UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies http://www.international.ucla.edu/buddhist The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies trains scholars and educates members of the broader community about Buddhist religion and culture in all of their diversity. en-us UCLA Scholar to Head New Korean Buddhist Research Institute Robert Buswell, who once dropped out of college to become a monk in Asia, directs the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=111771 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:23:36 PDT Expansion of Foreign Firms in China and the Changes to the Legal Profession Podcast from the US-China Business Law Conference at UCLA held on October 24, 2008. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=111374 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:11 PDT Lessons in Buddhism from an Iconoclastic Scholar In his Faculty Research Lecture on March 10, Gregory Schopen hopes to illuminate a little-known aspect of Buddhism: the fact that it was one of the earliest social organizations in India to develop what might be called a corporation. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=105374 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:39:14 PDT Whose Buddhism and Which Science? Donald S. Lopez Jr. of the University of Michigan seeks to explain why some Buddhists and some scientists have been so eager, for a century and a half, to assert the compatibility of two very different ways of seeking knowledge. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=105292 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:51:32 PDT Korean Classics for a Wider Audience Thirteen Korean historical, religious, and philosophical classics will be introduced to English readers under a translation project coordinated by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=97919 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:56:06 PDT Tibetan Gift to Library A Tibetan monk and two Americans dedicated to the Bon tradition of Tibet, an ancient religion that influenced Tibetan Buddhism, deliver a digitized copy of canonical Bon texts to the UCLA Library and Center for Buddhist Studies. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=93733 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:29:55 PDT Directions to Conference Site The UC/Stanford Buddhist Studies Conference and Workshop will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=87406 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:02 PDT Conference Schedule for Annual Workshop on Buddhist Studies UC/Stanford Buddhist Studies Conference and Workshop http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=87398 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:03 PDT UC/Stanford Buddhist Studies Conference and Workshop Inaugural conference on Buddhist Studies March 28-30, 2008 http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=87167 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:04 PDT Lasting Support for UCLA Buddhist Studies Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America establishes the Yehan Numata Endowment at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and pledges 10 years of additional support. The new funds will bring distinguished visitors and enhance graduate education. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=83728 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:10:39 PDT The Gifts of the Tibetans: Sparking New Directions in the Arts and Sciences In the last of three events aimed at establishing a UCLA endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies, Columbia University's Robert Thurman says that Tibetan perspectives are, or at least ought to be, very much at home in the university. Listen to a podcast of his talk. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=81351 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:25:58 PDT Lecture Focuses on Buddhism, Tibet The Center for Buddhist Studies held its third and final event in an initiative to establish a permanent endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies on Monday. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=81340 Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:46:04 PDT Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman to Speak Nov. 5 The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies sponsors lecture on Tibetan tradition. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=79740 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:24:37 PDT Cultivating Original Enlightenment: Wonhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra (Kumgang Sammaegyong Non) Translated with an Introduction by Robert E. Buswell, Jr. http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=75073 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:01:45 PDT UCLA Psychology Study finds Resonance with Buddhist Teachings Putting Feelings Into Words Produces Therapeutic Effects in the Brain; UCLA Neuroimaging Study Supports Ancient Buddhist Teachings http://128.97.165.17/buddhist/article.asp?parentid=72539 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:08:10 PDT