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Venerable Dr.Chang Qing, a Singapore Buddhist monk, he ordained in 1989 after he graduated with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic. He hold a BA in Chinese Literature from the National Taiwan University (1993), PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol (UK, 1998). He had published several English/Chinese articles and attended several International conferences. He also gave papers for seminars in UK and Singapore. Venerable Dr.Chang Qing gives Dharma Talk and conducted English/Chinese Dharma Classes whenever he is available. Currently he lectures in areas such as Prajna and Madhyamaka Thought in India, the Philosophy of Three Treatise etc.
Venerable Dr. Chuancheng was born in Sichuan province, China. He was ordained in 1991 and studied for five years in the Buddhist College of Minnan. After preaching Buddha-dharma for a year in Singapore, he spent a year and a half in Sri Lanka reading Theravada Buddhism at the University of Kelaniya. During September 2000 and June 2005, he completed an MA in Indian Religions and a PhD in Buddhist Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK. He joined the college as Associate Dean of Academic Affair in 2005 and was soon appointed to be Dean. At the end of January, 2008, he resigned from the post in order to concentrate on teaching and research.
His research interests are in the area of Chinese Buddhism with special focus on Early Cultural History of Chinese Buddhism. In the recent years, he has become increasingly interested in the study of Chinese Buddhist Scriptures.
The courses he teaches include Introduction to Buddhist Vinaya, Buddhist Monastic Values, Buddhist Jataka Stories, Buddhist Ethics, Apologetics of Chinese Buddhism, Reading in Buddhist Texts, etc.
Venerable Chuan Xiong, he was born in Henan Province, China and received his ordination at White Horse Monastery of Luoyang in 1993. He studied at Buddhist College of Minnan (Xiamen) and Buddhist Academy of China (Beijing) from 1997 to 2003. He received his MA and M.Phil degree (Buddhist studies) awarded by Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhism Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, in 2006 and 2009. In 2009, he joined Buddhist College of Singapore.
Ordained as a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in 1983, Venerable graduated from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, in Buddhist Philosophy in 1994. He obtained M.A. in Buddhist Studies from PGIPBS, Sri Lanka in1997 and PhD from the University of Hong Kong, 2008. He holds a Dip in Ed. from University of Colombo and has been a Dhamma educator since 1996.
Award-winning Publication: “Bodhisattva Practice in Ancient Sri Lanka with Reference to the Abhayagiri Fraternity” 1st prize; Third Korean Conference of Buddhist Studies,2006
Interests: Buddhist history and Buddhist Philosophy. Associate Editor of Humanities Journal, Common Ground Publications, Australia, Vol.5,2008.
Mr. Gu was part of the first cohort of MA graduates from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. He has traveled to Harvard-Yenching Research Institute, Harvard University as a visiting scholar, specializing in research in Chinese Buddhism and is also the author of numerous articles and books. A lecturer with many years of experience, Mr. Gu was the former chief editor for The Buddhist Association of the USA and research fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religion.
Dr. Zhang was the former head of the Modern Poets Society of National Taiwan University (NTU), and was elected as a representative of the NTU student union during his studies. While studying in National Taiwan University, he engaged in in-depth Hindu meditation practices while learning Buddhism. He also undertook the Bodhisattva precepts and received the 4th grade empowerment from SAKYA sect of Vajrayana tradition. Furthermore, he served the Dharma disciple of Venerable Hsu Yun, Venerable Xin Lao. He was appointed by National Taiwan University as an Instructor to the organization, conducted psychological experiments with Prof Mr Lee Sijing (current rector) of the National Taiwan University for many years. Obtained M.A in Religious Studies and subsequently joined Beijing University Department of Philosophy as research fellow in 2002. Studied Indian Thoughts and Buddhism under Prof Yao Wei Qun. His dissertation (Research on Avatamsaka School “interpenetrate non-obstruction” Thoughts) was lauded by all his lecturers and was awarded the “Hua Lian Literature” award. He was also appointed the 9th and 10th President of the Chinese Parapsychological Association as well as Associate Professor of College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University.
