Celebration of Dr. Sunera Thobani’s induction to the Royal Society of Canada
Posted on Mar 15, 2023
Second Annual UBC Himalaya Program Lecture: Prof. Christoph Emmrich
Posted on Feb 28, 2023
Public Talk: Tanya Marie Luhrmann, “Voices of Madness, Voices of Spirit”
Posted on Feb 27, 2023
Public Talk: Curator Jeff Watt, “Mara’s Three Daughters in Tibetan Art”
Posted on Feb 02, 2023
BDK Symposium: Translating the Abhidharmakośa
Posted on Sep 29, 2022
Buddhist Bodies Workshop, Sep 23-25, 2022
Posted on Sep 02, 2022
Buddhist Ethics 3.0, Sep 29-Oct 2, 2022
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Keynote Lecture: Prof. Susan Andrews, “Co-creating Learning Experiences at the Peripheries”
Posted on Aug 29, 2022
Co-Sponsored Talk: Epistemic Ideals and Moral Transformation
Posted on Apr 01, 2022
Guest Lecture with Professor Clark Chilson: Incentives to Secularize Buddhism
Posted on Nov 23, 2021
Virtual Symposium: The Radical Other Power of Shinran
Posted on Oct 28, 2021
Webinar: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism
Posted on Feb 26, 2021
Webinar: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
Posted on Feb 01, 2021
Virtual Symposium: “Other Power” in Buddhism
Posted on Nov 10, 2020
Himalayan Research in the Time of COVID-19: Views from Canada
Posted on Nov 02, 2020
UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series: Dr. John Kieschnick
Posted on Sep 14, 2020
Guest Lecture: Dr. Stephanie Balkwill on Women and Buddhist Text Production
Posted on Jan 02, 2020
Guest Lecture: Dr. Rey-Sheng Her on ‘Through Altruism to Enlightenment’
Posted on Nov 05, 2019
Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy: Do They Exist?
Posted on Oct 16, 2019
Workshop: Buddhism and Social Change
Posted on Sep 20, 2019
Buddhism & Technology: Historical Background and Contemporary Challenges
Posted on Sep 19, 2019
The Politics and Pathways of Return: June 28-29
Posted on Jun 17, 2019
Mingyur Rinpoche: In Love With the World; Dying Everyday
Posted on May 03, 2019
Lecture: Khenpo Chöying Dorjee on Emptiness: “How to Milk a Painted Cow”
Posted on Feb 22, 2019
Lecture: Rongdao Lai on Education Modernization in Chinese Buddhism
Posted on Jan 28, 2019
Event: The Dimensions of Silence in Buddhism with Susan Gillis Chapman
Posted on Oct 16, 2018
Event: The Basic Knowledge and Practice of Buddhism, with Venerable Professor Tsung Tzu Shih
Posted on Oct 03, 2018
Conference Page Posted for “Buddhism and Youth”
Posted on Oct 24, 2017
Buddhism and Youth, Nov 4, 2017
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Lecture: Paul Groner on the Japanese Monk Shunjō (1155-1227) and Tendai Monastic Discipline
Posted on Oct 21, 2017
Buddhism and Politics, Jun 6-7, 2014
Posted on Oct 19, 2017
Lecture: Prof. Wendi Adamek on Nirvāṇa Portrayed at Shanyingshan and Baoshan
Posted on Sep 27, 2017
Buddhist Women: Practitioners and Teachers Past and Present
Posted on Aug 03, 2017
Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit: June
Posted on Jun 12, 2017
HH the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa at the Chan Centre — June 22
Posted on Jun 07, 2017
Liturgy, Icon, and Text in the Development of Esoteric Buddhism — Feb 9
Posted on Jan 18, 2017
Artist’s Talk on Contemporary Tibetan Art — Dec 1
Posted on Nov 21, 2016
Lecture by Dartmouth College’s Sienna Craig on Tibetan Medicine — Nov 7
Posted on Oct 23, 2016
UBC Himalaya Program — Fall 2016 Events
Posted on Sep 19, 2016
Lines and Enlightenment: Chan Buddhism and Literature in Medieval China — Aug 9
Posted on Aug 05, 2016
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Richard Jaffe on Japanese Buddhism’s ‘Western Turn’
Posted on Jul 20, 2016
Green Monday – From Mindful Eating to Mindful Ecosystem — July 24
Posted on Jul 19, 2016
Conference Page Posted for “Buddhism in the Global Eye”
Posted on Jul 11, 2016
Talk by HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ — May 15
Posted on May 19, 2016
The Universal Features of Meditation with Paul Fleischman — April 26
Posted on Apr 09, 2016
