Undertaken by the combined efforts of the University of Toronto and McMaster University Yehan Numata Buddhist Studies Program, the Numata Lecture Series is funded by the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai. This event brings leading scholars in Buddhist Studies to the University of Toronto and McMaster University.
All Events
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Lewis Lancaster
Maritime Buddhism:
The Spread of Buddhism from India to China
The Spread of Buddhism from India to China
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, December 01, 2016
Lecture:
Asuka Sango
Asuka Sango
The Love of Fame and the Desire for Enlightenment:
Life of the Scholar Monk in Medieval Japan
Life of the Scholar Monk in Medieval Japan
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Reading Group with
Erik Braun
Erik Braun
Excerpts from The Birth of Insight
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, March 02, 2017
Lecture:
Kanō Kazuo
Kanō Kazuo
Papers and Leaves —
Legacy of Indian Buddhists in Tibet and Tibetan Translators in India
Legacy of Indian Buddhists in Tibet and Tibetan Translators in India
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Reading Group with
Kammie Takahashi
Kammie Takahashi
Birds and Fishes:
View and Method in the Mahāyoga Texts of Buddhaguhya
View and Method in the Mahāyoga Texts of Buddhaguhya
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Lecture:
Erick White
Erick White
Spirit Possession as Buddhist Vocation:
Debates over Piety, Devotion and Charisma in Modern Thai Buddhism
Debates over Piety, Devotion and Charisma in Modern Thai Buddhism
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Lecture:
Jonathan Silk
Jonathan Silk
Dreaming Dharma’s Decline:
The Ten Dreams of King Krikin and Other Prophetic Dream Texts
The Ten Dreams of King Krikin and Other Prophetic Dream Texts
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100
Friday, November 03, 2017
Lecture:
Philip Bloom
Philip Bloom
Born in the Latter Days of the Dharma:
Ecology and Eternity in a Song-Dynasty Buddhist Monastery
Ecology and Eternity in a Song-Dynasty Buddhist Monastery
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
University of Toronto, Mississauga – IB 345
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Reading Group:
Gudrun Bühnemann
Gudrun Bühnemann
A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 319
Friday, January 26, 2018
Lecture:
Julia Cassaniti
Julia Cassaniti
Out of Time:
Mindfulness and Temporality in Theravāda Asia
Mindfulness and Temporality in Theravāda Asia
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Reading Group:
Megan Bryson
Megan Bryson
Between China and Tibet: Mahākāla Worship and Esoteric Buddhism in the Dali Kingdom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Friday, April 06, 2018
Reading Group:
Brandon Dotson
Brandon Dotson
The Horse and the Grass-Grazing Man:
Domestication, Food, and Alterity in Early Tibetan Cosmologies of the Land of the Dead
Domestication, Food, and Alterity in Early Tibetan Cosmologies of the Land of the Dead
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Numata Reading Group:
Ryan Richard Overby
Ryan Richard Overby
Reading: "The Prototantric Preacher"
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Numata Reading Group:
Ruth Gamble
Ruth Gamble
Reading: “Landscapes” from Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: the Third Karmapa and the Invention of a Tradition
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Numata Reading Group: Susan Andrews
Reading: “Women at Northern Dynasties Mount Wutai”
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Friday, February 08, 2019
Numata Lecture:
Anupama Rao
Anupama Rao
Lecture: Ambedkar, Buddha, and Marx… Again
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Munk School of Global Affairs, N208
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Numata Lecture:
Helmut Tauscher
Helmut Tauscher
Lecture: Kanjur Collections from Tibet’s Southern and Western Borderlands
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Friday, April 05, 2019
Numata Lecture:
Felicity Aulino
Felicity Aulino
Lecture: Providing for Others: Care and Karmic Politics in Northern Thailand
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Religious Educational Materials for Buddhist Women’s Groups in Japan
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Transmission of Buddhist Texts to Tocharian Buddhism
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 317
