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Text, Translation, and Transmission
Center for Buddhist Studies Conference
October 19-20, 2007
Alumni House |
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| For a detailed schedule, see University of California, Berkeley, Center for Buddhist Studies (http://ieas.berkeley.edu/numataconference) website. |
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| Friday, October 19th |
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| 9:30-11:45 am |
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Translating Buddhist Doctrine
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Alexander von Rospatt - UC Berkeley
Dan Arnold (Chicago)
"Translation and/as the Understanding of Buddhist Philosophy"
Parimal Patil (Harvard)
“A Buddhist Historiography for Buddhist Philosophy ”
Shoryu Katsura (Ryukoku)
“A Shift of Buddhist Logic from Dignaga to Dharmakirti”
Leslie Kawamura (Calgary)
"Translation of Yogacara Buddhism: Chinese, Tibetan and Sanskrit Texts" |
| 11:45 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch
[Bechtel Room, Alumni House] |
| 1:00-2:30 pm |
Early Buddhist Literatures
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Richard Payne - Institute of Buddhist Studies
Michael Zimmermann (Hamburg)
"The Pierced Foot: The Transformation of an Episode from the Buddha's Life"
Phyllis Granoff (Yale)
“Birds, Babes, and Bodhisattvas: Truth and Fiction in the Life of the Buddha”
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| 2:30-3:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:00-4:30 pm |
Compiling Newar Buddhist Texts
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Lisa Grumbach - Institute of Buddhist Studies
Alexander von Rospatt (UC Berkeley)
“The Last Phase of Sanskrit Buddhist Literature:
Remarks on the Svyayambhāpurna”
Christoph Emmrich (Toronto)
“Prescript, Postscript and Practice: Adjusting and Upgrading Newar Buddhist Texts” |
| 5:00-7:00 pm |
Reception/Dinner (for participants and attendees)
[Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley] |
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| Saturday, October 20th |
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| 9:30-11:15 am |
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Transmissions in Tibetan Buddhism
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Patricia Berger - UC Berkeley
Lara Braitstein (McGill)
“Re/Writing History: Politics and Religion in the Life of the 10th Zhwa dmar pa”
Robert Mayer (Oxford)
“The Dunhuang Thabs kyi zhags pa padma phreng Manuscript: A Source for
Understanding the Transmission of Mahāyoga in Tibet”
Tadeusz Skorupski (London)
"How and Why New Buddhist Traditions Arise"
Peter Verhagen (Leiden)
“Latter-day Lo-tsā-bas: Translation Activities in 18th-century Tibet” |
| 11:15 am-12:30 pm |
Lunch
[Bechtel Room, Alumni House] |
| 12:30-2:00 pm |
Interpreting Chinese Textual Traditions
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Robert Sharf - UC Berkeley
James Benn (McMaster)
“Hybrid Cosmologies in the Śūraṃgama Sutra”
Natasha Heller (UCLA)
“Epistolary Chan”
Koichi Shinohara (BDK Publication Committee)
“The Buddhist Culture of the Seventh Century Anthology ‘Fayuan zhulin’ (‘The Jade Forest in the Dharma Garden’)” |
| 2:00-2:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 2:15-3:45 pm |
Rethinking Sources
[Toll Room, Alumni House]
Moderator: Duncan Williams - UC Berkeley
Jamie Hubbard (Smith)
“Textual Communities in the Production, Translation, and Transmission of Buddhist Scriptures, Then and Now ”
Michel Mohr (Hawaii)
“On the Proper Use of Traps and Snares: Reflections on Language and Translation”
Richard Payne (IBS)
"Translating Ritual, Translating Buddhism: Moving Beyond our Obsession with Doctrine”
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