Talk by Columbia University’s Michael Como — April 5
Posted on Apr 04, 2016
Seduction and Spellcraft in an Apocryphal Buddhist Scripture
Posted on Feb 19, 2016
Workshop for College Teachers in Theravada Buddhist Studies — July 31–Aug 6, 2016
Posted on Feb 06, 2016
Dr. Jinhua Chen this Wednesday at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies — 3 Feb 2016
Posted on Feb 01, 2016
Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance: Upcoming Film Screening at UBC — Feb 17
Posted on Jan 21, 2016
Public Lecture: Phillip Bloom on Visualizing Ritual in the Song Dynasty
Posted on Jan 20, 2016
A Reflection on DDVC’s Second Academic Workshop, by Lisa Su
Posted on Nov 13, 2015
Conference: Paper, Print, and Cyberspace: Interdisciplinary Studies of Buddhism — Oct 4-5
Posted on Sep 15, 2015
Symposium: Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy
Posted on Aug 25, 2015
Buddhism in the Global Eye, Aug 10-12, 2016
Posted on Aug 05, 2015
Keynote Address: Pierce Salguero on the Global History of Buddhism & Medicine
Posted on May 18, 2015
Public Lecture: Frances Wood on Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, and the Silk Roads
Posted on May 16, 2015
Conference Page Posted for “Buddhism and Wellbeing”
Posted on May 12, 2015
Buddhism and Wellbeing, May 28-30, 2015
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Public Lecture: David Loy on Buddhism and the Ecological Challenge
Posted on Mar 25, 2015
Academic Workshop: Buddhism Now at Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre
Posted on Mar 13, 2015
Public Lecture: Wendi Adamek on Fathers and Daughters in Chinese Buddhism
Posted on Mar 08, 2015
Public Lecture: Brenton Sullivan on Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism
Posted on Feb 17, 2015
Tomorrow!: Public Lecture by LeRon Harrison on Japanese Buddhism and Gagaku, or Court Music
Posted on Feb 04, 2015
Public Lecture: Mikael Adolphson on Violence, Warfare, and Buddhism in Japanese Society
Posted on Jan 06, 2015
Public Lecture: John Kieschnick on the Buddhist Rosary in Imperial China
Posted on Dec 06, 2014
The Embodied Mind: Tricycle Interviews UBC Philosopher Evan Thompson
Posted on Oct 28, 2014
Workshop: Charlotte von Verschuer on The Illustrated Biography of the Priest Ippen
Posted on Oct 25, 2014
Renaming Ceremony: The RHNHFF Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
Posted on Oct 06, 2014
Public Lecture: Shi Zhiru on Bells, Hells, and Dizang in Chinese Buddhism
Posted on Sep 27, 2014
Public Lecture: André Laliberté on Buddhist Philanthropy in China
Posted on Jun 09, 2014
Public Lecture: Brian Victoria on Zen Terrorism in 1930s Japan
Posted on Jun 08, 2014
Conference: Buddhism and Politics in the Twentieth-Century
Posted on May 30, 2014
Workshop: Buddhism and the Work of Care
Posted on May 06, 2014
Jan 20 and 22 (Chinese Language): Visit from Monks of Longquan Monastery, Beijing to UBC
Posted on Jan 20, 2014
Conference: New Perspectives on Buddhist Sacred Sites in East Asia
Posted on Jul 25, 2013
Keynote Addresses: Georgios Halkias and Masahiro Shimoda
Posted on May 15, 2013
Conference: The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures
Posted on May 14, 2013
Three Lectures on Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
Posted on Feb 28, 2013
Public Lecture: Albert Welter on Buddhist Relic Veneration in Medieval China
Posted on Jan 15, 2013
MOA Event: One Million Grains of Light
Posted on Oct 22, 2012
Three Lectures on Korean Buddhism
Posted on Sep 06, 2012
Keynote Address: Cynthea Bogel
Posted on Jun 18, 2012
Conference Panel: New Interactions with Japan Buddhist Images and Ideas
Posted on Jun 15, 2012
Conference Panel: Western Appearances
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A Dialogue with Robert Thurman and Victor Chan
Posted on May 28, 2012
Public Lecture: Robert Thurman on Buddhist Art
Posted on May 24, 2012
Exhibition: “Visions of Enlightenment” Opening May 10th at UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA)
Posted on May 07, 2012
