Programs and events sponsored by SCBS or related to Buddhism and Buddhist studies. For past calendars, see Archives. Unless otherwise noted, events are open to the public. For information, consult the sponsoring unit listed after the event or contact SCBS. SCBS reading groups are open to the campus community. Students may receive credit, as noted. For information, contact SCBS. For academic classes, see Courses. For other Buddhist programs, see Buddhist Community at Stanford. For listing of other events on Asian religions and cultures, see the ARC Calendar. For events at Berkeley, see Group in Buddhist Studies. Map of Stanford campus. SCBS e-mail contact.   Sponsors' Abbreviations and Links AL: Asian Languages ARC: Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative A/PARC: Asia/Pacific Research Center BCAS: Buddhist Community at Stanford BMW: Buddhism in the Modern World CASA: Cultural & Social Anthropology Cantor: Cantor Center for Visual Arts CEAS: Center for East Asian Studies CSP: Continuing Studies Program GBS: Group in Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley IASSG: Inner Asia/Silkroad Study Group IIS: Institute for International Studies IBS: Instiute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley RS: Religious Studies SACHI: Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India SCBS: Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies SHC: Stanford Humanities Center SSFJS: Stanford Society of Fellows in Japanese Studies

Autumn Regularly scheduled meetings and ongoing programs. Buddhist Studies Proseminar: Research in Buddhist Studies. Bielefeldt in charge. Alternate Thursdays, 7:00 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. By arrangement. SCBS and RS. For academic credit, sign up for RS 312A. SCBS Reading Group: Readings in Japanese Buddhist Studies. Kumada in charge. Tuesdays, 2:15 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. For information, contact kumada@stanford.edu. For academic credit, sign up for RS 299, section 03. SCBS Reading Group: Medieval Daoist Texts. Pregadio in charge. See Religious Studies time schedule for time and place. For academic credit, sign up for RS 305. BCAS Buddhist Study Circle. Mondays, 7:00 p.m, Old Union Clubhouse Common Room. For information, contact: dyin@stanford.edu. BCAS. BMW Tibetan Buddhist study group, with Ven. Drimay. Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m., 70-71E, SCBS seminar room. BMW. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. SCBS & Group in Buddhist Studies (UC Berkeley). Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium. SCBS & RS. Back to Top Event calendar. Friday, 10/3. Sacred Geographies Workshop welcome meeting. 4:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Refreshments served. SHC, SCBS, & ARC. Monday, 10/13. Martin Lewis (International Relations) and Kären Wigen (History) discussing their book The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography. Sacred Geographies Workshop. 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. SHC, SCBS, & ARC. Monday, 10/20. Robert Sharf (UC, Berkeley). "Ritual, Play, and Enlightenment." 4:15 p.m., 50-51P. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Monday, 10/27. Mark Lewis (History). "World Model as Sacred Geography in Early China." 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies Workshop. SHC, SCBS, & ARC. Monday, 10/27. George Clonos (Religious Studies). "The Yamabushi: Mountain Asceticism in Japan." 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center, Baker Room. Configuring Late Antiquity Workshop. SHC & RS. Monday, 11/3. Lori Meeks (SSFJS Postdoctoral Fellow, Religious Studies). "Nuns and Nunneries in the Literary Imaginations of Medieval Japanese Court Women: A Distinct Reading of the Tonsured Life." 12:00 noon, Philippines Conference Room, Encina West. Lunch served. SSFJS Japan Luncheon Seminars. Monday, 11/3. Noa Ronkin (SCBS Fellow). "Once upon a Rebirth: The Buddha's (Anti)Biography." 5:00 p.m., 50-51P. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Wednesday, 11/12. Rev. Jakusho Kwong reading from his book No Beginning, No End. 7:00 p.m., Stanford Bookstore. BMW & Stanford Bookstore. Monday, 11/17. Alexander Piatigorsky (London). "The Buddhist Philosophy of Thinking and Thought (Abhidharma)." Lecture 1 of 2. 7:00 p.m., 260-252. Philosophical Reading Group. Tuesday, 11/18. Lori Meeks (SSFJS Fellow). "From Temptresses and Mothers to Bodhisattvas and Latent Men: Images of Women in Thirteenth-Century Japanese Vinaya Texts." 5:00 p.m., 341 Dwinelle Hall (South and Southeast Asian Studies Reading Room), U.C., Berkeley. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. SCBS and Berkeley Group in Buddhist Studies. Wednesday, 11/19. Rhi Juhyung (Numata Visiting Professor, UC, Berkeley). "Images, Relics and Jewels: The Assimilation of Images in the the Buddhist Relic Cult of Gandhara--or Vice Versa." 5:00 p.m., 50-51P. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. SCBS and Berkeley Group in Buddhist Studies. Wednesday, 11/19. Alexander Piatigorsky (London). "The Buddhist Philosophy of Thinking and Thought (Abhidharma)." Lecture 2 of 2. 7:00 p.m., 260-252. Philosophical Reading Group. Monday, 11/24. "The Flying Mountains of Tibet." Bernard Faure (Religious Studies) discussing two articles by Katia Buffetrille. 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies Workshop. SHC, SCBS, & ARC. Thursday, 12/11. Richard Saloman (Washington). "Rediscovering the Lost Buddhist Literature of Gandhara." 7:30 p.m., Philippines Conference Room, Third Floor, Encina Hall Central. IASSG & CEAS. Back to Top

