Spring 2012 Lecture Series

"Mapping and Interpreting the Buddhist Landscape: Intersections and Tensions between Academic Scholarship and Religiously-oriented Approaches to the Study of Chinese Buddhism"

Lecturer: Dr. Mario Poceski
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West
Language: English
Location: AD208, University of the West
Date/Time: Mar 9, 2012, 7:00PM to 8:30PM

Spring 2012 Lecture Series

"Wisdom and Compassion: Reflections on the Academic Study of Religion"

Lecturer: Dr. Donald Swearer
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West
Language: English
Location: AD208, University of the West
Date/Time: Mar 8, 2012, 3:00PM to 4:30PM

Spring 2012 Lecture Series on Buddhist Art

"Visual Sensation of the Compassion Goddess: Images of Avalokiteshvara in East Asia"

Lecturer: Dr. Lidu Yi
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West, Hsi Lai Temple
Language: English
Location: University of the West, AD205
Date/Time: Feb 22, 2012, 2:00PM to 3:30PM

Spring 2012 Lecture Series on Buddhist Art

"Visualizing the Wonderful Dharma of Lotus Flower "

Lecturer: Dr. Lidu Yi
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West, Hsi Lai Temple
Language: Chinese (No English translation)
Location: Hsi Lai Temple, Assembly Hall
Date/Time: Feb 19, 2012, 2:00PM to 4:00PM

Spring 2012 Lecture Series on Buddhist Art

"Visions of the Transcendent Pure Land in East Asia"

Lecturer: Dr. Lidu Yi
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West, Hsi Lai Temple
Language: English
Location: Hsi Lai Temple, Meeting Room
Date/Time: Feb 19, 2012, 10:30AM to 12:00PM

Spring 2011 Lecture Series: Kucha Buddhist Art

Lecturer: Professor Li Zhao, Director of Kucha Institute, Xinjiang, China
Co-organizers: ICBS, University of the West, Hsi Lai Temple
Language: Chinese (No English Translation)
Date: February 20, 2011, 2pm to 4pm
Location: Assembly Hall at Hsi Lai Temple
Address: 3456 Glenmark Dr. Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
Tel: 626-961-9697

Fall 2010 Lecture Series: Buddhism and Chinese Culture

Lecturer: Dr. Darui Long

Date: September 26, October 3, October 10, October 17, 2010. 2:00-4:00pm

Location: Assembly Hall at Hsi Lai Temple

Chinese Buddhism: A New Look

Lecturer: Dr. Lewis Lancaster

Date: August 15-27, 2010

Monday - Thursday evenings. 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Reconstructing the History of a Monastery:
The Kaiyuansi of Ji'nan

Lecturer: JiXi Gao

Date: December 9th, 2009

Buddhism, Kingshio, and Stupa Veneration:
Sinitic Materialization of the Asoka Myth in 10th Century in Hangzhou

Lecturer: Venerable Zhiru

Date: April 30th, 2009

Bodhidarma and the Origins of Chinese Chan Buddhism

Lecturer: Professor John R. McRae

Date: February 26th, 2009

Is Nirvana the Same as Insentience?
Chinese Struggles with An Indian Buddhist Ideal.

Lecturer: Professor Robert H. Sharf

Date: February 6th, 2009