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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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march 17 11-12
Saturday
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We invite you to join us for a Buddhist studies talk, Chan Vitality in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: A Study Focusing on Chan Training and Practices, featuring Ven. Chongjian. This in-person…
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social mindfulness 2.0
Thursday
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We warmly welcome you to join us for an insightful lecture, Mindfulness 2.0: Performing Spiritual Healing in an AI Era, featuring distinguished scholars in the fields of Buddhism, neuroscience,…
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Ven Dazhao
Tuesday
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We are pleased to invite you to an engaging lecture, When Buddhism Meets AI, featuring Venerable Dazhao on Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30 PM (Arizona Time) at …

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