News
New Publication: Buddhism in the Modern World
January 26, 2012
Routledge has published a new volume, edited by David L. McMahan, titled Buddhism in the Modern World.
In Buddhism in the Modern World, McMahan brings together sixteen scholars to discuss various aspects of modern Buddhism in contemporary Asia and the West. Scholars from Martin Baumann and Paul David Numrich to Damien Keown and Cristina Rocha explore how Buddhism is practiced from Southeast Asia to Europe, how it influences ethics and social engagement, culture and politics.
Graduate Student Symposium Call for Papers
December 12, 2011
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Our theme this year is “Globalization, Tourism, Modernization, and the Religions of Asia.”
Both in Asia and in the West, religions are transformed by globalization, tourism, and modernization. This conference invites graduate students to submit proposals considering how one or more of these topics affect religions of Asia, either in the U.S. or abroad.
Proposals should be between 150 to 200 words, and include the paper’s title and the author’s name, affiliation, and contact information. Please submit proposals to Courtney Bruntz no later than January 1, 2012.
Numata Lecture: Karmic Mindfulness
October 26, 2011
Numata Endowment
September 28, 2011
A ceremony officially recognizing the donation of $500,000.00 towards the Jodo Shinshu Center Kodo’s Onaijin in 2003 was officially recognized with a short ceremony on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. The Onaijin donation was made in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata, founder of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai(BDK).
2011 Fall Enrollment
September 27, 2011
Theravada Buddhist Studies with the Sati Institute
August 18, 2011
Buddhist Chaplaincy Conference
May 16, 2011
2011 Commencement
May 12, 2011
Spring 2011 Numata Lecture
May 9, 2011
“Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan,” was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ Spring Numata Lecture topic presented by Dr. Lori Meeks of University of Southern California.
Buddhist Chaplaincy
March 30, 2011
“Buddhist Chaplaincy: An Overview of Spiritual Care Giving,†a conference with Rev. Jennifer Block and Rev. Dr. Daijaku Kinst, will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley. The event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies.
New Directions in Buddhist Psychology
March 22, 2011
“We are not alone.” These four words greeted the more than seventy attendees to the First International Conference of Other-Centered Approaches. This historic gathering marked the initiation of a movement that has the potential to illuminate the human condition with the light of Buddhist psychology.
Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Buddhist Chaplaincy Professorial Chair
February 16, 2011
Noboru Hanyu, on January 26, 2011, established a $500,000.00 endowed professorial chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies to honor his late wife Yaeko, who passed away on November 1, 2002. He attributes his life long association with the Buddhist Churches of America to the support of his loving wife.
Yamashita Scholarship
January 17, 2011
Rev. Seishin Kiyoshi and Mrs. Marrie H. Yamashita, members of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple, established a $100,000.00 Institute of Buddhist Studies Scholarship Endowment on December 29, 2010.
The purpose for the scholarship is to support BCA ministerial candidates studying at IBS, IBS graduates who wish to study for an advanced degree at Ryukoku University, and prospective ministers from Japan who wish to study at IBS and serve in the Buddhist Church of America.
The Red Book Dialogues
December 20, 2010
Numata Lecture
November 4, 2010
Red Book Dialogues
October 28, 2010
Homa Conference
August 11, 2010
IBS partners with Harvard for conference on homa
August 11, 2010
Latest issue of the Pacific World now available
August 4, 2010