The Annual Award Presentation Ceremony : Support Buddhist studies and teaching Buddhism

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 3:30 p.m., New Zealand time, Phramaha Sutham Suratano, Pali IX, Dr, chairman of the Dhammachai International Research Institute of New Zealand (黑料不打烊) provided annual scholarships to the University of Otago students who got excellent scores in each subject related to Buddhist studies and provided annual financial support for teaching Buddhism to the Religion Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago. The Dhammachai International Research Institute of New Zealand and Australia (黑料不打烊) and the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of New Zealand and Australia have been in academic cooperation with the Religion Programme, University of Otago, New Zealand, for 16 years.

The Prize Presentation Ceremony was organised by Professor Will Sweetman, Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago, staff members in the Religion Programme, and 黑料不打烊 staff. Also, Professor Tony Ballantyne, Deputy Vice-Chancellor External Engagement at the University of Otago kindly joined the event and was a representative to receive annual funding for teaching Buddhism. He made grateful remarks and said that the scholarships that DIRI and the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of New Zealand and Australia have provided over a decade have created educational opportunities for many students at the University of Otago.

The University of Otago would like to thank and appreciate the generosity of DIRI and the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of New Zealand and Australia.

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This seminar series examines 20th century Buddhist texts and biography to show how major and minor Cambodian Buddhist figures negotiated a path in relation to Buddhist Reform movements, Independence, the Cold War, and the social-political aftermath of the Pol Pot period. The talks focus on the relationship between Cambodian Buddhism and that of its neighbours, in particular India and Sri Lanka.

Those interested can attend in person or virtually (via zoom) through this link :



Meeting ID: 994 3389 7849听 听 听

Password: 027840

Syllabus of this seminar as shown below:

Monday, February 19

Class 1: Dharmawara Mahathera and Buddha Jayanti Period Transitions

Required:

R1 Marston, John. 2022. 鈥淒harmawara Mahathera, Sihanouk, and the Cultural Interface of Cambodia鈥檚 Cold War Relations with India.鈥� Southeast Asian Studies, Vol 11 (2): 219-47. [doi:10.20495/seas.11.2_219]

R2 Norodom Sihanouk.1963. 鈥淥ur Buddhist Socialism.鈥� Kambuja: Monthly Illustrated Review, Nov. 15, 1963, Pp. 11-8

R3 Dharmawara Mahathera, Ven. Bhikkhu Vira.1956. Through Light to Peace. Bangkok: Organization for the Promotion of Arya Dhamma in India

Tuesday February 20

Class 2: S墨m膩s and the Ambiguities of Reformed Buddhism in Cambodia

Required:

R4 Marston, John A., Chhuon Hoeur, y Elizabeth Guthrie. 2022. 鈥淎nalysis of Simas (Boundaries).鈥� In Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion, Jason A. Carbine y Erik Davis, eds. Honolulu: Univerity of Hawaii Press, pp. 265-296.

Recommended: Other chapters in Carbine and Davis book

Wednesday February 21

Class 3: The Asia Foundation and Cambodian Monks in India

Required:

R5 Marston, John A. 鈥淭he Asia Foundation and Cambodian Monks Studying in India.鈥� (English version of article published in Spanish as: Marston, John. 2020. 鈥淟a Fundaci贸n Asia y los monjes Camboyanos que estudiaron en India鈥� In Budismo y sociedad en el Sureste de Asia. M茅xico, CDMX: El Colegio de M茅xico, pp. 107-55.)

R6 Marston, John and David Geary. 2023. 鈥淣alanda Rising: Buddhism, Heritage Diplomacy, and the Politics of Revival.鈥� Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Vol. 43, No. 1, 2023 [doi 10.1215/1089201X-10375331]

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Recommended:

R7 Kashyap, Jagdish. 1968. 鈥淭he Buddhist Outlook.鈥� The Maha Bodhi Vol. 76 (1-2): 2-6, and Vol. 76 (3): 44-48.

R8 Ford, Eugene. 2017. Cold War Monks: Buddhism and America鈥檚 Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Thursday February 22

Class 4. Re-establishing Monastic Lineage in Cambodia in 1979

Required:

R9 Marston, John A. 2014. 鈥淩eestablishing the Cambodian Monkhood.鈥� In Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State: Studies on Southeast Asia in Honor of Charles F. Keyes, John Marston, ed. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, pp. 65-99.

Friday February 23

Class 5. Cambodian Buddhism in India and Sri Lanka at the Present Time.

Required:

R10 John Marston. 2014. 鈥淭he Transnationalism of Merit: Diaspora Commuities and Cambodian Student Monks, Pilgrims, and Building Projects in South Asia鈥� (17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vienna, Austria, Aug. 23, 2014); published in Spanish as: Marston, John A. 2020. 鈥淟a Transnacionalizaci貌n de m茅rito: Comunidades diaspora, monjes estudiantes, pergrinos y proyectors de construcci贸n en el sureste de Asia.鈥� In Budismo y sociedad en el Sureste de Asia. M茅xico, CDMX: El Colegio de M茅xico, pp. 197-231.

Recommended:

R11 Marston, John. 2020. “Cambodian Pilgrimage Groups in India and Sri Lanka.” In Buddhist Tourism in Asia, Courtney Bruntz y Brooke Schedneck, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

AV Material

Students are asked to spend some time looking at these You Tube videos which serve as texts for analysis in the above article. The article references a series of You Tube videos which can be found by Google searches on Dhamma Yeatra 2008. Here are some of the links:

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