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Buddhist Wisdom and Human Transformation Thursday, 31 May 2012 - MCU Conference Hall , Ayutthaya   For iPhone/iPad user: If you can't see all of this short bio's text, please use your two fingers to scroll inside this text area. SHORT BIOGRAPHY    Ven. Dr. Yuan Ci Name :Ven. Dr. Yuan Ci Email Address : padumaci@gmail.com Current Position : Research Fellow, Member of the Standing Committee of the Buddhist Association of China Vice-Rector, Lingyanshan Buddhist College, China Dharma Master, the Buddhist Association of China, Member of Buddhist research Fellow at the Institute For Buddhist Cultural Studies of China Education : SOAS, the University of London, UK PhD Program; Awarded Doctor Degree in Philosophy. Buddhist Projects/Experiences : The Bodhisattva Ideal In Selected Buddhist Scriptures, Religious Publish House, Beijing , 2010 The Concept of the Buddha in Theravada and Mahayana, Buddhist Studies, Journal of the Research Institute of Buddhist Culture of Chian, 2007 A Study on Bukong's Verson of Sanskrit prajnaparamitahrdaya sutram on the Liao Buddha's Pagoda, Buddhist Studies, Journal of the Research Institute of Buddhist Culture of Chian, 2008 A Study on the Paramitas and the Bodhisattva, Buddhist Studies, Journal of the Research Institute of Buddhist Culture of Chian, 2009 A Study on Venerable Fa-xian 's Contributions to Buddhism, Buddhist Studies, Journal of the Research Institute of Buddhist Culture of Chian, 2010 A Study on the Methods of medition in the Chinese Texts, Buddhist Studes, Journal of the National Buddhist Academy of China, 2011 Ven Dr. Yuan Ci China For iPhone/iPad user: If you can't see all of this short bio's text, please use your two fingers to scroll inside this text area. SHORT BIOGRAPHY    Venerable Dr. Khammai Dhammasami Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Oxford, UK and Professor, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU), Yangon, Myanmar Venerable Khammai Dhammasam was born in 1965 in the Shan State. He ordained as a novice as a teenager at a branch of the Mahasi Meditation Center. He received his first degree in Buddhist Literature from Sasana Mandaing Pali University in Burma in 1985, which he completed in only a year. Also in 1985 he received first prize in the Shan State annual Sangha examination. He proceeded to receive MAs at the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka and the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies. In 2004, he received his DPhil from Oxford for his thesis on Monastic Education in Burma and Thailand over the last four centuries.In addition to his position in IABU, he presently serves as a trustee of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Abbot of the Oxford Buddhist Vihara. Venerable Dhammasami is proficient in Shan, Burmese, English, Pali, Thai and Sanskrit, and competent in aural Sinhala and Laotian. He has served as a lecturer at the Sasana Mandaing Pali University, the YMBA in Colombo, and the World Buddhist Foundation. Ven. Dr. Khammai Dhammasami UK For iPhone/iPad user: If you can't see all of this short bio's text, please use your two fingers to scroll inside this text area. SHORT BIOGRAPHY    Prof. Sumanapala Galmangoda Email Address : galman@sltnet.lk Current Position : Senior Professor, Director, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Education : BA (Hons.), MA, PhD., Royal Pandit Buddhist Projects/Experiences : 3 Year Experience of conducting Buddhist Ayurvedic Counseling programme in Sri Lanka with the assistance of World Health Organization South East Asia Centre, 25 years experience of teaching Pali, Sanskrit, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Culture, Buddhist Psychology in University level, 20 years experience as a supervisor in Buddhist studies leading to the degrees MA, MPhil and PhD, 3 year experience as the Head of the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, 1 year experience as an acting director of the Ayurvedic Institute of the University of Kelaniya, 5 year experience as the director of the postgraduate institute of Pali and Buddhist studies, University of Kelaniya. Prof. Sumanapala Galmangoda Sri Lanka For iPhone/iPad user: If you can't see all of this short bio's text, please use your two fingers to scroll inside this text area. SHORT BIOGRAPHY    Dr Sarah Shaw strong>Name : Sarah Shaw Email Address : sarah.shaw@orinst.ox.ac.uk Current Position : Member of Oriental Institute and Wolfson College, Oxford University, Honorary Fellow Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, lecturer Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. Education : Manchester University. BA Hons Greek and English Literature, 1976; PhD English Literature, 1983. Buddhist Projects/Experiences : Lecturer, author and writer on Buddhist subjects. Books include Buddhist Meditation: an Anthology of Text (Routledge 2006), Jätakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (Penguin Classic Series, Delhi, 2006) and Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (Routledge 2009). Dr Sarah Shaw USA