Dear friends and colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the upcoming online lecture series “Studies in Buddhist Monastic Cultures,” organized by the Vihāra Project in collaboration with the department for South Asian Studies and Indology of the Martin-Luther University Halle Wittenberg.
To participate, please register for free under the following links:
March 16: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvf-itpjIiHNFo44whGNTXBLLuK9rw6Roe
March 23: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd-ygqTgjG91dBlJLr8ExJZDx3H9qNzVM
Please see the attached flyer for details, including abstracts of the individual presentations.
With best wishes,
Philipp Maas
March 16, 2022 (Wed.) 09:00–12:00 (CET) / 17:00–20:00 (JST)
09:00–09:10 |
Opening Address, TAIKEN KYUMA, Mie University, Faculty of Humanities, Law and Economics Opening Address, SATOSHI OGURA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute of Languages |
09:10–10:10 |
New Perspectives on Late Indian Buddhism, and Our Methods for Understanding It, from a Nālandā Inscription by a Lineage from Somapura Mahāvihāra CHARLYN EDWARDS |
10:10–10:25 |
Questions and Answers, Discussant: ANNETTE SCHMIEDCHEN |
10:25–10:45 |
Break |
10:45–11:45 |
Spatial and Somatic Aspects of Early Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Meditations PHILIPP MAAS |
11:45–12:00 |
Questions and Answers, Discussant: Jowita Kramer |
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvf-itpjIiHNFo44whGNTXBLLuK9rw6Roe |
March 23, 2022 (Wed.) 09:00–12:00 (CET) / 17:00–20:00 (JST)
9:00–09:10 |
Introduction, TAIKEN KYUMA, Mie University, Faculty of Humanities, Law and Economics Welcome Address, OTTFRIED FRAISSE, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Oriental Institute, Seminar for Jewish Studies |
09:10–10:10 |
Evidence of Buddhism in 15th-Century Eastern India: Dated Colophons of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Old Bengali Script SHIN’ICHIRŌ HORI |
10:10–10:25 |
Questions and Answers, Discussant: TAIKEN KYUMA |
10:25–10:45 |
Break |
10:45–11:45 |
Buddhist Monasteries to the South of the Tianshan Mountains in the 5th-8th Centuries CE CHAO-JUNG CHING, Kyoto University |
11:45–12:00 |
Questions and Answers, Discussant: YUKIYO KASAI Closing Address, PHILIPP MAAS |
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd-ygqTgjG91dBlJLr8ExJZDx3H9qNzVM |