Consecrating the Buddha: On the Practice of Interring Objects in Buddhist Statues
August 11-12, 2017 at Ewha Womans University, Seoul KoreaContinue reading
August 11-12, 2017 at Ewha Womans University, Seoul KoreaContinue reading
July 31 – August 2, 2017. The Shaolin Monastery 少林寺, Mount Song 嵩山, Henan 河南
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July 12-15, 2017. Great Sage Monastery of Bamboo Grove, Mount WutaiContinue reading
June 16-18, 2017. Vancouver Canada.
March 25-27, 2017. Shanxi, China.
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August 27, 28, 2016. Madrid, Spain.
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July 19-24, 2016. Great Sage Monastery of Bamboo Grove, Mount Wutai, China.
Located in central China, the mountain range known as Wutai 五臺 was perceived as the new Chinese abode for the famous Indian bodhisattva, Mañjuśrī. As such, it came to be widely venerated by Buddhist believers from all over East Asia. This conference explores a plethora of trans-cultural, multi-ethnic, and cross-regional factors that contributed to the formation and transformation of the cult centered on Wutai and its dwelling bodhisattva (Mañjuśrī), as well as the “international” roles (religious, political, economic, commercial, diplomatic and even military) that the Wutai-centered cult has played in Asia and beyond. Continue reading
May 26-28, 2016. Vancouver, Canada.
While considering reading, writing, and media today alongside Asian traditions of the past, this event will also look ahead toward ways of preserving and transmitting the past, including demonstrations of digitization in the fields of education, library studies, journalism, history, literature, and religion. The roundtable will bring scholars, curators, librarians, community leaders, and policymakers into conversation to examine an array of approaches and technologies.Continue reading