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[Kenan Institute Sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshop] Uncertain of Uncertainty? Certainly (Not): Illness and Wellness in Chan Buddhism

February 23, 2017 / 1 Comment on [Kenan Institute Sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshop] Uncertain of Uncertainty? Certainly (Not): Illness and Wellness in Chan Buddhism

Kenan Institute Sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshop

Uncertain of Uncertainty? Certainly (Not): Illness and Wellness in Chan Buddhism

Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Thursday March 2nd

Location: Perkins 217

Main Speaker: Steven Heine (Florida International University)

Steven Heine is professor and founding director of Asian Studies at Florida International University. An authority on East Asian religion and culture, Heine has published thirty books dealing with Chan/Zen Buddhism in China and Japan and related topics. His most recent work is Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: Sharpening Sword at the Dragon Gate, and he is developing a new project on Dōgen’s classic, Treasury of the True Dharma-Eye (Shōbōgenzō).

** The room will open from 4:00 for people to serve themselves and take a seat. (more…)