Ten Philosophical Questions to Ask About Buddhism

A series of ten talks
by Richard P. Hayes (Dh. Dayāmati)
LIPSIUS building room 147
Leiden University
17.00 to 18.45, Tuesday afternoons
Autumn semester 2009

These lectures are sponsored by the Bukkyo Denkyo Kyokai and hosted by the International Institute for Asian Studies.

Last modified: Wed Nov 18 17:31:05 CET 2009

22 Sep	Why is there philosophy in Buddhism?
29 Sep	Can there be a single source of all beings?
6 Oct	What is a buddha’s nature?
13 Oct	How can there be personal continuity through one or more lifetimes?
20 Oct	What makes awakening possible?
27 Oct	Can human beings receive knowledge from non-human sources?
3 Nov	Is knowledge even possible?
10 Nov	What is karma and how does it ripen?
17 Nov	Can you give me the benefits of your good karma?
24 Nov	Is there such a thing as collective karma?

What is karma and how does it ripen? Keynote address at the autumn meeting of De Stichting Vrienden van het Boeddhisme, in Amsterdam, 15 November 2009. Although this talk has the same title as one of the lectures in the Leiden series, it is a completely different talk. The focus of this presentation is how someone with a Western background might incorporate Buddhist teachings into that Western framework.
Will the marriage between Pragmatism and Buddhism last? A talk presented to De Filosofische Gespreksgroep Utrecht, 31 October 2009 and the Leiden University Buddhist Studies Group, 5 November 2009.
Listen to an interview broadcast on the radio program De Middenweg on Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting, 1 November, 2009. (Although the introduction is in Dutch, the interview itself is in English)

Richard P. Hayes
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhism
International Institute for Asian Studies
P.O. Box 9500
2300 RA Leiden
the Netherlands
Office tel: +31 71 527 4146
Fax: +31 71 527 4162
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