First international scientific conference “Buddhist Education: Problems and Prospects of Development”

The “Save Tibet” Foundation, together with the Association of Buddhists of Kalmykia, the Central Khurul of Kalmykia “The Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni”, the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University, invite you to the international scientific conference “Buddhist Education: Problems and Prospects of Development”. The conference will be held on April 28-30, 2021, in an online format. The conference will be attended by leading Russian and foreign specialists in the field of Buddhology and Buddhist education. Among the Russian speakers are Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the supreme Lama of Kalmykia, spiritual head of the “Save Tibet” Foundation; Geshe Dymbryl, rector of the Buddhist University “Dashi Choinkhorlin”; Chingiz Sultimov, rector of the Aginsky Buddhist Academy; Andrey Terentyev, editor-in-chief of the “Nartang” publishing house; Raisa Krapivina, senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Bembya Mitruev, researcher at the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Andrey Bazarov, leading researcher at the Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and other participants. Among the foreign speakers are Vesna A. Wallace, professor of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California; Geshe Ngawang Samten, director of the Central University of Tibetan Studies; Geshe Lhakdor, director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives; Robert Thurman, professor emeritus of Columbia University; Tendar, director of the Nalanda Buddhist Monastery (France), and other participants. Registration is required to participate as an observer. REGISTRATION: https://savetibet.timepad.ru/event/16257… CONFERENCE PROGRAM April 28, 2021 10.00 - 10.20 GREETINGS Telo Tulku Rinpoche, honorary representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Russian Federation, CIS and Mongolia, supreme Lama of Kalmykia, spiritual head of the “Save Tibet” Foundation (Elista, Russian Federation) Gelek Natsyk-Dorzhu (Saryglar Sergek Olegovich), the Ninth Khamby Lama of the Republic of Tyva (Kyzyl, Russian Federation) Sultimov Chingiz Sultimovich, rector, Religious Spiritual Organization of Higher Education “Aginsky Buddhist Academy” (Aginskoye, Russian Federation) Barinov Erdni Vasilyevich, minister of education and science of the Republic of Kalmykia (Elista, Russian Federation) Salaev Badma Katinovich, doctor of biological sciences, rector, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University (Elista, Russian Federation) REPORTS Moderator: Bakaeva Elza Petrovna Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 10.20 - 11.00 Telo Tulku Rinpoche, honorary representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Russian Federation, CIS and Mongolia, supreme Lama of Kalmykia, spiritual head of the “Save Tibet” Foundation (Elista, Russian Federation) The future Buddhist academic in Eurasia 11.00 - 11.40 Geshe Dymbryl (Dashibaldanov Dymbryl Gurozhapovich), doctor of Buddhist philosophy, rector of the Buddhist University “Dashi Choinkhorlin” (Verkhnyaya Ivolga, Russian Federation) Buddhist education at the Buddhist academy of the Ivolginsky Buddhist monastery: structure of the courses, the system of implementation 11.40 - 12.20 Sultimov Chingiz Sultimovich, rector, Religious Spiritual Organization of Higher Education “Aginsky Buddhist Academy” (Aginskoye, Russian Federation) Spiritual education at the Aginsky Buddhist academy: structure of the courses, the system of implementation 12.20 - 13.00 Lomonosov Andrey Mikhailovich, director, Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition “Ganden Tendar Ling” (Moscow, Russian Federation) Long-term educational programs in the field of Buddhism. Challenges and difficulties of implementation 13.00 - 14.00 Break Moderator: Elbikov Khongor Badmaevich Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 14.00 - 14.30 Terentyev Andrey Anatolyevich, candidate of historical sciences, editor-in-chief of the “Nartang” publishing house (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) What and how it seems necessary to teach Buddhists of the 21st century 14.30 - 15.30 Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, doctor of philosophy, professor, co-founder and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, Emory University (Atlanta, USA) Social, emotional and ethical learning: a comprehensive program for educating the heart and mind 15.30 - 16.30 Kozhevnikova Margarita Nikolaevna, candidate of philosophical sciences, head, Research Laboratory of Problems of Social Support of the Individual, A. I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) Buddhist philosophy of education and the education of the modern world (the vision of the 14th Dalai Lama: “Educating the Heart and Mind”, social-emotional-ethical education) 16.30 - 17.00 Summing up April 29, 2021 REPORTS Moderator: Inozemtseva Natalya Gennadyevna Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 10.00 - 10.40 Georgios T. Halkias, doctor of philosophy, Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, PRC) Teaching Buddhism in higher educational institutions of Hong Kong: a non-sectarian approach 10.40 - 11.20 Geshe