Skip to content

Articles

Alle Edities

Anniversary meeting with special guests

the editorial team ☉ Saturday 24th September the Friends of Buddhism Foundation celebrates 25 years of translating the Pali-Canon into Dutch. In honor of the special jubilee a festive meeting will be held with among other activities lectures by internationally well-known scientists and translators. Special guest speakers Professor Richard Gombrich will give a lecture on the importance of learning...

Professor Richard Gombrich

Yvon Mattaar ☉ Professor Gombrich (1937) is perhaps the best, but certainly the most well-known Pali teacher in the world. In addition, he is one of the most influential scientists in the field of early Buddhism. He has been a professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford throughout his working life. Unfortunately, there was never a Pali...

Sarah Shaw

Yvon Mattaar ☉ Sarah Shaw (1955) is a lecturer at Oxford University as well as a meditation teacher at the Samatha trust. She has quite a few book titles to her name, all of which have in common that they connect Buddhist theory with everyday life and with daily meditation for lay people. Her books offer a scientific...

Board Change

the editorial team ☉ Wij zijn als stichting Vrienden van het Boeddhisme bijzonder verheugd dat op 14 maart jl. Alie Rozendal is toegetreden tot ons bestuur. Zij neemt het secretariaat over van Rozanne van der Veur, die heeft aangekondigd in de herfst van 2022 afscheid te willen nemen van haar bestuursfunctie. In onderstaand stukje vertelt zij over haar loopbaan...

In memoriam Rob Janssen

Jacques den Boer ☉ March 23rd 2019, we lost Pali-translator and former chairman of the foundation Vrienden van het Boeddhisme (Friends of Buddhism). The emeritus Professor clinical psychology and personality theory, Prof. Dr. Robert Hubertus Conrardus Janssen, reached the age of 87 years. His name will be inseparably connected with Buddhism in the Netherlands, because of his vital role...

Downloads