June 2003 – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Between The Lines: Asian American Women’s Poetry

January 4, 2017June 13, 2003 By Meena Alexander and Yunah Hong

In her new one-hour documentary Between the Lines: Asian American Women’s Poetry , Yunah Hong combines interviews with and readings by sixteen Asian American women poets to examine the complex convergence of experience, memory, and language behind the impulse to write. Encompassing a breathtaking diversity of histories, both public and personal, the sixteen poets include … Read more

Introduction To Nagarjuna’s Middle View of Buddhism

January 18, 2017June 6, 2003 By Thomas Tam

Nagarjuna is generally recognized as the founding father of Mahajuna Buddhism. Based on his work “Mulamadhyamika Karika,” the discussion will focus on the original contribution of the Buddha, and Nagarjuna’s elaboration of the middle way, and the relationship between Pratityasmautpada (inter-relatedness of everything) and Sunyata (emptiness). Online Notes