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Kindness and Compassion in Interreligious Dialogues

Presented by Professor Leo D. Lefebure  

25 June 2025

1-2pm (AEST)

This will be a hybrid event. You are most welcome to join us on campus, or online via zoom

This conversation will explore the resources of the Buddhist and Christian traditions, for building relationships based on kindness and compassion. We will share examples of interreligious dialogues based on mutual understanding, shared values, and an intention to shape global citizenship.

About the Presenter:

Leo D. Lefebure is Professor of Theology and the inaugural holder of the Matteo Ricci, S.J., Chair at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the author of the award-winning Transforming Interreligious Relations: Catholic Responses to Religious Pluralism in the United States. His other award-winning books include Revelation, the Religions, and Violence; True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions; and The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada, coauthored with Peter Feldmeier. Lefebure is the president of the American Theological Society, a former president of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, a research fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a trustee emeritus of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions.

NTI conversations are free; however, registration is essential. You can register here

 Our Virtual Open Day is a short, rich program where interested people will meet faculty and past students and hear how our educational programs can help you extend their professional practice and knowledge in ways that acknowledge contemporary challenges and current stressors.  

 Invite them to experience: 

• a guided meditation practice 
•  information about our graduate courses in Health and Social Wellbeing; Applied Mindfulness; Mental Health; Applied Buddhist Studies; and Humanistic Buddhism  
• and our staff and students sharing their experiences of NTI

 Hear how these courses can enable students to serve others in their communities and effect profound personal, professional and societal change. 

Virtual Open Day 

June 4 2025 

4.30-5.30pm (AEST) 

Registration is free but Essential. Register here

Healing: Buddhist and Psychotherapy Perspectives

Presented by Dr Eng-Kong Tan and Dr Nadine Levy

4 June 2025

12.30-2pm (AEST) This event will be held online

Dr Nadine Levy, Head of Health and Social Wellbeing and Dr Eng-Kong Tan will lead this fascinating discussion on the intersection of Buddhist wisdom and psychotherapy to heal psychological pain and trauma.

Drawing from decades of his own clinical practice and experiences, Dr Eng-Kong Tan will explore how mindfulness, compassion and contemplative traditions align with modern therapeutic insights to support deep psychological healing.

This discussion is for practitioners, seekers and anyone curious about the transformative power of Buddhist and psychotherapeutic approaches to well-being.

About the Presenter:

Dr Eng-Kong Tan is a medical doctor, consultant psychiatrist and analytic psychotherapist. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Metta Clinic and was the Founder President of the Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists (AABCAP). He has presented keynote addresses, workshops, seminars on Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy in Australia and Asia.

Dr Nadine Levy is the Head of Health and Social Wellbeing at Nan Tien Institute and holds a PhD in Sociology and Honors degrees in both law and gender studies. Her research investigates women’s lived experience across a range of social sites, including health therapeutic landscapes and spiritual movements.