Articles

Spiritualizing the Internet: Exploring Modern Buddhism and the Online Buddhist World
Rutika Gandhi

The Historical Buddha: Response to Drewes
Bryan Levman

Book Reviews

Buddhism Beyond Gender: Liberation from Attachment to Identity
Matthew R. Hayes

Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks
Kendall Marchman

Educating Monks: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border
Dat Manh Nguyen

The Driftwood Shrine: Discovering Zen in American Poetry
Christopher Emory-Moore

News and Views

Reflection on “Buddhism in Indonesia:” A Talk by Prof. Philip Buckley at McGill University
Jingjing Li & Shuyue He

The Slash Between: Going Home as an Insider/ Outsider
Rutika Gandhi

Crowdfunding the Hospital: Why Tzu-Chi’s Hospital Project Succeeded but Other Grassroots Hospital Projects Failed? A Report on Dr. Cheng-pang Lee’s Talk at SFU David Lam Centre
Maggie Ka-ying Tsang

“Buddhism and the Barbarian in Chinese Zen:” A Talk by Dr. Christopher Byrne at McGill University
Jingjing Li & Nahid Widaatalla

“Buddhism and Orality:” A Talk by Dr. Caley Smith at McGill University
Jingjing Li

A Reflection on Dr. Robert Sharf’s Lecture “Buddhist Modernism, Meditation, and Mindfulness: What is at Stake?” on March 6, 2018 at Emmanuel College, Victoria University, University of Toronto
Rose Mina Munjee

Chinese Buddhist Canon: The Yongle Northern Canon Editions: A Talk by Dr. Darui Long at UBC, March 8, 2018
Maggie Mitchell

Yuima-e 維摩會 in Sixteenth-Century Japan: Recently Acquired Manuscript Now Available in McGill’s Rare Books and Special Collections
Jingjing Li

Reconstructing Ānanda’s Grief in the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: A Lecture by Dr. Charles Li at UBC, March 14, 2018
Maggie Mitchell

Reflection on Professor James Robson’s Talk “Buddhism and Daoism in Medieval China”
Jingjing Li & Shuyue He

“Buddhism and Compassion:” A Talk by Julia Stenzel at McGill University
Adrien Moevus

“Buddhism and Religious Diversity in Nepal:” A Talk by Professor Chiara Letizia
Austin Simoes-Gomes

Animals That Transcend Cultures, Boundaries and Species: A Panel from Buddhist Beasts: Reflections on Animals in East Asian Cultures Conference
Maggie Mitchell

Places to Go, Things to Do: A Report of the Research in Religious Studies Conference at the University of Lethbridge
Emmett Chan, Rutika Gandhi, & Maggie Mitchell

Tārā, Dhāraṇī, the Mañjuśrīnāmasangīti and a Sanskrit Reading with Rev. Professor Naresh Man Bajracharya of Lumbini Buddhist University
Amber Marie Moore & Austin Simoes-Gomes

Digital Humanities Workshop at McMaster University
Shanshan Zhao

“Diverse Textual Sources in the Study of Buddhism” at Congress 2018
Gerjan Altenburg

A Reflection on Professor Barend J. ter Haar’s Lecture Series at the UBC International and Intensive Program on Buddhism
Jing Le & Jisi Fu

A Reflection on the International and Intensive Program on Buddhist at UBC
Meng Zhang

Perceiving the Change of China through the Scope of Buddhism
Shuyue He

Buddhist Young Adult Fiction: In Search of a Linguistic Connection
Ngoc Le

The Vocational Calling of a Buddhist Spiritual Caregiver: A Socio-political Perspective Reflection
Francis Lau

Contributors

Contributors

Articles

Early Tantric Hemerology in Chinese Buddhism: Timing of Rituals According to Śubhakarasiṃha and Yixing
Jeffrey Kotyk

Fresh Bread from an Old Recipe: Chögyam Trungpa’s Transmission of Buddhism to North America, 1970–1977
Ryan Jones

Book Reviews

Catholicism and Zen
Bradford McCall

News and Views

Hyecho’s Journey: A Reflection on the 2017 Inaugural Public Lecture by Professor Donald Lopez at the University of Toronto
Crystal Marie Beaudoin

Transmitting Buddhism in the Secular Setting: A Reflection on McGill’s School of Religious Studies’ Reading Group on The Making of Buddhist Modernism
Jingjing Li

2017 Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Conference Reflection
Rutika Gandhi

A Reflection on Buddhism and Economics in Medieval and Early Modern China at the Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit Conference at the University of British Columbia (June 16th to 18th, 2017)
Crystal Marie Beaudoin

Buddhism and Economics: Individual, City, and State: A Reflection of the “Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit” Conference at the University of British Columbia
Shan Shan Zhao

The Invisible Hand of Altruism: A Reflection on Dr. Clair Brown’s Lecture “What Is Human Nature? Its Role in Structuring Buddhist Economics”
Hassan Pirbhai

A Reflection on the “Bridging Divides in Buddhist Studies” Round Table at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, August 21st 2017
Crystal Marie Beaudoin

A Report on the Buddhist Studies in Canada Round Table Discussion at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Crystal Marie Beaudoin

Vinaya Studies at the 18th Congress of IABS, in Toronto
Gerjan Altenburg

A Reflection on the “Pre-Modern Japanese Buddhism: The Pure Land in Nara Schools Workshop” at McGill University (September 29, 2017)
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li

Engaged Mindfulness, A Talk by Dr. Fleet Maull at McGill University
Julia Stenzel

A Reflection on Two Lectures in the “Buddha and the Other” Lecture Series (October 19 & 26, 2017)
Jingjing Li

Spontaneous Presence: The Rapid Normalization of Padmasambhava’s Iconography in Image (and Text)
Julia Stenzel

“Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body:” A Talk by Professor Geoffrey Samuel
Ryan Jones & Jingjing Li

Cosmology as a Framework for Expression: A Reflection on Dr. Eric Huntington’s Lecture “Recentering Buddhist Cosmology: Concepts of Geographic Space in Ritual and Art,” held on November 3rd, 2017 at the University of Calgary
Hassan Pirbhai

A Report on Dr. James A. Benn’s Talk: “Buddhism and the Invention of Tea Culture in Medieval China” (November 4, 2017)
Mitchell Weishar

Sovereignty in East Asian Buddhism: A Talk by Prof. Mikaël Bauer (November 9, 2017)
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li

A Report on “The Dharma and the Dime” from Washington DC
Jason Ellsworth & Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg

Ten Thousand Rooms: A Report of Dr. Hunter’s Talk at the University of British Columbia (January 8, 2018)
Maggie Mitchell

Orthopraxy and ‘Buddhist Art’ in Chinese History: A Case of Socialization – A Talk by Prof. Jeehee Hong at McGill University
Shuyue He & Jingjing Li

Du Fu’s 杜甫 (712-770) Poems and Chan Buddhism
Xiao’ao Shi

Contributors

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