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SUMMARY: Carrying a Basket of Gold: A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Con
 cepts and Ethics in Bhutan
DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, Dagmar Schwerk provides a historical perspectiv
 e on the development and institutionalization of Buddhist concepts and ethi
 cs in Bhutan which first manifested themselves in a twofold system of gover
 nance under a charismatic Buddhist master in the seventeenth century.
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 vent-meta">This talk is co-sponsored with the Robert HN Ho Family Foundatio
 n Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society.</div><div></div><div><stron
 g>Abstract</strong></div><div></div><div><p>What lies behind the idea and p
 olicies of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan and how have Buddhist c
 oncepts and ethics been implemented on an institutional level in past and p
 resent? In this talk\, Dagmar Schwerk provides a historical perspective on 
 the development and institutionalization of Buddhist concepts and ethics in
  Bhutan which first manifested themselves in a twofold system of governance
  under a charismatic Buddhist master in the seventeenth century. She also t
 akes a closer look at the broader intellectual history of the twofold syste
 m of governance\, just kingship\, and knowledge systems of Buddhist ethics—
 along with the connected intertwining between religion and other societal a
 reas in pre-modern Bhutan.</p></div><div></div><div><strong>About the Speak
 er </strong></div><div></div><div><p>Dagmar Schwerk’s research covers Indo-
 Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan and Bhutanese intellectual\, political\, and s
 ocial history.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg\, Germany.
  Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the Mahāmudrā controversy in Tibetan Buddhism 
 and is the current Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddh
 ist Studies at UBC’s Department of Asian Studies.</p></div><div>In her curr
 ent research activities\, she is especially interested in Buddhist concepti
 ons of state and governance as well as applied Buddhist ethics in secular c
 ontexts in Asia and the West. In her talk\, she will present findings conne
 cted to a recently completed post-doctoral research project at the Universi
 ty of Leipzig\, Germany. (“Bhutan in Transition. Metamorphosis and Institut
 ionalisation of Buddhist Concepts”).</div><div></div><h2><a href="https://s
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