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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

Hwei Tai Seminar in Buddhist Studies

Illustrated Sutra of the Past and Present Karma

Scene from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Buddhist studies research seminars for faculty and graduate students, supported by the Hwei Tai Fund for Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religious Studies and administered by HCBSS.

Upcoming Events

November
9

Jan Nattier: "Re-reading the Scripture in Forty-two Sections: New Tools for an Old Task"

Sat November 9th 2024, 9:00am - Sun November 10th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
TBA

Past Events

April
7

2-Day Seminar on "Journeys in Time, Space, and Mind: Xuanzang’s Travels and Their Transformations" — Led by Ben Brose

Sun April 7th 2024, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Building 70, 72A1, Main Quad
April
6

2-Day Seminar on "Journeys in Time, Space, and Mind: Xuanzang’s Travels and Their Transformations" — Led by Max Deeg

Sat April 6th 2024, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Building 70, 72A1, Main Quad
March
12

Natalie Gummer: "Sacrificing the Empty Self: The Śūnyatāparivarta in the Suvarṇaprabhāsa"

Sun March 12th 2023, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
TBA
March
11

Natalie Gummer: "Sacrificing the Empty Self: The Śūnyatāparivarta in the Suvarṇaprabhāsa"

Sat March 11th 2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
TBA
April
2

Janet Gyatso: "Local, Translocal, Passion: What Goes into a Translation? The Tibetan Rendering of the Meghaduta"

Sat April 2nd 2022, 9:30am - Sun April 3rd 2022, 5:00pm
Speaker
Janet Gyatso
December
7

Ryūichi Abé: “A Lady Holding a Dagger and Water Vase"

Sat December 7th 2019, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Main Quad
February
2

Shayne Clarke: "Select Readings in the Bhikṣu-vinayakārikā-kusuma-sraj"

Sat February 2nd 2019, 12:00am - Sun February 3rd 2019, 12:00am
Location:
Bldg 70, Rm 72A
April
21

James A. Benn: "Controversies in the Doctrine and Practice of Self-immolation in Medieval China"

Sat April 21st 2018, 12:00am
Location:
BUILDING 70, ROOM 72A
April
22

Wendi Adamek: “Tathāgatagarbha-Related Materials in North China, 6th-7th Centuries”

Sat April 22nd 2017, 9:30am - Sun April 23rd 2017, 5:00pm
October
10

Richard Salomon: "Exploring New Discoveries of Buddhist Literature in Gāndhārī"

Sat October 10th 2015, 12:00am - Sun October 11th 2015, 12:00am
April
11

Stephen F. Teiser:"Chinese Buddhist Manuscripts from Dunhuang: Healing Liturgies"

Sat April 11th 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Provided upon registration
May
24

Jonathan Silk: "Articulating a New Message: Reading the Kāśyapaparivarta as an Earlier Mahāyāna Scripture"

Sat May 24th 2014, 12:00am - Sun May 25th 2014, 12:00am
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A1, Main Quad