2007-2008
Updated3/28/08

Programs and events related to Buddhist studies at Stanford. 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 or the instructor in charge.

For academic classes, see Courses. For other Buddhist programs, see Buddhism in the Modern World and Buddhist Community at Stanford. For listing of other events on Asian religions and cultures, see the ARC Calendar. For events at Berkeley, see Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley.

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Autumn

Monday, 10/22. Distinguished Lecturer Series: Professor Katsura Shoryu (Ryukoku University). "Who Turned the Wheel of Reason?" 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Rm. 208.

Friday, 10/26. Buddhist Art Lecturer Series: Dr. Sonya Quintanilla (Curator of Asian Art, San Diego Museum of Art). "The Inauspicious Image. " 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Rm. 208. CANCELLED

Saturday, 10/27. Buddhist Art Seminar Series: Dr. Sonya Quintanilla and Dr. Nancy Tingely. "Understanding Indian Buddhist Art: Ancient India. " 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Wallenberg Hall (Building 160) (lecture) and Cantor Arts Center (gallery tour). Free to the public. Co-sponsored by the Continuing Studies Program.
CANCELLED

Thursday, 11/15. Buddhism in the Modern World Distinguished Practitioner Lecture Series: Venerable Bhiksu Huimin (Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan).
"Issues and Challenges in Buddhist Higher Education in Asia." 7:00 p.m., Building 380, Room 380X.

Wednesday, 11/28. Tibetan Studies Initiative Lecture Series - Fall: Professor Toni Huber (Homboldt University, Berlin). "What does Buddhism have to do with Tibetan ecology? Some ethnographic and historical reflections." 7:00 p.m., Building 200, Room 002. (Co-sponsored by SCBS)

 

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Winter

Thursday, January 31. Buddhism in the Modern World Distinguished Practitioner Lecture Series: Venerable Reverend Heng Sure (Director, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery), "Being Buddhist in America." 5:00 p.m. with a free vegetarian dinner to follow, Common Room in the CIRCLE, Old Union, 3rd Floor, Stanford University.

Thursday, February 7. New Directions in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series - Buddhist Studies at Tokyo University: Professor Masahiro Shimoda, "Mahayana as a Continuous Movement of Creating Sutras: Focusing on a Nirvana Sutra in the Ekottaragama Intermediate between the Main Stream and the Mahayana." 4:15 p.m., Building 60, Room 120, Main Quad. Co-sponsored by CEAS.

Friday, February 8. Distinguished Buddhist Studies Lecture Series - Winter : Professor Mark Blum (State University of New York), "Are We Not Good? Evil as a Universal in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra." 4:15 p.m., lecture to be held at the Shinnyo-en Foundation, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco. Co-sponsored by the Shinnyo-en Foundation.

Thursday, February 14. New Directions in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series - Buddhist Studies at Tokyo University: Professor Hiroki Kikuchi, "Facts of Sutra-worship: The Lotus Sutra and Scriptural Practices in Early Medieval Japan." 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Room 208. Co-sponsored by CEAS.

Thursday, February 21. Tibetan Studies Initiative - Tibet Lecture Series - Winter: Professor Anne Klein (Rice University), "Land and the Elements in Tibet: A Story of Living Large." 7:00 p.m., Building 200 - Room 303, Main Quad. Co-sponsored by SCBS.

Thursday, February 28. New Directions in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series - Buddhist Studies at Tokyo University: Professor Akira Saito, "Nagarjuna in the Mirror - A Preacher of Emptiness, a Madhyamika or a Mahayana-abhidharma Thinker?" 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Room 208. Co-sponsored by CEAS.

Thursday, March 6. Distinguished Buddhist Studies Lecture Series: Professor Petra Hildegard Rösch (Heidelberg University), "Purifying Meditations: Buddhist Rituals of Confession and Repentance at Northern Chinese Cave-temples of the 6th to 8th Century." 7:30 p.m., Building 200, Room 203, Main Quad. Co-sponsored by the Silk Road Foundation, CEAS, and CREES.

Thursday, March 13. New Directions in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series - Buddhist Studies at Tokyo University: Professor Fumihiko Sueki, "Kami and hotoke: Some Problems in the History of Japanese Religion." 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Room 208. Co-sponsored by CEAS.

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Spring

Thursday, April 24. Evans-Wentz Lecture: Professor Jacqueline Stone (Princeton University), “In the Aftermath of the 'Divine Winds': The Mongol Threat and Buddhist Re-Imaginings of Japan.” 7:30 p.m., Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies.

Tuesday, April 29. Distinguished Buddhist Studies Lecture Series: Professor Rupert Gethin (Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, UCB), “Three Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India: Or How to Switch Off Your Mind and Get Away with It.” 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Room 208, Stanford University.

Thursday, May 1. Buddhism in the Modern World - Distinguished Practitioner Lecture Series: Dr. Joseph Bobrow (Director of Deep Streams Zen Institute), “Enlightenment in Action.” 5:00 p.m. with a free vegetarian dinner to follow. Common Room in the CIRCLE, Old Union 3rd Floor, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Buddhist Community at Stanford.

Friday, May 16. Tibetan Studies Initiative: Tibetan Lecture Series - Spring: Professor Rob Linrothe (Skidmore College), “Traces of Taranatha: Murals in the Jonang Phuntsokling.” 4:15 p.m., Encina Hall West,Room 208, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by SCBS.

Saturday, May 17. Continuing Studies and SCBS Seminar: Professor Rob Linrothe (Skidmore College), "Hanging Together: Paintings and Sculptures of Wrathful Deities in Tibetan Buddhist Art."1 - 4 p.m., Cummings Art Building, Room 4.
Includes a gallery tour and talk at the Cantor Arts Center. FREE; no registration required. Open to the public.

 

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