2:00-2:15 p.m.           

Ken Botnick, Professor, Washington University, St. Louis

 “The  Universal Gateway of Bodhisattva  Avalokitesvara,” Chapter Twenty Five of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing Guanshiyin pusa pumenpin), with an Appended Heart Sutra (Xin jing)

2:15-2:30 p.m.           

David Hilditch, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Webster University

Standing Buddha Skyamuni (Shijiamouni) 

2:30-2:45 p.m.            

Rev. Rosan Yoshida, Ph.D., Missouri Zen Center

Standing Prince Shotoku at Age Two (Shotoku Taishi Nisaizo)

2:45-3:00 p.m.            

Kongsak Tanphaichitr, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Washington University, Chairman, Buddhist Council of Greater St. Louis Secretary, Thai Buddhist Temple of Greater St. Louis (Wat Phrasriratanaram)

The Monk Ananda (Anantuo) 

Members of the St. Louis community—including artists, artisans, clerics, historians, social workers, and poets—give short gallery talks about an artwork from their own personal and professional perspectives.

Right image:

LEFT: Head of Buddha Akyamuni, 4th century, Afghanistan, Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 43:1931

RIGHT: A Scene from the Life of the Buddha, late 2nd or early 3rd century, Pakistan, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 55-105

Photograph by Sam Fentress