1. Welcome Speech - Dr. Jake Mitra

... China) Venerable Dr Yuan Liu, (The Buddhist Academy of China, China PR), Dr Bikshuni Jampa. Distinguished Sangha and lay supporters of the international Buddhist Community, Members of Parliament, Ladies ...

2. Welcome Speech - His Holiness the Most Venerable Phong Samaruks

... aims to promote understanding, wisdom, compassion, peace among Australia and Asian regional Buddhist cultures and in the world, so to study the Dhamma and bring it into practice is really needed. Even ...

3. Welcome Speech - Peter Stuart

... have in your way of life, the true essence of khukh tenga that flows through the Buddhist way of life in Mongolia. Each of you needs to offer our society the richness of this, your culture and your beliefs. ...

4. Origin and symbolism of Buryatian Buddhist architecture Dr. Tsybikdorzhiev Dorzhi Vladimirovich

The earliest findings of Buddhist archeological objects on the territory of Buryatia dated time Joujuan Khanate (V-VI a.d.). However, these findings are rare and do not confidently provide assurance that ...

5. Dr. Bikiran Prasad Barua

Name: Prof. Dr. Bikiran Prasad Barua Father’s Name: Late Kailash Chandra Barua Corresponding Address -: 46, Buddhist Temple Road, Chittagong-4000  ...

6. Buddhist Approach to Overcome Environmental Crisis Dr. Bikiran Prasad Barua

... is observed in Thailand except in 2008 when UNDV was observed in Vietnam. I had the privilege to participate in UNDV celebration and also in the International Buddhist Conference. In connection with the ...

7. Ven. Dr. Yuan Liu

Ven. Yuan Liu Lecturer The Buddhist Academy of China Ven. Yuan Liu received his PhD in Buddhist studies from the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies (PIPBS), University of Kelaniya, ...

8. Dr. Tsybikdorzhiev Dorzhi Vladimirovich

Dr. Tsybikdorzhiev Dorzhi Vladimirovich, research fellow, Department of History and culture of Central Asia, Department of History and culture of Central Asia, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and ...

9. Ven. Dr. Wei Shan

... in 2005. Now he is also a Vice-Director of Yunmen Buddhist College, Guangdong Province, Supervisor of Ling-Shan Academy of WuXi, Juangsu Province, Sanskrit lecturer in the Buddhist Academy of China, and ...

10. Ven.Sayadej Vongsopha

Ven.Sayadej Vongsopha is a Laotian Buddhist monk. He is now a teacher at the Sangha College in Vientiane capital, the Lao PDR where he obtained his higher diploma in Buddhist studies in 2001 and had been ...

11. Ven. Piseth Pav

...  2008-2012: Bachelor of Arts of Buddhism, MCU 2006-2008: Buddhist High School, Siem Reap Province 2003-2006: Buddhist Secondary School, Kratie Province 2000-2003: Buddhist Primary School and Dhamma ...

12. Ven. Budi Utomo Ditthisampanno

...  Education : * Primary School (1991), Junior High School (1994), Senior High School (1997) * Bachelor of Art (Dharma Acharya), Smaratungga Buddhist College, Indonesia, (2004) * Master of Arts ...

13. Ven. Bulgan Tumeehuu

Ven. Bulgan Tumeehuu, (Ph.D) - born in 1959, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. - graduated from the Mongolian Buddhist University in 1982 as teacher of Buddhist Philosophy and History with BA degree. - ...

14. His eminent Tenzin Damchoe Rinpoche

... Pontsang family by His Holiness The14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. After his reincarnation he was well educated in all the Buddhist studies in Drepung Gomang monastery till 2006. In 2007 he obtained the ...

15. Dr. Carola Roloff

... Tibets, Asien-Afrika-Institut. Topic: "The ordination of nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist canon and its presentation in the Tibetan commentaries", 3-year Temporary Position for Principal Investigators funded ...

16. Dr. Ravi Shankar Singh

Ravi Shankar Singh is an Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Wardha India. He had completed his graduation from Magadha University Bodhagaya. ...

17. Dr. Chimeg Oyun

She was born in 1956 in Ulaanbaatar, studied in 1974-1979 and graduated from Leningrad University, Department of Philosophy. From 1979 till 1997 worked as a research worker at the Sector of Buddhist Studies ...