Lhakdor, director, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (Dharamsala, India) Buddhist education in the 21st century 11.20 - 12.00 Geshe Ngawang Samten, professor, director, Central University of Tibetan Studies (Varanasi, India) Creating an Academic Institute of Buddhist Studies: challenges and prospects 12.00 - 12.40 Gabor Karsai, rector, Buddhist College Dharma Gate (Budapest, Hungary) Dharma Gate: 30 years of teaching at the Buddhist University in Hungary 12.40 - 13.10 Anil Sakya, Honorary rector, World Buddhist University; vice-rector, Mahamakut Buddhist University; assistant abbot, Wat Bovoranives Vihara Temple Buddhist education in Thailand. The experience of creating Mahamakut Buddhist University and the World Buddhist University 13.00 - 14.00 Break Moderator: Inozemtseva Natalya Gennadyevna Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 14.00 - 14.40 Venerable Lugmopa, Ph.D., graduate of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (Bangkok, Thailand) The adaptation of Buddhist education into the international system: the experience of Thailand 14.40 - 15.20 Gen Tendar, director, Nalanda Buddhist Monastery (Labastide-Saint-Georges, France) The development of Buddhist education at the Nalanda monastery (France) 15.20 - 16.00 Venerable Ashin Acharya, lecturer, Sitagu International Buddhist Academy (Sagaing, Myanmar (Burma)) Problems and prospects of the development of Buddhist education in Myanmar (Burma) 16.00 - 16.40 Kokurina Elena Vyacheslavovna, coordinator of the international project for the study of altered states of consciousness and the tukdam phenomenon in Tibetan monasteries, Academician Natalia Bekhtereva Foundation (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) The training program for monk-researchers “The Middle Way in Neuroscience” 16.40 - 17.20 Robert Thurman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religion, Columbia University (New York, USA) Buddhism is education. The three higher educations in Buddhism (ethics, meditation and evidence-based wisdom) 16.40 - 17.00 Summing up April 30, 2021 REPORTS Moderator: Kukanova Viktoria Vasilyevna Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 10.00 - 10.30 Bazarov Andrey Aleksandrovich, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor, leading researcher, Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation) Training of bachelors in the specialty of theology (Buddhism) at Buryat State University 10.30 - 11.00 Badmaeva Erzhena Elbekovna, director of the V. L. Chimitdorzhiev Aginsky Medical College (Aginskoye, Russian Federation) Teaching Tibetan medicine at the V. L. Chimitdorzhiev Aginsky Medical College 11.00 - 11.30 Buzyatov Evgeny Igorevich, graduate of the Rangjung Yeshe Institute at Kathmandu University, master's student at the University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) Combining traditional Buddhist education and the Western academic approach 11.30 - 12.00 Badmaev Valery Nikolaevich, doctor of philosophical sciences, professor, Maksimova Olga Aleksandrovna, postgraduate student, B. B. Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University (Elista, Russian Federation) Buddhist educational programs: the experience of Kalmyk State University 12.00 - 12.30 Orlova Keemya Vladimirovna, doctor of historical sciences, leading researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation) The educational activity of Orthodox missionaries among the Kalmyks in the second half of the 19th century: the experience of organizational forms and means 12.30 - 13.00 Kondrukh Anton Vyacheslavovich, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, Sevastopol branch of the G. V. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Sevastopol, Russian Federation) Systems of Buddhist, Christian and Islamic religious education in modern post-secular Russia 13.00 - 14.30 Break Moderator: Zhironkina Yulia Stanislavovna Secretary: Mirzaeva Saglara Viktorovna 14.00 - 14.30 Bakaeva Elza Petrovna, doctor of historical sciences, deputy director, Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Elista, Russian Federation) Buddhism in Kalmykia and questions of religious education: history and modernity 14.30 - 15.00 Krapivina Raisa Nikolaevna, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) Buddhist education in Russia: the study of the texts of the Prajnaparamita 15.00 - 15.30 Vesna A. Wallace, Ph.D., professor of the Department of Religious Studies, University of California (Santa Barbara, USA) Strategies for developing a curriculum on Buddhism and pedagogical possibilities 15.30 - 16.00 Mitruev Bembya Leonidovich, researcher, Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Elista, Russian Federation) The experience of studying at the Central Institute of Higher Studies 16.30 - 17.00 Zhironkina Yulia Stanislavovna, director, Foundation for Assistance in the Preservation of the Cultural and Philosophical Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism “Save Tibet” (Moscow, Russian Federation) The results of the conference “Buddhist Education: Problems and Prospects of Development”. Paths of development 17.00 - 17.20 Telo Tulku Rinpoche, honorary representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Russian Federation, CIS and Mongolia, supreme Lama of Kalmykia, spiritual head of the “Save Tibet” Foundation (Elista, Russian Federation) Closing remarks