We’re thrilled to introduce Dr. Kenneth W. Holloway’s latest publication, “Buddhism and the Body,” released by Brill, which significantly enriches the study of Buddhist philosophy. The book sheds light on the often neglected role of the body in Buddhism, uniting diverse perspectives within the field. Drawing from his experience studying under Venerable Master Hsing-yun, Ken Holloway promotes a humanistic approach, as demonstrated in his examination of group chanting as a form of meditation. In collaboration with Dr. Richard Shusterman, they spearheaded the “Bodies of Buddhism: Somaesthetic Ex ..read more

The Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture in Shanxi, China, along with the From the Ground Up project at the University of British Columbia, invites paper submissions for the international conference on “Canonical, Non-Canonical and Extra-canonical: Interdisciplinary and Multi-media Studies of the Formation, Translation and Transmission of Buddhist Texts.” Date: August 11–14, 2024 Location: Great Bamboo Grove Monastery, Mount Wutai, Shanxi, China You are invited to submit proposals and CVs to frogbear.project@ubc.ca by April 15. Scholars aiming to finalize papers by November ..read more

The University of Oxford and Yin-Cheng Buddhist Studies Network proudly present a one-day conference on “Buddhism and Food Ethics” at the University of Oxford China Centre. Date: April 20, 2024 Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: University of Oxford China Centre, Dickson Poon Building, Oxford, OX2 6LU, United Kingdom Subject Fields: Anthropology, Asian History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology If you are interested in historical and modern aspects of Buddhism and food ethics, you are invited to submit your 300-word proposals to Pyi.Kyaw@ames.ox.ac.uk by March 1, 2024. Each paper pr ..read more

The Canadian Journal for Buddhist Studies (CJBS) is currently soliciting books reviews for its 19th issue (summer 2024). The journal prioritises reviews of scholarly books about Canadian Buddhism; reviews of books written by Canadian or Canada-based scholars of Buddhism; and reviews themselves written by Canadian scholars (particularly graduate students at Canadian universities). A full list of books available for review is available in this spreadsheet:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xx22oBI-AQ2dsqK0zdFVJPj1qrnIlCbjdG7ceIWmS8k/edit?usp=sharing For more informati ..read more

This fall, the Faculty of Religious Studies at the University of Basel is hosting a lecture series on religious authority. Our guest list includes Dr. Philippe Major, an SNSF PostDoc at the University’s Institute for European Global Studies, who will give a lecture entitled “How to become a Zen Master.” Philippe has provided us with an abstract, which is shown below. In Europe and North America, Zen Buddhism has come to designate a form of life that represents a reversed image of modern life: a form of life devoid of anxiety and stress and freed from the external pressures of modern life. Thi ..read more

Hello everyone! Are you also enjoying September with all its fall colors? I love it when the leaves start to turn yellow, orange, and red, but they still stay on the trees. But on to the actual reason for this blog post: A few of you have inquired why I, as the creator of this network, do not write about my own Buddhism publications. Oops, you caught me. I have considered this query and appreciate the thoughtful reminder. At times, I will provide comments on some of my research papers and other written pieces. Here’s a simple reference to my small book, published in 2020 in the “100 Pages” se ..read more

The ongoing project at BuddhaNet for the past three years has been the Buddhist eLibrary. The Buddhist eLibrary Project is an initiative of Venerable Pannyavaro of the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc and BuddhaNet.net in partnership with Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU) International Buddhist College (IBC) and the Young Buddhist Association of Thailand (YBAT). The eLibrary now includes substantial Chinese and Thai language content. Shortly it will also include Spanish and Portuguese content and the organizers would like to include the main Asian and European languages a ..read more

Dear Community, It is a pleasure to introduce myself. My name is Raphael Wälterlin and I am happy to announce that I am the new administrator of this website. I am currently doing my MA in Religious Studies and Social Anthropology at the university of Basel. It is here that I got to know Professor Renger in 2021. I am all the more grateful to her for providing me with the opportunity to work with her on this blog and thus connect with academics from around the world. A few words on my academic background and interests can be found in this PDF. In case you have questions or remarks, be it relat ..read more

This is to inform you that the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University invite all interested parties to a workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions, hosted at the Faculty of Divinity and virtually on April 28th and 29th 2023. The workshop aims to bring together scholars and experts worldwide to share their research on meditative visual experiences in various Buddhist traditions, including Theravāda, Sarvāstivāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna perspectives, with a special session on the Yogalehrbuch, a meditation manual f ..read more

We are pleased to inform you that the first collection of traditional Cambodian Buddhist literature is now out with Shambala publications: Until Nirvana’s Time: Buddhist Songs from Cambodia By Trent Walker, foreword by Kate Crosby https://www.shambhala.com/until-nirvana-s-time.html PAGES: 368 ISBN: 9781645471349 Until Nirvana’s Time presents forty-five Dharma songs whose melodies have inspired Cambodian Buddhist communities for generations. Introduced, translated, and contextualized by scholar and vocalist Trent Walker, this is the first collection of traditional Cambodian Buddhist l ..read more