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Chinese Buddhism and Environmental Ethics

February 21, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Flyer for "Chinese Buddhism and Environmental Ethics", lecture by Venerable Yifa on Feb 21, 2023 at 5PM in McCune Hall, 6020 HSSB

Lecture by Venerable Yta 依法法師

Woodenfish Foundation

Feb. 21, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

McCune Hall, 6020 HSSB

This lecture addresses how Chinese Buddhist teachings and practices can contribute to global efforts to protect the environment, tackle pollution, and deal with climate change. It will provide examples from Chinese Buddhist scriptures as well as Buddhist practices. Venerable Yifa will also discuss the compatibility and divergences between Buddhist teachings and modern environmental science.

Venerable Yifa is from Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Yale Universitv and Dean of the University of the West in Los Angeles. She founded the Woodenfish Foundation in 2002 to educate Western college students in Buddhism at important historical religious sites of Chinese Buddhism.

Details

Date:
February 21, 2023
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm