the Institute of Buddhist Studies

Libaries and other resources

The IBS Library is an extensive collection of works on many traditions of Buddhism, with an emphasis on primary and secondary Shin Buddhist Texts, journals and manuscripts in English and Japanese.

As we relocate our offices to the Jodo Shinshu Center, our collection is in a period of transition. Many of our books which were formally in storage at our Mountain View location are being moved to Berkeley and will be accessible soon. Several works are still available in the IBS Reading Room located inside our old dormitory at 2717 Haste Street.

In addition to the IBS collection, students enrolled through the Graduate Theological Union have access to the GTU and the UCB libraries.

GTU Library

The Graduate Theological Union Library, cerated in 1969, holds more than 689,000 items with 188 special archive collections. Areas of the collection receving special attention includes spirituality, interfaith dialogue, women and religion, racial-ethnic ministries, inculturation, theology and the arts, and theology and the natural science.

UC Berkeley Library

All GTU students may obtain a UCB library card at no extra charge which provides access to the rich UCB collections in a variety of fields.

The recently opened C.V. Starr East Asian Library holds an extensive collection of material on East Asian culutre and Buddhist studies.

The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley is another invaluable sorce of information on the study of East Asian culture and Buddhism.

Other Buddhist Studies Resources

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