The Eighth Annual Master Hsuan Hua Memorial Lecture took place at the Pacific School of Religion on Thursday night, April 16th, 2009. Both speakers were in fine form, as they discussed the topic "In Search of a Genuine Engaged Buddhism: Voices from Ancient Texts, Calls From the the Modern World."
Ven. Bodhi spoke eloquently from the perspective of the Pali tradition of the Theravada; Prof. Birnbaum used the Mahayana Sutras in the Chinese tradition to expound his views on the Bodhisattva's vows and their implications for Engaged Buddhism. An overflow crowd estimated at 225 listeners heard two carefully reasoned positions, and then enjoyed the speakers' dialogue.
Both talks will be published in book form by Open Court Press in 2010. Stay tuned for further announcements about its preparation.
Layman Ha Guo-hong captured photos and videos of the event; please click on this link to view the images.
whoa cool.
Posted by: jk5177 | April 22, 2009 at 06:37 AM
I am sorry I missed it. It looked very interesting.
Posted by: mc | April 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Engage Buddhism, nice subject to think about for me.
Unfortunately, all the video are not complete (only partial). Is there any way I can see the whole video. Thanks.
Posted by: JustPractice | April 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM