Donation of the 20-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts to the Library of the Asien-Afrika-Institut & Forum on Buddhist Art in the Contemporary World

7 December 2018

Donation of the 20-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts to the Library of the Asien-Afrika-Institut & Forum on Buddhist Art in the Contemporary World

December 7, 2018, 14 – 17 h.

The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies cordially invites you to an afternoon together with the  Fo Guang Shan Monastery. 
Celebrate with us the donation of the 20-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts to the library of the Asien-Afrika-Institut. After a break with tea and snacks we invite you to be part of the  Forum on Buddhist Art in the Contemporary World.  

Part 1:  14:00 – 14:30 h:
Introduction and Donation Ceremony
Speakers from Hamburg University and Fo Guang Shan Monastery (Berlin, London)

Tea Break

Part 2: 15:30 – 17:00 h:
Forum on Buddhist Art in the Contemporary World
Short Presentations by the President and Members of the London Buddhist Research Study Group

The 20-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts, published by Fo Guang Shan in March 2013, is the first great modern-day compendium of the world’s Buddhist arts. Comprising four volumes on Buddhist architecture, five on grottoes, four on Buddhist sculpture, three on painting, one on crafts, one on calligraphy and seals, one on biographies, plus an index, the Encyclopedia contains almost 3.8 million Chinese characters of texts and more than 15,000 pictures. The complete volume is essentially a compendium that fills a gap in Taiwanese publications on Buddhist arts, and its gift to the library would no doubt benefit researchers and students in the realm of Buddhist arts.

Organizer: Numata-Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde der Universität Hamburg

Location: Universität Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Main Building, Akademischer Senatssaal

The flyer can be found here.