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Oct 28, 2022
Originally written by Jakrasurak Chantaravong in 2008 and expanded, updated and translated by Chanon Adsanatham in 2020, The Vessel of Light: A Guide to Wisdom-Enhancing Architecture and Objects of Siri Wattana Wisut Forest Monastery of Princess Galyani Vadhana provides an introduction to the sites...
Oct 26, 2022
[Book title] Searching for the Body: A Contemporary Perspective on Tibetan Buddhist Tantra
Columbia University Press, October 2022
Abstract:
In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. The discussion...
Oct 20, 2022
[IMPORTANT UPDATE: The in-person location and time of Dr. Graham’s lecture have been changed to 2:30 pm, Silver and Sage Room, Old Main. The zoom link remains the same. Please note that the updated information is in red font in the updated flyer.]
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies...
Oct 17, 2022
[IMPORTANT UPDATE: The location of Dr. Dachille’s lecture has been changed to Kachina Lounge, Student Union.]
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
Please join us on October 31st at 4 pm in Kachina Lounge, Student Union for the next lecture of Pu Yin Lecture Series of the term!
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Oct 10, 2022
Dear friends and followers of UArizona Center for Buddhist Studies,
We thank you for your continuous support. As a token of appreciation and a gift of gratitude, we would like to present you a free E-Book of an interview with Stephen Batchelor, a contemporary Buddhist teacher and author of several...
Oct 5, 2022
Announcement/Call for Contributors
The Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture
The Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture, part of the Hangzhou Buddhist Culture Project at the University of Arizona, is contracted with Brill for publication in 2023.
The Encyclopedia will be the first of...
Oct 3, 2022
We are pleased to release the sixteenth issue of a monthly Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter in September 2022. The purpose of this newsletter is to present academic information about the research, collation, collection, and digitalization of Chinese Buddhist canons and scriptures. The...
Sep 30, 2022
Dr. Linjiao Zeng earned her Ph.D. degree this spring 2022 from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of English of the College of Foreign Languages at Shandong University, China.
Her doctoral dissertation, titled “Regional...
Sep 28, 2022
The Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) 2022 Best Poster Award was presented to an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the University of Arizona whose project is called “Regional Religious Systems in Hangzhou China: Illustrating the Confluence of Buddhist Geography and Culture” by Glen...
Sep 26, 2022
The Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) Annual Conference and Joint Meetings successfully concluded three days of lectures and presentations at the University of Arizona in Tucson from September 16-18, 2022. A joint venture of the University of Arizona and Academia Sinica in Taiwan, the...