| The Rise of Guru Yoga in Twelfth-Century Tibet |
Zim Pickens looks at the origins of guru or lama worship in Tibet, introducing us to the Indian antecedents and the Tibetan emphasis on the role and status of the lama. |
Zim Pickens |
9 November, 2022 |
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| Treasure Hunting in the Philippine Islands (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Where to Look for the Missing Plunder of Pirates, Ghosts, Rebels, Fairies, Colonisers, and Dictators |
Piers Kelly |
3 November, 2022 |
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| Treasure Traditions in Greece (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
Charles Stewart's surveys the diversity of treasure traditions in Greece |
Charles Stewart |
3 November, 2022 |
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| 'Tibetanness' in Dharamsala - how does the youngest generation of artists define their identity? |
Paulina Koniuch introduces us to the latest Tibetan art trends in social media and how Tibetan identities are negotiated |
Paulina Koniuch |
28 October, 2022 |
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| Displacement: Tibetan Buddhist Contributions to the International Humanitarian Field |
Dr Kilby's talk explores Tibetan Buddhist perspectives on displacement that can inform the international humanitarian response to the displacement crisis |
Christina Kilby |
20 October, 2022 |
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| Dharmabhāṇakas, Siddhas, Avatārakasiddhas, and gTer stons (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This lecture offers a new look at the origins of Gter ma literature in an intertextual framework. |
Robert Mayer |
8 June, 2022 |
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| Early Explanations for the Appearance of Mahāyāna sūtras (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
A presentation looking at how early Mahayana sutras explain where they came from. |
David Drewes |
8 June, 2022 |
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| Revelation and Rediscovery: Early Medieval Indian Origin Myths of the Tantras (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
David Gray talks about revelatory or "treasure" texts from Indian and Tibetan perspectives in a comparative framework. |
David Gray |
6 May, 2022 |
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| Perfected Beings in Human Form: The Siddha Tradition in Śaiva Tantra (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
John Nemec's talk on the origin of siddha and its polysemic application in Sanskrit textual sources. |
John Nemec |
6 May, 2022 |
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| Thomas Newhall, ‘Partially in Accord with the Greater Vehicle: Reading the Four-Part Vinaya as a Mahāyāna text in Daoxuan's Commentaries’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Thomas Newhall |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Stephanie Balkwill, ‘Reading the Sūtra of the Unsullied Worthy Girl’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Stephanie Balkwill |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Reed Criddle, ‘Collective oral tradition in the musical recitation of the Medicine Buddha Sūtra’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Reed Criddle |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Rafal K. Stepien, ‘On Numen in Antinomianism, or Reading Religion in Irreligion’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Rafal K. Stepien |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Nic Newton, ‘Description, Visualisation, and Concatenation in the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Nic Newton |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Mikael Bauer, ‘Tracing the exoteric-esoteric in pre-modern Japanese Dharma Assemblies’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Mikael Bauer |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Gregory Adam Scott, ‘Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures in Modern China: The Role of Scriptural Presses, Distributors, and Buddhist Bookstores’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Gregory Adam Scott |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. David Drewes, ‘How Many Mahāyānas Were There?’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
David Drewes |
30 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. D.E. Osto, ‘Virtual Realities: A Mahāyāna Interpretation based on The Supreme Array Scripture’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
D. E. Osto |
29 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Charles DiSimone, ‘Identical Cousins? Insights on the Parallel Development of Prajñāpāramitā Families Gleaned from New Manuscript Discoveries in Greater Gandhāra’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Charles DiSimone |
29 March, 2022 |
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| Prof. Paul Harrison, Keynote: ‘Mahāyāna Sūtras: Reading As, Reading For, Reading Into’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Paul Harrison |
29 March, 2022 |
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| Dr. Berthe Jansen, ‘The Role of Indic Mahāyāna Scriptures in Tibetan Legal Texts’ |
Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures Conference, Sept 25-26, 2021 |
Berthe Jansen |
29 March, 2022 |
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| The Dharmabhāṇaka’s Body and the Ontologization of Authority (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series) |
This talk by Natalie Gummer explores the role of Dharmabhāṇaka – those who recite the Dharma – in Mahāyāna Sutras |
Natalie Gummer |
15 March, 2022 |
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| Medicine Mountains along the Himalayas: Healing, Trade, and Ecology |
The Greater Himalayas extend through many different kinds of community. This lecture considers several ‘medicine mountains’, particular mountains that fold society and ecology together, and explores them as a comparative category |
Will Tuladhar-Douglas |
25 May, 2021 |
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| Why Go on Pilgrimage? Geomancy and the Transformational Powers of Sacred Places in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon |
This presentation considers the association between pilgrimage and healing in Tibet through an exploration of the process whereby natural sites are imbued with meaning |
Charles Ramble |
25 May, 2021 |
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| Reading khrims Between the Lines: The Rise of Legality in 13th Century Central Tibet |
Daniel introduces us to the term khrims and looks at the “rise of legality” in 13th century Central Tibet. |
Daniel Wojahn |
25 May, 2021 |
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