Winter Regularly scheduled meetings and ongoing programs. Buddhist Studies Proseminar: Research in Buddhist Studies. Pregadio in charge. Alternate Fridays, 2:15 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. By arrangement. SCBS and RS. For academic credit, sign up for RS 312B. SCBS Reading Group: Readings in Japanese Buddhist Studies. Kumada in charge. Wednesdays, 2:15 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. For information, contact kumada@stanford.edu. For academic credit, sign up for RS 299, section 03. SCBS Reading Group: T'ien-t'ai texts. Bielefeldt & Brose in charge. Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. For academic credit, sign up for RS 299, section 03. BCAS Buddhist Study Circle. Alternate Mondays, 7:00 p.m, Old Union Clubhouse Common Room. For information, contact: dyin@stanford.edu. BCAS. BMW Tibetan Buddhist study group, with Ven. Drimay. Alternate Mondays, 7:00 p.m., 70-71E, SCBS seminar room. BMW. SCBS Faculty-Graduate Seminar: Noa Ronkin (SCBS fellow), "Philosophy and Psychology in Early Theravada." 6:30 p.m., Thursdays, 2/12-3/11, SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. SCBS & Group in Buddhist Studies (UC Berkeley). Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium. SCBS & RS. Tibet at Stanford 2004. SCBS/ARC. Back to Top Event calendar. Monday, 1/12. Naoko Kumada (SCBS fellow). "Religion and Modernity: Spirit Possession, Memory, and Gender in Post-Socialist Burma (Myanmar)." 12:00 noon, 110-1110. CASA Brown Bag Lunch Series. Monday, 1/12. David (Max) Moerman (Barnard). Topic: Premodern Japanese Views of India. 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. Friday, 1/16. Keila Diehl (ARC fellow). "Constructing the Rich Cultural Heritage of Tibet: Musical Tradition and Innovation in an Exiled Community" 4:15 p.m., 50-51P. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Wednesday, 1/21. Amchi Tsondue Gyatso (Lhasa Astro and Medical Institute). "Introduction to Tibetan Medicine: Diagnosis, Diet, and Behavorial Advice." 4:15 p.m., 50-51P. Tibet at Stanford 2004. SCBS/ARC. Monday, 2/9. Allan Grapard (UC Santa Barbara). "What is So Sacred about Space?" 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. Monday, 2/23. Jean deBernardi (Alberta). "The Poetics and Performance of Sacred Space in Chinese Popular Religious Culture." 4:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. Wednesday, 2/25. Lori Meeks (SCBS/SSFJS fellow). "On the Extra-monastic Uses of the Precepts in Kamakura-period Japan" 4:15 p.m., 50-51P. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Friday, 3/5. Arjia Rinpoche (Kumbum Monastery). Dinner talk. By reservation. Contact SCBS: wabraham@stanford.edu. RESERVATIONS CLOSED. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC & SCBS. Friday, 3/5. Mongolian and Tibetan music performance. 7:45 p.m, Gold Lounge, Faculty Club. For tickets and information, contact SCBS: wabraham@stanford.edu. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC & SCBS. Saturday, 3/6. Arjia Rinpoche (Kumbum Monastery). Session of teachings, rituals, and meditation. 10:00 a.m., Stanford Humanities Center. For tickets and information, contact SCBS: wabraham@stanford.edu. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC & SCBS. Monday, 3/8. Michael Friedrich (Hamburg). "Perceptions of Chinese Buddhism in the East and West." 4:15, Margaret Jacks Hall, Terrace Room (460-426). Evans-Wentz Lecture in Asian Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics. RS & SCBS. Tuesday, 3/9. Tsam La (Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences, Lhasa) and Jennifer Chertow (CASA). "Women in Tibet." First in a lecture series. 5:00 p.m., 110-110. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC, CASA, and others. Back to Top

