Location: Rouss Hall 403 In conversation with David DiValerio, Geshe Gedun Sherab will share his unique experiences on the rigors and rewards of traditional Tibetan Buddhist retreat. An accomplished meditator, Geshe Gedun Sherab has undertaken numerous long-term retreats in a number of sacred sites in East and South Asia. Geshe Gedun Sherab began his studies of […]

Euhemerism and Feminism in the Transmission of the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition Machik Labdrön (1055-1153), 19th c. thangka, Rubin Museum of Art In this talk, I will discuss my textual and ethnographic research on the transmission of Tibetan Buddhist Chöd from the eleventh through the twenty-first centuries. Chöd is a philosophy and practice developed by […]

A Lecture by Zhang Changhong (Palace Museum, Beijing) This event is part of the UVA East Asia Center Spring Lecture Series. Photo courtesy of Zhang Changhong. In the past decades, many Buddhist caves with exquisite murals have been found in Ngari, TAR, China which reflect the revival and flourishing of Buddhism in the remote western […]