Friday, September 1 through Saturday, September 30

University Libraries' Exhibits in Honor of the Visit to UB of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Tuesday, September 19 from 8:00 a.m., check library hours below for exceptions and closing times.
Architecture & Planning, Health Sciences, Law, Lockwood, and Undergraduate libraries & Special Collections

The University Libraries is proud to host a wide range of exhibits in September to celebrate the visit by His Holiness to the University. All exhibits – on display in the Architecture & Planning, Health Sciences, Law, Lockwood, and Undergraduate libraries and Special Collections -- are free and open to the public.

• For exhibit information, and online exhibits and special features, visit http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/Dalai_Lama

• For library hours, visit http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/hours/

• For maps to campus libraries, visit http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/about/maps/

Using a wealth of images and texts, and objects loaned by University at Buffalo faculty, staff and community members, the exhibits explore the life and thought of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan history, religion, medicine, music, law, architecture, culture, and the development of Western geographic notions of Central Asia and Tibet across time.

Several members of the UB community have provided special items for the exhibits. Dr. Richard Lee and Susan Lee have loaned rare maps and other materials; Tibetan legal manuscripts donated to the Law Library in 2004 by Dr. Rebecca French are on display; a variety of items have been loaned by Dr. Stephen Dunnett, the UB Tibetan Graduate Student Association, Janice Nersinger, and area community member Martin McGee. Some objects related to Tibetan medicine are on loan from Rochester's Amitabha Foundation and posters and books have been donated by Snow Lion Publications.

Special features include a computer-displayed video in Lockwood Library, which presents excerpts from a lecture on the Dalai Lama by His Holiness’ principal English-language translator and interpreter Dr. Thupten Jinpa and a computer-displayed-video in the Undergraduate Library, which presents an interview with University at Buffalo Tibetan graduate student Kunchok Youdon. The photographs of award-winning photojournalist Alison Wright are featured in the Lockwood Library exhibit. In addition, a Web site on Tibetan musical genres and musical instruments identifies articles, books, sound recordings, and Web sites.

For additional information, pick up a brochure at one of the campus libraries or visit http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/Dalai_Lama/.

• The Dalai Lama: His Life and Thought
  Lockwood Memorial Library, North Campus

  Who is the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet? What experiences shaped his life? Why was he awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989? Why do millions read his books and why do so many find strength and solace in His Holiness' teachings? What are the essential teachings of Tibetan Buddhism? Using excerpts from primary and secondary texts, the commentary of diverse individuals, a contextual chronology, a wealth of images, and a diversity of objects -- this exhibit will help you answer these questions. As you walk through this exhibit, you will learn about Tibetan Buddhism, the contemporary history of Tibet, and His Holiness' thoughts on a variety of subjects. The video of a portion of a lecture on the Dalai Lama by his principal English-language interpreter and translator Dr. Thupten Jinpa is a special feature. Dr. Jinpa speaks on His Holiness with insight, knowledge, intimacy, and passion.

• Tibet: A Natural and Cultural History
  Oscar A. Silverman Undergraduate Library, Capen Hall, North Campus

  The geography and natural environment of Tibet and her people and everyday Tibetan life are explored through objects, clothing, photographs, and text. The video of an interview with University at Buffalo Tibetan graduate student Kunchok Youdon is a special feature. Before coming to UB Ms. Youdon worked for the Central Tibetan Administration (i.e. the Tibetan government-in-exile) in Dharamsala, India.

• Discovering Tibet: The Development of Western Notions of Central Asia and Tibet
  Special Collections, Capen Hall, North Campus (4th floor, use elevators in the Undergraduate Library)

  UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences professor Richard V. Lee, M.D. and his wife, Susan B. Lee, have loaned rare maps and other materials for the exhibit located in the Special Collections Research Room. Maps in the exhibit range from a 16th-century woodblock map of Asia, the first of the continent; to 17th-century Dutch maps showing roads used for the north-south Silk Road commerce; to 19th-century maps of increasing detail as travelers explored the region.

• Tibetan Architecture: A Response to Environment, Religion, and Culture
  Architecture & Planning Library, Hayes Hall, South Campus

  In this exhibit text and a diversity of images are used to explore the unique nature of Tibetan architecture. Although Tibetan architecture has been influenced by the architecture of India, China, and Nepal, Tibet has developed its own characteristic architecture in response to geography, climate, geology, and most importantly, the Buddhist religion, which dictates building orientation, planning, design, and decoration.

• gSoba Rig-pa (Tibetan Medicine): A Healing Science
  Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall, South Campus

  This exhibit includes an introduction to Tibetan medicine, its history, the training of physicians, traditional herbal medicine, the spiritual dimensions of healing, and the iconography of the Medicine Buddha. Tibetan medical instruments and other items loaned by Rochester’s Amitabha Foundation are on display.

• Tibetan Legal Manuscripts
  Charles B. Sears Law Library, O'Brian Hall, North Campus

  UB Law School professor Rebecca R. French collected Tibetan legal manuscripts while researching The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet (Cornell University Press, 1995). She donated these manuscripts in 2004 to the Charles B. Sears Law Library. Several of the manuscripts are displayed and explained.

• Law, Buddhism, and Social Change: A Conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama
  Charles B. Sears Law Library, O'Brian Hall, North Campus

  The Library’s exterior display case features material on the scholarly conference -- "Law, Buddhism and Social Change: A Conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama" -- to be held in the Law Library on September 20-21.

*Times and locations may be subject to change

Cost: Free