UCLA scholars bring Korean Buddhist works to English-speaking world
The field of Korean Buddhism, which has a nearly 1,700-year history, has opened up to Western scholars and students with the release of the first comprehensive collection of Korean Buddhist works to be...
View ArticleUCLA professor translated volumes of Korean Buddhist text, inspired by past...
Brushing dust off a thick, bound 14th century volume, Professor Robert Buswell stood in his office, surrounded by a chronicled literary history of ancient Buddhist culture.
View ArticleAccolades for Collected Works of Korean Buddhism
The Jogye Order’s “The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism” series has appeared on a list of “The Best Buddhist Books of 2012” published by The Buddhadharma magazine. Robert Buswell (Irving and Jean...
View ArticleBuddhism course has enduring appeal for UCLA undergrads
"Introduction to Buddhism" is a popular UCLA course that regularly fills up whenever it is offered.
View ArticleLarge collection of Buddhist relics in Rosemead
A recent Los Angeles Times article describes a collection of Buddhist relics housed at the Lu Mountain Temple in Rosemead, CA.
View ArticleRenaming the Tripitaka Koreana?
Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies Robert Buswell calls for renaming the Korean Buddhist canon to distinguish it from the Indian Tripitaka, given that its contents range far beyond that of the...
View ArticleTen misconceptions about Buddhism
Buddhist scholars Robert E. Buswell, Jr., and Donald S. Lopez, Jr. — authors and and co-editors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism"— put paid to a number of false beliefs about Buddhism in a...
View ArticleWorld Journal interviews authors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism"
Robert Buswell and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., distinguished professors of Buddhist studies at UCLA and the University of Michigan, respectively, are interviewed about their newly published "Princeton...
View ArticleEnlightenment is now 5 pounds heavier
Two distinguished professors of Buddhist Studies — Robert Buswell Jr. (UCLA) and Donald S. Lopez Jr. (University of Michigan) — have produced a massive dictionary of Buddhist terms from all Buddhist...
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