When:
November 9, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
2019-11-09T09:00:00-10:00
2019-11-09T13:00:00-10:00
Where:
Hawaii Betsuin
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu
HI 96813 (enter from Lusitana St.)
Contact:
Betsuin Office
(808) 536-7044

image collage of Buddhist writings/book covers

Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin invites you to the

20th Annual Futaba/Bloom Memorial Lectures

Saturday, November 9, 2019, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

“In Search of Buddhist Bibles”
with Dr. George Tanabe

Dr. George Tanabe

Dr. George Tanabe

Dr. George Tanabe, emeritus professor of the Department of Religion at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, will discuss the development of the written record of Buddha’s Teachings over three millennia from India, China, Japan, and the Western World.

8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Lecture: What is a Buddhist Bible?
10:30 a.m. Discussion & Questions
11:00 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. Lecture: What is an English Buddhist Bible?
12:30 p.m. Discussion & Questions
1:00 p.m. Closing