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July 27, 2018
Dr. Jiang Wu, Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona, won the inaugural Tianzhu Book Prize for Excellence in Chan Studies for his book "Leaving for the Rising Sun: Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan and the Authenticity…
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A New Course on Religious Theories and Methods Provided for Buddhist Studies Graduate Students at UA
July 16, 2018
A new course on religious theories and methods provided by Dr. Rae Dachille is recommended for Buddhist studies graduate students in fall 2018. The following is the course information:
RELI 550: Graduate Readings in Theories and Methods for the…
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June 13, 2018
Director Jiang Wu is invited to give a lecture on ”Preliminary Investigations on the Buddhist Sources about Modern East Asian Buddhism Preserved in Bunkaten at Manpukuji, Ōbakusan, Uji, Japan” in Department of Philosophy at Wuhan University in China…
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June 13, 2018
Director Jiang Wu is invited to the International Conference “China in Time and Space: G. William Skinner’s Ideas Going Forward” held at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on June 20-23, 2018. Director Wu will present a paper titled “On…
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May 22, 2018
Director Jiang Wu will organize the ICSCC Visiting Scholar Workshop on “Buddhism and Methods: Ming-Qing Buddhism and Related Topics” on May 23, 2018 at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. About twenty eminent scholars working on Ming-Qing Buddhism…
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Center for Buddhist Studies Acquired the Original Translation Notes of Record of Linji (Rinzai roku)
May 18, 2018
The Center for Buddhist Studies recently acquired the original translation notes of Linji Yixuan's Record of Linji 臨濟錄 (Rinzai roku) in 15 binders and plans to digitize them. These were the notes prepared by Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Iriya Yoshitaka 入矢義高…
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May 17, 2018
Director Jiang Wu will be invited to give a lecture titled “Reinventing the Tripitaka: Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia” at Shanghai Normal University in Shanghai, China on May 20, 2018. For the details of the lecture…
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May 2, 2018
It is a delight to announce that the Academic Advisory Board for the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona has been officially formed.
The board is composed of eight professors working on Buddhism, American religions, and…
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April 30, 2018
Congratulations on Prof. Albert Welter's new Book: The Administration of Buddhism in China: A Study and Translation of Zanning and the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy (Da Song Seng shilue) published by Cambria Press in 2018.
For the…
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April 16, 2018
It is a delight to announce that the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture “Is Zen ‘Enlightenment’ Sudden or Gradual?” by Professor Robert E. Buswell, Jr., UCLA Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, for the inaugural ceremony of the…
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April 13, 2018
It is a delight to announce that the keynote speech “Telling the Story of Chinese Buddhism” by Master Guangquan, Abbot of the world-renowned Lingyin Monastery in Hangzhou, China, for the inaugural ceremony of the Center for Buddhist Studies as well…
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April 12, 2018
Senior Fellow Prof. Chia-lin Pao Tao from the Center for Buddhist Studies, delivered an address on Qingming festival as well as promoting the establishment of the Center for Buddhist Studies among the Tucson communities at Tucson Chinese Cultural…