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  • About
    • About the Project
      • Mission
      • Project Summary
    • About Us
      • Governance
      • Project Participants
      • Institutional Partners
      • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
  • Research
    • Contour
    • Background
    • Methodology
    • Research Programs
    • Clusters
    • Expected Outcomes
    • Originality
    • Significance
  • Publications
    • Project-related Book Series and Journals
      • Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
      • Brill Series on East Asian Religions
      • Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions
      • Studies in Chinese Religions
      • Journal of Chan Buddhism
      • “Famed Mountains and Great Temples”: A Book Series on Buddhist Sacred Space in China
    • Publications by Team Members
  • Training
    • Training Philosophy
    • Training Program—Mission
    • Training Program—FROGBEAR Summer 2021 Training Sessions
    • Training Program—Tenth Anniversary Celebration
    • Summer Program
    • Winter Program
    • Intensive Program
    • Exchange Student Program
    • Postdoctoral Program
  • Field Trips
    • Philosophy
    • Fieldtrip Guidelines
    • Cluster Field Trip Plans
      • Clusters in Phase 1 (2017-2019)
      • Clusters in Phase 2 (2020-2022)
    • Data Collection
    • Map of Field Sites
  • Resources
    • FROGBEAR Database of Religious Sites in East Asia
    • Glossary
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    • Relevant Projects
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Mar 09 2021
UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: Ethics of Ambiguity in Chan and Existentialism

UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: Ethics of Ambiguity in Chan and Existentialism

April 22, 2021, with Wendi L. Adamek (Calgary). Online, via Zoom.Continue reading

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Sep 11 2020
UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography

UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography

October 9, 2020, with John Kieschnick (Stanford). Online, via Zoom.Continue reading

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Apr 08 2020
[CANCELLED] Guest Lecture: Theravāda Meditation within Contemporary Chinese Buddhism. The case of Sichuan Shifosi 石佛寺

[CANCELLED] Guest Lecture: Theravāda Meditation within Contemporary Chinese Buddhism. The case of Sichuan Shifosi 石佛寺

Ester Bianchi (Perugia University). Wednesday, April 8, 2020, 5:30 pm–7 pm. UBC, C. K. Choi Building, Room 120.Continue reading

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Mar 06 2020
[CANCELLED] UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: The Buddhahood of Ordinary Persons: Revisioning the Lotus Sūtra in Medieval Japan

[CANCELLED] UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Distinguished Lecture Series: The Buddhahood of Ordinary Persons: Revisioning the Lotus Sūtra in Medieval Japan

Jacqueline Stone (Princeton University). Friday, March 6, 2020, 5:30–8 pm. University of British Columbia, St John’s College.Continue reading

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Mar 05 2020
[CANCELLED] Guest Lecture: Sun Wukong: The Monkey God

[CANCELLED] Guest Lecture: Sun Wukong: The Monkey God

Li Ling (Sichuan University). 4 pm Thursday, March 5, 2020. UBC Asian Centre, Room 604.Continue reading

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Jan 30 2020
Guest Lecture: Did women produce Buddhist texts in Medieval China? And does it matter if they did?

Guest Lecture: Did women produce Buddhist texts in Medieval China? And does it matter if they did?

Stephanie Balkwill (The University of Winnipeg). 2:30pm Thursday, January 30 2020. UBC Asian Centre, Room 604.Continue reading

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Jan 30 2020
Guest Lecture: Chiasmus in Bodhisattva Literature: Two Examples and Theorizing a Meta-Structure

Guest Lecture: Chiasmus in Bodhisattva Literature: Two Examples and Theorizing a Meta-Structure

Matthew Orsborn (Taiwan National University). January 30, 2020. 370 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley.Continue reading

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Oct 23 2019
Guest Lecture: Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy: Do They Exist?

Guest Lecture: Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy: Do They Exist?

Cuilan Liu (University of Pittsburgh). 5 pm, Friday, November 15, 2019. UBC C.K. Choi Building, Room 120.Continue reading

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Oct 21 2019
Guest Lecture: Cataloging the Medieval Japanese Sacred Transmitted Documents (shōgyō 聖教) from Shinpukuji 真福寺 and Amanosan Kongōji 天野山金剛寺

Guest Lecture: Cataloging the Medieval Japanese Sacred Transmitted Documents (shōgyō 聖教) from Shinpukuji 真福寺 and Amanosan Kongōji 天野山金剛寺

George Keyworth (University of Saskatchewan). 2:30 pm, Thursday, November 14, 2019. UBC Asian Centre, Room 604.Continue reading

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Oct 21 2019
Guest Lecture: Through Altruism to Enlightenment

Guest Lecture: Through Altruism to Enlightenment

Rey-Sheng Her (Tzu Chi University). 2:30 pm Thursday, November 7, 2019. UBC Asian Centre, Room 604Continue reading

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Oct 03 2019
Guest Lecture: “All Living Beings Have Buddha-Nature”—the Genesis of the Concept of Universal Buddhahood

Guest Lecture: “All Living Beings Have Buddha-Nature”—the Genesis of the Concept of Universal Buddhahood

Michael Zimmermann (Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, Hamburg University/University of Tsukuba). 4:30 pm, Monday, October 7, 2019. UBC Geography Building, Room 229.Continue reading

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Oct 03 2019
Guest Lecture: The influence of Buddhism on Chinese language

Guest Lecture: The influence of Buddhism on Chinese language

Peng Lu (Wuhan University). 2:30 pm–4 pm, Thursday, October 3, 2019. UBC Asian Centre, Room 604.Continue reading

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      • The list of donors of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 2
        This side shows one cartouche, names and institutes of the donors of the dharani pillar. The major donor is a military official named （ 陳（辶氏？近？）貞）. Many donors are surnamed Zheng, possibly all from the same neighborhood North Zheng Yard （北鄭院）. The first one is a picture of the whole face [1]; the second is the […]
      • The list of donors of the Liao dynasty dharani pillar (陀羅尼經幢) at Yunju Temple (雲居寺) 1
        This side shows the names and backgrounds of the donors of the dharani pillar.These donors usually are grouped together by families. The donors include chestnut manor owner, a sutra scribe, military officials,and common folks of the Zheng Village（鄭邑）. The donors' names seemed to be carved by different people, because the fonts and styles of the […]
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