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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.”

The Institute of Buddhist Studies hosted its fifth annual Graduate Student Symposium on October 5, 2018, at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley. Five graduate students presented papers dealing with the theme, Buddhist Political Engagements. Dr. Scott Mitchell, Dean of […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce the grant recipients for its Public Theologies of Technology and Presence research and journalism initiative. Sixteen scholars of religion, theologians, and journalists will receive grant support for their research and publication […]

Join us for a conversation with our graduating students to discuss their research and celebrate their success. Student speakers: Brent Beavers (GTU/IBS MA) No-Self, Five Aggregates, and a Fearless Heart in the Interruption of Transgender Othering in Healthcare Rhiana Wiggins […]

Join us for our annual memorial service to remember those who have gone before and helped to create, sustain, and grow the Institute. There will be a light reception at 5:30 followed by the formal service at 7:00. RSVP required.

All current and incoming students are invited to attend the annual orientation to get important information and updates about programs and policies, meet with faculty and advisors, register for courses, and reconnect with friends and peers. Please contact the Registrar […]

Dr. Jack Masakazu Fujimoto, the fourth IBS Trustee Chair from 1982 to 1993, was presented the IBS President’s Award by Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto, IBS President, at commencement ceremonies held on Friday May 18, 2018, at the Jodo Shinshu Center, […]

Co-sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Education; for information and registration, please visit the CBE registration page or Facebook event.

With the support of BDK America Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies continues to make changes designed to improve its policies in service to the profession. For the 2019 issue we have established two new bodies for […]

Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements and Imaginaries October 5, 2018, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA The theme of the 2018 Graduate Student Symposium is Buddhist political engagements and imaginaries. How has Buddhist thought, cosmology, or ethics been used […]

Introduction to Buddhist Chaplaincy with Jennifer Lemas and Daijaku Kinst A half-day overview of a chaplain’s work of providing spiritual care and support for people in hospitals, hospices, prisons, and a wide variety of other settings. In recent years, Buddhist […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies, with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, invites proposals from scholars across the academic disciplines specializing in any religious traditions, from theologians from all religious traditions, and from professional journalists, to participate in a […]

Buddhist Political Engagements How has Buddhist thought, cosmology, or ethics been used to engage, disengage, critique, or conform to systems of social and political power? Graduate student presenters will explore the various discursive strategies Buddhists have used historically and contemporarily […]

More information on our 2018 graduation ceremony and celebration is forthcoming.

The first of two special sections for the 2017 issue of Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies is now available online. The special section is titled “Subjectivity in Shin Buddhism,” and is guest edited by Dr. Gordon […]

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 […]

Beginning in January 2018, the Institute of Buddhist Studies welcomes a visiting scholar to Berkeley, Enrique Galvan-Alvarez. Prof. Galvan-Alvarez is an Associate Professor at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja-UNIR and a lay member of the Shin Buddhist Fellowship-UK. He has […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $475,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to support Public Theologies of Technology and Presence, a three-year program addressing technologies’ impacts on human relationships. The […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies conducted its 5th Annual Memorial Service on October 26, 1917 at 7 p.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center Kodo, Berkeley, CA., to honor 106 founders, donors, leaders, teachers, student, staff and friends, who have shared […]

A Symposium Presented by the Institute of Buddhist Studies & BCA Center for Buddhist Education Religiosity & Social Consciousness in the Buddhist Churches of America Thursday, February 22, 2018 1 – 5 pm Free and Open to the Public Keynote […]