Dharma friends, The last and final Abuse, Sex, and the Sangha conversation is this Sat, 3:30-5pm Eastern. Carol Merchasin will discuss "Sexual Misconduct and Legal Liability." eventbrite.com/e/abuse-sex-an…

Join me for a conversation with Sonam Kachru (Bsod Nams) on his new book, Other Lives: Mind and World in Indian Buddhism. Tomorrow evening, 5pm Pacific. eventbrite.com/e/other-lives-…

I'm really looking forward to teaching this course on Buddhism and the Imagination starting in January: mangalamresearch.org/imagination-co… If you are interested in the topic and teach in higher ed, consider applying for the related NEH summer Institute sibi.mangalamresearch.org

Join me this Thursday (5pm Pacific) for a conversation on time and the narrative imagination in Mahāyāna sūtras with Natalie Gummer. eventbrite.com/e/sutra-time-w…

Something fun for the end of the year: A Buddhist Rock Opera? Join me for a conversation with Martin Adam on December 16th-- Buddhist pop songs will be heard! scenes from the play will be performed! eventbrite.com/e/buddhist-stu…

"Buddhism and the Imagination" starts next week : ) Scholarships still available (message me) and a 10% discount code: HELLO2022. Looking forward to sharing my favorite work on this topic!

Buddhist Studies folks: I'm looking to interviewing Andy Rotman on Hungry Ghosts and the Karma of Meanness next Thurs! 5-6:30pm Pacific. Hope you can join us! eventbrite.com/e/hungry-ghost…

Tomorrow night, 8pm eastern- conversation with Andy Rotman on Hungry Ghosts : ) eventbrite.com/e/hungry-ghost…

Applications for the NEH Summer Institute (June 12-24, Berkeley), "The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds int he Mirror of Buddhism" due March 1. Open to all faculty and advanced grad students in higher ed: sibi.mangalamresearch.org

Hi, Everybody, My friend and colleague, Martin Adam is almost at the kickstarter goal for putting on the production of "What the Buddha Never Taught" -- A buddhist rock opera! Donate if you can and/or purchase a ticket for the livestream: kickstarter.com/projects/21724…

Hi, Friends, Join me this Thursday (5pm PDT) for a conversation with Paul Harrison about the new translation of the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa from the Sanskrit he completed with Luis Gómez. eventbrite.com/e/translating-…

Religious studies folks, I'd like to invite you to a public panel on "Religion and the Imagination" with Jeff Kripal, Laurie Patton and Elliot Wolfson on June 15, at 9:30am Pacific-- part of an NEH Summer Institute on Buddhism and the Imagination. eventbrite.com/e/religion-and…

Hi, All, Join me next Monday for a conversation with Dan Capper about Buddhism and Climate change (7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific). Registration is free through Eventbrite- eventbrite.com/e/buddhism-and…

Berkeley friends: Natalie Gummer will be giving a talk on reading Mahāyāna Sūtras on Monday, March 13th, 6-7:30pm at Mangalam Research Center in Berkeley. Details and registration through Eventbrite (free, donations welcome). Please share: eventbrite.com/e/reading-as-r…

Buddhist and Buddhist studies friends, this should be a fun conversation on the history of Buddhist elemental thought and practice-- next Tuesday at 3pm. eventbrite.com/e/buddhist-ele…

Join me for this conversation with Steve Beyer (author of "The Cult of Tara") on Monday (October 23, 6pm EDT) on the visionary worlds of Tibetan Buddhism and Mestizo shamanism, plant medicine, and peacemaking eventbrite.com/e/a-conversati…

Does mind extend beyond the brain? Does consciousness end at death? How can we understand the phenomenon of Tibetan masters who remain in meditation after death (tukdam)? Join MRC for a special series of conversations on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" this May: i.mtr.cool/cmrfhvsqhy

⚡Starting next week ⚡join MRC for a FREELY OFFERED series of talks with leading scholars on mind beyond brain and body, children who remember previous lives, Buddhist views on rebirth, and the fascinating phenomenon of tukdam (postmortem meditation)!  i.mtr.cool/dgaxhrakug

Hi, Friends, I'm giving talk on May 23! I hope you can come to it and any of the other talks in this series on "Mind, Death, & Rebirth" hosted by MRC: eventbrite.com/e/karma-death-…

Don't miss this free talk with Prof. Ralph Craig III (Whitman College) this Friday! eventbrite.com/e/praising-and… Ralph will also be teaching Sanskrit for MRC starting October 1-- more details here: mangalamresearch.org/language-progr…