Welcome to the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies

The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies trains scholars and educates members of the broader community about Buddhist religion and culture in all of their diversity. Among U.S. universities, only UCLA aspires to cover all of the major traditions in this world religion.

Buddhists, Neuroscientists Come to a Meeting of the Minds

The symposium, originally set to feature the Dalai Lama, brought researchers from UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior together with eminent Buddhist scholars for a two-hour conversation about their distinctive yet complementary understandings of compassion, creativity, mental flexibility and attention, as well as the role mindfulness meditation may play in cultivating these qualities.
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Panel on Connection Between Neuroscience and Buddhism Proceeds Without Dalai Lama

Two guest scholars agreed to fill in for His Holiness at the last minute. The panel also featured three UCLA neuroscientists, who presented on major findings in their field, reports The Daily Bruin.
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Dalai Lama's UCLA Appearances Canceled

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is unable to travel due to ill health. His scheduled appearances at UCLA on Monday, May 2 have been canceled. The 1:30 symposium will go ahead without the Dalai Lama's participation.
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Tibetan-Born Neuroscientist Helps Pave Way for Dalai Lama's Visit

The Dalai Lama will come to campus on May 2, 2011, for two public events sponsored by the UCLA International Insitute and the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. One of them, a dialogue between His Holiness and UCLA neuroscientists, will in many ways fulfill the journey that a UCLA expert in Tibetan Buddhism, meditation and medicine began half a century ago.
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Renewed Agreement with Korean University

Officials from Seoul-based Dongguk University and UCLA sign a new memorandum of understanding that is expected to result in collaboration and exchange in fields beyond Buddhist studies.
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Tibetan Gift to Library

A Tibetan monk and two Americans dedicated to the Bon tradition of Tibet, an ancient religion that influenced Tibetan Buddhism, deliver a digitized copy of canonical Bon texts to the UCLA Library and Center for Buddhist Studies.
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Lasting Support for UCLA Buddhist Studies

Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America establishes the Yehan Numata Endowment at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and pledges 10 years of additional support. The new funds will bring distinguished visitors and enhance graduate education.
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Korean Classics for a Wider Audience

Thirteen Korean historical, religious, and philosophical classics will be introduced to English readers under a translation project coordinated by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
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