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Nan Ouyang, a PhD alumna of the University of Arizona (Department of East Asian Studies and Center for Buddhist Studies), will publish her first book, Constructing the Divine Abode of Dizang Bodhisattva: Mount Jiuhua in Late Imperial China (14th to…

Welcome to the start of a new academic year at the University of Arizona! We are delighted to welcome our new and returning students, and our faculty and staff to the new academic year, which promises to be another wonderful year. Wish everyone a…

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…

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. …

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.

The 35th issue provides readers with 1) books and papers, 2) studies on Buddhist manuscripts in Dunhuang, 3) scholar news on Professor Xiang Chu 項楚, 4) auctions on "Wulun 2024 Autumn Auction of Cultural Relics and Artworks (伍倫2024年秋季文物藝術品拍賣會)" and "…

Congratulations to our Center's faculty Alison Jameson, Associate Professor of Practice in the Departments of Religious Studies & Classics and East Asian Studies, on receiving the College of Humanities 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/…

Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We invite you to join a special day-long Zen program that our Center proudly sponsors: Roshi Zoketsu Norman Fischer – “Continuous Practice” Time: Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location:…

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…

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 "…

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…

[Khyentse Foundation Fellowships Awarded to Yuyu Zhang] The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce that Yuyu Zhang is one of the two recipients of the 2025-2026 Khyentse Foundation Doctoral…