The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan with José I. Cabezón, Dalai Lama Professor Emeritus, UC, Santa Barbara

Please join us for a public talk
Friday, May 10, 2024 at 6:00pm PDT
The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan with José I. Cabezón
Dalai Lama Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara

Pakistan is today a Muslim country, and it has been so for nearly a thousand years. But before that, Buddhism thrived in the area known today as Pakistan, especially in the regions of Gandhara, Gilgit, and Baltistan. This lecture explores the Buddhist heritage of Pakistan through a virtual tour of some of its most important Buddhist sites, with examples of the exquisite art of Gandhara found in Pakistan’s major museums. (banner photo: Amluk Dara – Pakistan)

José Ignacio Cabezón is Research Professor and Dalai Lama Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The recipient of many awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019, and served as president of the American Academy of Religion in 2020. The author of numerous books and articles, his latest book, Sera Monastery (Wisdom Publications, 2019), is the most comprehensive history of a Tibetan monastery in a Western language.