Public Lecture: Barend Jan Terwiel, Toward Understanding Thai Buddhism
Posted on May 03, 2012
Report: Eugene Wang’s Lecture on the Dunhuang Caves
Posted on Feb 09, 2012
Public Lecture: Jan W. Walls on Corporate Craving and Buddhist Compassion
Posted on Jan 08, 2012
Kameyama Lecture: Eugene Wang on Dunhuang Cave Murals
Posted on Nov 18, 2011
UBC Yoga Club Movie Night and Icebreaker
Posted on Oct 04, 2011
Public Lecture: Sonja Arntzen on Telling it Slant
Posted on Sep 29, 2011
Reminder: Upcoming Lecture by Paul Fleischman on Vipassana Meditation
Posted on Sep 27, 2011
Seminar: Jim Placzek on the Ordination of Women in Theravada Buddhism
Posted on Sep 20, 2011
Public Lecture: Paul Fleischman on Vipassana Meditation
Posted on Aug 25, 2011
Public Lecture: Donald Stadtner on Sacred Sites of Burma
Posted on May 13, 2011
UBC Tzu-chi Buddhist Forum holds Conference on Lay Buddhism
Posted on Mar 21, 2011
Report: “Buddhism in Canada” Conference 2010
Posted on Mar 13, 2011
Public Lecture: Jim Placzek on the Bhikkuni Ordination Issue
Posted on Mar 09, 2011
Public Lecture by Thich Nhat Hanh: Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster.ca
Posted on Mar 03, 2011
Public Lecture: Venerable Sik Yin Kit on Dhamma in Prison
Posted on Feb 23, 2011
Public Lecture: Tim Ward on What the Buddha Never Taught
Posted on Jan 27, 2011
Public Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, August 14, 2011
Posted on Jan 19, 2011
Kameyama Lecture: Eun-su Cho on 19th Century Korean Buddhism
Posted on Oct 07, 2010
“Buddhism in Canada” Conference: General Registration Open
Posted on Sep 27, 2010
Kameyama Lecture: James Benn on Tea
Posted on Sep 17, 2010
Public Lecture: Mark Unno on Shin Buddhism and Interreligious Dialogue
Posted on Sep 08, 2010
Public Lecture: Phakchok Rinpoche on Buddhism and Social Development
Posted on Sep 01, 2010
Keynote Address: Raphaël Liogier
Posted on Aug 31, 2010
Keynote Address: Charles Prebish
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Conference Panel: Establishing Buddhism in Canada
Posted on Aug 30, 2010
Conference Schedule: Buddhism in Canada
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Thich Nhat Hanh to Visit Vancouver in August 2011
Posted on Aug 26, 2010
Second Meeting of the Lower Mainland Buddhism Group
Posted on Jun 01, 2010
First Meeting of the Lower Mainland Buddhism Group
Posted on Dec 28, 2009
Public Lectures: Sogyal Rinpoche on Understanding the Nature of Mind in Tibetan Buddhism
Posted on Sep 10, 2009
Public Lectures: Thanissaro Bhikkhu on the Buddha’s Use and Understanding of Questions
Posted on Aug 27, 2009
Public Lectures: Jeffrey Hopkins on Gender and Sexuality in Tibetan Buddhism
Posted on Feb 12, 2009
Conference on the Mongolian Buddhist Revival
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
Public Lecture: Levi McLaughlin on Education and the Soka Gakkai
Posted on Oct 01, 2008
Public Lectures: Robert Thurman on Buddhism and the Current Global Crisis
Posted on Jan 10, 2008
Public Lecture: Ian Harris on Buddhism Under Pol Pot
Posted on Dec 17, 2007
Public Lecture: Gustaaf Houtman on Meditation and Politics in Burma
Posted on Aug 27, 2007
Public Lecture: Guang Xing on the Compatibility of Buddhism and Secular Values
Posted on Jan 23, 2007
Public Lecture: Kate Crosby on Buddhist Responses to the Tsunami
Posted on Sep 08, 2006
Public Lecture: Ian Harris on Monastic Boundaries and the Concept of State
Posted on Aug 26, 2006
Public Lecture: Kate Crosby on the Tsunami and Sri Lankan Buddhist Reponses
Posted on Aug 24, 2006
Public Lecture: Paul Arai on Ritual in Contemporary Japan
Posted on Aug 20, 2006
Public Lecture: Reginald Ray on Asian Buddhist Teachers and Western Convert Students
Posted on Aug 13, 2006
Public Lecture: Stephen Covell on Japanese Buddhism and Education
Posted on Aug 11, 2006
Public Lecture: Ven. Dhammajoti on Buddhism and the Cognitive Process
Posted on Jan 16, 2006
Public Lecture: Ven. Dhammajoti on Buddhism and Causality
Posted on Jan 01, 2006
Lecture: Jing Yin on the Nature, Power, and Effect of Mind
Posted on Jul 22, 2005