Room at the Haiensa Temple which houses the Tripitaka Koreana blocks

Tripiṭaka Koreana housed in Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon in South Korea. (Bernard Gagnon, 2022) CC0 1.0.

T. T. & W. F. Chao Conferences and Workshops

Conferences and Workshops on special topics supported by the T. T. & W. F. Chao Fund.

Upcoming Events

February
26

"Sound and Images of the Invisible World in Japan"

Date
Fri February 26th 2027, 4:00pm
Location:
Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA 94305
Levinthal Hall
February
27

“Mediating the Dharma: Visual and Material Aspects of Japanese Buddhist Culture”

Date
Sat February 27th 2027, 9:00am - Sun February 28th 2027, 12:20pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center

Past Events

Vyākhyāyukti Workshop

Date
Mon May 4th 2026, 9:00am - Thu May 7th 2026, 5:00pm

Photo credit: Hedda Morrison, Harvard Yenching Library

Food in Chinese Religion Workshop

Date
Sat May 31st 2025, 9:00am - Sun June 1st 2025, 5:00pm
Location:
Littlefield Conference Room, Third Floor

Section of wall-painting from Ming-oi, China. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Workshop on the "Song gaoseng zhuan (宋高僧傳)"

Date
Mon April 28th 2025, 9:00am - Fri May 2nd 2025, 5:00pm
Location:
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Workshop

Samādhirāja manuscript fragment

Gāndhārī Workshop

Date
Sun April 20th 2025, 9:00am - Fri April 25th 2025, 5:00pm
Location:
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Library

"The Impact of the Thunderbolt: Reading in and around Kamalaśīla’s Commentary on the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā"

Date
Fri February 23rd 2024, 9:00am - Tue February 27th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Littlefield Center, Room 340