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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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Jesenia Sánchez-Frost
Monday
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce that Jesenia Sánchez-Frost is 2025 Winner of the Khyentse Foundation Best Student Award. Jesenia is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life…
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BDK grant
May 2, 2025
The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona is honored to announce the receipt of a $5,000 Digitization Project Grant from Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) America for 2025.​ This generous grant supports our ongoing initiative, the "…
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xinrui
April 30, 2025
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce that Xinrui Zeng is one of the two recipients of the 2025-2026 Khyentse Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. An award ceremony will take place in conjunction…

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