Dr. Ji received his B.A. in Literature from Anhui Normal University in 1996, M.A in Literature from Inner Mongolia University in 2003 and PhD from Fudan University in 2006.During the writing of his doctorate dissertation, his research encompasses the study of Buddhism within the philological studies of Buddhist written texts, collecting of biographical materials of monks and the anthropological studies of religion. Eventually, his dissertation “A Study on the Biographies of Eminent Monks” was accepted by Shanghai Ancient Books Press and is due to be published in early 2009. As a fulltime lecturer of BCS, Dr. Ji is now engaged in teaching subjects such as Buddhist Literature, Institution of Buddhist Sangha and Buddhist arts.
Mrs Tan-Kang Cheah Kheng is a trained and qualified teacher from the Singapore Teachers’ Training College. She has obtained a Certificate of Proficiency in English from the University of Cambridge. She has taught English Language, Literature, Buddhist Studies and Moral Education in Singapore government secondary schools for 35 years. She also mentored trainee teachers, set up and managed KipMcgrath Worldwide Education Centre.
Dr. Teo was born in Singapore in 1951, Dr. Teo enrolled into the Nanjing University and achieved a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a PhD in the subject matter. His thesis paper was awarded the most outstanding thesis by the Nanjing University’s business faculty. Recently, his essay on Peter Drucker has been selected as a foreword for the book “Interpretations of Drucker’s Management Thought”. He currently teaches management subjects in the college.
Choy Fah KONG obtained her doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2006). She earned an MA Indian Religions (1998-1999) and a BA Comparative Religion (1995-1998) also from SOAS. She was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2007-2009). She joined Buddhist College of Singapore in July 2010. She teaches students on the courses that lead to the external degree of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Her areas of interest are early Indian Religions and Theravada tradition.
Venerable Chuan Ren (Pannavudha) was born in Singapore. He was ordained as a novice monk at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery and subsequently, a bhikkhu in the Mahayana and Theravada traditions in Taiwan and Myanmar respectively. Besides practising meditation in Singapore, Venerable has also learnt and practised meditation under different teachers in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan and Myanmar for many years. Venerable Chuan Ren, effectively bilingual in Chinese and English, frequently conducts meditation lessons and retreats in different countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Professor Dr FOO Check Teck LLB (Hons) MBA (City University, London; Award Winner) PhD (Strategy) St Andrews, Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln Inn’s FCCA FCMA FCIM CPA ACIS Advocate & Solicitor: he is uniquely multi-disciplinary. Singapore’s Man of Renaissance (Straits Times, 2002) he held in UK, the honorary Chair (2004-2011), University of St Andrews after there as a Visiting Professor. He recently retired from NTU (1988-2010). He is founding editor-in-chief, Chinese Management Studies (SSCI) and founder, Sun Tzu Art of War Institute and organizer of 1st Global Chinese Management Studies Conference.
Prof. (Dr.) Patrick Loh has a total of about 22 years of experience spanning various fields such as business, consulting, training, publishing, including 7 years in the academia.He is currently the Principal Consultant of Knowledgeworks Consultants which provides training & consultancy services, focusing on developing creative solutions to global issues/problems,, and also writes and publishes his own books. He has written 10 books on Global IT Skills training and education, and management, Innovation & Enterprise, including the latest best-selling one (Managing in the global economic downturn), and also presented and reviewed papers in Global IT management conferences (USA) and IBIMA.
Ng Lay Hoon received her B.B.A. from the National University of Singapore in 1994. She has also received a B.A. and M.A. in Buddhist Studies from the Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka in 2008 and 2009 respectively. She is currently a volunteer lecturer at the Buddhist and Pali College, Singapore and has been teaching since 2010. She has also been actively translating Buddhist books and materials from English to Chinese. She joined the Buddhist College of Singapore in August 2011 and currently teaches the Culture paper in the English B.A. programme.
