Junglan Bang
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AbstractThe cult of Śaṃvara (a.k.a Saṃvara or Cakrasaṃvara) was developed as the last state of Tantric Buddhism and classified as yoginītantra literature. In spite of the significance of this religious movement in Tantric Buddhism, many of texts belonging to this tradition have not been adequately studied yet. Since a large number of Sanskrit manuscripts of the Tantras are preserved but unedited, producing critical editions and translations is still a desideratum. Moreover, without the knowledge of intertextuality with other Indian sources, such as Śaiva, the development of the Śaṃvara tradition cannot be understood. Therefore, this project is aimed to provide a substantial study of the Śaṃvara doctrine and practice which were shared with non-Buddhist sources and to illuminate how the Śaṃvara cult assimilated their disparate factors into its own system.
, Asien-Afrika Institut, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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The Formation of Buddhist Tantras Through the Assimilation of Other Indian Sources – Based on the Study of Unedited Sanskrit Texts of śaṃVara Tradition
Taisho University
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Sangseraima Ujeed
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AbstractIn popular opinion, the Mongolians were merely receivers of Tibetan Buddhism. However, the process was by no means simply unilateral. The Tibetan Buddhist world during the Early Modern period spanned most of Central and Inner Asia and was highly cosmopolitan. Through travel and reincarnation, there was movement and exchange of ethnicity and identity between the Tibetans and Mongolians. Thus, the Tibetan-Mongolian reciprocal assimilation of Buddhism and identity needs to be elucidated. In light of the existing scholarship on Tibetan Buddhism based on works by ethnically Tibetan polymaths, this project will examine the Mongolian contribution to the tradition through a selection of as yet unstudied Buddhist works authored between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by Mongolian scholars
Affiliated Scholar, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
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Cosmic Cosmopolitan: The Seventeenth to Eighteenth Century Tibetan-Mongolian Assimilation of Buddhism
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Jeffrey Theodore Kotyk
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AbstractThis study investigates Buddhist historiography during the Tang (618–907) and early Song (960–1279) dynasties in relation to contemporary state historiography. The aim will be to determine and analyze the methodologies, sources and strategies that Buddhist authors employed in this period to construct their history. This Buddhist historiography will be compared to the types of historiography employed by court historians in an attempt to determine their common features and differences, with additional consideration of anti- and pro-Buddhist biases. The proposed theory is that there existed two separate traditions of historiography during the Tang and Song: one of the state, and the other Buddhist. This distinction is not normally made in present scholarship.
Visiting Scholar, Leiden Institute of Area Studies, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
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Buddhist and State Historiographies in Medieval China
McMaster University, Canada
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