Lecture by Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi: “Zen and Philosophy in the Present Day – How is a Good Life Possible?”

Sangha member of the Bodhidharma Zendo, Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi, Dharma name Kōyō, offers an academic lecture on the subject of Zen and comparative philosophy.

Course at the Bodhidharma Zendo

“Zen and Philosophy in the Present Day – How is a Good Life Possible?”

Lecture and discussion by:
Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki HASHI
(Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna)
(CEO, Association for Comparative Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Education “KoPhil”)
Sangha member of the Zendo, Dharma name: Kōyō

Date: Sat., October 17, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Bodhidharma Zendo Vienna, Fleischmarkt 16, 1010 Vienna. In the courtyard, second door on the right. Ring the bell for “ÖBR Meditation”, 1st floor (second door, then second door again)
Cost: Admission free – donations requested

What is it about?

Surrounding society is oriented towards the zeitgeist of “AI” and “total digitalization.” But how does our life continue with this? A return to the old days is no longer possible. However, let us consider the past: every past was in the middle of its respective present, in the here and now. Everyone was more or less disoriented in the midst of it.
Buddhism provides suggestions and pointers on what one should set as a goal and how one can build a good life with it. In Zen especially, one finds an ever-renewing strength in the body and in consciousness.
In this course, the necessity and advantages of Buddhism in our time are explained in a generally understandable way based on Comparative Philosophy. This will be followed by a communicative exchange for questions, additions, and suggestions from the participants.

Photo: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Hisaki Hashi, Copyright: Foto Nelson, Vienna

Further websites:
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/persons/hisaki-hashi/
https://www.kophil-interdis.at
www.kophil.at

Successive development of the number of interested readers for the monograph by HASHI – A new translation and interpretation of Zen Buddhism in Dōgen
https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51008-2/
Reading sample: See Open Access chapter in https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2176479

New publication by LIT, series: Comparative Philosophy for a Global World
Vol. 10 Hisaki HASHI, Karen GLOY (Eds.)
https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51243-7/
Reading sample: See “Phaidra”: https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:2112405