Business and belief among Han Chinese practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism

CAS Speaker Series. Presentation by John Osburg, Department of Anthropology at the University of Rochester. This talk is based on an ethnographic study of a group of wealthy, urban Han Chinese who have become followers of Tibetan Buddhism and patrons of reincarnated lamas and charismatic Tibetan monks. Osburg will examine the sources of the appeal of Tibetan Buddhism for wealthy Han and the range of ways in which they integrate Buddhist principles and ritual practice into their lives. Friday, April 22, 3:30 p.m., Guggenheim 205, CU-Boulder.