Dear list members, The Nan Tien Institute cordially invites you to a free public seminar by Emeritus Professor Ananda W.P. Guruge. It will be held at 2:30–4:00pm on November 24 in the Conference Room of Nan Tien Institute, 180 Berkeley Road, Berkeley, NSW. For further enquiries, please email Juewei (juewei@nantien.edu.au) or info@nantien.edu.au, or phone 02 4272 0648. Kind regards, AABS Executive Venerable Dr Hsing Yun and contemporary Buddhism Venerable Dr Hsing Yun, the Grand Master of Fo Guang Shan, is one of the best known and most influential Buddhist scholar-monks of our generation. His interpretation of Humanistic Buddhism (renjian fojiao) is his greatest contribution to the promotion of Buddhism in the world. He began by re-emphasizing the humanistic overtones of his own spiritual predecessor, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713). This seminar introduces the quintessence of the ideas generated by Grand Master Hsing Yun and discusses how they could be implemented in today’s world. Emeritus Professor Ananda W.P. Guruge Emeritus Professor Ananda W.P. Guruge is a visiting scholar from the USA. Active in international Buddhist leadership, Professor Guruge was a Vice President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, the Patron of the European Buddhist Union, and the Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the International Academy of Buddhism at University of the West in Rosemead, California. He is also an adjunct professor Buddhism, Hinduism and Peace Studies at California State University, Fullerton. Dr Guruge was also the Liaison Officer to the United Nations and UNESCO for the World Fellowship of Buddhists; and is currently the Chairman of the World Buddhist University Council. He has authored 53 books and published over 175 research articles on Asian history, Buddhism and education.