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  • Annual Ryukoku Lecture: Mazumi Mitani (2)

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Details are forthcoming. The 2017 Ryukoku Lecture will be delivered on the afternoons of March 20 and 22. Prof. Mazumi Mitani will discuss "The Otani Kozui Expeditions and their Impact on Buddhist Studies"

  • Spring 2018 Ryukoku Lecture (1)

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The 2018 Ryukoku Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Yoshiyuki Inoue who will present on "Shin Buddhism Doctrinal Structure: Entrusting Heart and Mind and Nembutsu; Realization and Liberation" over two nights, March 13 and 15, 2018, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The lectures […]

  • 2019 Ryukoku Lecture (1): The World of Theravadins

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Please join us for the 2019 Ryukoku Lecture Series, delivered by Prof. Yukio Hayashi, “The World of Theravadins: It’s Tradition and Transition from the Field Observation since 1981.”

  • Robots in Robes: Buddhism, AI, and Skillful Means, 2019 Numata Lecture

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Please join us for the 2019 Numata Lecture with Dr. Courtney Bruntz Thursday October 17 at 4 p.m. Robots in Robes: Buddhism, AI, and Skillful Means In 2015, the Longquan Temple outside Beijing unveiled "Xian'er" -- a two-foot-tall robot monk […]

  • 2020 Ryukoku Lecture (1)

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Life and Thought of Rennyo – His Propagation Skills and Influences The 2020 Ryukoku Lectures will be delivered by Kenjun Inoue, Assistant Professor of the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies, Ryukoku University. The topic of the lectures will be Rennyo […]

  • 2020 Ryukoku Lecture (2)

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS) 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Life and Thought of Rennyo – His Propagation Skills and Influences The 2020 Ryukoku Lectures will be delivered by Kenjun Inoue, Assistant Professor of the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies, Ryukoku University. The topic of the lectures will be Rennyo […]

  • The True Teaching? Fall 2020 Numata Lecture with Jolyon Baraka Thomas

    Zoom Webinar

    Register for this webinar here. Please join us on Friday October 9, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific time, for our first 2020 Numata Lecture. The True Teaching? Japanese Buddhists and the Quasi-Sectarian Politics of Public Schooling Secularist legal arrangements place […]

  • 2021 Ryukoku Lecture: Prof. Akira Yoshida

    Zoom Webinar

    Views of the Human Beings in the Doctrines of the Buddhist Praxis 「仏教の修道論に見られる人間観」 Akira Yoshida, Associate Professor, Ryukoku University, Faculty of Economics How did the teaching of early Buddhism view human beings and their Buddhist praxis toward enlightenment in India? […]

  • Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture: Kenneth Tanaka

    Zoom Webinar

    Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture Featuring Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka Professor Emeritus, Musashino University, Tokyo Click here to register for this event. With generous support from the Unno family and in honor of the Seventh Cycle Memorial for Rev. Dr. Taitetsu Unno […]