Schedule Event local time
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16:30 - 18:30Opening of the Conference
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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18:30 - 20:00
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05:30 - 06:00Meditation
Leader: Ana María Schlüter (tbc)
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06:00 - 07:00Breakfast
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07:15 - 10:45Session I: Meditation/Contemplation in Traditional Buddhism and Christianity
Meeting room Sala Venerable
Chair: Professor Perry Schmidt-Leukel
09.15-10.00 Meditation/Contemplation in the Christian Tradition
Karl Baier, University of Vienna10.00-10.45 Meditation and Contemplation in the Southern Buddhist Tradition
Sarah Shaw, Oxford University10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 Plenary Discussion
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10:30 - 11:30
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11:30 - 13:30Siesta
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13:30 - 16:30Session II: Christian-Buddhist Encounter through Zen-Practice
Meeting room Sala Venerable
Chair: Dr Kurt Krammer
15.30-16.15 Why do Christians Study Zen?
Ursula Baatz, University of Vienna16.15-17.00 Why Buddhists Taught Zen Meditation to Christians
Robert Sharf, University of California17.00-17.30 Coffee
17.30-18.30 Plenary Discussion
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17:30 - 18:15Organ Concert - Ramon Oranias
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)
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05:30 - 06:00Meditation
Leader: Kurt Krammer
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06:00 - 07:00Breakfast
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07:15 - 10:15Session III: Christian-Buddhist Encounter through Mindfulness
Meeting room Sala Venerable
Chair: Dr Raquel Bouso Garcia
09.15-10.00 The Western Interest in Mindfulness Meditation
Andreas Nehring, University of Erlangen10.00-10.45 Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Propagation of Mindfulness in the West
Elise DeVido, Duke Kunshan University10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 Plenary Discussion
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10:30 - 11:30
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11:30 - 15:30Time to explore Montserrat (including a guided tour of the church and library: optional)
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15:30 - 18:30Session IV: The Hesychast Tradition and its Affinities to (Tibetan) Buddhism
Meeting room Sala Venerable
Chair: Dr Elizabeth Harris
17.30-18.15 Hesychasm and Buddhism
Nicholas Alan Worssam, Glasshampton Monastery18.15-19.00 Hesychasm and Tantric Buddhism
Elizabete Taivane, University of Latvia19.00-19.30: Refreshments
19.30-20.30: Plenary Discussion
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18:30 - 20:00
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05:30 - 06:00Meditation
Leader: John Makransky
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06:00 - 07:00Breakfast
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07:00 - 08:30Open Presentations I (3-4 parallel groups with 3 papers in each group)
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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09:00 - 10:00Mass (optional)
Basilica
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10:30 - 11:30
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11:30 - 13:30Siesta
14.30 Meeting of ENBCS Board
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13:30 - 16:30Session V: Meditation and Action in Buddhism and Christianity
Meeting room Sala Venerable
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 College16.15-17.00 Meditation and Action: A Christian View
Leo D. Lefebure, Georgetown University17.00-17.30: Coffee
17.30-18.30: Plenary Discussion
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16:45 - 18:15Open Presentations II (3-4 parallel groups with 3 papers in each group)
Meeting rooms Sala Deàs, Sala Muntadas, and Sala La Llar
Panel One: Chair: John O'Grady
Panel Two: Chair: Amanda Fernandes
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18:15 - 18:45Conclusion of the Conference
Meeting room Sala Venerable
Farewell, Announcements, Words of Gratitude, etc.
Closure Note by Mother Griselda Cos (Iberian MID)
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19:00 - 20:30
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06:00 - 07:00Breakfast, Departures