RAS LECTURE
Tuesday 23rd June, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
‘Factory’ Building 4 No. 29 Shajing Road Hongkou (opposite 1933)
上海市虹口区沙泾路29号4号楼
Dr. Frank Hoffman
SOCIAL HARMONY AND DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCE:
THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND INDIGENOUS RELIGION IN A DAI LUE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
Dr. Hoffman takes as his starting point; Guan Jian's work: Tai Minorities in China, Volume 2: The Indigenous Religion and Theravada Buddhism in Ban Da Tiu – A Dai Lue Village in Yunnan (China). Here Guan Jian maintains that there is one religious system with two religions contained within; Indigenous Religion and Theravada Buddhism. The focus of the paper is to raise philosophical questions about the meanings of terms such as “inter-religious”, “intra-religious”, and the meaning of, and conditions for, “inter - religious dialogue”.
Dr. Hoffman teaches Philosophy at West Chester University near Philadelphia, and is a visiting Scholar in South Asia Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Frank J. Hoffman received his M.A. degree in Asian and Comparative Philosophy in the University of Hawaii. After completion of his M.A. degree, Frank Hoffman did dissertation research in Sri Lanka and completed his PhD degree at the University of London, King’s College. His specializations are Early Indian Pali Buddhism and Philosophy of Religion; his current interests include Daoism, Process Philosophy, and Buddhism in Western China.
Dr. Hoffman has traveled widely and has lectured in China, India, England, Hawaii, Germany, Japan, and Korea. His publications include: Rationality and Mind in early Buddhism, Pali Buddhism (with Mahinda Deegalle) and Breaking Barriers (with Godabarisha Mishra).
He is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at West Chester University and Associate Director of Ethnic Studies. Dr. F. Hoffman is Associate Editor of the international journal; Asian Philosophy, and is a Vice President of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium.
ENTRANCE: RMB 30 (RAS members) and RMB 80 (non-members)
Those unable to make the donation but wishing to attend may contact us for exemption, prior to the RAS Lecture. Membership applications and membership renewals will be available at this event.
DIRECTIONS FOR UNDERGROUND
From Line No. 4
Get off at Hailun Lu station
Come out of Exit No. 2; as you leave the station exit you will be facing Tongjia Lu
Turn right and go along Tongjia lu until you reach a T Junction and you will be facing Hailun Lu,
Turn left on Hailun Lu until you reach Liaoning Lu (next to the creek)
Turn right into Liaoning Lu and walk along the creek until you reach the 2nd bridge (its black where as the previous ones are blue)
Turn left across the bridge and 1933 is in front to left hand side and FACTORY is on the right hand side.