Past Events

2026

May 1
Integrative Well Being Prize Award Ceremony and Presentations
Apr 24 - Apr 25
International Symposium on Hangzhou Buddhist Culture

2025

Oct 12 - Oct 18
Experience Sand Mandala at U of A
Oct 4
Midautumn Wellness with Dr. Andrew Weil and Lisa See
Mar 26
When Buddhism Meets AI: A Lecture by Ven. Daozhao
Mar 17
Mindfulness and AI Lecture - March 17

2024

Sep 3
All Arise from the Mind: The Amazing Healing Power through Our Mind
Apr 9
Lecture Series 2024: Dr. Max Deeg

2023

Dec 16
Hike at Catalina State Park
Nov 6
Lecture by the Shaolin Temple Abbot Shi Yongxin on Nov. 6
Mar 13
Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series 2023: Dr. Marcus Bingenheimer
Feb 21
Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series 2023: Dr. Paul Berry
Feb 14
Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series 2023: Dr. Elizabeth Horton Sharf
Feb 13
Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series 2023: Dr. Robert Sharf
Feb 8
Tea Ceremony Demonstration by Sakura Tea Circle in 2023 East Asian Culture and Language Festival

2022

Oct 31
Pu Yin Lecture Series 2022: Dr. Rae Erin Dachille
Oct 24
Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series 2022: Dr. Patricia Graham
Oct 24 - Dec 5
2022 Fall Lecture Series
Sep 16 - Sep 23
[PNC 2022 Highlight] Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speech 1
Sep 16 - Sep 23
[PNC 2022 Highlight] Keynote Speech 3 & Closing Ceremony
Sep 16 - Sep 18
[Call for Participation] PNC 2022 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings
Sep 16 - Sep 23
[PNC 2022 Highlight] Keynote Speech 2
May 3
[Obaku Ingen Lecture Series, No. 1] Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan/Ingen in Global East Asia
May 3
Tea Ceremony Demonstration by Sakura Tea Circle
May 3
Launching Ceremony of the Online Art Exhibition

2021

Dec 9 - Dec 11
JIANGNAN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS IN CONTEXT: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Nov 3
Alan Cole's Talk on Chan Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty
Oct 15 - Oct 16
CBS co-hosts International Digital Humanities Conference
Oct 9
Conference Presentation on Hangzhou Buddhism at WCAAS
Sep 29
Special GIS Panel on Hangzhou Buddhism at PNC Annual Conference
Sep 29
Pu Yin Lecture Series Fall 2021 No. 1
Apr 8
Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Spring 2021: Prof. Takashi Miura
Feb 19
Lingyin Lecture 2021 No. 2: Prof. Duncan Ryuken Williams
Jan 26
Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture 2021 No. 1 HÔTAN 鳳潭 IN THE WORLD OF EARLY-MODERN JAPANESE BUDDHISM

2020

Dec 17
Japanese Info Sessions on A New Home for the Center for Buddhist Studies
Dec 15
Chinese Info Sessions on A New Home for the Center for Buddhist Studies
Dec 10
English Info Sessions on A New Home for the Center for Buddhist Studies
Dec 3
RESPONDING TO A NATIONAL CRISIS: ART, BUDDHISM, AND TECHNOLOGY IN TENTH CENTURY SOUTHEAST CHINA
Nov 7
A Special Concert to Celebrate the Center’s Third Anniversary
Oct 22
TWIN BODHISATTVAS: THE PAIRED WORSHIP OF GUANYIN AND DIZANG
Oct 1
CHAN ISN’T JUST MEDITATION: CHAN MASTER HANYUE’S ATTITUDE TOWARD SUTRA TEACHINGS IN THE MING
Sep 8
PROTECTING INSECTS: BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA
Mar 9
The Puyin Lecture on "The Practice of Solitude" by Stephen Batchelor
Feb 18
KHYENTSE FOUNDATION LECTURE SERIES: THE BUDDHIST HERITAGE OF PAKISTAN

2019

Dec 2
Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series-Sixth
Nov 2 - Nov 5
Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series-Fifth
Oct 28
Please Join Us for the Shakuhachi Performance by Shawn Head on October 28
Oct 27
The Center for Buddhist Studies
Oct 8
Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series-Third
Sep 17
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE UPHEAVALS IN LIFE FROM THE BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE
Sep 17
UACBS Announces 2019 Fall Schedule of Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Apr 16
Khyentse Foundation Lecture Series on April 16

2018

Nov 19
HATAALI JONES BENALLY Navajo Healer & Hoop Dancer
Nov 2
TI-YONG: Toward a More Thorough Understanding of the “Essence-Function”
Sep 4
Maitreya Culture and Education Foundation in Hong Kong Inviting Submission for Article Contest
Apr 26
Prof. Robert Thurman will give a lecture on “Buddhist Ethics and The World Crisis”
Mar 30
Khyentse Foundation Lecture # 2
Mar 29 - Mar 31
Creating the World of Chan/Sŏn/Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread throughout East Asia
Mar 28
Lecture by Master Shi Guangquan Abbot of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou
Mar 28
Inaugural Ceremony for the Center for Buddhist Studies
Mar 15
Buddhism as a Regional Religious System
Feb 9
The Idea, History and Influence of Master Jinghui's Living Chan in Contemporary Chinese Buddhism
Jan 30 - Mar 15
Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Jan 30 - May 15
Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Jan 30
A NEW LOOK AT OLD TRADITION: REIMAGINING EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM THROUGH HANGZHOU

2017

Sep 10
Award-Winning Poet and Zen Teacher Henry Shukman
Sep 9
Award-Winning Poet and Zen Teacher Henry Shukman: "Zen in the New Century"
Sep 8
Award-Winning Poet and Zen Teacher Henry Shukman: “Zen and Poetry”
Apr 12
Buddhist Aspects of Health and Wellness in Premodern Chinese Tea Culture

2016

Dec 5
Sickness (and Birth, Old Age, and Death) in Chinese Buddhism: Perspectives from Art and Ritual