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The Center for Buddhist Studies is glad to announce the second lecture of the Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in 2019 fall at the U of A. Venerable Hui Dong, the Abbot of Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, is scheduled to present. The lecture is…

Welcome back, Wildcats and friends! We hope you all are well and ready for the new semester. Heartfelt thanks to all of you who supported us in the past. For starters, we would like to kick off this new semester by announcing the fall schedule of…

From July 1st to the 7th, members of the CBS participated in a collaborative program on "The History of Buddhist Ideology and Social Life" sponsored and organized by the Institute for Ethics and Religious Studies (IERS) at Tsinghua University in…

The famous Chan Buddhist Temple Liuzu in Guangdong Province has opened opportunities for Chan Buddhist education this summer.   Abbot, Master Shi Dayuan, has published nearly 200 books on a variety of important topics regarding Chan…

In the Spring of 2019, the UA College of Humanities distinguished director of the Center for Buddhist Studies Jiang Wu with a project development award.  Professor Wu’s advancements in Buddhist Geographical Information System (…

In the spring of 2019, the UA College of Humanities entered an academic partnership with the Hangzhou Buddhist Academy in Hangzhou, China. An official partnership was signed by College of Humanities Dean Alain-Phillippe Durand and the President of…

In a recent essay competition on the topic of Buddhist compassion organized by the Maitreya Culture and Education Foundation in Hong Kong for university students and faculty worldwide, four UA students were selected for awards. Among them, Liu Yi (…

Much has been happening at the Center for Buddhist Studies!     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…

Dean of the College of Humanities Alain-Philippe Durand and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies Jiang Wu attended the award ceremony for the essay competition “Ci - Chinese character of Compassion” hosted by the Maitreya Culture &…

Congratulations to our graduate student, Youteng Bi, from the Department of East Asian Studies at UA! Youteng has been awarded Merit Awards in an essay competition of “Ci - Chinese character of Compassion” hosted by Maitreya Culture & Education…

Nine undergraduate students at UA have been awarded "Lingyin Buddhist Studies Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Award" from the Center for Buddhist Studies. Each award is $1,000. They will participate in 2019 “Arizona in Hangzhou: Chinese…

Thanks to the generous support of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes Lingyin Buddhist Studies Best Graduate Research Paper Award. The award is for graduate students who…