From the Second Symposium with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies

・Opening Address － Richard Gombrich 

Session 1: Buddhism and Action－On Violence and Peace

・Voices of freedom: friendship, trust and liberation in the poems of early Buddhist nuns － Sarah Shaw

・Women’s Roles in a World Without Nuclear Weapons － Toshie Kurihara

Session 2: Buddhism and Pragmatism－Buddhism’s Impact on Social Change

・Mindfulness Meditation and Social Change: from Therapy to Wisdom and Ethics － Mark Leonard

・Buddhist Organizations and Their Response to Natural Disasters － Katsuaki Onishi

Session 3: Buddhism and Science－Buddhist Practice and Science-Based Functions that Address Physical and Mental Health

・The Practice of Compassion: A Brief Reflection on Some Theravada Buddhist Meditation Traditions  －　Khammai Dhammasami

・Medical Ethics and Buddhism―A Focus on Euthanasia and Death with Dignity －　Yoichi Kawada  translated by Shin’ichi Hashimoto

Feature 2: Creation of a Global Civilization－Transcending Multiculturalism

From the Symposium in conjunction with the 31^st Annual Conference of the IOP

・Omniculturalism and Our Human Path  － Fathali M. Moghaddam

・Culture and Ideal―The Dignity of Life as a Postulate － Yutaka Ishigami

・Issue of Immigration and Refugees and Multiculturalism in Europe － Fumiko Tsutaki

From Public Lecture

・The Psychology of Democracy － Fathali M. Moghaddam

Contributions

・Religious Reformations in Japan and Europe: An Encounter of Nichiren and Martin Luther － Ulrich Dehn

・The Earth Charter, Spirituality and Sustainable Development －　Richard Clugston