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Exchange of agreements between Dr. Abdul Azeem, Director General of the Department of Archaeology and Museums (DOAM), Pakistan, and Dr. Mark Allon, University of Sydney.

Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) is a supporter for the Gandhari Manuscripts Project (GMP)

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The Gandhari Manuscripts Project (GMP) was launched in 2019 at the University of Sydney (USYD) in Australia. After parallel agreements were signed, the GMP project officially commenced on December 20, 2022 when an agreement between the Department of Archeology and Museum (DOAM), Pakistan and the University of Sydney (USYD) was signed at the Islamabad Museum. The...
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Cambridge Workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions

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The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University are pleased to invite all interested parties to a workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions, hosted at the Faculty of Divinity and virtually on April 28th and 29th 2023. The workshop aims to bring together scholars and experts worldwide...
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15 years of MOU between Buddhist Research Institute and University of Otago

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Professor David Murdoch, Vice-Chancellor and Professor Will Sweetman, Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago signed the Memorandum of understanding with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) of New Zealand and Australia. Phra Maha Dr Sudham Suratano, the new chairman of DIRI promised to maintain and continue the strong relationship with...
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Buddhist research centre will enable links with university

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An international Buddhist research centre has opened in Dunedin, enabling academic links with the University of Otago to be further developed. The Dhammachai International Research Institute of New Zealand and Australia, which is housed in the former BNZ building at the corner of London and Pitt Sts, was formally opened earlier this month. The independent research...
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Buddhist Tipitaka presented to the University of Otago

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To give the teachings of the Buddha is the most precious gift a Buddhist can offer. For that reason, staff at the University of Otago felt fortunate and thrilled to receive a copy of the Tipitaka (Buddhist scriptures) from the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of New Zealand and Australia on Thursday. University theology and religion lecturer...
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OCBS DIRI Lectures Michaelmas 20233. Anti-realism (November 7th)Dr Alexander WynneWithin the Pali canon, two short collections of the Khuddaka Nikāya – the Aṭṭhakavagga and Pārāyanavagga – stand out for their high antiquity and apparently unorthodox doctrinal content. Although their unusual teachings have attracted some attention – e.g. Luis O. Gómez, ‘Proto-Mādhyamika in the Pāli Canon’ (1976); Grace G. Burford, Desire, Death and Goodness (1991) – contemporary Buddhist Studies has not built on them. This lecture will extend the analyses of Gómez and Burford, by arguing that the Aṭṭhakavagga and Pārāyanavagga belong to a broader set of canonical teachings, which assume metaphysical anti-realism and teach mindfulness as the soteriological method.———————-OCBS DIRI Lectures Michaelmas 2023These lectures were presented in the Michaelmas term of 2023 by Dr. Alexander Wynne, as a collaboration between the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and the Dhammachai Internationsl Research InstituteSuicide, Meditation and Anti-realism: Three Problems in the Study of Early BuddhismThis lecture series will consider three apparently distinct problems in the study of early Buddhism: one ethical (suicide), one spiritual (meditation) and one metaphysical (anti-realism). By bringing out underlying connections and discontinuities between these subjects, the lectures will show how early Buddhism was decisively shaped by two forces: an ascetic spirituality based on the practice of mindfulness, and rooted in metaphysical anti-realism; and a heterodox Brahminic tradition of renunciation, stemming from the early Upaniṣads, and transmitting a tradition of calm meditation. Understanding early Buddhism in its historical context, and trying to draw out the implicit meaning of obscure canonical Suttas, these lectures will present the nascent Buddhist movement afresh as a creative fusion of two distinct streams of speculation. ... See MoreSee Less

OCBS DIRI Lecture 07/11/23

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“สืบค้น วิเคราะห์ มรดกธรรม ในพระพุทธศาสนา กับสังคมที่ก้าวไป”Ep 6/9 #เสวนาวิชาการ 2023 โดยสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย(ดีรี) ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ หัวข้อ “ธรรมกายในพระปฐมสมโพธิ แบบธรรมยุต ของสมเด็จพระสังฆราช (ปุสฺสเทว)”นำเสนอให้เห็นในแง่มุมดังกล่าว โดย: พระเอกบดินทร์ ปญฺญารตโน สำเร็จการศึกษาปริญญาโท สาขาศาสนศึกษา จากมหาวิทยาลัยโอทาโก ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ และในปัจจุบันเป็นนักศึกษาปริญญาเอก สาขาศาสนศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัยโอทาโก ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ ... See MoreSee Less

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OCBS DIRI Lecture Series: 2. Meditation (October 31st)Dr Alexander WynneIn his famous article ‘Musīla et Nārada: le chemin du nirvāṇa’ (1937), Louis de La Vallée Poussin claimed that different understandings of the Buddhist path are presented in the canonical Suttas. The notion of an ancient debate, between the proponents of calm and insight, has been the subject of academic disagreement ever since. This lecture will argue that there was indeed a debate, and that it was provoked, at least in part, by an influx of non-Buddhist ideas and practices during the 4th century BC, ideas which motivated Godhika’s suicide.—————-Suicide, Meditation and Anti-realism: Three Problems in the Study of Early BuddhismAlexander WynneThis lecture series will consider three apparently distinct problems in the study of early Buddhism: one ethical (suicide), one spiritual (meditation) and one metaphysical (anti-realism). By bringing out underlying connections and discontinuities between these subjects, the lectures will show how early Buddhism was decisively shaped by two forces: an ascetic spirituality based on the practice of mindfulness, and rooted in metaphysical anti-realism; and a heterodox Brahminic tradition of renunciation, stemming from the early Upaniṣads, and transmitting a tradition of calm meditation. Understanding early Buddhism in its historical context, and trying to draw out the implicit meaning of obscure canonical Suttas, these lectures will present the nascent Buddhist movement afresh as a creative fusion of two distinct streams of speculation. ... See MoreSee Less

OCBS DIRI Lecture 31/10/23

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“สืบค้น วิเคราะห์ มรดกธรรม ในพระพุทธศาสนา กับสังคมที่ก้าวไป” EP 5/9 # เสวนาวิชาการ ในหัวข้อ : ธรรมกายคืออะไร? สืบค้นอย่างไรในเชิงวิชาการ?โดย ดร.ชนิดา จันทราศรีไศล นักวิจัยสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย(DIRI)ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านพุทธศาสนาและอักษรโบราณ: สำเร็จปริญญาเอกด้าน ศาสนศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัยซิดนีย์ ประเทศออสเตรเลีย, รวมถึงธรรมศึกษาเอกและบาลีศึกษา 9 ร่วมเปิดประเด็น….แบบชัดเจนโดย ดร.สีฟ้า ณ นคร นักวิชาการสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย (DIRI)#เสวนาวิชาการ 2023 โดยสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย(ดีรี) ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ ... See MoreSee Less

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