Paul Fuller
@buddhismviews.bsky.social
Lecturer in Buddhist Studies in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, UK. .
Buddhist monks rally in Sri Lanka to pressure the government for a wider role in affairs of state www.independent.co.uk/news/sri-lan...
Buddhist monks rally in Sri Lanka to pressure the government for a wider role in affairs of state
Hundreds of Buddhist monks have rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition that they be consulted in mat...
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Paul Fuller@buddhismviews.bsky.social · 2y agoMSc in Buddhist Studies at the University of Edinburgh: shorturl.at/tT704
Are you interested in our undergraduate Religion, Culture, and Society (MA)? 🤔 Watch our latest video with Dr Paul Fuller as he explains all the ins and outs of this exciting programme 🎥👇 edin.ac/4qQD3QG
With Paul Williams and Rupert Gethin, two of the greatest Buddhist Studies scholars of their generation, at the launch of our felicitation volume honouring Rupert's work.
An incredibly important article by @amyparis.bsky.social and Ann Gleig: 'Listening for and to survivors of sexual abuse and misconduct in Buddhism' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Listening for and to survivors of sexual abuse and misconduct in Buddhism
Survivors of sexual abuse and misconduct in Buddhist contexts are routinely dismissed, vilified, and silenced when they attempt to speak out about their experience. But their stories must be heard,...
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In Vancouver last week celebrating @buddhistdoor.bsky.social 30th anniversary. We talked about a range of subjects including eco-Buddhism and AI and Buddhism @uoedivinity.bsky.social.
A wonderful new book is being published in January exploring the spiritual and religious inspirations of David Bowie: ‘David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God.’ It’s very well written, and immaculately researched: @manmademoon.bsky.social, @davidbowienews.bsky.social, shorturl.at/rxKrD
Out now! Bringing together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume, 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies' advances scholarship and celebrates Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to the field. Learn more: bit.ly/44mICM6
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NEW BOOK> Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies: Engaging the Scholarship of Rupert Gethin | H-Net
We are delighted to announce the publication of Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies: Engaging the Scholarship of Rupert Gethin (Bloomsbury). It’s edited by Paul Fuller and Indaka Weerasekera a...
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Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor
The spiritual leader has said his inner circle of monks will find an heir, but China believes the choice is in its hands
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Paul Fuller@buddhismviews.bsky.social · 2y agoMSc in Buddhist Studies at the University of Edinburgh: shorturl.at/tT704
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Sri Lanka Buddhists overwhelm city in bid to see sacred tooth
Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities to stay away on Thursday after four people died and hundreds fell sick while in lengthy queues.Officials estimated there...
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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...
A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also devastating for monks, many of whom died under the rubble of collapsed mona...
nytimes.com
Our festschrift for Rupert Gethin 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies: Engaging the Scholarship of Rupert Gethin' will be published in August. We hope it's a fitting tribute to Rupert's work. It includes a brilliant Foreword by Charles Hallisey: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mind-text...
Myanmar junta accused of blocking aid for earthquake victims as airstrikes continue www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Myanmar junta accused of blocking aid for earthquake victims as airstrikes continue
Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in areas controlled by resistance groups
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Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’
New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of Tibet
theguardian.com
not my tomorrow: reclaiming the future from the technofascists A Buddhist critique of tech run amuck: AI, TESCREAL, and the lie that a bunch of nazis in Silicon Valley get to tell us what the future is. Online event, 1 March (2 March in Oz), join here:
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What the dead, the uncanny and the monstrous tell us about human nature theconversation.com/what-the-dea...
What the dead, the uncanny and the monstrous tell us about human nature
A scholar of Tibetan Buddhism discusses how she challenges her students to rethink their preconceived notions of death, the afterlife and the concept of the ‘other.’
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