Date Topic Speaker Paper Title
June 27 Keynote Lectures Gwangwoo Sunim Untitled
Dr. Anne Carolyn Klein Buddhist Women United: Compassion in Action
Dr. Paula Arai Healing Buddhist Women
June 28 Morning Buddhist Women of Korea Gyehwan Sunim Historical reviews of the activities of Korean Buddhist nuns
Lee-Chang Sook Historical reviews of the activities of Korean Buddhist laywomen
Il Jin Sunim The basic training process for Korean Buddhist nuns
Woon Wul Sunim The meditation practice of Korean Buddhist nuns and the current state of their Seon monasteries
Sang Duck Sunim Buddhist laywomen's social work in Korea
Daewon Sunim A Research on a Program and Using of Teaching-Media for Buddhist Children Education
Jinmyung Sunim Buddhist missionary work through the mass media in Korea
Gi Hong Sunim Hospice work of Korean Buddhist nuns
June 28 Afternoon Buddhist Women of the World Martine Batchelor Buddhist Women and a Compassionate Society
Peou Vanna Quiet Feminist Movement in Cambodia
Ranjani de Silva Bhikkhunis as Change Agents in Sri Lankan Society
Lu Hwei-syin Life Views of the Engaged Bodhisattva among Tsuchi Women in Taiwan
Tenzin Lhadron Buddhist Women of Zangskar
Karuna Dharma Buddhist Women's Contributions in the West
June 29Morning Meditation Practices Mother Mahaviro Mindfulness
Il Jung An Samatha and Vipassana Meditation in the Theravada Tradition
Hwang Sookyung Non-Dual Relationship for Practice Loving Kindness and Compassion
Toong Herng Shih The Animitta Cetosamadhi: A Comparative Study Based on the Pali Nikayas and Chinese Agamas
Thea Mohr Is Karuna an Emotion? Comparing Asian and Western Approaches
June 29Afternoon Dharma and Discipline Dong Anh The Education and Training of Laywomen and Nuns
Tenzin Palmo Practice of the Precepts: Lay and Monastic
Gioi Huong Buddhist Women and Discipline
Jampa Tsedroen Bhiksuni Ordination
June 30Morning Buddhist Education Kim Jongmyung In Pursuit of New Buddhist Practices for Laywomen in Korea
Sukdham (Inyoung Chung) Myoom Sunim's Buddhist Monastic Education
Stefania Travagnin Master Yinshun and Buddhist Women in Taiwan: Fayuan and Yitong Nunneries: Disciples of Guanyin in Northwest Taiwan
Eliana Morris Teaching Dharma to Children
Karma Lekshe Tsomo A Different Dharma? Teaching Buddhism at Universities in the U.S.
June 30Afternoon Buddhist Training, Monastic and Lay Varaporn Chamsanit Settling the Issue of Buddhist Women's Monasticism in Thailand: Why is It So Difficult?
Hyangsoon Yi Pomunjong and Hanmaum Sonwon: New Monastic Paths in Contemporary Korea
Kusuma Devendra Monastic Training for Nuns in Sri Lanka
Dhammananda A Different Dharma? Teaching Buddhism at Universities in the U.S.
July 1Morning Everyday Practice Anne Mahoney Dhamma in Everyday Life
Lieu Phap Dhamma in Daily Life: How to Deal with Anger
Sabita Dhakwa Shakya Dhamma in Everyday Life
Dai-En Bennage Rituals of the Robes: The Style Called Nyoho'e
Shobha Rani Dash Food of Dharma: Rituals at Meals and in the Kitchen: A Case Study of Dongein Imperial Nunnery of Japan
July 1Afternoon Buddhist Practice and Women's Issues I-li Yang How Powerful are Women?
Nivedita Kumari Mishra Can Women Become Enlightened? How Do We Do It?
Sumon Tuladhar Role of Buddhist Nuns in Social Change in Nepal: Implication in Gender Parity
Claudia Wenzel Nuns and Laywomen of the Chinese Teaching of the Three Levels: A Historical Perspective on Lay Status
Andrea Loseries_Leick Household and Cremation Ground Practices of Tantric Buddhist Women
July 2Morning Engaged Buddhist Practice Monica Lindberg Falk A Silent Undercurrent: Significance of Nuns' Socially Engaged Buddhist Practice in Thailand
Insook Kim NGOs: Organizing for Social Change
NGOs: Organizing for Social Change Household and Cremation Ground Practices of Tantric Buddhist Women
Mi Kyung Lee A Research on the Necessity and Tasks of Buddhism Facility Operations for the Social Reinstatement of Juveniles Selling Sex
Junya Pookayaporn Buddhist Nuns as Community Counselors
Trina Nahm-Mijo Engaged Buddhism and Community Action
Elise Anne DeVido Mapping the Trajectories of "Engaged Buddhism" in Taiwan and Southeast Asia
July 2Afternoon Buddhism Today Oksun An On Equality of Beings in Buddhist Ecology
Jeong Hee Kim Buddhist Ethics and Bio-Feminism
Katarina Plank Women's Refuge in Sweden
Di Cousens The Publication of "Buddhist Care for the Dying"
Rita Gross Buddhist Women as Leaders and Teachers of Dharma
Poster Presentations Baik Kyung-Im with Kim Hye-Soon and Kang Gi-sook Modernity and Parenting Stress on Korean Buddhist Mothers of Preschool Children
Demonstrations Han Meehai Korean Traditional Tongmun Gasaya and Faith