A note from Dr. Rebekka King: I have a special guest speaker coming to my class next Thursday (see below, flyer attached). In order to accommodate others who might wish to hear Bhante Chipa speak, I have scheduled the class to take place in HONR 106. Please feel free to join us, spread the word, and encourage your students to attend if they are interested.
Lecture: "Theravada Monasticism: Theory and Practice" (Chipamong Chowdhury)
Date/Time: Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 1PM
Location: HONR 106
Description:
Chipamong Chowdhury/Bhante Chipa is a Theravada Buddhist monk, mobile teacher, storyteller and an advocate of human dignity. He is the adviser to the spiritual advisor to the Rainforest Foundation US and teaches at the Chautauqua Institution NY. His works primarily focus on contemporary Buddhism, Pali Buddhism and Religious Minorities. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Journal of Contemporary Buddhism, Buddhist Studies Reviews, Fair Observer, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and Journal of Religion and Culture, among other publications and a co-editor of upcoming book: Human Dignity: Practices, Discourses, and Transformations.
Born into the Marma community in Bangladesh and became a monk at the age of fifteen. He had Buddhist monastic training/education in Myanmar/Burma and Sri Lanka and holds Master degrees in Sanskrit, Religious Studies and South Asian Studies from Naropa University, Colorado and University of Toronto, Canada and a Fellow at the Center for Justice at Columbia University. Defining himself as a global citizen, he travels extensively in North America, Europe and Asia, teaching relational mindfulness, active care and human dignity.
Section 11: This looks very interesting and like something I would want to know more about. What a great opportunity to talk to such an experienced person.
ReplyDeletesec11 this looks really interesting and im excited to go
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