Winter 2002-03

Lectures on South Asian Buddhism

Sponsored by
Department of Religious Studies
in conjunction with
Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies

All lectures will be held at

4:15 p.m., location to be announced


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Daniel Boucher
Cornell University

"Asceticism and the Glorification of the Buddha's Body:
A View from the Early Mahayana"


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

David Gray
Rice University

"Disclosing the Empty Secret:
Textuality and Embodiment in the Cakrasamvara Tantra"


MONDAY, MARCH 3

Michael Zimmerman
Hamburg University

"Beneficient Partners or Unholy Allies?
Compassion and Violence in Indian Buddhism"


THURSDAY, MARCH 6

Maria Heim
California State University, Long Beach

"Buddhist Thoughts on Intention"