Asia Daily Briefing - Courting controversy January 28, 2019

	Saudi investment in  Pakistan stokes tensions  with China QUETTA, Pakistan -- Saudi  Arabia's multibillion-dollar  investment in Gwadar, at the southernmost tip of Pakistan,  threatens to break China's  economic stronghold there, complicating Islamabad's  delicate relations with Beijing.
	Selected for you US securities watchdog investigates Nissan on executive pay Automaker began 'fully cooperating' with SEC after Ghosn's arrest Read more Asian tech suppliers brace for prolonged downturn Trade war clouds earnings outlook from Japan to South Korea to Taiwan Read more Aramco bolsters S Korean refining business with $1.6bn Hyundai deal Shipbuilder plans to unload shares in refinery affiliate to cut high debt Read more Malaysia threatens to freeze out EU over palm oil ban Foreign ministry pointed to similar action taken by Indonesia Read more Vietnam vexes foreign automakers with import rules Government steadfast in efforts to nurture domestic industry Read more

Calm in the Storm: Living In Challenging Times On this 28-day course, starting Feb 8, we'll explore how to find calmness during challenging times, and from that basis of calmness to engage with the world with passion and compassion rather than fear and anger.

Protecting Your Boundaries: The Gift of a Compassionate “No” If we don’t protect the boundaries or our time and energy, we’re not practicing self-compassion. The first thing is to become mindful of the habits that surround responding to requests. Do you have a desire to please? Are you worried about what people will think of you if you say no? Are you worried about hurting their feelings?

Download the NEW version of the FREE Bodhi Mind app now!

A brand-new version of Bodhipaksa's Bodhi Mind app is now available FREE on the iTunes app store. The latest feature is "Sitting With Bodhi," which includes a daily guided meditation to nourish your practice. Bodhi Mind also offers a library of almost 300 guided meditations, and the number will keep on growing!

Check Out Wildmind's Guided Meditation MP3s and CDs Our online store offers a wide selection of Bodhipaksa's guided meditation MP3s, as well as CDs and the amazing Kindseat meditation bench. Check it out!

Wildmind 7 Penstock Way, #308 Newmarket NH 03857 USA +1 (603) 292-3960 https://www.wildmind.org

H-Buddhism.

Table of Content

1. CFP> AAR Buddhist Philosophy Unit 2019
2. CFP> AAR Panel on Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism

CFP> AAR Buddhist Philosophy Unit 2019

by Tao Jiang

The American Academy of Religion (AAR) Buddhist Philosophy Unit is accepting panel and paper proposals for the next annual meeting to be held in San Diego, Nov. 23-26, 2019). The deadline to submit proposals is March 1, 2019. All proposals should be submitted through AAR’s PAPERS system: https://papers.aarweb.org/content/welcome.

The Buddhist Philosophy Unit (BPU) sponsors sessions that focus on specific philosophical topics, on methodological issues, or on (a) recent publication(s) in the field (books, papers, etc.) or a classical text of particular importance. Sessions representing a diversity of methods to address a regionally-defined topic are also encouraged. 

The BPU considers individual paper proposals, but mostly encourages thematically integrated panels. The BPU has a particular interest in panels that include graduate students and junior scholars as well as proposals that would be suitable for co-sponsorship with another unit. If proposing the latter, please provide suggestions for co-sponsorship when you submit your proposal.

Panel sessions are 1.5 hours, 2 hours, or 2.5 hours. Final determination of session length will be decided based on the number and types of proposals received. 

During the recent annual meeting of the AAR the topics listed below were proposed. If you are interested in contributing to or coordinating a panel on one of these topics, please contact the person listed. You are also welcome to propose a panel or paper on any topic within the purview described above.

• Back to Basics: What is a Dharma?

(Pierre-Julien Harter, pjharter@unm.edu)

• Chinese Madhyamaka

(Rafal K Stepien, rafal.stepien@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de)

• Ecology and Buddhist Philosophy 

(Karin Meyers, karin.l.meyers@gmail.com)

• Is there Room for Zen Philosophy?

