[INDOLOGY] Webinar Lecture: Paul Thomas, “Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism”

[Nemec, John William (jwn3y)]

Dear Colleagues,

All are welcome for this important webinar lecture at Oxford University.

-John

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Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Centre, Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

The Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet seminar applies interdisciplinary approaches to the person of Padmasambhava, in history, myth, and ritual. Additional focuses are the regions of Kashmir, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet, and their mutual religious, intellectual, cultural, economic, and political interactions through the tantric era.


Wednesday June 18th, 5-6pm BST
On Zoom: https://bit.ly/treasureseminar


Paul Thomas, PhD

Title: “Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism”

Abstract:  “As I argue in my recent PhD dissertation, it is probable that Indian Tantric Śaivism exerted a direct influence onto Tibetan rDzogs chen in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.  In this talk I will discuss two related elements of this crossover: peculiar tripartite lineage schemes, and revelation and transmission in particular cremation ground settings.”

Bio: "Paul Thomas, Ph.D. is an Associate Translator at 84000 (84000.co<http://84000.co/>), a project to translate the entire Tibetan Buddhist canon into English.  As part of the project, he is currently working on a translation into English of the main Indian Kālacakra commentary, the Vimalaprabhā.  He recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and his thesis explores the intersections among the Kālacakra, Tantric Śaivism, and Dzogchen in India and Tibet during the tenth to the thirteenth centuries."


Forthcoming sessions:


Michaelmas Term 2025

October 8th Ben Bogin “Padmasambhava and the Copper-Colored Mountain”.

November 5th Sam van Schaik ”The Spells Attributed to Padmasambhava in the Ba ri be'u ‘bum.”

November 12th Dylan Esler “Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy.”

December 3rd Dorji Wangchuk “Were Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra de facto Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavādins?”

December 10th Lewis Doney “Khri Srong lde brtsan and Padmasambhava”.


Convenors:
Cathy Cantwell, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
Robert Mayer, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
Yunyao Zhai, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University


Website:
https://thsc.web.ox.ac.uk/padmasambhava-uddiyana-and-tibet-seminar-series





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John Nemec, Ph.D.
Professor of Indian Religions and South Asian Studies
Department of Religious Studies
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University of Virginia
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