Venerable Dr. Guang Xing received his Ph.D. from School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London in 2003. He is an assistant professor at the Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong and Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation visiting professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society at the University of British Columbia. His publications include The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory (Routledge 2005) and The Historical Buddha (Beijing Religious Culture Publication 2005) together with many academic papers. He is currently working on the issue of filial piety in Chinese Buddhism and has already published several papers on the topic.
Venerable Dr. Yuan Liu was born in Sichuan province, China. He entered into the Order in 1991 and has since studied Mahayana Buddhism at Minnan Buddhist College in Xiamen and Buddhist Academy of China in Beijing for nearly seven years.He went on to Sri Lanka to study Sanskrit, Pali and Theravada Buddhism at The Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies from University of Kelaniya, for nearly eight years, and obtained M.A and Ph.D degrees there. He had taught at Minnan Buddhist College in Xiamen and at International Buddhist College in Thailand. While lecturing in Thailand, he had also served as acting dean of faculty of religious studies as well as dean of research school. His personal interests of research are mainly focused on comparative studies of Abhidharma of northern tradition, Buddhist Sanskrit etc.
Professor Lewis R. Lancaster studied his B.A. in Roanake College in 1954. He pursued on to M.Th. at USC-ST in 1958 and obtained his PhD from University of Wisconsin in 1968. He had served in various educational institutions in Asia and America, such as Peking University in China, Korea University, University of Hong Kong and University of Michigan. Professor Lancaster also holds several extramural positions as a committee member, program and conference chairman. In addition, he is the author of numerous publications for nearly 13 years. He is currently the Professor (Emeritus) of University of California, Berkeley.
Professor Cheng Chen-huang, born in Taiwan in 1945, BA of National Taiwan University with major in British and American literature, Master of Law of National Chengchi University with major in journalism. Current positions: President of Amala Association, Director of Mahayana Buddhist Institute of Chingchueh Sangha University, directors of several foundations, etc. Experiences: President of Torch of Wisdom Publishing House, Publisher of Torch of Wisdom Monthly, Vice President / Secretary-general of Torch of Wisdom Buddhist Association, part-time researcher of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Vice President of Buddhist Viriya College, part-time lecturer of Chinese Culture University and World Journalism College, Secretary-general of Taiwan Conference on Religion for Peace, etc. Attended international religious conferences. Presented a paper at a Roman Vatican conference. Conducted meditation retreats and gave lectures in Taiwan and abroad. Publications include “Ajhan Buddhadasa”, Chinese version of “Tibetan Book of Living and Dying”, etc. totaling 32 books and over 1,000 articles.
Venerable Dingyuan was born in 1977 in Fujian province, China. He was among the pioneer cohort of post-graduates from the Buddhist College of Minnan in 2002. Six years later, he received his MA (Literature) from Hanazono University (Kyoto,Japan). Subsequently he obtained his PhD (Literature) from International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies (Tokyo) in 2011 and is currently working in the college’s Institute of Old Japanese Buddhist Manuscripts as a researcher, engaged in philological studies of Buddhist sculptures. He has published several academic papers like “A Study on the Author of Dunhuang manuscript S.1087”, “On the Newly founded old Japanese Buddhist Manuscripts Hujing-Jing”, “On the newly founded works of Korean monk Wŏnhyo from Dunhuang manuscripts”.
Dr. Kent Lin received his PhD from National Taiwan University. The topic of his dissertation is: Philosophical Comparison of Laozi and Mulamadhyamakakarika: Taking Linguistic Strategy, Oppositional Thinking, and Viewpoint of Being and Nonbeing as Clues. Now he is a full time professor in Taiwan TzuChi University. His main research interests include Philosophy of Buddhism, Buddhist Psychology, YinShun Buddhist Philosophy, and Taiwan Buddhism. He has published one book: The Best among All Theories: An Advocacy of Yin-Shun’s Philosophy of Humanistic Buddhism (in Chinese).
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