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May 10, 2022
The Center for Buddhist Studies is proud to co-host the: Pacific Neighborhood Consortium 2022 The Digital World in an Age of Uncertainty:  Humanizing Technology for Wellness, Resilience, and Creativity Friday, September 16 - Sunday, September 18,…
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May 8, 2022
We are pleased to release the thirteenth issue of a monthly Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter in April 2022. The purpose of this newsletter is to present academic information about the research, collation, collection, and digitalization of…
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May 5, 2022
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Khyentse Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Youteng Bi and Jeffrey Liu. An award ceremony will take place in conjunction…
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May 4, 2022
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Lingyin Buddhist Studies Best Paper Award. Congratulations to Lu Zhang, Jeffrey Liu and Ziling Wan, three doctoral…
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May 4, 2022
The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Lingyin Buddhist Studies Fellowship, Youteng Bi and Jeffrey Liu. An award ceremony will take place in conjunction with…
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April 27, 2022
[Reminder] Tea Ceremony, Ōbaku Ingen Lecture Series, and Online Art Exhibition The year 2022 marks the 350th death anniversary of Zen Master Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 1592-1673, Ingen Ryūki in Japanese). The anniversary of an eminent master’s…
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April 25, 2022
Prof. Jiang Wu Received a Chiang Chingkuo Foundation Scholar’s Grant Prof. Wu received a Chiang Chingkuo Foundation Scholar’s grant for the project “Scripture and Modernity: The Ōbaku Buddhist Canon in East Asia and the West” during the year 2021-22…
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April 21, 2022
Time:   May 3rd (Tuesday), 16:00-16:30 (Arizona Time) Location:  Poetry Center, 1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85719 This event will be held in conjunction with the Launching Ceremony of the Obaku Ingen Online Art Exhibition and Lecture. Links:…
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April 18, 2022
Dr. Jiang Wu recently published a research paper in Journal of Chan Buddhism on a significant Tang-dynasty lay Buddhist Pei Xiu, who was a follower of Huangbo Chan. Pei Xiu 裴休 (791–864) was a literati follower of Buddhist teachers, among whom the…
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April 10, 2022
Launching Ceremony of the Online Art Exhibition True Image: Celebrating the Legacy of Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) and the Art of Ōbaku May 3 (Tuesday), 2022 In-person/hybrid event *Participants in the in-person event are expected to be free of…
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April 10, 2022
Obaku Ingen Lecture Series, No. 1Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan/Ingen in Global East Asia by Dr. Jiang Wu In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Just seven years later he established the monastery Manpukuji and founded a new tradition…
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April 6, 2022
April 3, 2022 is the Western calendar day when Master Yinyuan (Ingen), founder of the Japanese Obaku sect, passed away 350 years ago. A solemn ceremony has been held on that day at Manupukuji, Uji, Japan according to the Japanese Obaku tradition.…