旭日基金亦被用於2021年9月25至26日召開的“研 讀大乘經典”學術會議。在兩天裡，斯坦福大學 何離巽（Paul Harrison）教授發表了主旨演講， 另有來自加州大學洛杉磯分校、麥吉爾大學、康 乃爾大學、紐經大學及萊頓大學等高校的教職人 員發表的十六篇論文。這些論文從六十篇申請精 選出來。大乘文獻研究的女性學者亦有充分體 現，貢獻了十六篇論文中的六篇，體現了本會議 的包容性。本會議以“混合”形式召開，六名發 表者親臨聖安妮學院的會議現場，其餘發表人通 過Zoom參與。線下共有30人參與，線上的主旨 演講及其他時段則最多有121人與會。主旨演講及 論文發表已被錄製，並將在由牛津大學主辦的牛 津大學MediaPub新設立的“佛教研究”播客中公 開。雖然預算寬裕，由於眾多發表者由線下改為 線上參與，節省了住宿及機票費用，最終開銷不 到一萬英鎊。整體反饋效果極佳，在很大程度上 有賴於“混合”模式的順利進行，但主要還是歸 功於高質量會議論文。
一百年來，大乘佛教研究傾向於關注起源和歷 史，關鍵文獻的翻譯，和其宗教內容諸多領域的 定位。這些主題直至今天尚未能窮盡，且研究成 果不斷。這些成果奠定了推進大乘文獻研究的基 礎。其中一個重要元素是往昔與現今閱讀這些經 典方式。我們因此決定，本次會議的主題定為大 乘經論等典籍的“閱讀”，包括梵文、中文、藏 文及其他古典及現代語言的大乘典籍。
旭日基金亦被用於2021年9月25至26日召開的“研 讀大乘經典”學術會議。在兩天裡，斯坦福大學 何離巽（Paul Harrison）教授發表了主旨演講， 另有來自加州大學洛杉磯分校、麥吉爾大學、康 乃爾大學、紐經大學及萊頓大學等高校的教職人 員發表的十六篇論文。這些論文從六十篇申請精 選出來。大乘文獻研究的女性學者亦有充分體 現，貢獻了十六篇論文中的六篇，體現了本會議 的包容性。本會議以“混合”形式召開，六名發 表者親臨聖安妮學院的會議現場，其餘發表人通 過Zoom參與。線下共有30人參與，線上的主旨 演講及其他時段則最多有121人與會。主旨演講及 論文發表已被錄製，並將在由牛津大學主辦的牛 津大學MediaPub新設立的“佛教研究”播客中公 開。雖然預算寬裕，由於眾多發表者由線下改為 線上參與，節省了住宿及機票費用，最終開銷不 到一萬英鎊。整體反饋效果極佳，在很大程度上 有賴於“混合”模式的順利進行，但主要還是歸 功於高質量會議論文。
一百年來，大乘佛教研究傾向於關注起源和歷 史，關鍵文獻的翻譯，和其宗教內容諸多領域的 定位。這些主題直至今天尚未能窮盡，且研究成 果不斷。這些成果奠定了推進大乘文獻研究的基 礎。其中一個重要元素是往昔與現今閱讀這些經 典方式。我們因此決定，本次會議的主題定為大 乘經論等典籍的“閱讀”，包括梵文、中文、藏 文及其他古典及現代語言的大乘典籍。
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…