18. Dr. Georgij Manzanov

... specialist in the Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of Siberian Department of Russian Science Academy in Ulan-Ude. Science interests – Religious Studies, Buddhism, Philosophy, Sociology ...

19. Dr. Hema Goonatilake

Dr. Hema Goonatilake received her Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is proficient in Sinhala, English, German, Pali, Sanskrit and Khmer ...

20. Ven. Freeman Trebilcock

Venerable Freeman Trebilcock (Thubten Gyaltsen) is a 23 year old Australian-born Buddhist monk. In 2000 at the age of just12 Freeman was ordained into the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism by Kyabje Lama ...

21. Chagdyr Sandzhiev

... at Central Institute of higher tibetan studies (Varanasi). Since 2008 - the head of literary-translational department of the central Buddhist monastery of Kalmyk Republic. The researcher of department ...

22. Ven. Dr. Shih Lien-Hai

... of Taipei Buddhist Sangha Sponsor Association Elected as standing committee of Chinese Buddhist Sangha Sponsor Association Elected as standing director of Chinese Monastery Association Elected as ...

23. Natalia Bolsokhoeva

... of Sciences). She is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russia). Her research interest lies ...

24. Ajahn Sujato

Ajahn Sujato (Anthony Best) is an Australian BuddhistMonk, a popular Dhamma and Meditation teacher, founder and Abbot of Santi Forest monastery Bhante Sujato was born in Perth and raised in a liberal ...

25. Ajahn Brahmavamso

... Chah Bodhinyana Mahathera. Whilst still in his years as a junior monk, he was asked to undertake the compilation of an English-language guide to the Buddhist monastic code - the Vinaya - which later ...

26. Estonian Nyingma

The first Nyingma movement  or Estonian Buddhist Brotherhood , was established by Vello Väärtnõu in 1982, in Tallinn . They were also well-known in Estonia and Russia by the  nickname Taola. ...

27. Ajahn Brahmali

... monastic training as an anagarika (keeping the eight precepts) in England at Amaravati and Chithurst Buddhist Monasteries. After hearing the 'word of Brahm' he decided to travel to Australia to train ...

28. Adapting the Monastic Vinaya to Australian Society Ajahn Brahmāli

... Each generation of Buddhists adds a new layer of understanding and interpretation to the traditions they have inherited. The new layer will reflect their own circumstances, their cultures and their place ...

29. Tibetan Buddhism unbounded - The Zimwock Rinpoche lineage DrPauline Gallagher&Venerable Freeman Trebilcock

... December 2008 to take up the position of resident teacher of Jamchen Buddhist Centre. In three years he has transformed this small but active centre in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and is strengthening ...

30. Steve Jobs: A Practicing Buddhist, an Entrepreneur, and an Innovator Joshua Guilar and Karen Neudorf

Steve Jobs was the creative genius behind the United State’s largest and most world-altering company—Apple. His being was decidedly Zen Buddhist. He was married by Zen teacher, Kobun ...

31. Tibetan-Mongolian dictionaries (from Amarakośa to Triglotte via Mahāvyutpatti) Natalia Yakhontova

... lexicon is a translation from Tibetan most likely using not a single Tibetan text. And translations into Tibetan in their turn were made from Sanskrit. From the point of Buddhist terminology study these ...

32. Buddhisms in the History of Latvia Marika Laudere

... appearance in Latvia when the brochure of Platon Lebedyev „Buddha, a Prophet of Ancient Indians” and the translation of H. S. Olkot „Buddhist Catechism” translated by well known Latvian writer Augusts ...

33. The current state of Buddhism in Kalmykia Chagdir Sandzhiev

... only Buddhist republic of the European part of Russia – in Kalmyk Republic. For the first time Oirats – Western Mongols, the ancestors of the Kalmyks, gained access to the Tibetan Buddhism in the ...

34. The current state of Buddhism in ethnical Buryatia (the materials on sociological researches) G.E. Manzanov ScD, Prof.

... of the Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences conducted different sociological surveys in respect to religion and atheism in the Republic of Buryatia, Aginsk ...

35. Buddhism and monastic communities in Germany Carola Roloff

What do ‘Australia’ and ‘Buddhism’ have to do with Buddhism and monastic communities in Germany? There were at least two German Buddhist monastics who not only influenced Buddhism in Germany, but also ...

