Investigating Principles: International Aspects of Buddhist Culture - Essays in Honour of Professor CHARLES WILLEMEN
Editors Professor Lalji ‘Shravak’ and Dr. Supriya Rai
The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2019
ISBN 978-988-16820-3-1

Contents

Preface xiii-xiv

Professor Charles Willemen : A Biographical Note and Academic Contributions Lalji ‘Shravak’ and Supriya Rai xv-xxvi

The 9-Day Bangladesh Pilgrimage (22 Feb - 1 Mar 2020) has been cancelled due to unforeseen reason. Refunds arrangements and cancellation notice have been sent to individual applicants who have enrolled in the trip already.

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Degree Conferred by University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Conducted by The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong Limited

Teaching Team
Venerable Professor K L Dhammajoti, Professor Y. Karunadasa, Professor T. Endo, Dr K. L. Kong, and others

Seminar

Topic: The Buddhist Concept of Vāsanā: From Abhidharma to Early Yogācāra

Speaker: GAO Mingyuan, PhD Student

Date: 20 November 2019 (Wednesday), 7:00 – 9:00pm (Rescheduled)

Venue: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong, 28/F Pacific Plaza, 410 Des Vouex Road West, Hong Kong

Due to impending public events, the public talk will be postponed to 26 October 2019 (Saturday) from 3:00 – 5:00pm. 由於預期公眾活動舉行，原定之公開講座將改於二零一九年十月二十六日 (星期六) 下午三時至五時舉行。不便之處，敬請見諒。

The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong 香港佛法中心

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[CANCELLED 取消]

Due to unforeseen reasons, we are sorry to announce that Buddhist Psychotherapy for Ministering to the sick and the Terminally Ill - Public Talk by Prof. Wasantha Priyadarshana scheduled on 9 November 2019 is cancelled. 由於不能預期之因素，「為侍奉病者與身患絕症人士之佛教心理治療」華辛德‧彼雅德西那 (春目欣) 教授公開講座已取消，不便之處，敬請見諒。

Kindly watch out for our latest announcements regarding latest events and activities at www.buddhadharma.co/news. 煩請登入 www.buddhadharma.co/news 留意中心之最新活動消息發放。

[CANCELLED] Buddhist Counselling and Mindfulness Retreat (19-20 October 2019)

Due to unforeseen reasons, we are sorry to announce that Buddhist Counselling and Mindfulness Retreat scheduled on 19-20 October 2019 is cancelled. Full refund of the registration fee paid will be made to all participants who have paid the fee. Participants will separately receive an email detailing the refund arrangement.

Kindly watch out for our latest announcements regarding latest events and activities at www.buddhadharma.co/news.

We are happy to announce that we have completed revamping our library for English language books and journals. The books and journals in our library available for lending are compiled in the file attached. You may search according to book title, author or call number.

As with standard practice, 'A' and 'The' are excluded from book titles if they are the first words of the titles.
- Example 1: 'The Life of the Buddha' is recorded as 'Life of the Buddha' .
- Example 2: ' A Manual of Abhidhamma' is recorded as 'Manual of Abhidhamma'.

由於公眾活動影響，本週六 (八月三十一日)下午三時正至五時正舉行之手「說一切有部四無量的修學體系」惟善法師/教授公開講座將改以網上實時直播形式進行，參加者無需於當天來臨中心，可於家中或任何網絡訊號接收良好之場所收看實時直播：

普通話實時直播： https://youtu.be/FF4i6uegNMs
粵語翻譯實時直播： https://youtu.be/2hOjbkYLmck

直播將由下午二時五十分開始。講座答問環節將於講座完結前十五分鐘開始，若對講座內容有任何提問，觀眾可以Youtube留言版上留言，中心會將問題轉交惟善法師/教授回覆。唯時間所限，恕未能全部回答觀眾所有問題。

四無量（慈悲喜捨）是佛教所有宗派所共有的一種修行方法。在日常生活中去運用這種方法去生活，可使行者的心量變得更寬大、更善良、更快樂，對提升個人的精神境界和改善周圍的人際關係都有很大促進作用。作為部派佛教影響最大的說一切有部，對四無量的理論和實踐體系做了清晰的解釋和論證。這次講座將對於四無量的特性、所依界地及以如何修學、有何功德等問題進行分析解說。