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The UBI Research Center's Support for the Contemplative Education Network

The UBI Study Center is one of the supporters of the newly founded Contemplative Education Network (CEN), an international network created to foster [...]

Spring Hybrid Lecture Series 2025 A Lecture Series at “L’Orientale” University in Naples

The Study Centre of the Italian Buddhist Union renews its commitment to supporting education and research in Buddhist [...]

Buddhism 2075: On April 25 in Vienna, a Public Conference for the 50th Anniversary of the European Buddhist Union

On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the European Buddhist Union (EBU) invites the Buddhist community and interested members of the public to reflect [...]

RELIGIONS AND MEDITATION – Study Day December 13, 2024

“Religions and Meditation” is a study day scheduled for Friday, December 13, 2024, starting at 4:30 p.m., at the [...]

October 1st: Lecture by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin at La Sapienza University

October 1st: Lecture by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin at La Sapienza University We are pleased to announce that Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, [...]

PhD Program in Religion, Culture, and Public Life (ReCuPL): Call for applications now open – deadline: September 2, 2024

The ReCuPL PhD program, a collaborative initiative founded by the University of Padova (Italy), the Catholic [...]

MindScience Academy (MSA) – Exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness between contemplation and science

Altered states, or non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC), open a window into dimensions of the mind often [...]

What happens to the brain when we meditate – A study by the University of Pisa conducted at the Tibetan Monastic University of Sera Jey in India

A research by the University of Pisa, published in Frontiers in Psychology in the Consciousness Research section, investigates [...]

Pre-enrolment open for the 2024-25 Padova University Postgraduate Program in “Contemplative Studies. Meditation from ancient traditions to contemporary age”

The third edition of the Postgraduate Program in Contemplative Studies at the University of Padova will begin [...]

PhD scholarship on Buddhist and Tibetan Studies – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has announced a PhD scholarship on Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, co-funded by the PNRR and the Italian Buddhist [...]

Lecture at NICHE | Janet Gyatso – Practices of Being-With Animals

NICHE | Annual Lecture 2024 – April 30, 2024 – 5:00 PM Janet Gyatso – Harvard Divinity School Practices of [...]

The Frontiers of Meditation Research – An Extraordinary Conference

The international conference “Embodied Cognition and Intersubjectivity in Uncertain Times: Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Contemplative [...]

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