Dr. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch: Tibetan Buddhist Divination: Methods, Terminology, and Function

29 April 2020

April 29 16:00, online via Zoom.

I will discuss some of the most popular methods of Tibetan Divination, chiefly dice and mālā divination. One important aspect of divination is its unique terminology, which is not so much concerned with Buddhist concepts like karma, but rather speaks the language of “fortune.” Finally, introducing that language will afford me the chance to describe divination as an instance of “religious contact.”

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Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk (Director)
Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS)
Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, AAI, Universität Hamburg
Alsterterrasse 1, D-20354 Hamburg