Tibet

Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at Harvard University, will come to CU to discuss the Tibetan medicine and its Buddhist heritage. Traditional Tibetan medicine sometimes found its Buddhist heritage and its urge for empirical knowledge of the body to be at odds, and made unusual efforts to separate...

Tibetan Translation Issues Discussed at Recent Conference Buddhist luminaries, clustered in eastern Tibet in the nineteenth-century, composed numerous short texts of advice that are lively in their use of language and poignant in their pith instructions. In order to explore issues of translation in a range of such texts, Holly...

The event, “Visions and prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism,” had quite a large and diverse turnout. There were approximately 65-70 people in the audience (the room was Wolf Law 304, which seats only 51 so there were quite a few people standing). Among the audience members were CU faculty, CU graduate...

Join us next week for the following event: Visions & Prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism: An Evening with Khenpo Sodargye from Larung Buddhist Academy Tuesday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. Wolf Law 304, CU-Boulder campus This event is a rescheduling of the canceled April 2 event. A lecture by Khenpo Sodargye,...

We are pleased to announce the following event: "Ecumenism in Tibet: Public Panel with Ringu Tulku" Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. British Studies Room, 5th Floor of Norlin Library, CU-Boulder campus In nineteenth-century in Tibet, a circle of Buddhist luminaries compiled eclectic collections of texts from a wide range...

The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to announce the rescheduling of a previously cancelled event. Khenpo Sodargye will visit CU-Boulder campus later this month: Visions and Prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism Tuesday, April 23 at 7:00pm Wolf Law 304, CU-Boulder campus A lecture by Khenpo Sodargye, a prominent Nyingma teacher...

Join us for the Second Annual Center for Asian Studies Symposium, an interdisciplinary inquiry into contemporary Asian societies and cultures. This year, we explore the sounds of love and war, the voices of the subaltern and the middle classes, and music and dance from throughout the region. 10:00 a.m. |...

Join us for our second Brown Bag event of the semester: "Following the Caterpillar Fungus: Nature, Commodity Chains, and the Place of Tibet in China's Uneven Geographies" Monday, February 11 at 12:00pm Guggenheim 201E, CU-Boulder campus This brown bag event will feature a talk by Emily Yeh, Associate Professor, Department...

Join us for the Second Annual Center for Asian Studies Symposium, an interdisciplinary inquiry into contemporary Asian societies and cultures. This year, we explore the sounds of love and war, the voices of the subaltern and the middle classes, and music and dance from throughout the region. Please see full...

CAS is pleased to announce a new course in Asian religions this spring: Women in Buddhism. Buddhist texts depict an array of female figures: cajoling goddesses, prostitute temptresses, enlightened queens, numinous hags, ardent nuns, scorned wives, celestial maidens, flesh-eating demonesses and more. This new course explores diverse representations of the...