DIRI Update

The Gandhari Manuscripts Project (GMP) was launched in 2019 at the University of Sydney (USYD) in Australia. After parallel agreements were signed, the GMP project officially commenced on December 20, 2022 when an agreement between the Department of Archeology and Museum (DOAM), Pakistan and the University of Sydney (USYD) was signed at the Islamabad Museum. The MoU between the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) and USYD had been signed earlier...Read More

The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University are pleased to invite all interested parties to a workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions, hosted at the Faculty of Divinity and virtually on April 28th and 29th 2023. The workshop aims to bring together scholars and experts worldwide to share their research on meditative visual experiences in various Buddhist traditions, including Theravāda,...Read More

Professor David Murdoch, Vice-Chancellor and Professor Will Sweetman, Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago signed the Memorandum of understanding with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) of New Zealand and Australia. Phra Maha Dr Sudham Suratano, the new chairman of DIRI promised to maintain and continue the strong relationship with the Religious Programme as the Most Venerable Sudhamo, the previous chairman of DIRI, who...Read More

An international Buddhist research centre has opened in Dunedin, enabling academic links with the University of Otago to be further developed. The Dhammachai International Research Institute of New Zealand and Australia, which is housed in the former BNZ building at the corner of London and Pitt Sts, was formally opened earlier this month. The independent research centre is funded by the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of Australia and New Zealand,...Read More

To give the teachings of the Buddha is the most precious gift a Buddhist can offer. For that reason, staff at the University of Otago felt fortunate and thrilled to receive a copy of the Tipitaka (Buddhist scriptures) from the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation of New Zealand and Australia on Thursday. University theology and religion lecturer Dr Will Sweetman said the original Tipitaka is written in Pali, an Indian language...Read More