From the 26th Feb. to the 1st March 1999

Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus

In St. Ottilien participated 112 people from Sweden, Finnland, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, Austria, Holland, Hungary, Japan, Italy, Thailand, Norway, Swiss and Germany. The conference speeches will be published as a book.

Benedictine Archabbey of St. Ottilien near Munich, Germany.


Programm:
“Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus”

Friday

16.00-18.00     Arrival, registration, payments
18.30              Meal
19.00-21.15     Introduction of participants ant their work.

Saturday

7.30-8.00    Meditation
8.00            Breakfast

Context 1:    Buddhists in China/Japan

9.00-9.50     Buddhist Perception of Jesus and Christianity in the early Buddhist
Christian controversies in China and Japan during 16/17th century.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Iso Kern, University of Bern, Switzerland

10.00-10.50     Jesus in Contempory Zen
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Shizuteru Ueda, University of Kyoto, Japan

11.10-12.00    Discussion

12.15             Meal

Context II:     Buddhists in South-East-Asia

15.00-15.50    Buddhist Perception of Jesus and Christianity among early western Buddhists.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Usarki, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

16.00-16.50     Jesus in recent Buddhist writings published in the West
Speaker: Karl Schmied, many years president of the
“German Buddhist Union”, Fischbachau, Germany.

17.10-18.00   Diskussion
18.30            Meal
19.30-21.00   Workshops:Christian-Buddhist Encounters in Europe
21.00-21.30   Meditation

Sunday:

7.30 -8.15      Mass
8.15              Breakfast

Context III:    Buddhists in the West

9.00-9.50       Jesus and Christianity within the Buddhist modernism.
Speaker:  Dr. H. Muermel, University of Leipzig, Germany

10.00-10.50    Jesus and Christianity in the writings of Bikkuh Buddhadasa
Speaker: Than Santikaro, Suan Mokkh, Thailand

11.10-12.00     Diskussion
12.15              Meal

Christian Responses

15.00-15.50     What do I as a Christian expect Buddhists to discover Jesus? I
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Notto Telle, University of Oslo, Norway
16.00-16.50    What do I as a Christian expect Buddhists to discover Jesus? II
Prof. Michael von Brück, University of Munich, Germany.
17.10-18.00     Discussion
18.30              Meal
19.30-21.00     Workshops: Christain – Buddhist Encounters in Europe.
21.00              Meditation

Monday:

7.30-8.00          Meditation
8.00                 Breakfast
9.00-10.15        Plenary discussion on the topic of the conference
(two short critical/consructive inputs)
12.15              Meal, depatures

Review:

Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes, by Dr. John D´Arcy May. Read here.