The 2002 European Shinshu Conferences

September 3-6, 2002
Lausanne (Switzerland)

• Tue. September 3 (IASBS)
  
  • Registration
    
  • 9h00 - Opening Session
    
    Dr. Jerome Ducor, convener
    Prof. Johannes Bronkhorst, Pdt of Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Lausanne Univ.
    Prof. Tokunaga Michio, IASBS Executive Secretary
    Rev. Jean Eracle, SBSJS President

    Presentations
    Chair Person : Prof. Gerhard Schepers
    
    • Dake, Mitsuya (Ass. Prof., Ryukoku Univ.) : "The Movement of Recent Studies on Kamakura Buddhism and the Tasks of Shinran Studies".

    • Asuka, Kanjo (MA, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley): "Reexamining Shinran through the Anjo no goei".

    • Nasu, Eisho (Dr., Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley) : "The Pure Land and the Lotus: Zonkaku's Ecumenical Vision of the One Vehicle (ekayana)"

  • 12h00 - Lunch

  • 14h00 - Presentations
    Chair Person : Prof. Mitsuya Dake
    
    • Ishida, Hoyu (Prof., Univ. of Shiga Prefecture): "Time-Space Interformation of Myth into the Here and Now - The Zen Lineage and Dharmakara".

    • Nomura, Nobuo (Prof., Buddhist Studies, Kyoto Women's Univ.): "Story Within the Story: Narrative - Mundane and Sacred".

    • Schepers, Gerhard (Dr., I.C.U., Tokyo): "Shinran and the Problem of Discrimination".

    • Teramoto, Tomomasa (NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions): "Shin Buddhist Thought on Myth and Natural Science in Modern Japan".

• Wed. September 4 (IASBS)
  
  • 9h00 - Presentations
    Chair Person : Dr. Nasu Eisho
    
    • Arai, Toshikazu (Soai Univ.): "No Need for Arms and Armed Forces, Establishing Peace Studies in the Light of Shinran's Tought".

    • Mullen, Kenneth (Lecturer, Dpt of Psychological Medicine, Univ. of Glasgow): "Carl Jung and the Contemplation Sutra".

    • Shimazu, Esho (Research Institute of Social Sciences, Ryukoku Univ.): "Blurred Image of Shinran in Contemporary Japan".

  • 12h00 - Lunch

  • 14h00 - Panel : "Jodo-Shinshu Contribution to Dialogue with Christianity".
    
    Panel Chair : Prof. Dennis Gira (Inst. for Science and Theology of Religions, Institut Catholique de Paris).
    With Dr. Jean-Claude-Basset (Lecturer, Fac. of Theology, Lausanne Univ.)
    and Prof. Nobuo Nomura (Buddhist Studies, Kyoto Women's Univ.).

  • 16h00 - Keynote Address : "Rethinking Jodo-Shinshu Ethics", by Prof. Tokunaga Michio (Buddhist Studies, Kyoto Women's Univ.), IASBS Executive Secretary.

  • 17h00 - Closing Session

  
  Conference of European Shinshu Communities
  "Shinshu in Europe : Present and Future"

• Thu. September 5 (ESC)
  
  • Registration
    
  • 9h00 - Opening Session
    Presentations
    Chair Person :
    
    • Cirlea, Gheorghe Adrian (Romania): ''The Perspectives of Shin Buddhism in Romania''.

    • Moser, Thomas (Shindo, Germany): "The Evolution of Jodo Shinshu in Germany".

    • Martens, Fons (Jikoji, Belgium): "Propagation of Multilingual Shinshu Texts through the Internet".

    • Sato, Kemmyo Taira (Three Wheels, London) : "On Doshu".

  • 12h00 Lunch

  • 14h00 - Presentations
    Chair Person : Rev. Thomas Moser
    
    • Pinto, Gustavo (Brazil) : "Land of Peace, a Buddhist Center in Brazil".

    • Sengoku, Mari (Honpa-Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii): "The Shin Buddhist View of Education in Relation to the Pedagogy of Steiner's Waldorf Schools".

    • Odin, Steve (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa): "Peace in Shin Buddhism and Whitehead's Process Theology".

    • Hattori, Kosho (Bukkyo Univ.) : "Lokesvara-raja is the oldest Buddha, Amida Buddha too".

• Fri. September 6 (ESC)
  
  • 9h00 - Presentations
    Chair Person : Rev. Gustavo Pinto
    
    • Sasaki, Esho (Kyoto Women's Univ.) : "Letters of Eshinni and of Shinran".

    • Brazier, David (The Buddhist House, UK) : "Existence as Poetry".

