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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

2/26/2020
1-5pm
A Dialogue between Global Citizenship Education and the Buddhist Tradition of Soka Gakkai

A discussion with Prof. Jason Goulah (Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education, DePaul University), Prof. Maria Guajardo (Soka University, Japan). and Ruby Nagashima (UCLA), with discussion led by Prof. Robert Buswell (UCLA). Event organized by Professor Carlos Alberto Torres (UCLA).

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Recent Events

2/26/2020
1-5pm
A Dialogue between Global Citizenship Education and the Buddhist Tradition of Soka Gakkai

A discussion with Prof. Jason Goulah (Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education, DePaul University), Prof. Maria Guajardo (Soka University, Japan). and Ruby Nagashima (UCLA), with discussion led by Prof. Robert Buswell (UCLA). Event organized by Professor Carlos Alberto Torres (UCLA).

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11/1/2019
2-4pm
Buddhism and Violence in Asia: The Case of the Military in Tibet during the Ganden Phodrang Period (1642–1959)
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News

Fellow scholars deliver affectionate tribute to Gregory Schopen

Gregory Schopen, a groundbreaking scholar of early Indian Buddhism, retired from UCLA at the end of June after 20 years at the university.
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Robert Buswell elected to U.S. Academy of Arts & Sciences

The distinguished professor of Buddhist Studies is the founding director of the Center for Korean Studies and the Center for Buddhist Studies (which he currently directs).
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