Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
This event explored the practice of contemporary Buddhism through discussions on altruism, culture, meditation, and key Buddhist doctrines, featuring insights from revered monks and CUNY faculty. Participants engaged with themes of inner peace, wisdom, and the cessation of suffering.
This event explored the practice of contemporary Buddhism through discussions on altruism, culture, meditation, and key Buddhist doctrines, featuring insights from revered monks and CUNY faculty. Participants engaged with themes of inner peace, wisdom, and the cessation of suffering.
This event explored the practice of contemporary Buddhism through discussions on altruism, culture, meditation, and key Buddhist doctrines, featuring insights from revered monks and CUNY faculty. Participants engaged with themes of inner peace, wisdom, and the cessation of suffering.
Why spend your sunsets at home, when you can visit AAARI, and experience the best films that Asians have to offer from around the globe? This eight session workshop will guide viewers on a retrospective study through some of Asian American / Asian cinema’s most beloved and highly acclaimed films from the past decade.
Isabella (Hong Kong, 2006) Edmond Pang Ho Cheung is one of the new generation of directors emerging in Hong Kong, renowned for his witty and entertaining works which all met with critical acclaim. His latest Isabella entered the 56th Berlin International Film Festival as the only Chinese-language film. Thanks to Peter Kam’s music which enriches … Read more
Last Life in the Universe (Thailand, 2003) Shy Kenji is a Japanese librarian in Bangkok who lives within a neatly organized world and fantasizes about committing suicide, but gets interrupted every time he attempts to end his life. While at work, he becomes obsessed with a beautiful girl he spots through the bookshelves. Later, while … Read more