Spring Regularly scheduled meetings and ongoing programs. Buddhist Studies Proseminar: Research in Buddhist Studies. Faure in charge. Alternate Fridays, 2:15 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. By arrangement. SCBS and RS. For academic credit, sign up for RS 312C. SCBS Reading Group: Readings in Japanese Buddhist Studies. Kumada in charge. Tuesdays, 1:15 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. For information, contact kumada@stanford.edu. For academic credit, sign up for RS 299, section 03. SCBS Reading Group: T'ien-t'ai texts. Bielefeldt & Brose in charge. Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. For academic credit, sign up for RS 299, section 03. SCBS Reading Group: Chinese Buddhist texts. Epstein in charge. For academic credit, sign up for RS 257. See Religious Studies time schedule for time and place. SCBS Reading Group: Japanese Buddhist texts. Meeks in charge. For academic credit, sign up for RS 258. See Religious Studies time schedule for time and place. BCAS Buddhist Study Circle. Mondays, 7:00 p.m, Old Union Clubhouse Common Room. For information, contact: dyin@stanford.edu. BCAS. SCBS Faculty-Graduate Seminar: Noa Ronkin (SCBS fellow), "Philosophy and Psychology in Early Theravada." 6:30 p.m., Thursdays, 2/12-3/11, SCBS Seminar Room, 70-71E. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. SCBS & Group in Buddhist Studies (UC Berkeley). Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium. SCBS & RS. Tibet at Stanford 2004. SCBS/ARC. Back to Top Tuesday, 3/30. Jacob Dalton (International Dunhuang Project, British Library). "Tantric Buddhism on the Silk Road: New Discoveries from the Caves of Dunhuang." 5:00 p.m., 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC-Berkeley. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Saturday 4/3-Sunday, 4/4. "Japanese Buddhist Sculpture from the Kamakura Period." Private tour of the Sherman and Ruth Lee Institute of Japanese Art, Hanford, CA., and seminar with guest curator Samuel Morse (Amherst). RESERVATIONS FULL. ARC, SCBS, & Lee Institute. Monday, 4/5. George Clonos (Religious Studies). "Cloak of Leaves: A Late Edo Text of Shugendô Apologetics." 12:00 noon, 70-72A1. Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium. SCBS & RS. Tuesday, 4/6. Tsam La (Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences, Lhasa) and Jennifer Chertow (CASA). "Women in Tibet" lecture series: Traditional Tibetan birth practices. 3:00 p.m., Serra House, 556 Salvatierra Walk. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC, CASA, and others. Tuesday, 4/6. Dharma Master Zhi Hai. "Buddhism and College Life." 6:30 p.m., Tressider Oak Room East. Vegetarian food catered by Hong Kong Flower Lounge. BMW. Wednesday, 4/7. Meir Shahar (Tel Aviv, SCBS fellow). "When Did Shaolin Monks Start Practicing the Martial Arts?" 4:15 p.m., 200-30. SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium. Friday-Sunday, 4/9-11. Sixth Annual Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference. Harvard. Monday, 4/12. Brian Victoria (Visiting professor, Hawaii). "'Soldier Zen" in WWII Japan: A Classic Case Study on 'Holy War.'" 12:00 noon, Encina Hall, Okimoto Conference Room. Lunch served. SSFJS & SCBS. Monday, 4/19. Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara (McMaster) discussing their new book Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place: Localizing Sanctity in Asian Religions. 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. SHC, ARC, & SCBS. Thursday, 4/29. William Porter (author). "Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits." 5:00 p.m., Institute for East Asian Studies, 6th Floor, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Friday, 4/30. William Porter (author). "China's Hermit Tradition, Sacred Mountains, and the Secret of Zen's Success." 12:00 noon, 260-007. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. Friday, 4/30-Saturday, 5/1. "The Politics of Religion in China." Conference. By invitation. CEAS & SCBS. Monday, 5/3. Michael Zimmermann (Religious Studies). "Buddha-Nature in India: Ethical Stimulus, Metaphysical Rationale, Proselytizing Strategy?" 5:00 p.m., 3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Tuesday, 5/4. Tsam La (Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences, Lhasa) and Jennifer Chertow (CASA). "Women in Tibet" lecture series. 5:00 p.m., 110-1110. Tibet at Stanford 2004. ARC, CASA, and others. Thursday, 5/6. Christian Luczanits (Vienna). "Buddhist Sculpture in Clay: Early Western Himalayan Art, Late 10th to Early 13th Centuries." 5:00 p.m., 370 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Friday, 5/7. "Buddhism and the Medicinal Arts in Japanese History." Workshop. 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 200-307. SSFJS & SCBS. Monday, 5/10. Nam-lin Hur (UBC). "Buddhist Deities on Scenic Tour: The Roadside Kaicho of Zenkoji, 1701-1706." 5:00 p.m., Stanford Humanities Center. Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. Wednesday, 5/12. Alexander von Rospatt (UC Berkeley). "No Suffering in Old Age: Life Cycle Rituals for Elders in Newar Buddhism." 4:15 p.m., 200-030. Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium. Saturday, 5/22-Sunday, 5/23. "Burmese Buddhism and the Spirit Cult Revisited." Conference. Mitchell Building, Hartley Conference Center. SCBS. Thursday, 6/3. Yang Zhaohua. (Religious Studies). "Devouring Impurities:  The Cult of Ucchusma in Medieval China." 4:15 p.m., 50-51P. Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium. SCBS & RS. Back to Top