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Center for Buddhist Studies

Promoting academic research on the Buddhist tradition and its related religious, intellectual, social, cultural, and artistic aspects around the world

Our center provides regional, national, and international leadership in the academic field of Buddhist studies.

Collaborating with academic units and communities within and outside the university, the center’s activities include a Buddhist studies lecture series, rare Buddhist archive preservation, financial assistance to scholars and students of Buddhist studies, hosting academic conferences and workshops, a visiting scholar program, contemplative studies and community outreach.

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There is a new home planned for the Center for Buddhist Studies within the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

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We are pleased to share that the International Research Division of the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures (RCWBC) at Ryukoku University is going to host Dr. Kirill Solonin, a renowned expert in Tangut Buddhism and languages, who will…
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rinzai Roku reading group
May 20, 2025
Our Rinzai roku (Linji lu 临济录) reading group has successfully concluded the weekly reading sessions during the spring semester. Team members read the text, compiled a bibliography, and examined 16 binders of scans of the translation notes. …
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Roman Fisher
May 20, 2025
Our Saturday event with Roshi Norman Fischer at the Andrew Weil Center Cantor Building was a huge success. More than a hundred people joined the retreat and enjoyed the guided meditation, poetry reading and dharma talk.

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