UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies [BUDDHIST-ALL@NEWLISTS.SSCNET.UCLA.EDU]

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We hope you will join us at one of our upcoming events. All events are free and open to the public. Pay parking is available on campus.

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CBS Staff

The End(s) of Compassion: Buddhist Charity and the State in Taiwan

Talk by Julia Huang, National Tsing Hua University

Thursday, October 16, 2014
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10383

Part of the Civility and Civil Society in Taiwan Lecture Series

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Buddhist Kingship in Early Tibet: The Legal Edicts of Lha Lama Yeshe Ö (Prof. Jacob Dalton, UC Berkeley)

The government of the Dalai Lamas was widely understood to have followed the Tibetan ideal of “the union of religion and state” (chos srid zung ’brel). This talk looks at the roots of this Buddhist political concept in the writings of the late-tenth-century Tibetan king, Yeshe Ö. Following Tibet’s “dark age,” a century-long period of religious and political fragmentation, Yeshe Ö worked to reestablish monastic Buddhism and the rule of law. A recently discovered biography now offers new insights into this ancient ruler’s activities and Tibet’s religious and political rebirth at this crucial moment in history.

Friday, October 17, 2014
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Royce 243
UCLA

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Dharma Kings and Queens in Tibet

Jann Ronis, Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley

Thursday, November 06, 2014
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA

Program on Central Asia Tibetan Studies Lecture

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Khenpo SoDargye Talk

Khenpo SoDargye, who was ordained at the Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy is nearly 30 years ago, will speak of the founding and development of Larung Gar and describe the rich and diversified academic programs the Academy provides.

Monday, November 10, 2014
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
UCLA

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Pomnyun Sunim

Venerable Pomnyun Sunim is a Korean Buddhist monk, a Zen master, and an activist who works for ecological, environmental protection, human rights, peace and unification of the two Koreas, and the eradication of famine, disease, and illiteracy in the world.

Sunday, November 16, 2014
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Fowler A103B
(Beneath Fowler Museum)
UCLA

The Venerable Pomnyun Sunim is a Korean Buddhist monk, a Zen master, and an activist who works for ecological, environmental protection, human rights, peace and unification of the two Koreas, and the eradication of famine, disease, and illiteracy in the world.