(Tao Jiang, tjiang@rutgers.edu)

• Philosophical Dimensions of Buddha-fields 

(Leah Kalmanson, kalmanson@gmail.com)

• Praxis and Philosophy

(Renée Ford, Renee.L.Ford@rice.edu)

• Sūtras and Philosophy

(Paul Hackett, ph2046@columbia.edu)

• Two Lions Fighting: A Tibetan Debate on the Two Truths

(John Powers, john.powers@deakin.edu.au)

If you have any questions regarding a proposal, please contact the BPU co-chairs, Karin Meyers (karin.meyers@ryi.org) and Tao Jiang (tjiang@rutgers.edu).

Sincerely,

Karin and Tao

·         Read more or reply

Back to top

CFP> AAR Panel on Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism

by Catherine Hartmann

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I invite all who are interested to apply to be part of an AAR panel in the Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit called "Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism."
This panel explores Tibetan and Himalayan processes of envisioning. Visual perception is not simply a passive, receptive experience but rather actively involved in processes of artistic production, ritual performance, meditative imagination, and textual interpretation. With the goal of highlighting new approaches to any and all aspects of visual culture, we seek papers that investigate how visual experiences have been generated, interpreted, or adapted in any period of history.
Note that while the official call for papers gives the title "Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Tantra," we welcome people focusing on non-tantric materials! 
Please contact Kate Hartmann (chartmann@fas.harvard.edu) or Eric Huntington (erhuntin@stanford.edu) for more information. We're hoping to have abstracts by February 15th. 

·         Read more or reply

Back to top

Losar Tashi Delek! Join Ven. Khenpo Pema at Palden Sakya NYC for the 16 Arhat Puja as we start the Tibetan New Year in prayer. You are welcome to bring shrine offering of either fruit or flower on this auspicious occasion. Palden Sakya NYC Tuesday, February 5 @ 7:00 PM 4 W. 101 St., Buzzer 63 | New York, NY 10025 C train to 103 St.

The best of Asia Society every week. View this email in your browser

January 29, 2019 BOOKS How Asia Is Shaping the World's Future Just as Europe dominated the 19th century and the United States the 20th, Asia is poised to shape global events in the 21st century. So says Parag Khanna, the bestselling author whose new book The Future Is Asian explores how this shift in the global center of gravity will affect politics, business, and culture. In this excerpt Khanna, who will appear in conversation with Michael Froman at Asia Society in New York on February 7, writes that "Asianization is emerging as the newest sedimentary layer in the geology of global civilization." Read

CHINAFILE What Does China Want From Taiwan? In a speech delivered in early January, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that unification across the Taiwan Strait was "the great trend in history" and warned that attempts to facilitate Taiwanese independence would be met by force. Do Xi's words indicate a shift in Beijing's approach to Taipei? And what does the current state of Taiwanese politics say about cross-Strait relations? A recent ChinaFileconversation delves into these questions and lays out possible trajectories in the crucial China-Taiwan relationship. Read POLICY How Will the U.S.-China Trade Conflict Affect The Future of Asian Trade? Last year, for the first time in its 30-year history, the annual gathering of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) concluded without a joint communique, a reflection of how escalating trade tensions between the United States and China have permeated the region. In a roundtable discussion convened by Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Vice President Wendy Cutler, government officials and business leaders from across the region assess the outlook for this year's summit and the risks of the ongoing U.S.-China conflict. Watch

UPCOMING EVENTS Park City, UT — Asia Society Panel at the Sundance Film Festival, 1/30 Houston — The Past, Present, and Future of U.S.-China Relations, 1/31 New Delhi — 2019 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards India, 2/1 New York — A New "Golden Age" for Japan? 2/5 New York — 'The King and I' Meets 'Soft Power,' 2/5 JOIN & SUPPORT Asia Society relies on the generosity of its friends and members to support its mission of strengthening relationships and promoting understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States. Become a Member Donate

FORWARD TO A FRIEND Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 USA Copyright © 2019 Asia Society. All rights reserved. asiasociety.org