Academic session – Chinese University of Hongkong
A group of Chinese students attached to the Buddhist Studies programme of Chinese University of Hongkong, headed by professor Xueyu, went on a 10 days study tour to ancient Buddhist sites in the cultural triangle in Sri Lanka, held an academic session with the students of the Department of Buddhist Studies at the University of […]
Academic Seminar Series
Under the academic seminar series 2014 organized by the Buddhist Studies Unit, Professor Russell Bowden (PhD: Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya) delivered a speech on “The Tipitaka of the Pali Canon: Its Development and History from Pre-parinibbana to King Parakramabahu’s Unification of the Sangha” on 18th July, 2014 at M.B. […]
Donation of Books to Buddhist Studies Unit
Dr. ToshiIchi Endo, Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hongkong, Center for Buddhist Studies, donated a collection of about one thousand volumes of Buddhist academic works to A Buddhist Studies Unit, University of Colombo. The collection includes a set of Pali commentaries in Thai script and many other rare and valuable works […]