Princeton University
Professor, The Center for the Study of Religion
Text of Opening Speech
Eugene Wang
Harvard University
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art
Text of Opening Speech
Bernard Faure
Columbia University
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Text of Opening Speech
Imre Galambos
University of Cambridge
Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Text of Opening Speech
Noga Ganany
University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Text of Opening Speech
Song Wang
Peking University
Professor, The Center for Buddhist Studies
You Zhao
Peking University
Assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Text of Opening Speech
Ulrike Roesler
University of Oxford
Professor, Oriental Institute
Text of Opening Speech
Matthew Orsborn
University of Oxford
Assistant Professor, Oriental Institute
Text of Opening Speech
Zhaohua Yang
Columbia University
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Text of Opening Speech
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Buddhist Art for the 21st Century: What Might It Look Like?
Organizer： University of Cambridge
 
Event date: 21:00 (UTC+8) Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Speaker
Professor Eugene Y. Wang
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art
Founder & Director of CAMLab Harvard University
Discussants
Professor Hui Tang
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Professor Francesca Tarocco
Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Exploring The Future of Buddhism Through A Historical Perspective:
With A Reference to The Tzu Chi School of Buddhism
Organizer： Harvard University
 
Event date: 21:00 (UTC+8) Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Speaker
Rey-Sheng Her
Deputy CEO, Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity
Foundation
Associate of Harvard FAS CAMLab
Discussants
Richard Madsen
Professor Emeritus of Sociology,
UC San Diego
Elise Anne DeVido
Chair, Department of English Language and Literature, Tzu Chi University

Fostering Education Beyond the Classroom
Examples from Republican Buddhism and Their Legacy Today
The University of British Columbia
 
 
Event date:21:00 (UTC+8) Thursday, December 8, 2021
Speaker
Stefania Travagnin
Senior Teaching Fellow in Buddhist Studies and Chinese Religions,
Department of History, School of History, Religions & Philosophies,
University of London
Discussants
Chin-Lon Lin
CEO, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Ming-Nan Lin
Vice Superintendent, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital
André Laliberté
Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Ottawa

Whiteness is a Sankhara: Racial Justice as Buddhist Practice
Oxford University
 
 
Event date:13:00-15:00 (UTC) Monday, January 24, 2022
Speaker
Ann Gleig
Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Central Florida
Joy Brennan
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Kenyon College
Discussant
Jessica Zu
Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California

Philosophy, Philosophers, and Buddhist Scholastic Texts (Śāstra)
Princeton University
 
 
Event date:19:00-21:00 (EST) Friday, February 18, 2022
Host
Jonathan Gold
Professor of Religion, Princeton University
Speaker
Parimal Patil
Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Harvard University
Discussant
Trina Janiec Jones
Professor of Religion, Wofford College
The Trial of Ananda: Some Thoughts for Modern Times
Columbia University
Event date: 20:00 (EDT) , March 30, 2022
Host
Zhaohua Yang
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Buddhism, Columbia University
Speaker
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan
Studies, University of Michigan
Discussant
Bernard Faure
Professor of Japanese Religion,
Columbia University
Chien-Te Lin
Director of the Institute of Religion and
Humanities, Buddhist Tzu Chi University
 
 
Lecture 7: The Trial of Ananda: Some Thoughts for Modern Times
 
Lecture 6: Philosophy, Philosophers, and Buddhist Scholastic Texts (Śāstra)
 
Lecture 5: Whiteness is a Sankhara: Racial Justice as Buddhist Practice
 
 
20211012 Exploring The Future of Buddhism Through A Historical Perspective
 
20210922 Buddhist Art for the 21st Century
 
20210901 Launch Meeting of Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series on Buddhism