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Phra Bhavanaviteht,
Santidhamma Forest Hermitage
(Watpah Santidhamma)
United Kingdom |
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Ven Sheng Kai
Dr. Art-Ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya |
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Rev.Noriaki Kunitomo
Prof Vanchai Vatanasapt
Prof. Kamaleswar Bhattacharya
Dr. Phil Tan
Prof. Dr. Donald K Swearer
Dr Thich Tam-Duc
Prof. Dr. Chamnong Adivadhanasit
Prof. Dr. Keown
Ven. Dr. Yuan Ci
Ven. Dr. Khammai Dhammasami
Prof Sumanapala Galmangoda
Dr Sarah Shaw |
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NAME: Professor Vanchai Vatanasapt., M.D., ONZM.
POSITION TITLE:
Director of the Courses on Conflict Resolution and Mediation of King Prajadhipok's Institute, Expert Member of the Administrative Committee of the National Research Council of Thailand. Former President of Khon Kaen University.
Involved in the Conflict Resolution process and training such as Mediation, Reconciliation and Deliberation in several communities dispute, Environmental and Industry Dispute, University Dispute, Business Dispute, Health care dispute.
Brief Presentation on the Panel Discussion:
The Wisdom of Buddha in the Reconciliation are in many of teaching documents. The important one is the four Noble Truths.
Reconciliation in the Thai Society need more than just complaining but to find the Peaceful way and it must start from "Right View" and "Right Thought".
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Name :Prof. Kamaleswar Bhattacharya
Email Address : kamaleswar@hotmail.com
Current Position : retired University professor of Sanskrit
Education : Docteur és Lettres (DLitt)
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
has taught Buddhism and written scholarly books and articles on different aspects of Buddhism
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Name : Dr. Phil Tan
Email Address : ptan@csulb.edu
Education : Phil Tan received his Ph.D. in Social Work from The Ohio State University and has been on faculty at California State University, Long Beach since 2001. He teaches Human Development and Research classes, and a course entitled Spirituality and Social Work Practice.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences : Phil currently leads a book/mediation club for social workers that focuses on readings pertaining to the "Art of Happiness at Work". He is also writing a manuscript on the use of the "Native American Talking Circle" as a resource to listen, learn, and teach about spiritual diversity.
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Name : Donald K. Swearer
Email Address : dswearer@hds.harvard.edu
Current Position : Distinguished Visiting Fellow Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Education :
Princeton University, Ph.D., 1967; M.A., 1965; A.B., 1956
Yale University Divinity School, S.T.M., 1963; B.D., 1962
Buddhist Projects/Experiences :
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Buddhism, Harvard Divinity School, 2004-2010
Editorial positions:
Consulting Editor, Buddhist-Christian Studies, 1981-present.
Editorial Board, Curzon Press, Critical Studies in Buddhism, 2000-present
Advisory Board, The Chulalongkorn Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2002-present
Regional Associate Editor, World Fellowship of Buddhists Review, 2003-present
Advisory Board, Journal of the World Buddhist University, 2006-present
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His Buddhist name THICH TAM DUC, passport name NGUYEN XUAN KINH, born on June 07, 1953 in Thûa Thiên, Vietnam.
In Vietnam he completed his high school in 1972, B.A. in Buddhist Studies in 1988 and M.A. in History in 1991.
Then in Delhi University, India he completed his M.A. in Buddhist Studies in 1993, Ph. D. in Buddhist Studies in 1997 with the thesis "Thien of Vietnamese Buddhism under the Tran Dynasty", Diploma in Pali language in 1998, Diploma in Chinese Language in 1998, and Ph.D. in Philosophy in 2003 with the thesis "Philosophy of the Saddharmapundarika-sutra".
After returning back to Vietnam in 2003 he is now a member of The Dharma Executive Council, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Vice Rector of Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute and Vice Rector & Lecturer of Vietnam Buddhist University in Hochiminh City.
In Vietnam he has a number of writings in magazines, electronic newspapers or in worshops and conferences.
He has attended International Conferences since 2004 in India, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines.
Especially, he is invited by the United Nations to speak at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA on the occasion of Vesak 2011 on May 16, 2011 with the paper "Conflict and Illusions".
He published the book "Buddhist Solutions" in Hanoi, 2008. And another book "The Ekayana Philosophy of the Saddharmapundarika-sutra" is being published by him in Delhi, India, this year 2012. |
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Professor Damien Keown
Education : Damien Keown took a BA degree in Religious Studies at Lancaster University before completing a doctoral thesis at the Oriental Institute, Oxford in 1986.
Buddhist Projects/Experiences : Damien Keown is Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. His main research interests are theoretical and applied aspects of Buddhist ethics, with particular reference to contemporary issues. He is the author of many books and articles and in 1994 he founded The Journal of Budddhist Ethics with Charles S. Prebish, with whom he also co-founded the Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series, and co-edited the Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism
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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 |
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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.
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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. |
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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).
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