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1. NEW BOOK> Inward: Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self
2. RESOURCE>Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies (rKTs)
3. CONFERENCE> Famous Figures Associated with Buddhism in the Hangzhou Region (May 16-18, 2019)

NEW BOOK> Inward: Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self

by Candy Gunther Brown

Those interested in books on mindfulness may also want to keep a look out for a fourth new university press book, slated for publication later this summer: Inward: Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self (University of Chicago Press, 2019). The author, Michael Pagis, is based at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Her study is an ethnography of Vipassana retreats in Israel and the United States.
From the University of Chicago Press website:
Inward: Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self (University of Chicago Press, 2019). By Michael Pagis
Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and more people are deliberately looking inward—toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal Pagis’s Inward focuses on one increasingly popular channel for the introverted gaze: vipassana meditation, which has spread from Burma to over forty countries and counting. Lacing her account with vivid anecdotes and personal stories, Pagis turns our attention not only to the practice of vipassana but to the communities that have sprung up around it. Inward is also a social history of the westward diffusion of Eastern religious practices spurred on by the lingering effects of the British colonial presence in India. At the same time Pagis asks knotty questions about what happens when we continually turn inward, as she investigates the complex relations between physical selves, emotional selves, and our larger social worlds. Her book sheds new light on evergreen topics such as globalization, social psychology, and the place of the human body in the enduring process of self-awareness.
240 pages | 2 line drawings | 6 x 9 | © 2019 Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Paper $27.50 ISBN: 9780226361871 Will Publish August 2019 Cloth $82.50 ISBN: 9780226639383 Will Publish August 2019 An e-book edition will be published.

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RESOURCE>Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies (rKTs)

by Markus Viehbeck

Dear colleagues,

Within a new research project at the University of Vienna (Buddhist Kanjur Collections in Tibet’s Southern and Western Borderlands, headed by Helmut Tauscher, joined by Bruno Lainé and Markus Viehbeck) our online database Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies received a substantial makeover and now comes with many new features:

https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/sub/index.php

Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies now provides access to searchable catalogues as well as images of over 50 (!) Kanjurs, larger canonical collections, Tanjurs, and tantric collections (rnying rgyud); further also various options to search in e-texts for both Kanjur and Tanjur.

While various tools and resources were integrated (handlists of individual collections, a tool for structural comparison of different collections, a growing database of secondary literature, Open-Access to our research publications), the most pressing functions for anyone working with Tibetan canonical literature might be the following three:

1.     Search for a title of any canonical text. Advanced search allows for adjusting the level of accuracy and hence to also include title variants: https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/verif/

The output will provide the bibliographic details of a specific text in a given edition as well as a direct link to the source material, including for example dual display of both manuscript images and e-text. Other features include a link to the English translation in case a text has been translated by 84.000 and an interface to share scholarly comments and notes (at the bottom of the results’ page).

1.     Full text search in different e-text versions of both Kanjur and Tanjur. This allows for identifying any part of a canonical text, such as quotations. Also here the search mode can be adjusted to the specific needs (approximate search, searching for individual lexical units): https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/ekanjur/

2.     Direct access to manuscript images. Kanjur viewer, Tanjur viewer, and Rnying rgyud viewer (accessible in the left menu, under Archives) combine catalogue data and images and allow for browsing through the images of many canonical collections: https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/digit/affiche00.php?collc=hemishe%7C%27dul+ba+ka%7C1

Given the scope of the archive and the fact that it emerged out of various, shifting research interests, some of the data is still in a provisional stage and will have to be revised over time. We hope however that already at the present stage the database will be of benefit for many Tibetologists, Indologists, and researchers on Buddhism.

In case you encounter technical problems with the database, please inform Bruno Lainé, the webmaster of the archive, at: bruno.laine@univie.ac.at.

