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Guest Speaker
November 2, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Guest Speaker Series: Jeff Wilson
“ Refugee Shinran”
Thursday, November 2, 2017
7:30 p.m.
Calgary Buddhist Temple
(658 – 1st Avenue N.E.)
Open to the Public. Free admission. Refreshments after.
An exploration of how the specific events in the lives of Shinran and Rennyo led them to fashion Buddhist principles of radical welcome, and how this relates to the present world situation of refugees, homelessness, and social instability.
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Dr. Jeff Wilson is a Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo. He is the author of “Mindful America” and “Buddhism of the Heart.” |