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Issues and challenges in Buddhist higher education in Taiwan

Huimin Bhiksu
Name: Guo, Miin-Fang

ABSTRACT

1. The Issue of Buddhist Higher Education to Award Degrees in China

1.1 History of contemporary higher education
1.2 The Establishment of Religious Colleges

2.The Issue of Chinese Buddhist Higher Education in the 21st Century

2.1 In terms of the dharma, Chinese Buddhism encompasses three periods and eight schools of all the Buddhist traditions:
2.2 With respect to people, Chinese Buddhists comprise of both monastic and lay communities and in both genders

3.The Challenges in Buddhist Higher Education to develop the Practice Curriculum in Taiwan

4. The Challenges in Buddhist Higher Education to Integrate the Information Science in DDBC

BIOGRAPHY

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Guo, Miin-Fang ( 郭敏芳 )
Dharma Name: Huimin Bhiksu ( 釋惠敏 )
Date of Birth: January 22, 1954
The year of bhiksu ordination: 1979
Nationality: Taiwan, Republic of China
Sex: Male
Address: Dharma Drum Buddhist College (DDBC - 法鼓佛教研修學院)
No. 2-6 Xishihu, Jinshan 20842, Taipei County, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel:  +886-2-2498-0707 # 2364, 2365, 2271
Fax: +886-2-2408-2172
E-mail Address: huimin2525@gmail.com;
Homepage:http://ge.tnua.edu.tw/～huimin

EDUCATION

Doctor of Letter, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1992
M.A., University of Tokyo, Japan, 1989
B.Ph., Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan, ROC, 1975

PRESENT POSITIONS

President, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan, ROC (DDBC) (assumed position 2007)
Professor, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei(TNUA), Taiwan, ROC (assumed position 1998)
Abbot, Seeland Monastery, Taiwan, ROC (from 1998),
Director, Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA), Taiwan, ROC (from 1998)
Vice Director, Dharma Drum Mountain Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taipei(CHIBS), Taiwan, ROC (assumed position 1994)

EXPERIENCE

Acting President, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (from 2006/1/25-2006/7/31)
Dean of Academic Affairs, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (from 2000-2006)
Chairperson of the department of Humanity, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (2000~2006)
Dean of Student Affairs, National Institute of the Arts, (1994/09-1997/10)
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, (1994/02-1994/04)

PUBLICATION

A Study of the Meditative Object of Shravakabhumi. Tokyo: Sankibo Press. 1993.
A Depending-risen View on the Life. co-auther with Shi, Guoche. Taipei: Dongchu Publishing. 1995
A Primer of Sanskrit. co-auther with Shi, Jiyin. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp. 1996.
A Introduction of Shamatha-Vipassana in Mahayana. co-auther with Guan, Zhefu. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp. 1997.
Meditation and Life. Taipei County: Seeland Publishing Corp.1997.
Vinaya and Meditation. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corp. 1999.