The Inaugural Lecture
Thanks to the generous support from Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou China. CBS started the Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in the fall semester of 2019. On May 2nd, Dr. John Kieschnick of Stanford University was our speaker for the Inaugural presentation of the Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture series and he gave a great presentation on his topic:
Literal and Metaphorical Demons in Chinese Buddhism
Prof. John Kieschnick, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University
Date: May 2, 2019
The lecture Series:
How to Deal with the Upheavals in Life from the Buddhist Perspective
Ven. Hui Dong, Abbot, Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles
Date: September 17, 2019
The Artist-monk Hongyi and His Intersecting Social Worlds in Early Twentieth-century Hangzhou: a Kaleidoscopic Approach
Prof. Raoul Birnbaum, University of California, Santa Cruz
Date: October 8, 2019
Shakuhachi Performance by Shawn Head
Shawn Renzoh Head, Composer, Shakuhachi Performer, and Lecturer
Date: October 28, 2019
The Competitions in Sacred Space
Xie Yifeng, Assistant professor in Yuelu Academy at Hunan University
Date: November 5, 2019
ON THE INTEGRATION OF CHINESE AND TIBETAN, EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC BUDDHISM DURING THE PERIOD OF TANGUT XIA KINGDOM
Prof. Weirong Shen, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Date: December 2, 2019
PROTECTING INSECTS: BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA
Prof. Ann Heirman, head of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
September 8, 2020
CHAN ISN’T JUST MEDITATION: CHAN MASTER HANYUE’S ATTITUDE TOWARD SUTRA TEACHINGS IN THE MING
Prof. Yi-Hsun Huang, Department of Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University, Taiwan
October 1, 2020
TWIN BODHISATTVAS: THE PAIRED WORSHIP OF GUANYIN AND DIZANG
Dr. Chün-fang Yü, professor emerita, Departments of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
October 22, 2020
RESPONDING TO A NATIONAL CRISIS: ART, BUDDHISM, AND TECHNOLOGY IN TENTH CENTURY SOUTHEAST CHINA
Shi Zhiru, professor of Religious Studies and program coordinator of Asian Studies, Pomona College
December 3, 2020
Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture 2021 No. 1 HÔTAN 鳳潭 IN THE WORLD OF EARLY-MODERN JAPANESE BUDDHISM
Sueki Fumihiko 末木文美士 , Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo and Nichibunken (the International Research Center for Japanese Studies).
January 26, 2021
Professor Duncan Ryuken Williams, Professor of Religion/American Studies & Ethnicity/East Asian Languages & Cultures and Director, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, University of Southern California
February 19, 2021