Meeting room Sala Venerable

Dr Raquel Bouso Garcia (Chair)

18.30-18.45: Welcome, Announcements

18.45-19.00: Welcome Note by Father Ramon Oranias of Montserrat

19.00-20.00: Keynote Paper plus Q&A

Meditation in Buddhist-Christian Encounter: Different Contexts, Different Expressions.

Elizabeth Harris, Birmingham University

20.00-20.15: Introduction to the Conference Program, Technicalities

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Leader: Ana María Schlüter (tbc)

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Chair: Professor Perry Schmidt-Leukel

09.15-10.00  Meditation/Contemplation in the Christian Tradition
                        Karl Baier, University of Vienna

10.00-10.45  Meditation and Contemplation in the Southern Buddhist Tradition
                        Sarah Shaw, Oxford University

10.45-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Plenary Discussion

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Chair: Dr Kurt Krammer

15.30-16.15  Why do Christians Study Zen?
                Ursula Baatz, University of Vienna

16.15-17.00 Why Buddhists Taught Zen Meditation to Christians
              Robert Sharf, University of California

17.00-17.30  Coffee

17.30-18.30  Plenary Discussion

Basilica

Program:

Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566) - Diferencias sobre el canto llano del Caballero

Joan Baptista Cabanilles (1644-1712) – Batalla Imperial I cinquè to (atribuïda a J. K. Kerll)

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) - Preludi i fuga en do m. BWV 549

Louis Lefébure-Wely (1817-1870) – Andante ”Choeur de Voix humaines”

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – Apparition de l’Eglise Eternelle

Jean Langlais (1907-1991) – Plainte (de la Suite Brève pour orgue)

Manuel Castillo (1930-2005) – Fantasia para un libro de Órgano (1972)
 

Leader: Kurt Krammer

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Chair: Dr Raquel Bouso Garcia

09.15-10.00 The Western Interest in Mindfulness Meditation
                Andreas Nehring, University of Erlangen

10.00-10.45  Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Propagation of Mindfulness in the West
               Elise DeVido, Duke Kunshan University

10.45-11.15  Coffee

11.15-12.15  Plenary Discussion

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Chair: Dr Elizabeth Harris

17.30-18.15  Hesychasm and Buddhism
                  Nicholas Alan Worssam, Glasshampton Monastery

18.15-19.00  Hesychasm and Tantric Buddhism
                 Elizabete Taivane, University of Latvia

19.00-19.30: Refreshments

19.30-20.30: Plenary Discussion

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Leader: John Makransky

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Meeting rooms Sala Deàs, Sala Muntadas, and Sala La Llar

Panel One:  Chair: Carlos Barbosa

Panel Two: Chair: John O’Grady

Panel Three: Sybille Fritz-Oppermann

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14.30  Meeting of ENBCS Board

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Chair:  Dr John O’Grady

15.30-16.15  The Need for Both Contemplative Practice and Social Analysis to Empower Effective Compassionate Action
                     John Makransky, Boston College

16.15-17.00  Meditation and Action: A Christian View
                      Leo D. Lefebure, Georgetown University

17.00-17.30: Coffee

17.30-18.30: Plenary Discussion

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Panel One:  Chair: John O'Grady

Panel Two: Chair: Amanda Fernandes

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Farewell, Announcements, Words of Gratitude, etc.

Closure Note by Mother Griselda Cos (Iberian MID)

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