[Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajnāparamitā. MS. Sanskrit a.7 (R), Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford]
旭日基金亦被用于2021年9月25至26日召开的“研 读大乘经典”学术会议。在两天里，斯坦福大学 何离巽（Paul Harrison）教授发表了主旨演讲， 另有来自加州大学洛杉矶分校、麦吉尔大学、康 乃尔大学、纽经大学及莱顿大学等高校的教职人 员发表的十六篇论文。这些论文从六十篇申请精 选出来。大乘文献研究的女性学者亦有充分体 现，贡献了十六篇论文中的六篇，体现了本会议 的包容性。本会议以“混合”形式召开，六名发 表者亲临圣安妮学院的会议现场，其余发表人通 过Zoom参与。线下共有30人参与，线上的主旨 演讲及其他时段则最多有121人与会。主旨演讲及 论文发表已被录制，并将在由牛津大学主办的牛 津大学MediaPub新设立的“佛教研究”播客中公 开。虽然预算宽裕，由于众多发表者由线下改为 线上参与，节省了住宿及机票费用，最终开销不 到一万英镑。整体反馈效果极佳，在很大程度上 有赖于“混合”模式的顺利进行，但主要还是归 功于高质量会议论文。
一百年来，大乘佛教研究倾向于关注起源和历 史，关键文献的翻译，和其宗教内容诸多领域的 定位。这些主题直至今天尚未能穷尽，且研究成 果不断。这些成果奠定了推进大乘文献研究的基 础。其中一个重要元素是往昔与现今阅读这些经 典方式。我们因此决定，本次会议的主题定为大 乘经论等典籍的“阅读”，包括梵文、中文、藏 文及其他古典及现代语言的大乘典籍。
旭日基金亦被用于2021年9月25至26日召开的“研 读大乘经典”学术会议。在两天里，斯坦福大学 何离巽（Paul Harrison）教授发表了主旨演讲， 另有来自加州大学洛杉矶分校、麦吉尔大学、康 乃尔大学、纽经大学及莱顿大学等高校的教职人 员发表的十六篇论文。这些论文从六十篇申请精 选出来。大乘文献研究的女性学者亦有充分体 现，贡献了十六篇论文中的六篇，体现了本会议 的包容性。本会议以“混合”形式召开，六名发 表者亲临圣安妮学院的会议现场，其余发表人通 过Zoom参与。线下共有30人参与，线上的主旨 演讲及其他时段则最多有121人与会。主旨演讲及 论文发表已被录制，并将在由牛津大学主办的牛 津大学MediaPub新设立的“佛教研究”播客中公 开。虽然预算宽裕，由于众多发表者由线下改为 线上参与，节省了住宿及机票费用，最终开销不 到一万英镑。整体反馈效果极佳，在很大程度上 有赖于“混合”模式的顺利进行，但主要还是归 功于高质量会议论文。
一百年来，大乘佛教研究倾向于关注起源和历 史，关键文献的翻译，和其宗教内容诸多领域的 定位。这些主题直至今天尚未能穷尽，且研究成 果不断。这些成果奠定了推进大乘文献研究的基 础。其中一个重要元素是往昔与现今阅读这些经 典方式。我们因此决定，本次会议的主题定为大 乘经论等典籍的“阅读”，包括梵文、中文、藏 文及其他古典及现代语言的大乘典籍。
Register at: ‘Reading Mahāyāna Scripture’ Conference 2021 (google.com)
Day 1: September 25, 2021
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome |
| 09:15-10:00 | Ulrike Roesler, ‘The Mahāyāna Scriptures in Tibet: recitation, veneration and use’ |
| 10:00-10:45 | Rafal K. Stepien, ‘On Numen in Antinomianism, or Reading Religion in Irreligion’ |
| 11:00-11:45 | D.E. Osto, ‘Virtual Realities: A Mahāyāna Interpretation based on The Supreme Array Scripture |
| 11:45-12:30 | Nic Newton, ‘Description, Visualisation and Concatenation in the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra’ |
| 13:30-14:15 | Reed Criddle, ‘Collective oral tradition in the musical recitation of the Medicine Buddha Sūtra’ |
| 14:15-15:00 | David Drewes, ‘How Many Mahāyānas Were There?’ |
| 15:15-16:00 | Natasha Heller, ‘Picturing the Heart Sūtra’ |
| 16:00-16:45 | Stephanie Balkwill, ‘Reading the Sūtra of the Unsullied Worthy Girl’ |
| 16:45-17:30 | Keynote: Paul Harrison, ‘Mahāyāna Sūtras: Reading As, Reading For, Reading Into’ |
| 17:30-18:00 | Discussion |
Day 2: September 26, 2021
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome |
| 09:15-10:00 | Charles DiSimone, ‘Identical Cousins? Insights on the Parallel Development of Prajñāpāramitā Families Gleaned from New Manuscript Discoveries in Greater Gandhāra’ |
| 10:00-10:45 | Gregory Adam Scott, ‘Reading Mahāyāna Scriptures in Modern China: The Role of Scriptural Presses, Distributors, and Buddhist Bookstores’ |
| 11:00-11:45 | Yixiu Jiang, ‘Resolving Inconsistency? Understanding Inconsistency’ |
| 11:45-12:30 | Berthe Jansen, ‘The Role of Indic Mahāyāna Scriptures in Tibetan Legal Texts’ |
| 13:30-14:15 | Thomas Newhall, ‘Partially in Accord with the Greater Vehicle: Reading the Four-Part Vinaya as a Mahāyāna text in Daoxuan’s Commentaries’ |
| 14:15-15:00 | Rachel Pang, ‘Shabkar’s (1781-1851) usage of the Mahāyāna Sūtras in his Emanated Scripture of Compassion’ |
| 15:15-16:00 | Mikael Bauer, ‘Tracing the exoteric- esoteric in pre-modern Japanese Dharma Assemblies |
| 16:00-16:45 | Daniel Boucher, ‘Orality, Literacy, and the Cult of the Book Revisited’ |
| 16:45-17:45 | Roundtable |
| 17:45-18:00 | Discussion |
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September 25-26, 2021 | Oxford University
CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline May 29, 2021
The Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University, with support from Glorisun Charitable Foundation, is pleased to invite scholars to submit paper titles and abstracts to the forthcoming conference on ‘Reading Mahāyāna Scripture,’ to be held on September 25th-26th, 2021. Our Keynote Speaker will be Prof. Paul Harrison, George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University.The last century of Mahāyāna Buddhism research tended to focus on its origins and history, the translation of key texts, and mapping the broad field of its religious content. While these themes are by no means exhausted and much fruitful scholarship continues to this day, such background work provides a foundation upon which further studies of Mahāyāna literature can proceed. A key element of this is the ways in which the reading of such scripture has and does take place. We therefore welcome submissions of paper proposals related to the reading of Mahāyāna sūtra, śāstra and other literature in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and any other classical and modern languages. This includes but is not limited to the following broad categories:
- Practice-oriented and scholarly modes of recitation, reading and study
- Orality, language and rhetoric of the texts
- Philological and text-historical readings
- Critical editing and translation as close reading
- Reader reception and reading communities
Scholars at all stages of their careers as well as graduate students are welcome and encouraged to make submissions. We are presently planning on using a hybrid format of both in-person and online paper presentations pending on conditions at the time. An option for remote online presentation will remain open whatever the circumstances. Subsidies for travel and accommodation will be available.
Paper titles and abstracts no longer than 400 words should be submitted by May 29th 2021, via this online form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6DWDNHuMxRQAcyhh5WCoDlNAswipb…
