[Webinar] Race Sciences and the Aryan Race in American Buddhism by Dr. Ryan Anningson

Watch the event recording here: https://www.facebook.com/queensreligion/videos/3689718821052496/ The School of Religion, Queen's University introduces an online lecture by the Flora Jane Baker Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Ryan Anningson on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020, 2:30-4:00 PM EDT. Zoom Link Please see the poster below for more information. Click here to see original post

[Webinar] Himalayan Research in the time of COVID-19: Views from Canada

Watch the event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8pat296YeU&feature=youtu.be Featuring a panel of graduate students and emerging scholars across different disciplines and institutions in Canada, the roundtable discussion will explore the ongoing experience of what it is like to conduct research about the Himalayan region during a time of sheltering-in-place. Friday, November 13, 2020, 12:30 - 2:00 PDT …

[Webinar] Archetypes of Mindfulness by Chris Goto-Jones

Listen to the event recording here: https://soundcloud.com/universityofvictoria/archetypes-of-mindfulness Thursday, October 29, 5:00-6:00 p.m. PDT Meeting URL: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/96971529046?pwd=a1JWRk-JYWVUxbUpmYUVPeGhPSHFGdz09 Mindfulness today has become a multivocal concept, meaning different things for different people. This presentation discusses four ‘archetypes of mindfulness’ that represent a range of different drives for meaning pursued by practitioners today. It considers the monk (in pursuit …

[Webinar] Interior Adornment: On the Hidden Contents of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Context by James Robson

Please see the event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLcraNPiNHA The SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies announces the first event in the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Lecture series in Chinese Buddhism.   Please register in advance for this webinar:https://soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_boajwRRaTSeYTkCkSBbZzQAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Date and Time: 30 …

[Webinar] Resisting Settler Colonialism as Buddhist Allies to Indigenous Peoples with Natalie Avalos

Please see the event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu0kh8RH7j8 Date and Time Fri, October 23, 2020, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDT RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resisting-settler-colonialism-as-buddhist-allies-to-indigenous-peoples-tickets-121598194473 Contemporary Indigenous movements for sovereignty, like Standing Rock in 2016, have highlighted the ongoing violence settler colonialism perpetuates against lands and peoples. In this talk, I'll discuss how Buddhists can draw from …

[Webinar] Twin Bodhisattvas: The Paired Worship of Guanyin and Dizang by Dr. Chün-fang Yü

Please see here for the event recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_z_kuDZ57U Dr. Chün-fang Yü, professor emerita, Departments of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University will give an online lecture titled "Twin Bodhisattvas: The Paired Worship of Guanyin and Dizang" on October 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST). Please verify the time in …

[Webinar] Sculpture, Time, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine by Michelle C. Wang

Please see the event report here: https://www.shin-ibs.edu/whats-in-a-cave-insights-from-the-numata-lecture-series/ October 23 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Register for this webinar here. Please join the Institute of Buddhist Studies us on Friday October 23, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific time, for their second 2020 Numata Lecture. Sculpture, Time, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine This talk …

[Webinar] The True Teaching? Japanese Buddhists and the Quasi-Sectarian Politics of Public Schooling by Jolyon Baraka Thomas

Please see the event recording here: https://vimeo.com/469110634 October 9 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Register for this webinar here. Please join the Institute of Buddhist Studies on Friday October 9, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific time, for their first 2020 Numata Lecture. The True Teaching?Japanese Buddhists and the Quasi-Sectarian Politics of Public Schooling Secularist …

[Webinar] The Buddhist Cosmopolis: Connectivity, Diversity, and Materiality in the Buddhist World(s) by Prof. Tansen Sen

Please see the event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIyWnPDtmlg November 5, 2020, 05:00PM PDT/07:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada) This event will be conducted entirely online via Zoom. Registration is required and is available here. Abstract: The circulation of Buddhist ideas, literature, art, and people resulted in the creation of a connected world in Asia, which …

[Webinar] Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography by Dr. John Kieschnick

Please see the event recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua9iaHIpzj0 Dr. John Kieschnick will deliver an online talk titled "Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography" for the UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series Time: 8:00am – 9:30am Pacific Standard Time Friday, October 9, 2020 Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Isf-GurTovHteOLZ5O06jRMlt3dFr6hIK_ Abstract:Over the course of 1500 years, Chinese Buddhist historiography emerged and developed under the …