[Blog] A Reflection on Dr. Eric Huntington’s Lecture “Recentering Buddhist Cosmology: Concepts of Geographic Space in Ritual and Art,” held on November 3rd, 2017 at the University of Calgary

By Hassan Pirbhai On November 3rd, 2017, the University of Calgary welcomed Dr. Eric Huntington (Postdoctoral Fellow, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University) to present his lecture, “Recentering Buddhist Cosmology: Concepts of Geographic Space in Ritual and Art” to attending students and faculty members.[1] This lecture both problematized the use of textual sources for …

[Lecture] University of Calgary: Recentering Buddhist Cosmology by Dr. Eric Huntington (November 3, 2017)

The Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies, University of Calgary is pleased to present “Recentering Buddhist Cosmology: Concepts of Geographic Space in Ritual and Art” By Dr. Eric Huntington (Postdoctoral Fellow, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University) One of the most common functions of religion is cosmology—explaining the origin, structure, and rules of the world …