The Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies was founded in 1997 with a gift to the university. A unit of the Division of International Comparative and Area Studies (ICA), the center maintains offices, a reference library, and a seminar room in Building 70, on the Main Quad. SCBS serves to coordinate, support, and develop the university's resources for Buddhist studies in four general areas: scholarly research, academic communication, teaching, and public outreach. It works closely with the Buddhist studies doctoral program of the Department of Religious Studies, the Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative, and the Group in Buddhist Studies at U.C. Berkeley. SCBS administers the Buddhism in the Modern World program for the Office for Religious Life and the Buddhist Community at Stanford.

SCBS Staff Carl Bielefeldt Director carl@stanford.edu Irene Lin Associate Director ihl@stanford.edu Pasang Sherpa Program Coordinator psherpa@stanford.edu Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies, Building 70, Room 71E, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Phone: 650-736-1301, E-mail: psherpa@stanford.edu