Dr Soraj announces another lecture hosted by the Center for Ethics of Science and Technology, Chulalongkorn University at the end of January. The talks there are academically orientated, and the speakers all known experts in their field. The last talk, on the origins of Mahayana Buddhism, was excellent, and so this upcoming series is highly …
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Buddhist Studies: Challenges
This lecture might be a bit far out for many of you, but is handy for those of us who live in the Thonburi area. A Public Lecture on Advances in Buddhist Studies: Challenge and Opportunity by Dr Peter Skilling École française d’Extrême-Orient, Thailand At the PhD Seminar Room 310 Department of Humanities Faculty of …
Sukhothai Art – lecture
A Siam Society Lecture Art and Architecture in Sukhothai: Focussing on Wat Si Chum Talk by Pierre Pichard and Peter Skilling Thrs 22nd Jan, 2009 7:30pm Siam Society, 131 Askoke Road, Sukhumvit (5 mins walk from Asoke BTS and MRT Stations. Located 300 meters along Asoke road on the left) Free of charge for Students …
Ajahn Wimoak Workshop
Following on from the very pleasant event at the beautiful Ariyasom Villa, Ajahn Wimoak will lead another workshop in a similar style. The schedule is given as below, but as is often the way, things get adjusted on the day according to how things unfold. What stays the same is the starting time, and the …
How Mahayana Literature Began
Monday Jan 12th: Dr Soraj, Center for Ethics of Science and Technology, Chulalongkorn Univresity announces as follows: Public Talk by Prof. Jan Nattier, Soka University, Japan Topic: Authority and Authenticity: How Mahayana Literature Began Date and Time: Monday, January 12, 2009, Room 706, Boromratchakumari Bldg., Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, 1 – 3 pm Free …
Special Event – 17th Jan
Healing Mind and Body with the Five Elements With Visiting Lama Jigme Jinpa. 9am to 6 pm Saturday January 17th, 2009. Registration is required for this program. Please click here to register . At Monteray Place (click here for maps/directions) Topic We live in complex times, with complex thoughts and feelings. Yet there is a feeling, …
’09 Predictions
Aside from failing banks, increased government presence in financial markets, re-rising fuel prices, a more peaceful US foreign policy under Obaama – what will change in ’09? Here is one bold prediction (you heard it here first). The end of Global Warming. And thankfully too. The world was indeed warming up, but in the words …
Starting the year with a Little Bang
Thanks for all the New Year wishes. One Thai message from DTAC (phone company) reads a little quirky in translation: May you have good life Good love Good health A good face and happy all year long. Late US columnist Bill Vaughan quips: An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year. A …
One day workshop
One day meditation workshop with Thai monk Phra Wimaok, in English language, Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand. Free of charge, but please book your place: Sunday 4th January 8:30 am – 5:30 pm One day workshop with Thai monk Phra Vimoak (pictured below in the middle) Soi 1 Sukhumvit Ajahn Vimoak is an experienced meditator who is …
Mind of Brain
Buddhism in Bangkok, Thailand: reflections on the topic of mind and brain in advance of mindfulness meditation events: One cornerstone of Buddhism, and probably all religion, is that something survives death. The fact that all religions, and many psuedo religions, teach this implies there is some truth to the matter. The fact they all disagree …
The Ruin of Xmas
Christmas in Bangkok is not what it is in cold countries. Is it an event worth remembering here? Christmas is here again, though it is hard to get into the spirit of things in Thailand. In the West most people feel that Christmas has become too commercialised, and has lost its original values. What are …
WBU Forum Jan ’08
World Buddhist University January Forum Note: the date is changed from the usual first Sunday of the month to the second Sunday – that is: Sunday January 11th 2009 12:00 to 2pm with coffee and cake afterwards for those who stay and chat. Special Guest Speaker: Lama Jinpa Topic: Sacred Daily Living-or Mind Made Easy …
Describing the Undescribable
Different traditions have very different teachings. Can they all be pointing to the same thing? Or is that just a ‘liberal’ approach that tries to be too inclusive? Arthur’s reaction to our event on consciousness and the mind featuring the video of Jill Bolte Taylor and Susan Greenfield: Most Buddhists, despite a respectful nod to …
Can Karma be Explained?
Thursday 10th Nov 2008 we enjoyed a dhamma talk by Thai monk and clear thinker Phra Bhasakorn. The topic was Karma, a subject he has written a lively little handbook on in English. Was Karma Explained? Karma is probably the most slippery of all the topics in Buddhism. The Buddha himself taught that even the arahants, those with …
Special Lecture Fri Dec 26
Learning from Bhavaviveka: A Sixth-Century Buddhist Rationalist A public talk by Malcolm David Eckel from Boston University at The Center for Ethics of Science and Technology Room 608, Boromratchakumari Bldg., Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University 1:00 to 3:00 pm Friday December 26 Free of charge, no reservation necessary. Abstract for the talk is as follows: …
Playing with Karma
Karma is ‘imponderable’ according to Buddhist teachings. But that does not stop us from speculating. A specualtory exercise is to pick figures from history and guess about karmic forces in their lives: Barak Obama got elected to the universal sigh of relief from the free world. It should have been a shoo-in but you never …
YBAT Retreat – Jan 2009
YBAT International Retreat Friday January 9th – Sunday January 11th YBAT International Vipassana Retreat At the new purpose built Retreat Centre (not far from Don Muang Airport) Vipassana (Insight) Meditation weekend Thai style, for International meditators, with clear instructions, and a systematic approach at one of Thailand’s most active meditation organisations. If you have …
Out of Mind Experiences
Following up from our group view of the Jill Bolte Taylor video at the Tai Pan Hotel. Our Little Bangkok meditation group met for discussion on meditation, vipassana, mindfulness and neurology, or the brain. Following is the report from the event. Jill Bolte Taylor certainly had some odd experiences during her stroke. Where other people …
So Are You Your Brain?
Nov 2008 we met at the Tai Pan Hotel for lunch and video. The topic was The Nirvana Neuron. About 30 of us went for lunch, and some more came later for the videos. In case you were there, the Monastics were: Phra Bhasakorn (author of a popular book on Karma) Mae Chee Brigitte (German …
December Weekend Retreat
What is a short retreat? a retrealet? Retreatlette? or just a ‘treat ? Friday Dec 26- Sun 28 December 2008 is a short retreat in Thonburi area led by Mae Chee Brigitte, at her centre in Taling Chan. Some of you will have met Mae Chee at the movie day at the Tai Pan Hotel …