Please come join our symposium.
This symposium offers the opportunity to share and discuss the Buddhist approach to live in peace and fulfillment in our everyday lives, and also to find the way to connect inner peace and external peace in today's world.
This symposium commemorates the publication of
Cultivating the Buddhist Heart:
How to Find Peace and Fulfillment
in a Changing World,
the latest book written by Rev. Nichiko Niwano, President of Rissho Kosei-kai.
Date: October 18th, Saturday
Time: 2:00 - 4:30
followed by time for socialization, reflection and refreshments
Where: Doheny Beach Room, Student Center at UC Irvine
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Moderator: Dr. Gene Reeves
Special Minister for the International Buddhist Congregation in Tokyo and
Visiting Professor at the University of Peking, Beijing, China
Speakers:
- Dr. Ruben Habito (Professor of World Religions and Spirituality, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas)
Inner Peace and Global Peace: Cultivating Compassion in a Wounded World
- Dr. Miriam Levering (Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville)
Impermanence is Everyday: The Thought and Guidance of Nichiko Niwano
- Dr. Michio Shinozaki (President, Rissho Kosei-kai Gakurin Seminary, Tokyo)
Buddhist Visions of Peace in Today's World: Rev. Nikkyo Niwano's Vision for Peace
Intended Audience: General public and students
Sponsor: The Buddhist Center - Rissho Kosei-kai International of North America
Co-sponsors:
- University of California, Irvine; Office of the Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
- Spiritual Alliance at UC Irvine (SAUCI)
- Buddhist Association at UC Irivne
- Tuttle Publishing
Admission: Free
For the location, direction, and parking at the UCI Student Center, please visit www.studentcenter.uci.edu/information.
Reserve your seat now. Please register above.
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