Getting to know the bodhisattva ideal in China
On 24 March, a public lecture on "The Bodhisattva Ideal in China: history and present" was given by Gediminas Giedraitis, a PhD student at the University of Eötvös-Loránd (Hungary) and a researcher on Chinese Buddhism. The lecture covered the establishment of Buddhism in China, the concept of bodhisattva, the basic concepts, as well as an overview of the fundamental texts of Mahayana Buddhism.