Calendar of Events 2009-2010
updated 11/6/09
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Tuesday, October 13. Dr. Matthieu Ricard (Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery). “The Roots of Altruism.” 7:30 p.m., McCaw Hall, Arrillaga Alumni Center. Buddhism in the Modern World (co-sponsored by TSI and Project Compassion). Free and open to the public; no registration. Special parking Galvez Field.
Thursday, October 15. An evening with Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne. Talk, meditation, and discussion, with dinner to follow. 6:00 p.m., location on campus to be announced to RSVP list. Attendance by RSVP only. (Co-sponsored with Sarvodaya at Stanford and others.)
Thursday, November 5. Luis Gómez (Michigan, emeritus). "Imagining Paradises: Invoking Blissful Abodes." 5:15 p.m., Encina Hall West 208. HCBSS Forum: Exploring the Buddha Fields.
Thursday, November 12. Reginald Ray (Naropa). "The Path of Desire: Tantric Saints in Indian Buddhism." 5:15 p.m., NEW LOCATION: Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. Saints and Sages Colloquium. (Co-sponsored by Religious Studies and the Stanford Humanities Center.)
Thursday, November 19. Wendi Adamek (Stanford Humanities Center Fellow). "A Niche of Their Own: The Buddhist Women of Bao shan." 12:15 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. HCBSS Fellows Colloquium (joint meeting with Religious Studies Colloquium).
Tuesday, December 1. Zoketsu Norman Fischer (Everyday Zen Foundation). How Japanese Is American Soto Zen? 5:15: p.m., Old Union, 3rd Floor, The Sanctuary. Buddhism in the Modern World.
Thursday, January 21. Christian Luczanits (Religious Studies). “From Vairocana to Akṣobhya: The Early Development of Alchi Monastery, Ladakh.” 5:15 p.m., Encina Hall West 208. Tibetan Studies Initiative.
Saturday, January 30. Christian Luczanits (Religious Studies). “The Tibetan Buddhist Mandala and Its Evolution.” 1:00-4:00 p.m., location to be announced. TT & WF Chao Lectures on Buddhist Art (co-sponsored by Stanford Continuing Studies and TSI).
Wednesday, February 3. Phyllis Granoff (Yale). "On Reading the Lives of the Jinas: Questions and Answers of Medieval Monks." 5:15 p.m., Encina Hall West 208. Saints and Sages Colloquium. (Co-sponsored by Religious Studies.)
Thursday, February 4. Koichi Shinohara (Yale). "Fotudeng’s 'Magic': Dhāraṇī Practice and the Narrative of Omniscience." 5:15 p.m., Encina Hall West 208. Saints and Sages Colloquium. (Co-sponsored by Religious Studies.)
Thursday, February 18. Baba Norihisa (HCBSS Visiting Fellow). "The Canonization of the Pali Tripitaka." 12:15 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. HCBSS Fellows Colloquium.
Saturday, February 27-Sunday, February 28. UC/Stanford Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference. UCLA. Attendance by invitation.
Saturday, March 6-Sunday, March 7. Daniel Stevenson (Kansas), “Pure Land Buddhism in the Song Dynasty.” Hwei Tai Seminar in Buddhist Studies. Attendance by invitation. (Co-sponsored by Religious Studies.)
Thursday, April 1. Jacob Dalton (UC Berkeley). “The View from Dunhuang: Dhāraṇī Ritual Practice and Its Texts." Time and location to be announced. Tibetan Studies Initiative.
Thursday, April 15. Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard). "Buddhist Tantras on their Origins." 7:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. Evans-Wentz Lecture in Oriental Philosophies, Religions, and Ethics. (Co-sponsored by Religious Studies, Stanford Humanities Center, Tibetan Studies Initiative.)
Thursday, May 6. Yamabe Nobuyoshi (Tokyo Nōgyō Daigaku). "How Was the Pure Land Painted in Dunhuang? Rethinking the Connection between the Amitāyus Visualization Sūtra and the Transformation Tableaux." 5:15 p.m., Encina Hall West, Room 208. HCBSS Forum: Exploring the Buddha Fields.
Thursday, May 13. Robert Gimello (Notre Dame). “What Modern Catholic Theology Can/Should/Must Make of Buddhism.” 5:15 p.m., location to be announced. Buddhism in the Modern World (co-sponsored by Religious Studies.)
Thursday, May 20. Robert Gimello (Notre Dame). “Visions of Otherworldly Splendor: The Aesthetic of zhuāngyán 莊嚴 and Buddhist Views of the Anagogical Value of Sumptuous Art.” 7:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. Shinnyo-en Lecture in Buddhist Studies (co-sponsored by Stanford Humanities Center).
Thursday, May 27. Frederic Kotas (HCBSS Affiliate Fellow). "The Hagiography of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism." 12:15 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. HCBSS Fellows Colloquium.
John Listopad (Sacramento State). "The Art and Iconography of a Thai Buddhist Temple." Date and location to be announced. TT & WF Chao Lectures on Buddhist Art (co-sponsored by Stanford Continuing Studies).
