Joanna Cook & Jonathan Mair (University of Cambridge)
Introduction: Buddhist Ethics and Detachment

Jeremy Goody (Lokamitra/The Jambudvipa Trust/The Nagarjuna Institute)
“I have derived my social philosophy from the teachings of the Buddha”: The Place of Detachment and Engagement in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Efforts to Bring About a Society Free of Untouchability and Caste in India.

Gustaaf Houtman (Royal Anthropological Institute/University of London, SOAS)
Vipassana: A Reflection on Detachment in the Context of Van Gennep’s Theory of Rites de Passage in the Unpartitioned House

Ven. Chueh Ru Shih (Deputy Chief Abbess of Fo Guang Shan Temple in Europe & UK, Abbess of IBPS UK) and Peter Johnson (London Buddha's Light International Association)
The Carefree Life

Discussant: Steven Collins (The University of Chicago)