Issue No. 15 (2020)
Table of Contents
Introduction
Adamek, Wendi, University of Calgary
Articles
As If This Is Home
Adamek, Wendi, University of Calgary
Chan Practitioners as Agents of Social Change
Li, Rebecca S.K., The College of New Jersey
Ecodharma: a new Buddhist path?
Loy, David, Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Pragmatism, Institutionalism, and Buddhism: Toward a Synthesis for Socially Engaged Buddhist Economics
Magnuson, Joel, Willamette University
Book Reviews
A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor
Payne, Richard K., Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union
Buddhist Stone Sutras in China Sichuan Province Volume 3
Guthrie, Elizabeth, University of Waterloo
Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism
Simonds, Colin H., Queen’s University
News and Views
“Reimagining East Asian Buddhism: Wuyue Foundations of Song Dynasty Buddhism and Beyond:” A Talk by Professor Albert Welter
Le, Jing, East China Normal University Fu, Jisi, Fudan University Simonds, Colin H., Queen’s University
“The Life-world of Chinese Buddhism: Temple-town Relationship and Everyday Life in Jiangnan:” A Talk By Professor Tang Zhongmao
Le, Jing, East China Normal University
Tibetan Monastic Education: Challenges and Reforms
Lin, Weiyu, University of British Columbia
“‘How to Milk a Painted Cow:’ Considering the Buddhist View of Emptiness:” A Lecture by Khenpo Chöying Dorjee at UBC, February 28, 2019
Fink, Sarah, University of British Columbia
On Chinese Qin and Chan Buddhism Literature: A Lecture by Dr. Huqun Li
Fink, Sarah, University of British Columbia Mitchell, Maggie, University of British Columbia
Reflections on Attending the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (2019)
Altenburg, Gerjan, McMaster University
Naturalizing Buddhism: Tradition and Tension: A Reflection on Bernard Faure’s Leslie S. Kawamura Memorial Lecture at the University of Calgary (March 29, 2019)
Ereshefsky, Josh, University of Calgary
The Oriental Nun and Representation of Buddhist Female Monastics or Monasticism: An Interview with Elizabeth Guthrie (University of Waterloo)
Le, Ngoc B., Simon Fraser University
The Politics and Pathways of Return: Trans-regional Perspectives on a Buddhist Homeland (June 28-29, 2019): A Conference Report
Le, Ngoc B., Simon Fraser University
Autumn Canadian Conferences
Kotyk, Jeffrey, McMaster University Dalvi, Rohit S., Brock University
Thai Forest Buddhism Enters the British Columbian Forest: A talk by Luke Clossey and Karen Ferguson at Simon Fraser University
Foster, Liam, Simon Fraser University
“All Living Beings Have Buddha-Nature:” the Genesis of the Concept of Universal Buddhahood: A Lecture by Dr. Michael Zimmermann at UBC
Fink, Sarah, University of British Columbia
Premodern Japanese Studies International
Conference at McGill, 10-11 October 2019
In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice (October 25-27, 2019): A research convening report
DiMaio, Marina, Curatorial Assistant, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Religion and Politics in Bhutan: An Interview with Dagmar Schwerk
Le, Ngoc B., Simon Fraser University
“Did Women Produce Buddhist Texts in Medieval China? And Does it Matter if they did?:” Lecture by Stephanie Balkwill
Fink, Sarah, University of British Columbia
New Paths in Teaching Buddhist Studies: Conference Report
Negru, John, Independent Scholar, Publisher at Sumeru Books