Lecture on Life and Death by renowned

American scholar on Buddhism from Kyoto University, Aug. 22

 

Cultural News, 2009 August Issue

 

 

Prof. Carl Becker of Kyoto University

 

As a part of the 370th anniversary of Ryukoku University in Kyoto,

the university’s alumni of Southern California presents the

commemorative seminar and lecture by Prof. Carl Becker of Kyoto

University on Saturday, Aug. 22 at 1:30 p.m. at the L.A. Nishi

Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 815 East First Street, Los Angeles,

CA 90012. Admission free and free parking available.

 

The lecture with the title of “Buddhism in Life and Death” will explore

near death experiences of terminal patients and cares for life and death.

Prof. Becker will speak in both Japanese and English.

 

Dr. Becker at Kyoto University Graduate School is full professor of

Kokoro Research Center and Department of Human and

Environmental Studies.

 

Prof. Becker received his Ph.D. in Comparative East-West Philosophy

from the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii in 1981 after

studying in India and Japan. Becker was sent to Japan to study in

1974 by the Prince Akihito Scholarship of Hawaii.

 

He taught Asian Philosophy at Southern Illinois University and the

University of Hawaii, and Ethics and Comparative Religions at

Osaka University, Tenri University, and Tsukuba University.  

 

He garnered national awards from the Society for Religion and

Psychology Research; the SIETAR (Society for Intercultural

Education, Training and Research) Award for Cross-cultural

Understanding; and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Bombay for

comparative studies of death and dying. His research on terminal

care, medical and environmental ethics has been taken up by

government researchers as well as by news media.  

 

Becker’s English books include Breaking the Circle: Death and

Afterlife in Buddhism (SIU, 1993), Asian and Jungian Views of

Ethics (Greenwood, 1999), Danger in Daily Life (Eihosha, 2002),

and Time for Healing (Paragon House, 2003).

 

For seat and parking reservations, call Mr. Nakamura at (310) 450-9823,

Mr. Nakagaki at (626) 429-7606, or email ryudai_la@hotmail.com