Humanistic Buddhism Centre at Nan Tien Institute

The Humanistic Buddhism Special Interest Group (HB SIG) aims to serve as a supportive research network and a safe platform for participants to share resources and HB research results, invite feedback to preliminary findings, share opportunities for publications and presentations, as well as encourage one another as dharma friends. At our meetings, you can choose to present or simply be present.

The next SIG meeting will be held on 18 July 2023 from 2-3PM AEST. This will be followed by an academic writing workshop from 3.30-5PM AEST. For more information please contact [email protected]

The journal Studies on Humanistic Buddhism has an upcoming special edition on the life and works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun. If you have any articles, commentaries, reflections, reviews or student papers that you think are relevant, please send them to [email protected]. We also always welcome volunteers talented in translating, editing or proofreading. Here is a link to our volunteer application form: https://forms.gle/Pjc3nrp2LVoNrnUR7.

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Today (1 Dec 2022) at 3 PM AEDT, Venerable Dr Juewei Shi be the Buddhist voice on a panel entitled 'Religious Studies, Higher Education and Australian Culture' in a "What's God got to do with it?" Symposium in the first Congress on Humanities and Social Sciences. Together with colleagues from ACU and Alphacrucis, Venerable will be responding to University of Divinity's Vice Chancellor Peter Sherlock's presentation on this panel topic. All are welcome to tune in using the Zoom link below.

https://divinity.zoom.us/j/81625713723?pwd=WHFtN2Vmc0tnNnNCam9VNDY5TElhZz09



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Humanistic Buddhist Response to Modern Crises​
Fo Guang Shan and Nan Tien Institute
6th – 8th November 2021
*Pre-recorded panel presentations available now*
Visit https://hbsymposium.fgsihb.org

Panel 4
Revaluing Buddhist Adaptations in the Modern World
Moderator: Dr Jane Qiu (Kintell)
Dr Jens Reinke (University of the West)
• Humanistic Buddhism under the Global Condition
Dr Jonathan Mair
• Humanistic Buddhism and Ethnographic Research Methods
Dr Melody Chiu (RIHSS, Ministry of Science and Technology)
• Humanistic Buddhism meets Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar and Thailand
Joey Yeo
• Leveraging Humanistic Buddhism to better prepare for the next crisis

Panel 5
Examining Humanistic Approaches to Health and Wellbeing
Moderator: Emeritus Professor Suzanne Franzway (UniSA, Nan Tien Institute)
Professor Will Tuladhar-Douglas (Situgyan Consulting Ltd.)
• Autism and Buddhism
Professor Malcolm Voyce (Macquarie University)
• Sharing Health-Related Data and Buddhism
Dr Jonathan Page (Nan Tien Institute)
• A Humanistic Buddhist medical approach to Climate Change
Dr. Kwong Chan (Griffith University)
• MaRIS – The Application of Contemplative Pedagogy in Medical Education

Humanistic Buddhist Response to Modern Crises​
Fo Guang Shan and Nan Tien Institute
6th – 8th November 2021
*Pre-recorded panel presentations available now*
Visit https://hbsymposium.fgsihb.org

Panel 3
Learning from Australian Responses to Modern Crises

Moderator: Venerable Juefang (Hsing Yun Education Foundation)
Associate Professor Anna Halafoff (Deakin University)
Buddhism in Australia: Traditional and (ultra)modern adaptations and responses to racism
Tina Ng (Metta Legal and Metta Centre)
A Buddhist Response to Conflict
Meg Hart (Hart & Mind Associates)
Bodhisattva in Action – Leadership from the Inside Out for Uncertain Times

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Humanistic Buddhist Response to Modern Crises​
Fo Guang Shan and Nan Tien Institute
6th – 8th November 2021
*Pre-recorded panel presentations available now*
Visit https://hbsymposium.fgsihb.org

Panel 2
Working Towards a More Humanistic Society of the Future: Challenges for the Self within Complex Systems

Moderator: Nick Rheinberger (ABC Illawarra)
Emeritus Professor Stephen Hill (University of Wollongong)
• From Self to Our Shared Humanity
Dr Leonard Fisher (University of Bristol)
• Challenges for the Self in an Interconnected World
Dr Peter D Hershock (East-West Center)
• Freedom-of-Attention and the Intelligence Revolution: Buddhist Reflection on Technological Risk and Our Prospects for more Humane Global Futures
Venerable Dr Juewei (Nan Tien Institute)
• Wholeness through Community: A Humanistic Buddhist perspective

Humanistic Buddhist Response to Modern Crises​
Fo Guang Shan and Nan Tien Institute
6th – 8th November 2021
*Pre-recorded panel presentations available now*
Visit https://hbsymposium.fgsihb.org

Panel 1
Creating an Inclusive Society
Moderator: Professor Mario Fernando (University of Wollongong)
Professor Dr Bee Scherer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Caring for the precious human life in its full diversity: Towards reading the dharma for practices of inclusion and celebration
Dr Linus Lancaster (Healdsburg Unified School District and Prison University Project, San Quentin)
Hopeful Monsters, Fostering Empathy and Compassion Through Arts Education
Leanne Smith (Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University)
Engaging Young People in our Democracy
Venerable Miao Guang (Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism)
Post-COVID-19 Acculturation of Humanistic Buddhism and Development of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order

Join the conversation at the 8th International Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism!

This live Symposium brings us together as an international community on Zoom from Saturday the 6th to Monday the 8th of November.

Leading international Buddhist Studies scholar Emeritus Professor Lewis Lancaster and Australia’s top social researcher Hugh Mackay are the Symposium’s keynote speakers. The topic of their dialogue will be: “Never Waste a Crisis: a Human Response to Disruption”. We expect a discussion that is profound, topical and far ranging.

The Symposium will explore a range of serious threats to humanity and imagine our shared future. We will see how our responses to modern crises determine how we fit into that future.
Panels will address:
o Creating an Inclusive Society
o Working Towards a More Humanistic Society of the Future: Challenges for the Self within Complex Systems
o Learning from Australian Responses to Modern Crises
o Revaluing Buddhist Adaptations in the Modern World
o Examining Humanistic Approaches to Health and Wellbeing
o Putting Compassion into Action

Register or find out more at:
http://hbsymposium.fgsihb.org/