Events (2017)13 December 2017|KC Lecture SeriesProf. Stefano Zacchetti: Transmitting, Commenting, Expanding: Patterns of Textual Variation in the Tradition of the Larger PrajñāpāramitāPhoto: Orna AlmogiAs is well known, when studied diachronically many Mahāyāna sutras show a marked tendency to variation. While various typologies and patterns of...6 December 2017|KC Lecture SeriesDr. habil. Agata Bareja-Starzynska: On Abhidharma Literature in MongolianPhoto: Orna AlmogiWith the dissemination of Buddhism among Mongols also Abhidharma literature was transmitted in the Mongolian language. Mongols started to practice...8 November 2017|KC Lecture SeriesDr. Christopher V. Jones: Reevaluating the Buddha-Nature Idea in IndiaPhoto: Orna AlmogiThe tathāgatagarbha literature of the Indian Mahāyāna is unconventional for a number of reasons. At their most radical, texts of this tradition...3 October 2017|WorkshopWorkshop: ITLR Input WorkshopPhoto: Orna AlmogiOctober 3d, 2017, Tsukuba University, Japan Within the framework of the ongoing collaboration with Tsukuba University, one-day ITLR Input Workshop...16 September 2017|Editorial MeetingWorkshop: ITLR Input Workshop & Editorial RetreatPhoto: Orna AlmogiSeptember 16–19, 2017, International Institute for Digital Humanities (DHII), Tokyo The Khyentse Center is organizing and conducting its next ITLR...23 July 2017|ConferenceConference: Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship between Faith and ReasonPhoto: Orna AlmogiJuly 23–25, 2017, Namdroling Monastery, South India In 2015 the Khyentse Center launched the “Academic Research Program Initiative” (ARPI), a project...22 July 2017|WorkshopWorkshop: Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship: Means and Methods of ResearchPhoto: Orna AlmogiJuly 22–August 03, 2017, Namdroling Monastery, South India As a part of the ARPI project—aiming at fostering research activities in the Himalayan...12 July 2017|KC Lecture SeriesProf. Francesco Sferra: When Buddhists are Enemies: A Sketch of the Debate on the Different Ways of Salvation in Tantric BuddhismPhoto: Orna AlmogiThe debate between the Madhyamaka and Yogācāra traditions continues and deepens with the flourishing of the various Tantric currents. In an almost...24 May 2017|KC Lecture SeriesProf. Donatella Rossi: An Exegetical Analysis of The Essential Exposition on the View (lTa ba stong thun): A Bon-po Rediscovered Text from the rDzogs pa chen po yang rtse klong chen Cycle (ca. 11th Century)Photo: Orna AlmogiThe rDzogs pa chen po yang rtse klong chen, together with the A Khrid and the Zhang zhung snyan rgyud cycles, epitomize, by virtue of the relevant...7 April 2017|Editorial MeetingITLR-Editorial Retreat, 07.–09.04.2017Photo: Orna AlmogiApril 07–09, 2017, Plön, Germany The fifth “ITLR Editorial Retreat” organized and conducted by the Khyentse Center the aim of editing and publishing...6 March 2017|WorkshopWorkshop: Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship: Means and Methods of Research (Level 2) & Supervision WorkshopPhoto: Orna AlmogiMarch 06–26, 2016, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal As a part of the ARPI project—aiming at fostering research activities in the Himalayan Buddhist...20 February 2017|Editorial MeetingITLR-Editorial Retreat, 20.–25.02.2017Photo: Orna AlmogiFebruary 20-25, Missionsakedemie der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg The Khyentse Center is organizing and conducting its fourth “ITLR Editorial Retreat”...5 February 2017|HackathonHack Away II at Tibetan Buddhist Texts: Hackathon in the GalileePhoto: Orna AlmogiFebruary 5–9, 2017 Kibbutz Inbar, Israel The objective of this second hackathon is to further develop algorithmic tools that will facilitate the...11 January 2017|KC Lecture SeriesDr. Lewis Doney: “Philological Insights into the Cult of Padmasambhava in Tibet”Photo: Orna AlmogiThe Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava is one of the foremost culture heroes of Tibetan literature. He is remembered to have converted Tibet to...