Introducing the 9th Global Conference on Buddhism | 8 & 9 Aug 2015 | Perth | 9gcb.org

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Introducing the 9th Global Conference on Buddhism | 8 & 9 Aug 2015 | Perth | 9gcb.org

Published on Apr 5, 2015

Buddhism—Australia’s second largest religion
The spotlight will fall on Perth’s growing role as a cultural and tourism hub for the Australasian region over the August 8–9 weekend this year, when more than 1,000 international and Australian delegates will gather for a unique conference hosted at Perth’s Convention & Exhibition Centre: the 9th Global Conference on Buddhism, themed on Resolving Conflict with Mindfulness.
The conference, featuring a diverse and distinguished line-up of international speakers, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist, will also underline the significant part now played by Buddhism in Australia’s national spiritual life—Buddhism is the country’s second largest religion.

Nytimes: The Muddied Meaning of 'Mindfulness'

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-muddied-meaning-of-mindfulness.html?smid=fb-share

The Muddied Meaning of 'Mindfulness'

April 14, 2015, by Virginia Effernan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRDi7JpB8Pw&list=PL1C7C1A7B5BE4CAD0

The Conscious Universe - B. Alan Wallace

 

Published on May 20, 2012

Recorded at Unity Church, Santa Barbara, CA , Jan. 16, 2008
The Conscious Universe: Where Buddhism and Physics Converge

Physicists have long assumed that the universe is fundamentally composed of matter and energy and that life and consciousness are accidental byproducts of configurations of matter. But a growing number of distinguished physicists are now suggesting that consciousness may play a much more fundamental role in nature than scientists previously believed. In this lecture Alan Wallace will review some of the most provocative theories presented by such leading physicists as John Wheeler, Stephen Hawking, and Andre Linde that challenge many of the materialist assumptions based on outdated 19th-century physics.

http://www.alanwallace.org

Please visit http://www.sbinstitute.com/ for more information.

 

How a skeptical anchorman became a Buddhist, Dan Harris

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/10/living/harris-anchorman-buddhist/

How a skeptical anchorman became a Buddhist

Dan Harris, Special to CNN

University of the West (LA) : Spring 2015 Lecture Series

University of the West (LA) : Spring 2015 Lecture Series

 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXAGHVGP8fk
 Buddhism Faces the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, "The Revival and Rapid Growth of Buddhism in the last Decades of the 20th Century." Given at University of the West

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1dZS2fcK4
 Buddhism Faces the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities. Monasticism grew along with the Buddhist revival but often had to adapt to changing world conditions and globalization. Recruitment reflects demographics of family size and this leaves the tradition with an uncertain future.

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZnFKygFMck
Dr. Lewis Lancaster Spring Lecture 2015 Series: Lecture 3, "Challenges of Contemporary Followers: Growth of Urban Society".
 
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwckrMfKozQ
 "Meditation and Mindfulness Practices in Daily Expressions", by Dr. Lewis Lancaster. Videotaped a Hsi Lai Temple.

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhtQZrxKsk
Lecture 5: "Maintaining Existing Buddhist Structural Developments. "Spring 2015 Lecture Series on the challenges and opportunities faced by Buddhism in the 21st century.

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvHg7crJDNA
"Catching Glimpses of 21st Century Buddhism". Filmed at Hsi Lai Temple. The seeds for the future of 21st century Buddhism are already with us. The question is how to spot those elements that will develop into the tradition over the rest of this century. Changes are inevitable and largely predictable.

Patient Awareness

http://buddhismnow.com/2013/08/14/patient-awareness-by-corrado-pensa/

Patient Awareness, by Corrado Pensa

Posted on 14 August 2013 by Buddhism Now

There is this line in the gospel of Luke:
In your patience, you will own your heart. (1)

BBC Radio Programs on issues involving Buddhism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038c0f6

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052gz7m

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01457qc

BBC Radio Programs on issues involving Buddhism

Buddhism and Violence

Buddhism, Therapy, Violence, Rationality

Buddhism and Islam