Welcome! This website is designed to bring more diverse voices into our conversations about Buddhism and health. It is a repository of pedagogical resources and a conversation-starter for teaching about global Buddhisms, medical pluralism, and the intersections between religion and health.
Explore our projects below…
Global Buddhist Medicine
A global map of Buddhist medicine institutions, visualizing the role that Buddhist institutions play in contributing to health and wellness globally.
Project active 2022–present. Now accepting submissions! By student researchers around the world.
Project Philadelphia
A multimedia ethnography and documentary film project exploring the role of Buddhist institutions, practices, and cultural orientations in the healthcare landscape of a diverse American city.
Project active 2015-2020. By Pierce Salguero, Lan A. Li, and research students.
Webinars & Symposia
Periodic scholarly events related to Buddhist medicine, with bibliographies and pedagogical resources.
- Buddhism & Breath Summit (2021) by Frances Garrett and Pierce Salguero.
- Buddhism in Pandemic resources (2020) by Pierce Salguero, Brooke Schedneck, Jeff Wilson, and Daigengna Rosin Duoer.