Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

The Academic Advisory Committee of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

Article 1 Mission

The mission of the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Academic Advisory Committee (hereafter “Advisory Committee”) shall be
1. facilitating academic research in Chinese Buddhism;
2. fostering international exchanges;
3. cultivating outstanding researchers in Chinese Buddhism;
4. providing development directions; and
5. advising on matters with regard to CHIBS.

Article 2 Members and offering

The Advisory Committee shall comprise of five to seven members of the following：
1. the Director of the CHIBS shall be the Chairman of the Advisory Committee; and
2. the Chairman shall nominate four to six academic members and offer certificates of appointment. A chief committee member shall be elected among the academic committees.

Article 3 Terms and responsibilities

The term of office of each member shall be two years starting from January 1 of the said year to December 31 of the following year. Each member is eligible for re-appointment.
There will be no budget for the Advisory Committee and the responsibilities of the members are to attend meetings (including online) to advise on the following matters:
1. directions of the CHIBS;
2. research and exchange in Chinese Buddhism;
3. tradition and innovation in Chinese Buddhism; and
4. development and direction of the Journal of the CHIBS.

Article 4 Meetings

The Chairman shall call for the meeting at least once every year. Where necessary, temporary meetings may be convened and relevant personnel may be invited to attend.
The director of CHIBS shall chair the meetings. In case the Chairman is unable to attend the meeting, the members shall elect one from among themselves to chair the meeting.

Article 5 Promulgation and force

These regulations shall come into force on the day of promulgation.

Advisory Committee Members

Position：	Director of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (CHIBS) Professor, Vice-Chancellor of Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA)
Specialty：	Buddhist Meditation, Pure Land Buddhism, History of Chinese Buddhism, Japanese

Ven. Guo Jing

Position：	Special Chair Professor, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA) Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy , National Chengchi University. Director, Sheng Yen Center for Chinese Buddhist Studies.
Specialty：	Buddhist Philosophy, Cross-cultural Comparative Philosophy, East Asian Philosophy

Lin, Chen-Kuo

Position：	Distinguished Associate Professor, Director of the Master Program of Life Education, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Specialty：	Group dynamics, Family therapy, Life narrative, Meditation and Life Transformation

Pei Yang

Position：	Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica
Specialty：	Classical Chinese literary theory, Ming loyalism, cultural history of Buddhism, East Asia literature in Han-Chinese, history of cultural exchange between China and Japan

Liao, Chao-heng

Position：	Professor (retired) , Department of Chinese Literature, National Chung Hsing University
Specialty：	Neo-Confucianism of Sung and Ming Dynasties, Chinese Philosophy, Kantian philosophy

Liu, Chin-hsien

Position：	Emeritus Fellow, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Specialty：	The teachings and Practice of Tien-tai School, The thought of Hua Yen Shcool

Chen, Ying-shan

Position：	Adjunct Professor (retired), Department of Chinese Literature, National Chengchi University
Specialty：	The Buddhist thought of Wei-Jin Periods, The History of Chinese Buddhist thought

Tu, Yen-Chiu

Position：	Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Specialty：	Art Archeology

Yen, Chuan-ying

Position：	Associate Professor, Department of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Specialty：	Buddhist Theory of Meditation and Mind, Sanskrit, Yogacara Thought, Intellectual History of Chinese Buddhism, Theory and Method in Religious Studies

Weijen Teng