The 13th MaMa Charitable Foundation Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies
The Interrelationship Between the Texts, Images, and Rituals in Mongolian Buddhism
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| Speaker: | Prof. Vesna A. Wallace The 13th MaMa Charitable Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong |
| Time: | Lecture 1 - Nov 16, 2025 (Sun) | 3:00-5:00 pm Lecture 2 - Nov 18, 2025 (Tue) | 7:15-9:00 pm Lecture 3 - Nov 21, 2025 (Fri) | 7:15-9:00 pm |
| Venue: | The University of Hong Kong |
Lecture Abstract
This series of lectures seeks to demonstrate the complexity of entanglements among the text, ritual, and imagery and how Buddhist texts, rituals, and images serve as important vehicles in the transmission and preservation of Buddhist culture and religious practice. The lectures include different perspectives on ritual techniques of visualization, imagination, and visual material culture to illuminate the efficacious power of linguistic, mental, and material imagery in shaping a religious experience. The lectures will also examine how Buddhist texts, images, and rituals communicate the individual and communal realities through mental, verbal, and physical activity imbued by symbols and metaphors that can be assertive and at times subversive.
About the speaker
Vesna A. Wallace is a Distinguished University Professor of South Asian and Inner Asian Buddhist Traditions in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. She has authored over 90 publications, including eight books, in addition to two books that are currently in press, and numerous articles and book chapters on diverse aspects of Indian and Mongolian Buddhist traditions. She is also an Affiliate Faculty in Translation Studies Program and in Medical Humanities and Disabilities Program at UCSB. She serves on many international editorial and advisory boards and is currently the Executive Director of Mongolia Foundation in the U.S.
Conduct in English | Free Admission | All are Welcome
Limited Seats | First Come First Served
Enquiry: hkucbs@hku.hk
Organizer: HKU Centre of Buddhist Studies
Sponsor: MaMa Charitable Foundation
