Program

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Conference language: English.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - Complete Program
Lecture Hall A, University of Hamburg (Main Building), Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

• Welcome by the University of Hamburg and Opening Addresses ,  8.30 - 10.00 a.m.
• 1 Foundation of the Bhiksuni Order , 10.00 – 11.30 a.m.
• Lunch Break 90 min.:  11.30 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.
• 2 Bhiksuni Ordination , 13.00 – 15.40 p.m.
• Refreshments 20 min.: 15.40 – 16.00 p.m.
• 3 History of the Bhiksuni Order , 16.00 – 18.00 p.m.
• Dinner/Tea break 60 min.: 18.00 – 19.00 p.m.
• I Question and Answer session with speakers, 19.00 - 21.00

Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Complete Program
Lecture Hall A, University of Hamburg (Main Building), Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

• 4 History of the Vinaya Lineages , 8.00– 10.40 a.m.
• 5 Polarity between Tradition and Requirements of Modern Times, Part I , 10.40 – 11.40 a.m.
• Lunch Break 90 min.:  11.30 a.m. – 13.00 p.m. (university canteen 5 min. walk)

• 5 Three Parallel Sessions: Part II, III and IV, 13.00 – 15.00 p.m.
  Polarity between Tradition and Requirements of Modern Times

• Part II, Lecture Hall A

• Part III: Theravada: Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Bangladesh, Lecture Hall C

• Part IV: Mahayana: China, Vietnam, Korea, Tibet, Thailand, Lecture Hall M

• Refreshments 20 min.: 15.00 – 15.20 p.m.
• 6 Examples for the Revival of the Dual ordination and Vinaya training, Lecture Hall A, 15.20 – 18.00 p.m.
• Dinner/Tea break 60 min.: 18.00 – 19.00 p.m. (university canteen 5 minutes walk)
• II Final Question and Answer session with speakers, 19.00 - 21.00 p.m.

Friday, July 20, 2007 - Complete Program
Audimax, University of Hamburg, von-Melle-Park

• Welcome and Keynote speeches, 10.00 – 11.30 a.m.
  
• Keynote speeches
  Bishop Maria Jepsen, North Elbian Protestant Church:
  Women and Religion: The religious competence of women
  His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama:
  Human Rights and the Status of Women in Buddhism
  
• Lunch break (2 hrs): 11.30 a.m. – 13.30 p.m.
• Panel Discussion, Concluding Speech and Resolution, 13.30 – 16.00 p.m.
  
• Panel Discussion:
  H. H. the Dalai Lama and leading Buddhist monks, nuns and scholars
  Revival of the Bhiksuni precepts in Tibetan Buddhism
  Moderator: Dr. Thea Mohr
• Concluding Speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Resolution