Preaching Buddha from the British Museum
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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

February
6
Thursday, February 6, 2025
5:00 to 6:30pm
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
February
13
Thursday, February 13, 2025
5:00 to 6:30pm
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
April
9
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
5:00 to 6:30pm
Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305
Levinthal Hall

News

The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford is looking for a Communications Manager  to develop and manage content for a broad suite of outreach platforms including the Center website, email, event advertising, social media, and digital and print newsletters.
Congratulations to our alum, Adeana McNicholl, for her new book, Of Ancestors and Ghosts: How Preta Narratives Constructed Buddhist Cosmology and Shaped Buddhist Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2024)!
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies 2024 Lekha newsletter is now available on our website. Click on this link to view the newsletter.        

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