Florence Gacoin Marks and Nagisa Škof Moritoki, University of Ljubljana

Tamara Ditrich, Nan Tien Institute, Australia:

The Birth of Modern Buddhism: Historical Conditions and their Implications

1. 1. Andrej Bekeš, University of Ljubljana: Japanese Translations of Buddhist Works – a Contemporary Linguistic Perspective

1. 2. Jana S. Rošker, University of Ljubljana: The Fusion of Modern Confucianism and Buddhism: the ‘Yixin kai ermen’ Paradigm and Mou Zongsan’s Two-Tiered Ontology

1. 3. Helena Motoh, University of Primorska: Is Buddhism Chinese? – (Dis)Appropriation of Religious and Philosophical Traditions in the Nation Building Process

(Chair: Jana S. Rošker, University of Ljubljana)

1. 1. Maja Veselič, University of Ljubljana: Learning to Listen: Developments in the Buddhist Psycho-Spiritual Care in Post-3.11 Japan”

1. 2. Tinka Delakorda Kawashima, Tsukuba University: Buddhism in Action: Temples Confronting Changing Social Practices in Modern Japan

1. 3. Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik, University of Ljubljana: Digitalization of Buddhist Art Artefacts in Slovenia

(Chair: Tamara Ditrich, University of Ljubljana)

1. 1. Bart Dessein, Ghent University: Time, Temporality, and the Characteristic Marks of the Conditioned: Sarvastivada and Madhyamka Interpretations

1. 2. Andrej Ule, University of Ljubljana: The Concept of (Non)-Self in Buddhism

1. 3. Hashi Hisaki, Vienna University: The Significance of Mushin as an Unlimited Mind in Zen Buddhist Philosophy

(Chair: Sebastjan Vöröš, University of Ljubljana)

1. 1. Hidenori Sakuma, Tsukuba University: Buddhism and Buddhology from the viewpoint of Yoga Praxis and Practical Theory

1. 2. Borut Škodlar, University of Ljubljana: Applications of Mindfulness in Psychotherapy: Contemporary Dilemmas

1. 3. Jan Ciglenečki, University of Ljubljana: Contemplation in Comparative Perspective:  Desert Fathers and Buddhism

“Challenges, Problems and Possibilities of Establishing the East and Southeast European Centre for Buddhist Studies in Ljubljana”

Conveners: 

• – Jana S. Rošker, University of Ljubljana
• – Hidenori Sakuma, Tsukuba University
• – Bart Dessein, Ghent University
• – Tamara Ditrich, Nan Tien University

(Chair: Helena Motoh, University of Primorska)

1. 1. Lenart Škof, University of Primorska: Hospitalities of the Body: Materialism and Spirituality in Philosophical Traditions of Europe and Asia

1. 2. Nataša Visočnik, University of Ljubljana: The Concept of Mindfulness in Yuasa Yasuo’s Mind-Body Theory

Sebastjan Vöröš, University of Ljubljana:

Buddhism and Cognitive Science: An Uneasy Liaison?

Planning an application for the research project “Buddhist Epistemology: the Concept of Mindfulness and its Applications in Contemporary Societies”