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This book tells the many stories that are told about Shinto and the various denominations of Buddhism in Japan.  Full of magic and wonder, these stories explain the essentials of Japanese religions in easy-to-understand presentations.   Making Belief

Professor Cox will be presented with the Toshihide Numata Book Award on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the Jodo Shinshu Center (2140 Durant Ave., Berkeley). The award presentation will begin at 2 pm PST.

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Submit your application by July 31, 2025. https://www.bdk.or.jp/english/about/financial/fellowship-1.html The BDK Fellowship for Foreign Scholars was established in 1991, and it aims to promote international cooperation and mutual understanding in Buddhist studies, and is intended to enable researchers to engage in advanced research on Buddhism while in Japan. BDK Fellowship holders are affiliated with Japanese universities…

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Every year the faculty coordinators of Numata Programs at universities in the United States and Canada convene at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR).  This year the meeting was held in San Diego, California, and coordinators from UC Berkeley, Yale, Princeton, the Institute for Buddhist Studies, McMaster, McGill, Smith, Harvard, and UCLA,…

We are excited to share activities of BDK Japan and affiliates in 2024. English  

BDK America established the Toshihide Numata Book Award to recognize the best book published in any given year, and for 2024, the Award was presented to Matthew Kapstein, Professor Emeritus, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études and PSL Research University, Paris for his work, Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Cornell University Press). The Award Program…

McMaster University May 11-12, 2024 More than 20 Buddhist Studies scholars from across Canada gathered for a workshop at McMaster University to exchange ideas about research, teaching, graduate programs and collaborative opportunities.  Organized by the Centre for Buddhist Studies at McMaster University, the workshop was opened by Professor James Benn, Centre Director, and featured a keynote…

On May 7, 2024, BDK representatives visited Yale University to inaugurate a limited Numata Program in Buddhist Studies.  While the first Numata Program was established at UC Berkeley in 1984 and six other American universities have been added since then, BDK’s relationship with Yale goes back to the founding of the English Tripitaka Translation project in…