Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS)

SASIAN C113 Buddhist Thought in India 4 Units

BUDDSTD C113 Buddhist Thought in India 4 Units

TIBETAN C154 Death, Dreams, and Visions in Tibetan Buddhism 4 Units

SASIAN C154 Death, Dreams, and Visions in Tibetan Buddhism 4 Units

BUDDSTD 154 Death, Dreams, and Visions in Tibetan Buddhism 4 Units

BUDDSTD C114 Tibetan Buddhism 4 Units

TIBETAN C224 Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts 2 or 4 Units

2019 Numata Symposium Webcast - Buddhist Philosophy: The State of the Field

October 24, 2019
2019 Numata Symposium to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Numata Chair Program at UC Berkeley.

Migrants, Monks, and Monasteries: Toward a History of South China Sea Buddhism

March 8, 2018
JACK MENG-TAT CHIA

Jack Meng-Tat Chia is a Senior Tutor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore and currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Buddhist Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Born and raised in Singapore, he received his MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, and his PhD in History from Cornell University. He is currently working on his book manuscript, entitled Diaspora's Dharma: Buddhism and Modernity across the South China Sea. This book seeks to contribute to our understanding of the connected history of Buddhism in China and Southeast...

2019 Khyentse Lecture - Toni Huber (Humboldt University Berlin) Recently discovered ancient Tibetan manuscripts and what they reveal about old cultures of ritual and some Tibetan Buddhist innovations

February 28, 2019
Toni Huber, Humboldt University, Berlin

In recent years, two sets of unique 11th century Tibetan manuscripts have been discovered - a sensational development according to many scholars. Texts and paintings in these manuscripts allow new insights into the cultural outlook of the little-known transition period between the 9th century fall of the Tibetan empire, and the radical socio-religious project of forging...