    • Cumberlege, Marcus (Belgium): "Poems of Other Power".

  • 12h00 - Lunch

  • 14h00 - Presentations
    Chair Person :
    
    • Eri, Kokei and Naoki (Heian Bussho, Kyoto): "Past and Future, East and West, Shinshu and I". (read by M. Fons Martens)

    • Langner-Teramoto, Bettina (AFWJT, Japan) : "Globalization from within Japan : The Activities of the Association of Foreign Women of Japanese Temples".

    • Nakagaki, T. Kenjitsu (New York Buddhist Church): "Thoughts on a pronunciation of the Nembutsu in the global community".

  • Closing Session

    - At Hotel de la Paix : 5 av. Benjamin-Constant, Lausanne (phone : 021 310 71 71)
    

    • how to get there.

  • 17h00 - Service in memory of Zenmon-sama, Zen-Urakata-sama and Rev. Harry Pieper
    Leader: Rev. Jean Eracle, Shingyôji (Geneva)
    Address by Rev. Chiba Jôryû, IABC Chairman

  • 18h15 - "Kikyo-shiki" ceremony by H.E. Ohtani Kojun,
    Shinmonsama of Hompa-Honganji.

  • 19h00-21h00 - Farewell Dinner, offered by Honganji (on inscription)

• Sat. September 7 (Optional)
  
  • Morning :
    Tour to the "Harry Pieper Center"
    Rev. Gaston et Marina Bezencon, at Montpreveyres
    (Phone : 021 903 27 89 / Fax : 021 903 27 89 29119)

  - Schedule for the meetings of the European Shinshu Communities' Representatives will be announced latter.

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- Abstracts are made available on this Web site (see above).
Selected papers may be considered for publication in journals like "The Pure Land" or "Shin Buddhist".

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• Fees include papers, tea and coffee breaks, lunches at the University and the "Lausanne Congress Card" allowing free access to the Lausanne Public Transportations System :
  • Both Conferences (Sept. 3-6) = CHF (Swiss Francs) 80.-
    
  • IASBS Conference only (Sept. 3-4) = CHF 60.-
    
  • ESC Conference only (Sept. 5-6) = CHF 60.-

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• Lausanne is located 60 km. east of Geneva, on the shores of Lake Geneva.
  Connections to Geneva-Airport by train (50 min.) and to Paris by TGV train (4 h.).

  Lausanne University is located in the Dorigny District of Lausanne.
  The Conferences will be held in the building BFSH 2 (Human Science Faculties 2),
  Room 2120.
  

  • See how to get there.

Accomodation in Lausanne will be managed by Lausanne Tourist Office.

• Inquiries about International Association of Buddhist Culture (IABC)
  should be sent to :
  
  Prof. Esho SASAKI, Director
  Banba 1-6-37, Hikone-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan 522-0069
  Phone : (+ 81 749) 24 10 09
  Fax : (+ 81 749) 26 53 70
  E-mail : sasaki@kyoto-wu.ac.jp

• Inquiries about International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS)
  should be sent to :
  
  Prof. Hisao INAGAKI, President
  Kotobuki-cho 1-5-10, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan 569-0826
  Phone : (+ 81 726) 92 32 82
  Fax : (+ 81 726) 96 19 16
  E-mail: horai@ns2.net0726.ne.jp

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LINKS
• Lausanne University
  
  • Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations

• Jodo Shinshu in Europe
  
  • Jodo-Shinshu Buddhist Society of Switzerland
    
    • Shingyoji (Geneva)

1. 1980, August 13-16 : Antwerpen (B), Jikoji
   
2. 1982, July 31-August 5: Scheibbs (Oe), Buddhistisches Zentrum
   
3. 1984, August 18-22: Genève (CH), Shingyoji
   
4. 1986, July 16-18 : Antwerpen (B), Jikoji *
   
5. 1988, July 25-29 : Berlin (D), Hamburg Hotel,
   
6. 1990, August 24-26 : Wien (Oe), Wien Universität and Park Hotel Schönbrunn
   
7. 1992, September 3-5 : Duesseldorf (D), Eko-Haus
   
8. 1994, August 8-10 : Wien (Oe), Wien Universität and Buddhist Center
   
9. 1996, August 5-8 : Duesseldorf (D), Eko-Haus
   
10. 1998, August 5-9 : Oxford (GB), University of Oxford, Wadham College
    
11. 2000, August 22-24 : Duesseldorf (D), Eko-Haus
    
12. 2002 : September 3-6 : Lausanne (CH), Lausanne University
    
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* Since 1986 the Conference of European Shinshu Communities is convened jointly
with the IASBS European Branch Conference.

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