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Jan. 30, 2025
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona is thrilled to announce a special opportunity to support the Digitization of Translation Notes of the Rinzai Roku Project, a vital…
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Jan. 7, 2025
The 33rd issue provides readers with book and research news, studies in Buddhist manuscripts in Dunhuang, auctions, conferences and research notes on the Buddhist Canon in Beibei Library, Chongqing, etc.
Please visit "cbs.arizona.edu/buddhist-canon-…
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Jan. 1, 2025
Free New Year Online Concert
The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona is delighted to invite you to a special online music concert by Zen monk and renowned singer Yakushiji Kanho. This musical event is a replay of the concert…
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Dec. 24, 2024
Dear Friend,
As we reflect on 2024, we are filled with gratitude for the remarkable progress and achievements that your support has made possible. This year has been transformative for our Center, and we are excited to share some of the highlights…
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Dec. 9, 2024
Embark on a captivating journey through the intricacies of Zen Buddhism with Dr. Jiang Wu, Director of Center for Buddhist Studies, in our Spring 2025 course, Zen and the Art of Nothingness, offered by the Humanities Seminar Program.
This course…
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Dec. 4, 2024
Khyentse Foundation is going to present the 30th Goodman Lecture “Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in 17th-Century China,” which will be given by Professor Jiang Wu of the University of Arizona on Friday December 13, 2024 …
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Nov. 20, 2024
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
We are excited to invite applications for our Ph.D. program in Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. This opportunity is further…
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Oct. 22, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Patricia J. Graham, a valued member of our exhibition committee for the online art exhibition True Image: Celebrating the Legacy of Yinyuan Longi (Ingen Ryūki) and the Art of Ōbaku, will publish a revised edition…
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Oct. 15, 2024
[UACBS Published the 32nd Issue of Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter]
The 32nd issue provides readers with a special report on the workshop on the Chinese Buddhist canon history this June organized by the College of Humanities of Hainan…
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Oct. 7, 2024
Join us for the 2024 Tucson Humanities Festival, themed WELL-BEING, featuring an enlightening evening with Dr. Andrew Weil on October 9 at 6 PM! Following the lecture, Dr. Jiang Wu, our Center's director, will host a Q&A session, giving…
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Sept. 30, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Khyentse Foundation will continue to select the Center for Buddhist Studies as the institution for its Doctoral Student Financial Support program for the next four years.
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the…
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Sept. 25, 2024
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
We are pleased to share a call for submissions for the Special Issue of Religions, titled "Shaping Sacred Knowledge: The Transmission and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Canon." Dr. Jiang Wu, our…