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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. Among U.S. universities, only UCLA aspires to cover all of the major traditions in this world religion.

Upcoming Events

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Recent Events

6/5/2025
9-11am
Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.

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6/2/2025
3:30-5pm
The Ritual Work of Emptiness Metaphors

Professor Natalie Gummer (Beloit College) will lead a workshop on Buddhist metaphors for emptiness across several Buddhist texts in multiple languages.

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Upcoming Conference

The California Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference will take place at the Luskin Center at the University of California, Los Angeles from October 10 to 12, 2025. Learn more about the conference here.

News

In Memoriam: Diego Loukota, ‘Once-in-a-Generation' Intellect

Diego Loukota, a UCLA specialist in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism and assistant professor of Asian languages and cultures, died on March 17, 2024. He was 38 years old.
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Family love leads donor to create two endowed scholarships at UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies

Kyung Ki (Cindy) Min has created two endowed scholarships at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies that provide valuable support to students of Buddhism.
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