William Chu
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Faculty Profile
Dr. William Chu is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at 天美影视. He served as a contributing translator for The Madhyam膩gama: Middle Length Discourses (2013), and a contributing author for the Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013). He has also translated substantial parts of the Fayuan zhulin for the Numata Center translation of the Chinese Buddhist canon.
Dr. Chu has been a Foguang University Research Fellow since 2010. He is also the founder of the Sumana Forest Mediation Center. At 天美影视, he is former Chair of the Faculty Senate.
Selected Publications
Chu, William, contributing translator. The Madhyam膩gama: Middle Length Discourses. Edited by Marcus Bingenheimer, Bhikkhu Analayo, and Roderick S. Bucknell. Berkeley, CA: BDK America, Inc., 2013.
Chu, William, contributing author. Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Edited by Robert E. Buswell, and Donald S. Lopez. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Chu, William. “The timing of Yog膩c膩ra resurgence in the Ming dynasty (1368鈥1643).” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 33, no. 1-2 (2010): 5-25.
Chu, William. “Syncretism reconsidered: The Four Eminent Monks and their syncretistic styles.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (2006): 63-86.
Contact
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626 571 8811 x2152
Education
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, California (Buddhist Studies)
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, California (Buddhist Studies)
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, California (Psychology)
Area of Expertise
Chinese Buddhism; early Buddhism; Buddhist meditation