Modern Tibetan Studies Lecture "The History, Role, and Re-emergence of Tibetan Buddhist Encampments" Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe, Abbot of Larung Gar Institute 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Kent Hall, Room 403 Registration required. To register, please visit https://goo.gl/oXXj98 … [Read more...]
Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Geoffrey Barstow (Columbia University Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals is morally problematic at best and, at worst, completely incompatible with a religious lifestyle. Yet … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: G. Clinton Godart’s “Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan, published by the University of Hawaii Press. The book's author is G. Clinton Godart, who teaches history at Hokkaido University. Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine is the first book in … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with The New York Times about Mongolia’s relations with China and the Dalai Lama
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) was quoted in The New York Times in a December 30, 2016 article titled "Mongolia, With Deep Ties to Dalai Lama, Turns From Him Toward China." Discussing Mongolia's move toward China and away from the influence of the Dalai Lama, Professor Barnett noted "This is part of a near-global collapse in diplomatic … [Read more...]
“Buddhist Writers in Colonial Korea: Rethinking Korean Literature, Religion and History”
Center for Korean Research "Buddhist Writers in Colonial Korea: Rethinking Korean Literature, Religion and History" Jungshim Lee, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Janet Poole, University of Toronto Theodore Hughes, Columbia University 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM International Affairs Building, Room 918 By RSVP only - open only to … [Read more...]
