Bapst Library Receives Multi Volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts

In January 2018, Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Cambridge donated a 22 volume English Language Encyclopedia of Buddhist Art to the Boston College Libraries.  The Fo Guang Shan Temple congregation has 250 temples around the world and this encyclopedia represents the collective 12-years long effort of many monks and scholars.  The encyclopedia has nearly 10, 000 entries, over 14, 000 pictures, and appears to be the first comprehensive reference collection of Buddhist art in the world.   This gift was enthusiastically welcomed by Fine Arts, Theology, and Asian Studies faculty as a valuable and much needed addition to the Boston College Libraries’ collection on Buddhism.  Chris Strauber, Julie Hughes, and Fine Arts faculty Aurelia Campbell accepted the gift on January 28^th at the Fo Guang Shan Temple.