An Art and Cultural Heritage Exhibitions
|
The photo exhibition „Buddhism in Australia: Estonian Nyingma“ Venerable Väärtnõu is the founder of the first Estonian Buddhist Brotherhood and the Buddhist and Nyingma tradition in Estonia. Under the guidance of Venerable Väärtnõu Estonian Nyingma has built 5 stupas, temple, prayerwheels, translated Buddhist literature, organized an art exhibitions and international conferences „Buddhism & Nordland“ in Europe. Venerable Väärtnõu is the author of an online Buddhist Encyclopaedia and internationally recognized thangka master. In Australia Venerable Väärtnõu and Estonian Nyingma has organized an international conference „Buddhism&Australia, the first of a kind in Australia, which was held in Perth in 2-4 February 2012.
The opening ceremony will be held in 11 June 2012 at 6.00 pm in Perth Town Hall e-mail: info@buddhismandaustralia.com
The photo exhibition „Buddhism in Western Australia“ The exhibition will be colourful and there will be numerous different communities taking part all of which will have different methods and styles of Buddhist culture The opening ceremony will be held in 23 August 2012 at 5.30 pm in Perth Town Hall. e-mail: info@buddhismandaustralia.com |
The International Conference Buddhism & Australia 2013
The International Conference” Buddhism & Australia 2013” will be held in 7 - 9th of August, 2013 in Perth, Western Australia.The 2012 conference covered a large variety of topics, which clearly indicated the direction for the next year.
The 2013 conference will have 4 working panels and we estimate to have 100-120 specialists from around the globe. Like the first conference, 2013 will have emphasis on in-depth Buddhist studies.
1) History
2) Philosophy
3) Texts (Sutras, Tantras, commentaries and translations )
4) Open topics like “Buddhism in contemporary society”, “Buddhism & Environment”, etc.
Buddhist from all traditions, monastic’s, academics, scholars and others interested in Oriental and Buddhist studies are invited to present abstracts of their works.
* Working language will be English. The time for paper presentation is 30 minutes.
* Papers to be presented in the conference will be published in conference website.
Deadline for Abstracts: 5 April 2013
Deadline for Full-Article: 15 May 2013
To participate in the “Buddhism & Australia 2013” please submit the abstract of your paper (max 500 words) and CVs (maximum of 2 pages, including personal statement and/or listing of publications or work experience) by the following
e-mail: info@buddhismandaustralia.com before 5th April, 2013
Hello dear guest
The first annually planned academic conference “Buddhism & Australia” was held from 2-4th of February, 2012 in Murdoch University, Western Australia.
The main emphasis of the annually planned series of conferences is academic/scientist approach to Buddhism in the 21th century. On the first conference 34 delegates from 19 countries around the world had gathered to present their works, cultivated from years of studies, research and experience.
The conference was officially opened by Vello Vaartnou, the main organizer of the conference. In his opening speech he outlined some of the goals of Buddhism & Australia conferences:
„The teachings of Buddha have spread throughout a variety of cultures spanning a widely in geographical terms, especially in the last 60 years. It is thought that in a few thousand years the teachings of Buddha helped attain a totally different mental dimension and method of thinking compared to the forms we know today.
The world is changing in all its forms and so are we, things that surround us become sources of knowledge and such is the way of Buddhist knowledge. From this concept manifested the idea of calling together monks, scientists, lay Buddhist and other people, who are interested in researching the way of the Buddha. This works to fulfil knowledge both within the context of practical wisdom and academic knowledge as well.
We live in a period of increasingly rapid globalization. This means we have to talk about subjects within a wider geographical perspective tapping in to the ways how various countries think.
Globalization comes through changes and one of the ideas of the conference is to develop new ways how Buddhist teaching, using the technology and circumstances of the 21th century.
The purpose of „Buddhism & Australia“ conferences is to provide a channel for information of interest and relevance to scholars in Asian & Buddhist studies in Austral-Asia.
To research and investigate the buddhavacana, the original teachings of the Buddha, without bias to any particular school or discipline (such as Theravada, Mahayana or Vajrayana); to promote both the academic study of Buddhism, and the application of the teachings to daily life.
Technology allows us to publish information online. Gautama Buddha, who was the ultimate model and the source of highest knowledge towards enlightenment, might agree with the proposition to gather and preserve the contribution of today’s followers of the teachings of the Buddha – to record their achievements whether they are in nature practical or theoretical. The goal of our activities is to gather and preserve materials and facts about the Buddhist of our times for the future generations”