36. The Teachings of Buddha and Good Governance in Modern India: A Socio-Economic Analysis Ravi Shankar Singh

... to foster Good Governance. Buddhist perspective on good governance The word ‘Dhammappasāsana’ (Dharmaprasāsana in Sanskrit) in Pāli means ‘good governance’. ‘Dhammappasāsana’ is made of ...

37. Buddhist Linkages between India and Mongolia: Implications for Austral-Asian Region Dr. Sharad K. Soni

... co-existence with all religions and the people around the world. While emphasising on this very fact a well-known Sri Lankan-born Buddhist monk and scholar Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda stated that: Buddhism ...

38. MINERAL RAW MATERIALS IN TIBETAN MEDICINE NATALIA BOLSOKHOEVA

... women. Hospitals and pharmacies were situated within the monasteries, and in the most prestigious Buddhist universities manba datsangs (medical faculties or schools) were established. The strong connection ...

39. Varieties of Meditation Process according to the “Grades on the Path to Bodhi” by Tsonkhapa and their Origin. Dr. (Ph.) Chimeg Oyun

... them. Tsonkhapa’s views on meditation process had been interpreted by me as the “process of thinking inherent in all people” (6). But there were other varieties within the Buddhist yoga practice, as ...

40. An Arhat’s Altruism Found in the Sarvāstivādin Notion of Araņā Ven. Dr. Yuan Liu

... both classic Chinese and Sanskrit sources. 1. raNa, saraNa and araNA Literally raNa means battle (as an object of delight), war, combat, fight, conflict etc.1 In the Buddhist context, however, it does ...

41. Engaged Buddhism in Cambodia: Maha Ghosananda, Dhammayietra for Peace and Nonviolence Ven. Piseth

... which is practiced by around 95% of its population. Nowadays, there are many Buddhist monks practicing and studying the teaching of the Buddha (Dhamma and Vinaya) in temples around the country. In my province, ...

42. Buddhism in Indonesia, Past and Present Ven. Ditthisampanno

... Sakya, in this case an expert about Buddhist Dhamma, also considered to be the person responsible for the creation of Java script. If this is true, that have dates Saka expressed as \ ' Nir Wuk Tanpa Jalu' ...

43. The Role and Impact of Vessantara Jātaka in the Lao PDR Ven Sayadej Vongsopha

Laos is one of the Buddhist countries in Southeast Asia where Buddhism has firmly taken root as well as in her neighboring countries such as, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, and Vietnam and so on. While ...

44. Pāli and Sanskrit Studies in Myanmar Ven. Dr. Ashin Ketu

Traditionally Myanmar claims that Buddhism arrived in there by land and by sea at least five times. The first three arrivals took place in Buddha’s life time and the second two in post Buddha’s time. Modern ...

45. Buddhist Values and Globalization Hema Goonatilake Ph.D

Introduction The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which Buddhist values and ideas could be realised in the face of globalization. Let me begin with a personal note. I come from Sri Lanka ...

46. Buddhism as an International Movement for Peace and Well-Being Dr. Ian Cook

... “there are still those Buddhist leaders, predominantly in Asia, who believe that Buddhists, especially clerics, should not take part in any form of social activism, most especially that which challenges ...

47. Contemporary Mission for Buddhist Youth Shih, Lien-hai

... like to deliver the topic of speech: the contemporary missions for Buddhist youth. Time is changing, and so is the culture, structure of our society rapidly, too. It seems that people cannot accommodate ...

48. MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ATSAGAT MANBA DATSAN Dr. NATALIA BOLSOKHOEVA

... Tib. sangs rgya sman bla). The Healing Buddha gives teaching to a retinue of gods, sages, Hindu divinities and Buddhist disciples. There is some analogy with the first plate of the “Atlas of Tibetan medicine”[1]. ...

49. Buddhism: A Portable Religion in Australia Lewis Lancaster

... proof that East Asian pilgrims were aware of the “Great Circle” and they knew that one could travel among Buddhist lands by making a circular journey to India by sea and/or land. The ...

50. .“Buddha and Peace” Ven. Dr.Bulgan

... life a Buddhist way- farer will never resort to killing, never touch any weapons, but will go about with loving kindness and consideration for the welfare of all living beings. The really strong are those ...

51. About Us

Estonian Nyingma The first Nyingma movement  or Estonian Buddhist Brotherhood , was established by Vello Väärtnõu in 1982, in Tallinn . They were also well-known in ...