Buddhist Meditation and the future of contemplation

The Australian Association of Buddhist studies presents a lecture series on Meditation and the future of contemplation. Professor David Germano from the University of Virginia is the holder of the 2024 University Buddhist Education Foundation (UBEF) Visiting Professorship in Buddhist Studies. As part of this Professorship, there will be a lecture series in the John Woolley Rogers Room (N397) of the John Woolley Building (A20) at the University of Sydney on 17, 22, 24 and 29 October. These lectures will be hybrid sessions.

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NSW: Buddhist Studies Seminar

The Australian Association of Buddhist studies will hold its next event on on Thursday 22 August in the Rogers Room (N397), John Wooley Building (A20), University of Sydney. The topic will address The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context. This will be a hybrid session.

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NSW: Buddhist Studies Seminar

The Australian Association of Buddhist studies will hold its next event on Thursday 14 March. The topic will explore the evolution of Humanistic Buddhism from its Chinese origins, emphasising its foundational aim to apply Buddhist teachings practically and compassionately in the contemporary world. This will be a hybrid session.

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NSW: Buddhist Studies June Seminar

Australian Association of Buddhist StudiesThe Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies notifies that its next seminar will take place on the evening Thursday 6 June in the Rogers Room (N397), John Wooley Building (A20), University of Sydney. The topic will be Nothing is pure enough for the pure. A note on the ‘Purification of the view’ (diṭṭhi-visuddhi).

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