The Center for Buddhist Studies is glad to announce four lectures of the Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in spring 2018 at the University of Arizona. Professor Albert Welter will give the inaugural lecture on Hangzhou Buddhism. The rest of the three lectures will focus on Chinese Buddhism, American Buddhism, and the concept of Regional Religious System (RRS) in Buddhist studies respectively. All the lectures will be presented in English and open to the public. Please mark your calendar for these events. The Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series is sponsored by the Pu Yin Educational Center. For more details, see the link: https://cbs.arizona.edu/news/pu-yin-buddhist-studies-lecture-series
The Inaugural Lecture
A NEW LOOK AT OLD TRADITION: REIMAGINING EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM THROUGH HANGZHOU
The Hangzhou region, centered in the city of Hangzhou, has long been one of the most important cultural hubs in China, and has had a wide-ranging impact on Chinese culture and Buddhism. The study of Buddhism, however, has been conducted from Indo-centric agendas that have long served to marginalize East Asian Buddhism, including the Hangzhou regions contributions. Seen from the vantage point of Hangzhou, East Asian Buddhism assumes a central role in the interregional spread of religion and culture. The advent and dissemination of indigenous forms of Buddhism conceived in the Hangzhou region precipitated cultural advances that have resonated down to the present.
Prof. Albert Welter, Head, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona
Date: January 30, 2018
The lecture Series:
Prof. Yaling Chu (Associate Professor at Shijiazhuang College, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Buddhist Studies)
Date: February 9, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER AND AMERICAN BUDDHISM
Norman Fischer (Former Co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center)
Date: February 16, 2018
BUDDHISM AS A REGIONAL RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
Prof. Karl Ryavec (Professor of World Heritage at the University of California, Merced)
Date: March 15, 2018
Prof. Lars Fogelin, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Date: January 30, 2019
SU SHI’S BUDDHIST AND TAOIST BELIEFS AND WORSHIP 蘇軾的佛道信仰和崇拜
Dr. Waifang Xu
Date: Feb. 27, 2019
BEAUTY, VIOLENCE, AND THE BUDDHA’S RELICS: READING THE MATERIAL RHETORIC OF THE GREAT STUPA
Dr. Caleb Simmons (Department of Religious Studies, University of Arizona)
Date: April 4, 2019
Prof. Patricia Graham, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Date: April 11, 2019
Stephen Batchelor, contemporary Buddhist teacher and author of several books, best known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism.
Date: March 9, 2019
PERFECTION OF WISDOM AND THE CORONATION SACRIFICE: EMPTINESS AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Prof. Joseph Walser, Department of Religion, Tufts University
Date: September 29, 2021
Dr. Alan Cole, Independent scholar
Date: November 3, 2021
BODY AS IMAGE: NAVIGATING REPRESENTATIONS THROUGH BUDDHIST EXEGESIS
Dr. Rae Erin Dachille (Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, author of Searching for the Body: A Contemporary Perspective on Tibetan Buddhist Tantra)
Date: October 31, 2022
