Register through BTSD for HOPE, Winter Pacific Seminar by Jan. 20
Please Note: Southern District members are asked to register through their temples. If you find this article but are not a BTSD Sangha Member, see the individual registration form below. Otherwise, please contact the Temple at info@BTSD.net or 619-248-3749.
You may register to attend by Zoom or in-person; registration for both is the same, $30.00.
THE WINTER PACIFIC SEMINAR is being presented by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the BCA Center for Buddhist Education. Hosted by Southern District Minister's Association and Buddhist Education Committee. The seminar will be held on January 28, 2023 from 9:00am - 1:00pm (doors open at 8:30am) at the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple 815 E. First Street. LA CA 90012
Schedule of Events:
8:30am - 9:00am Registration and light refreshments: Kaikan (Social Hall)
9:00am - 9:20am Opening Service: Hondo
9:30am - 10:30am English Lecture Part 1: Professor Jessica Main: Hondo
Japanese Lecture Part 1: Rev Yasushi Kigoshi: Wisteria Chapel
10:30am - 11:00am BREAK: Kaikan
11:00am - 12:00pm English Lecture Part 2: Professor Jessica Main: Hondo
Japanese Lecture Part 2: Rev Yasushi Kigoshi: Wisteria Chapel
12:00pm - 1:00 pm Bento Lunch and Social Hour: Kaikan (Social Hall)
With Apologies, Bento Order Deadline Has Passed
The deadline for ordering bentos was Dec. 11.
Transportation to Be Determined
We ill look at carpooling for those who wish to attend in person. Please let us know.
About the Speakers
Professor Jessica Main is the Associate Head, Chair, and Director of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism at the University of British Columbia. She completed her doctrinal studies at McGill University, with a dissertation on the modern history of human rights and descent-based discrimination in Japanese Shin Buddhism. An associate professor at UBC, her research concerns modern Buddhist ethics, social action, and institutional life in East and Southeast Asia.
Reverend Yasushi Kigoshi
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Individual / Independent Registration
Again, Temple Members and Sangha are asked to register through the Buddhist Temple of San Diego office.
However, if you have found our announcement you can also register individually, with this online registration: