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… in Tibetan Traditions Sponsored by the Yale University Buddhist Studies Initiative and Institute of Sacred Music Keynote Address by Dr. Thupten Jinpa, McGill … Resilience and Cultivating Compassion among Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners in South India Tenzin Namdul, …

… tradition of producing icons for temples and sacred sites and also the contemporary setting in which this … It is eye-opening to see the diverse circumstances, some Buddhist and some not, that inspire people to take up this … at the intersection of past and present production of Buddhist images in Japan and provides insight to anyone …

… specializing in religion, death, and the body. Drawing on Buddhist manuscripts and art, her research examines how … and social significance to the body, specifically the sacred dead.  Julia’s book project focuses on relic worship … taught “Mummies, Ghost, and Relics: Understandings of the Sacred Dead,” which examined how Buddhist cultures across …

… papers which mostly focus on medieval Chinese history and Buddhist studies. He co-edited with Jinhua Chen (Professor, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia) Sacred Space: Spatial Factors in Medieval Chinese Religions … “Bridges China Dialogue” in Geneva, a prominent annual event featuring high-level conversation between ministers, …

… Yale Council on African Studies, and Yale Institute of Sacred Music This interdisciplinary conference on The Black … in WORD document, with a paper title, abstract max. 300 words, author name, contact email, phone number, … participants will be contacted shortly thereafter. This event has been generously sponsored by: Yale MacMillan …

… world. In Bactria 16 deities mentioned in the Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrians, are depicted on coins from the … a period from c. 3rd century BCE to the end of the Hindu-Buddhist rule in the beginning of 13th century CE. The … mentioned in the Mahabharata. Assuredly, with these ancient visual representations we leave royal and sectarian …

… (1998) from the University of Washington, studying both ancient and modern Southeast Asia, the history of medicine, … from Miraculous Drugs of the South by the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Physician Tuệ Tĩnh (c 1330-c 1389)" in C. … research focuses on  the involvement of the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha in medical care during the 14th century, …

… Philip Gorski explores how the American tradition has both sacred and secular sources and how those sources have been … religion. Gorski recently spoke to YaleNews about the event that inspired him to write the book, how he … the world. There are very startling commonalities between Buddhist religious nationalism, Islamic nationalism, and …

… And now, since I am among the free hills of old Scotland, treading upon British soil, I can appreciate and perceive the … upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together …

… has remained largely absent from discussions of Tibetan Buddhist history and religious culture.  Instead, research … Geluk sect.  Some recent scholarship has begun to explore Buddhist traditions along Tibet’s eastern periphery.  Yet, … interests that encompass Buddhist doctrinal literature and sacred biography, visual and ritual cultures of the wider …

… has remained largely absent from discussions of Tibetan Buddhist history and religious culture.  Instead, research … Geluk sect.  Some recent scholarship has begun to explore Buddhist traditions along Tibet’s eastern periphery.  Yet, … interests that encompass Buddhist doctrinal literature and sacred biography, visual and ritual cultures of the wider …

… of traditional religious objects in Nigeria today. In a shrine that seems to be abandoned, two friends discover a … and decide to take it home. They soon learn that the shrine is dedicated to the orisa Araomire who bestows seven …