Sri Sabhapati Swami, a nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri Sabhapati Swami (Śrī Sabhāpati Svāmī, Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, ca. 1828–1923/4), had a significant impact on the development of modern yoga as well as modern occultism yet whose historical context and literature remains little-understood. Sabhapati’s works introduced elements of Tamil Śaiva cosmology to North India (especially British Punjab and Bengal), and he pioneered a yogic system that—on the surface—anticipates one later popularized by Swami Vivekananda, about whom by contrast there are enough books...

Buddhism is a way of life, a philosophy, a psychology, a set of ethics, a religion, or a combination thereof. Central to the many ways Buddhism is understood is the achievement of emotional, mental, and psychological wellness. African Americans are at perpetual risk of psychological imbalance and trauma due to the social realities of racism in the United States.... Read more about Video: Black And Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom

On November 9th, CSWR resident Ching-ning Wang (Chang Shen), a research fellow and visiting faculty of the Women's Studies in Religion program and a Buddhist nun from Taiwan, gave a talk about her journey to become a nun... Read more about A Buddhist Nun from Taiwan Talks About Her Journey to Become a Nun

On Tuesday, March 22, in the CSWR Common Room, Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies at HDS, discussed her latest book, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet.

Also see HDS's interview with Professor Gyatso about her new book.