Hilary Term 2012 Lecture Series

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We have a wide and varied range of subjects coming up in this term's lecture series.  Full details below

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16 Jan Dr Sarah Shaw: “Unfolding the Buddha’s teachings: chant, image and text in an eighteenth-century Siamese manuscript”

23 Jan  Prof Geoffrey Samuel:“Panentheism and the Longevity Practices of Tibetan Buddhism”

30 Jan  Dr Jowita Kramer:"Contamination and Purification of the Person according to Yogācāra Sources"

6 Feb  Mr Alastair Gornall:"How is the Pali Canon a Sacred Text?  Exploring Answers from 12th Century Sri Lanka and 18th Century Burma."

13 Feb  Mr Charles Allen: “Asoka and the development of the Cakravartin image.”

20 Feb Dr Robert Mayer: “Neither the Same nor Different: Buddhist and Bon Tantras in 12th Century Tibet”

27 Feb  Mr Justin Whitaker: “Wriggling Eels in the Wilderness of Views: Studies in Buddhist Ethics.”

5 March Mr Greg Seton: "Are Yogācāra and Madhyamaka Allies or Rivals?"

 

All lectures will be held in Balliol Lecture Room XXIII at 5.30.

We are grateful to Dr. Thet Thet Nwe for her generous sponsorship of the OCBS Lecture Series.

 

 

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