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April 17, 2020
The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies is holding a one-week online introduction to Pāli, from April 20-26.
This course consists of seven tutorial sessions with Dr. Alexander Wynne, conducted live through Zoom, and pre-recorded material contained in…
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April 13, 2020
This summer the faculty and staff of Maitripa College would like to send a message of love and empathy around the world by offering Classical Tibetan online and tuition free as a non-credit option for non-degree seeking students. For-credit options…
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April 10, 2020
We want to thank Ven. Hui Dong of Hsi Lai Temple for supporting us during this difficult time with 500 protective face masks donated to the UArizona Center for Buddhist Studies. Venerable Hui Dong is the Abbot of Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, which…
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April 9, 2020
The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies is excited to help spread the word about a great podcast series put out by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrated Medicine, an important colleague with the center in the advancement of alternative…
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March 30, 2020
Lu Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate and University Fellow from the Department of East Asian Studies received the College of Humanities Spring 2020 Graduate Student Research Grant at the University of Arizona. Her project entitled “The Copying and…
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March 21, 2020
The University of Arizona’s Center for Buddhist Studies proudly stands with our entire community as we rise together to face the challenges of these difficult times. In all forms of Buddhism, compassion is a quality that is of singular importance…
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March 16, 2020
The Center acquired a set of rare translation notes of The Record of Linji (Rinzai Roku) in the summer of 2017. These translation notes were the collaborative work of Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Philip Yampolsky, Burton Watson, Gary Snyder, Iriya Yoshitaka…
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Feb. 10, 2020
Jinhui Wu, doctoral candidate and research associate of the Department of East Asian Studies, was recently awarded the 2020 Katheryne B. Willock Library award of the University of Arizona for her extensive and innovative use of the University…
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Feb. 10, 2020
Jinhui Wu, doctoral candidate and research associate of the Department of East Asian Studies, was recently awarded first place at the 2020 student showcase organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) of the University of…
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Feb. 10, 2020
Stephen Batchelor will be giving a lecture on "The Practice of Solitude" and will include readings from The Art of Solitude on Monday, March 9. The lecture is one of the Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in 2020.
Stephen is a contemporary…
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Feb. 10, 2020
We are glad to announce that the 2020 newsletter for CBS has been published. The newsletter presents recent conferences, new research, focused initiatives, and various lecture series related to global Buddhist Studies. The newsletter will be…
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Jan. 30, 2020
As part of the field survey of the FROGBEAR project in summer 2020, the participants will have the opportunity to present and join Hangzhou Buddhist Culture International Symposium on "Buddhist Texts, Textual Communities and Jiangnan Society" 佛教經典、…