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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
vertical-align:top'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Korean Kanhwa Sŏn Meditation Conference, Retreat, and Tour in June,
2012 (revised) (Buswell/Joo)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
vertical-align:top'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Applications are now being accepted from advanced graduate students,
professors, and independent scholars in Korean Religions<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font>and Buddhist Studies for the conference,
retreat, and tour related to Kanhwa Sŏn </span></font><font color=black
face=PMingLiU><span lang=JA style='font-family:PMingLiU;color:black'>看話禪</span></font><font
color=black face=PMingLiU><span style='font-family:PMingLiU;color:black'>
</span></font>(“observing the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>hwadu</span></i>”
meditative technique, the Korean counterpart of kōan meditation), which was
previously announced by the Center for the Study of the Chogye Order (Chonghak
Yŏn’guwŏn) at Dongguk University. The revised dates for the events are June
21-July 4, 2012. All paper slots for the conference are now filled, but there
is still room for participants who wish to audit the conference and attend the
subsequent Kanhwa Sŏn retreat and tour. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
vertical-align:top'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The conference title this year is “<i><u><span style='font-style:italic'>Kanhwa
Sŏn in the History of Buddhist Thought</span></u></i>.” The conference will be
followed by a seven-day Kanhwa Sŏn retreat specifically tailored for professors
and students, which will be led by Subul Sŭnim, one of the most renowned
contemporary teachers of this meditative technique in Korea today. Subul Sŭnim
has designed an approach to Kanhwa Sŏn that speeds the development of “doubt”
or questioning so that retreatants quickly generate a “personal experience” (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>ch’ehŏm</span></i> </span></font><font
color=black face=PMingLiU><span lang=ZH-TW style='font-family:PMingLiU;
color:black'>經驗</span></font>). The retreats are done free-style, so
retreatants are free to tailor their practice to fit their abilities and
background. The retreat will be held at a major Korean monastery and
participants will therefore be personally exposed to traditional Korean
monastic life. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
vertical-align:top'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>After the seven-day retreat, participants will be escorted on a two-day
tour of several Kanhwa Sŏn monastic centers deep in the mountains of the Korean
peninsula. In addition to visiting some pristine Buddhist monastic sites,
participants will also have a chance to meet and talk together with several
advanced monastic exponents of Kanhwa Sŏn. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Everyone selected is
expected to participate in all three events (auditing the conference,
participating in the retreat and tour); we will be able to accommodate a total
of 20+ participants. All expenses except airfare will be covered by the Korean
organizers. For those scholars who do not speak Korean, translation
between Korean and English will be provided during all the events. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><i><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Application
Deadlines</span></font></u></i>: Applications are due no later than April 23<sup>rd</sup>
(and early applications are strongly encouraged); selections will be announced
by April 30<sup>th</sup> in order to give participants sufficient time to plan
their flight itineraries. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><i><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Schedule</span></font></u></i>:
Participants should schedule their flights to arrive in Seoul on Thursday, June
21. The conference starts on the morning of Saturday, June 23 and ends on the
evening of June 24. Participants leave for the retreat on June 25 and the
retreat continues through July 1st. The tour takes place July 2-3, returning to
Seoul late that evening. Participants should schedule their flights to depart
from Seoul on Wednesday, July 4. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><i><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Expenses</span></font></u></i>:
All expenses in-country (lodging, meals, and ground transportation) for all participants
will be covered by Dongguk University and the Chogye Order. Lodging will be on
a shared basis (some individual hotel reservations may be possible at extra
cost; monastic quarters will all be shared). Participants are responsible for
their own airfare (viz., airfares will not be reimbursed). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please apply by sending a
short letter of interest and a CV to Robert Buswell (<a
href="mailto:Buswell@humnet.ucla.edu">Buswell@humnet.ucla.edu</a>) of UCLA and
Professor Ryan Joo (<a href="mailto:bjoo@hampshire.edu">bjoo@hampshire.edu</a>)
of Hampshire College. All applications will be turned over to Professor Jongho Sŭnim,
director of the Center for the Study of the Chogye Order, and his staff, who
will make the selections and be in touch directly about the arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Robert Buswell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Distinguished Professor
of Buddhist Studies, UCLA)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ryan Bongseok Joo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Assistant Professor of
Asian Religions, Hampshire College)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><font size=2
face="TITUS Bitstream Unicode"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TITUS Bitstream Unicode"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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