Events (2013)8 November 2013|KC Lecture SeriesProf. Per Soerensen: “Old Chang in New Bottles: New Light on the Tibetan Narrative of the Emanational Lineage of Avalokiteśvara”Photo: Orna AlmogiCountless Tibetan religious masters and major emanational lineages or sPrul-sku hierarchies have identified themselves with Tibet's celebrated patron...8 July 2013|KC Lecture SeriesProf. Meir & Prof. Wangchuk: “Dialogical Thoughts in Jewish and Buddhist Philosophies”Photo: Orna AlmogiThe Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS), Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of...3 July 2013|KC Lecture SeriesDr. Ulrich Pagel: “Buddhist Monks in Tax Disputes: Monastic Attitudes towards Revenue Collection”Photo: Orna AlmogiThis investigation produces a discussion of the tax liabilities of the Saṅgha and the strategies it devised to minimize exposure to customs demands...12 June 2013|KC Lecture SeriesDr. Brandon Dotson: “On the Paleography and Orthography of Early Tibetan Writing”Photo: Orna AlmogiOver the past decade or so, there has been an upsurge of interest in the methods for describing and studying Dunhuang manuscripts, Tibetan...15 May 2013|ConferenceConference on “Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions in the Tibetan Cultural Sphere: Regional and Periodical Characteristics”Photo: Orna AlmogiMay 15th–18th, 2013, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg Organisers: Dorji Wangchuk, The Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS)...