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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

T. T. & W. F. Chao Buddhist Art & Film Series

Tabo Mural

Cave Mural from Tabo, Spiti. Photo credit: Christian Luczanits

Lecture series and seminars on Buddhist art supported by the T. T. & W. F. Chao Fund.

Upcoming Events

May
8

Pia Brancaccio: "Buddhist Monasticism in the Longue Durée: The Archaeological Evidence from the Rock-Cut Complex of Kanheri/Kṛṣṇagiri, Maharashtra, India"

Thu May 8th 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224

Past Events

March
21

Osmund Bopearachchi: "Yamakaprātihārya or the ‘Twin Miracle’: Where, when, why and how the Buddha mesmerized his friends and enemies”

Thu March 21st 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Littlefield Center
365 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Room 107
November
30

Film Screening of "Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache" and Discussion with Writer and Director Khyentse Norbu

Thu November 30th 2023, 7:30pm
Location:
CEMEX AUDITORIUM, GSB
February
16

Film Screening of "Tukdam: Between Worlds" and Discussion with Director Donagh Coleman

Thu February 16th 2023, 7:00pm - 8:50pm
Location:
Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building
March
17

Film Screening: THE MOUNTAIN PATH & Discussion with Director Edward A. Burger

Thu March 17th 2022, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
September
29

Film Screening of "Wandering . . . But Not Lost" and Discussion with Director Paul MacGowan

Wed September 29th 2021, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Virtual via Webinar
March
4

Lothar Ledderose: "The Remarkable Diamond Sutra of Mount Tai and its Carved Colophons"

Sat March 4th 2017, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (Science Teaching & Learning Center, Room 111)
February
25

Jinah Kim: "Mind pictures and manuscript paintings: Examples from twelfth century South Asia"

Thu February 25th 2016, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Earth Science Building
December
3

Wei-Cheng Lin: "Broken Bodies: The Death of Buddhist Icons and Their Changing Ontology in 10th-12th Century China"

Thu December 3rd 2015, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A
February
12

David Butow: "Seeing Buddha, the Photographic Experience"

Thu February 12th 2015, 6:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
February
8

Susan Whitfield: "Understanding Buddhist Art : Buddhism and Trade on the Eastern Silk Road"

Sat February 8th 2014, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
February
2

Boreth Ly: "Theravāda Buddhist Arts of Mainland Southeast Asia"

Sat February 2nd 2013, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
December
1

Christian Luczanits: "Mustang, the Gateway to Tibet"

Sat December 1st 2012, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building