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As part of the celebration to mark the tenth anniversary of its establishment, the Centre of Buddhist Studies of The University of Hong Kong is organizing an international conference with the theme Buddhist Meditative Praxis: Traditional Teachings and Modern Application. An eminent group of international Buddhist scholars will be presenting their papers at this conference, which will take place from 24 to 25 August, 2013, at The University of Hong Kong.

DATE:                  August 24-25, 2013 (Saturday & Sunday)
TIME:                   9 am – 7 pm
VENUE:               2/F (Moot Court), Cheng Yu Tung Tower 
                             Centennial Campus, The University of Ho
                             Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
LANGUAGE:        English
WEBSITE:             http://www.buddhism.hku.hk/conference.html  

Programme of the 2-day conference: http://www.buddhism.hku.hk/conference/programme.pdf
Paper abstracts: http://www.buddhism.hku.hk/conference/abstract.pdf

PAPER PRESENTERS: (Listed in alphabetical order)

Professor Agnes CHAN Sui-Yin
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Dr. Lance COUSINS
University of Oxford, UK

Ven. Prof. K.L. DHAMMAJOTI
The University of Hong Kong, China

Professor Toshiichi ENDO
The University of Hong Kong, China

Professor Eli FRANCO
Leipzig University, Germany

Ven. Dr. GUANG Xing
The University of Hong Kong, China

Dr. Rick HANSON
Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, USA

Professor Y. KARUNADASA
The University of Hong Kong, China

Professor Lewis R. LANCASTER
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor Tatia LEE Mei-Chun
The University of Hong Kong, China

Ven. SIK Hin Hung
The University of Hong Kong, China

Professor Dorji WANGCHUK}
University of Hamburg, Germany

Professor Charles WILLEMEN
International Buddhist College, Thailand

Professor Mark WILLIAMS
University of Oxford, UK

Professor Nobuyoshi YAMABE
Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan

Professor YAO Zhihua|
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Amy Yu of the Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU (Email: cbsinfo@hku.hk / Tel: 3917 5078).