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Tang dynasty image of the teaching Buddha. Digital image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford (HCBSS) serves to support and develop the university’s resources for Buddhist Studies in academic programs, collaborative research, scholarly communication, and public outreach.
Upcoming Events
May
1
Thursday, May 1, 2025
5:00 to 6:30pm
Building 160, Wallenberg Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 433A
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 160, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 433A
May
8
Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 to 6:30pm
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
May
9
Friday, May 9, 2025
3:00pm
Stanford Humanities Center
News
The analysis of corrections found in medieval Chinese manuscripts provides important information regarding the copying process and the various phases of manuscript production in a scriptorium or in a private context.
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford has launched a new podcast and video-interview series!
In the formative period of European Buddhology, Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist texts played an important role in shaping a new discourse on Indian Buddhist history through Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat’s French translation of Faxian’s (法顯) travelogue (1836) and Stanislas Julien’s translation of Xuanzang’s (玄奘) biography (1856).
