Mangalam Research Center

Please join us on Zoom for Annabella Pitkin's talk on the poems of Khunu Lama, known for inspiring His Holiness the Dalai Lama (among others) in challenging times. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-other-medicine-help-in-hard-times-from-the-poems-of-khunu-lama-tickets-1986228241137?aff=oddtdtcreator

How did an 18th century nun rely on the dharma to navigate destruction and revive community? Join us for Alison Melnick Dyer's talk, Tuesday April 21, 4-5:30 pm PT on Zoom. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebuilding-after-disaster-an-18th-c-nuns-perspective-tickets-1986268211690?aff=oddtdtcreator

At a time when democratic norms and values are weakening, what might Ambedkar's Buddhist approach offer to the renewal of democratic life? Join us for a talk by William Edelglass in our series on How to Live in Hard Times: Examples from Buddhist Lives, on Zoom, April 14, 4-5:30 PT (link in comments).

Please join us for an in-person (only) Sanskrit reading seminar with scholar-in-residence, Davey Tomlinson, in Berkeley, Mon, Mar 30, 3-4:30 pm PT.

Please join us for a workshop on Tools for Translating Sanskrit Buddhist Texts with scholar-in-residence Davey Tomlinson, Tuesday, March 31 (4-5:30 pm PT), both online and in-person. Link in comment.

Please join us for scholar-in-residence Davey Tomlinson's talk on Varieties of Non-Dualism in Late Indian Yogācāra, Wednesday, April 1 (5:30-7 pm PT), in Berkeley and online. Link in comments

Come join us for this in-person workshop that "explores how imaginal capacities of mind are mobilized via specific Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices across the thresholds of sleeping, dreaming, and waking." More info and (free) registration: https://www.mangalamresearch.org/lucid-dreaming-lucid-waking-tibetan-buddhist-imaginal-practices/

Please join us online for Janet Gyatso's talk on how to promote interspecies justice, Tue Mar 3 4-5:30 PT, in our series on Buddhist Approaches to the Natural World: Resources for a Time of Global Climate Change. https://www.mangalamresearch.org/buddhist-approaches-to-the-natural-world/

Please join us on Friday, February 27th, 5-6:30 pm PDT, when acclaimed poet and scholar, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, will read from her new collection of poems that draw on Buddhist ideas and postcolonial ways of knowing. Registration (recommended) in the comments.

Practice of Creativity Event: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa - Reading & Reception Acclaimed poet and scholar will read from new work that draws (among other things) on Buddhist ideas and postcolonial ways of knowing.

Distressed & distracted by worldly affairs? Join us for How to Live in Hard Times: Examples from Buddhist Lives. In this third talk in our series, Kurtis Schaeffer will present on the supports of nature and solitude in the work of Shakya Rinchen. Links to attend on Zoom on our website: https://www.mangalamresearch.org/how-to-live-in-hard-times/

State of the world overwhelming? Join us for the second talk in our series on How to Live in Hard Times: Examples from Buddhist Lives on Wed, Jan 21: 4-5:30 pm. Steven Heine will speak about Dogen's approach to the personal and political upheaval of his day. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-a-moment-spent-idly-dogens-approach-to-personal-political-upheaval-tickets-1964596501020?aff=oddtdtcreator