News and Events
Monthly Archive for April 2010
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| May 14, 2010 |
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
The Institute of Buddhist Studies 2010 Graduation Commencement Ceremony will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley.
Click here for more information.
Commencement Schedule:
- 10:00 Procession
- 10:15 Opening Service
- 10:30 Introduction of Guests
- 10:40 Comments by Dr. Leroy Morishita, Chair IBS Board of Trustee
- 10:55 Commencement Address: Dr. Harrison
- 11:25 Presentation of diplomas
- 11:40 Presentation of honorary Doctorate to Mr. Aratani
- 11:45 Closing comments
- 11:50 Recessional/oshoko by attendees
- 12:00 Reception with refreshments
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 4:13 pm
The Institute of Buddhist Studies, a graduate seminary for Buddhist Studies, Shin Buddhist Ministry, and Buddhist Chaplaincy, will hold its graduation commencement ceremony on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley.
The commencement speaker will be Dr. Paul Harrison of Stanford University who is co-director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies.
Degrees will be presented to the 2010 graduates followed by an Honorary Doctorate to be presented to Mr. George Aratani, of Hollywood, Ca., a long-time supporter of the IBS.
The schedule is as follows:
- 10:00 Procession
- 10:15 Opening Service
- 10:30 Introduction of Guests
- 10:40 Comments by Dr. Leroy Morishita, Chair IBS Board of Trustee
- 10:55 Commencement Address: Dr. Harrison
- 11:25 Presentation of diplomas
- 11:40 Presentation of honorary Doctorate to Mr. Aratani
- 11:45 Closing comments
- 11:50 Recessional/oshoko by attendees
- 12:00 Reception with refreshments
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| May 16, 2010 |
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
The Center for Buddhist Studies, the Buddhist Council of Northern California, and the Institute of Buddhist Studies are co-sponsering a 2010 Vesak celebration at the Compassion Mediation Center in Hayward, Ca., on Sunday May 16, 2010 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The Compassion Meditation Center is located at
17327 Meekland Avenue
Hayward, Ca 94541
For more information download this informational flyer or contact the Compassion Mediation Center at
510.481.1577.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010, 3:39 pm
The 2010 Surjit Singh Lecture in Comparative Religious Thought and Culture was presented at the Pacific School of Religion on April 13, 2010. At the event, the Graduate Theological Union’s Asia Project announced a new certificate program open to GTU MA, MDiv, and PhD students: the Certificate in Asian and Oceanic Cultures and Faith Traditions (AOCFT).
The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to support this certificate program, and a number of our courses, events, and special lectures will help fulfill many of the program’s requirements.
The AOCFT Program is aimed to offer an interdisciplinary, multi-faith, and cross-cultural program, which takes advantage of the academic offerings on Asia and Oceania at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), its member schools, and affiliates. The overarching aim of the AOCFT Program is to facilitate a richer, more differentiated understanding of the faith traditions of Asia and Oceania.
For more information on this program, visit the Asia projects webpage here or download this informational flyer.
View a listing of courses that will fulfill program requirements here.
Filed under: News & Announcements | Tagged as: announcements, GTU, GTU Asia Project, interfaith
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| April 25, 2010 |
| 1:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
Please join us for a demonstration of Tendai Calligraphy presented by Venerable Senkei Shibayama, hosted jointly by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the California Tendai Monastery.
Sunday, April 25, 2010, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center.
Shodo Performance
In conjunction with the TENDAI BUDDHIST STUDIES AND ARTS SYMPOSIUM and CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBIT “Writing the Infinite: Tendai Buddhist Calligraphy as the Bodhisattva Path,” the Venerable Senkei Shibayama—world-renowned master of shodo and author of The Style of Saicho—will perform a demonstration of dynamic calligraphy with the giant brush.
For more information visit the Symposium’s website here,
or download this informational flyer.
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| April 30, 2010 |
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Spring 2010 Numata Lecture
Prof. Jacob Dalton of the University of California, Berkeley, will present this spring’s Numata lecture titled How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond.
Paper Abstract: The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhāraṇīs, both sūtras and stand-alone spells. In this talk I will examine the content, the colophons, and the formats of these manuscripts and attempt to draw some broader conclusions about how dhāraṇīs were used by early Tibetan Buddhists living around Dunhuang. I will then turn to the dhāraṇī collections (dhāraṇī-saṃgraha). The contents of these collections could vary according to the interests of the manuscripts’ owners, yet certain shared patterns may be discerned. The significance of these formal patterns becomes clear when we see how the same template was used by later Tibetans to structure the dhāraṇī (gzungs ‘dus) section of their Tibetan canon (bka’ ‘gyur). Finally, I will step back to consider the historical development of dhāraṇī ritual practice and textual codification in light of the emergence of the tantras around the seventh century.
Jacob Dalton received his B.A. (Religious Studies) from Marlboro College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies) from the University of Michigan. After working for three years (2002-05) as a researcher with the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, he taught at Yale University (2005-2008) before moving to Berkeley. He works on Nyingma religious history, tantric ritual, paleography, and the Dunhuang manuscripts. He is the author of a forthcoming study on violence and the formation of Tibetan Buddhism, and co-author of Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library (Brill, 2006). He is currently working on a history of Tibetan Buddhism, as seen through the eyes of the “Sutra Empowerment” (Mdo dbang) tradition of the Nyingma school. Future plans include a study of tantric ritual in the Dunhuang manuscripts.
Please contact the IBS or check back here for more information.
April 30, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Jodo Shinshu Center
2140 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Contact the IBS for more information.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010, 2:25 pm
Our Spring 2010 Numata Lecture, “How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric” by Jacob Dalton, has been rescheduled for 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 30, 2010.
Please refer to the event listing here for more information.
Spring 2010 Numata Lecture
Prof. Jacob Dalton of the University of California, Berkeley, will present this spring’s Numata lecture titled How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond.
April 30, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Jodo Shinshu Center
2140 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Contact the IBS for more information.
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Monday, April 05, 2010, 9:47 am
Institute of Buddhist Studies Dean and Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies Richard K. Payne will be delivering the 2010 Spring English Seminar at the Seattle, Washington, Betsuin Buddhist Temple.
Dr. Payne’s talk is titled Confidence and Clarity: Realizing Shinjin. Pure Land Buddhist thought is wide-reaching and has a long history going back through Japan to China, Central Asia, and India. This workshop will focus on two particular moments in this history.
The Spring English Seminar will be held at the Seattle Temple on Saturday April 10, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information on this event, please contact the Seattle Betsuin directly or download this attached informational flyer.
Filed under: News & Announcements | Tagged as: announcements, faculty notes
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