In contemporary academia, the study of Buddhism and the translation of Buddhist texts are often treated as disciplines separate from the practice of Buddhism as a path to awakening. In this talk, Catherine will explore how integrating the study of Buddhism and the translation of its texts with committed experiential training can lead to a […]
The talk will discuss how ancient Buddhist authors approached words and their meanings, how they documented meanings, and whether they did conventional lexicography or did away with it. The talk will be restricted to Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist texts and to the Sanskrit lexicographical tradition. Time: 1:00 pm India Standard Time. (7 am UTC)
本次講座，主要在介紹中國隋唐時代的佛學裡面，其中的兩個主要佛教宗派的思想特色與要點，亦即：天台佛學與法相唯識佛學的要點與特色。內容將圍繞在這兩個中國佛教宗派佛學的義理思想與其學說特點，嘗試進行扼要概括與儘量全面完整的說明。以期提供漢傳佛教給予人類思想的貢獻與特殊意義！ This lecture primarily introduces the key philosophical characteristics and points of two major Buddhist schools during the Sui and Tang dynasties in China: Tiantai Buddhism and the Faxiang (Chinese Yogācāra) School. The content will focus on the doctrines and distinctive features of these two Chinese Buddhist schools, providing a concise yet comprehensive explanation of […]
Buddhist writers made significant or even earliest known contributions to several areas of Sanskrit literature, including court epic, mixed prose and verse, drama, and anthology. Did Buddhist scholars make any intervention in the Sanskrit theory of aesthetics? This talk will turn to the aesthetics of disgust as a point of departure. It will be shown […]
During the times of the Tibetan empire, the earliest records that catalogued Buddhist scriptures, predominantly translated from Sanskrit to Tibetan, played a crucial role in preserving and classifying many of the texts currently found in the Tibetan Buddhist canons. The empire’s adoptation of Buddhism was inseparable from the project of religious conversion and the bureaucratic […]
The Jokhang temple in Lhasa is home to the Jowo Shakyamuni statue. Together, the temple and the image embody the most sacred site of Buddhism in Tibet and the divine nature of the seat of Tibet’s Buddhist government in Lhasa. “Jowo” in Tibetan—or “Juu” in Mongolian—refers specifically to the Buddha Shakyamuni. At the end of […]
Rinpoche will give a one-hour talk online for the Centre for the Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on January 17 at 4:00 pm Hong Kong time. YouTube Livestream English only. Please attend the talk on YouTube if you don't require interpretation. Join on Zoom: Zoom 1 […]
Zen enthralled the world throughout much of the twentieth century, and Zen studies became a major academic discipline in its wake. Interpreted through the lens of Japanese Zen and its reaction to events in the modern world, Zen studies incorporated a broad range of Zen-related movements in the Asian Buddhist world, ranging from India to […]