This archive has become possible through the cooperation of many different individuals. In that spirit we are looking forward to receiving your input and feedback, notes on interesting manuscript collections, discussions on specific scholarly concerns, etc. In order to do so, please contact Helmut Tauscher (helmut.tauscher@univie.ac.at) or myself (markus.viehbeck@univie.ac.at).

Markus Viehbeck, for the Tibetan Manuscript Project Vienna (TMPV)

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CONFERENCE> Famous Figures Associated with Buddhism in the Hangzhou Region (May 16-18, 2019)

by Albert Welter

杭州佛教历史人物国际学术研讨会

会议议程

      Famous Figures Associated with Buddhism in the Hangzhou Region

Agenda

5月16日日程安排      16th May Agenda

全天报到（地点：浙江.杭州.海华满陇度假酒店）   Registration（Place: Hangzhou Haihua Manlong Resort,Hangzhou,Zhejiang）

5月17日日程安排      17th May Agenda
5月17日 星期五（地点：浙江.杭州.海华满陇度假酒店）   17th May., Friday (Place: Hangzhou Haihua Manlong Resort,Hangzhou,Zhejiang)
8:30-9:00 主持人：邱高兴 中国计量大学	会议开幕式    Opening Ceremony 领导嘉宾讲话   Addresses of Leaders and Distinguished Guests （海华厅    Haihua Hall）
9:00-9:30	全体代表合影    Group Photo Taking
9:30-9:50 主持人：邱高兴	特别演讲 杨曾文   中国社科院荣誉学部委员  教授 略论宋代契嵩的儒佛二教会通论
9:50-10:50 主持人：李四龙 北京大学	主题演讲一    Keynote Speech 1（海华厅    Haihua Hall） Albert Welter   University of Arizona Reimagining the Dharma: King Qian Chu 錢俶王, Yanshou 延壽, Daoyuan 道原, Zanning 贊寧and the Conceptual Reframing of East Asian Buddhism Morten Schlütter  University of Iowa    The Life of Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) and his Relations with Song-dynasty Officials
10:50-11:00	茶歇    Tea Break
11:00-12:00 主持人：张文良 中国人民大学	主题演讲二    Keynote Speech 2（海华厅    Haihua Hall） 黄夏年 中国社会科学院 巨赞法师与禅宗研究 2、杨维中 南京大学           清代灵峰寺天台法系的延续及其历史地位
12:00-13:00	午餐    Lunch
14:00-15:50	第一场 分组研讨    Section 1
第一组    流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：陈坚 1、徐文明    北京师范大学      钱塘妙湛思慧禅师生平探讨 2. Michel Mohr, University of Hawaii   Bodhidharma’s Otherness in Portraits by Muxi Fachang, Yiran Xingrong, and Xinyue Xingchou 3、Jennifer Eichman , School of Oriental and African Studies            Biographies and Epitaphs:  The Life of the Late Ming Abbess Zhujin (1548-1614) 4、陈坚      山东大学            遵式大师与观音信仰 5,  陈雷      浙江理工大学    契嵩《辅教编》的书写意识与宋初佛教世俗化 6、邱高兴 中国计量大学 南朝佛教讲经与讲经僧钱塘真观	主持人： Jiang Wu（吴疆） 1. Mitsuya DAKE, Ryukoku University      The Impact of Hangzhou Buddhism upon Japanese Pure Land Reformation Movement in 13th Century 2、Jin Y. Park   American University Korean Buddhism in Hangzhou: Ŭich'ŏn and Hangzhou Gaoli si 3、张云江    华侨大学      南宋末年杭州偃溪广闻禅师及其与日本藤原实经的交往 4、George A. Keyworth University of Saskatchewan (Canada)            What Enchin and Jōjin Reveal about Buddhist Ritual Practices in the Jiangnan Circuit in China During the 9th and 11th Centuries  5、索罗宁 中国人民大学     西夏佛教宗派与圭峰宗密 6、李四龙  北京大学   论云栖祩宏的参究念佛
15:50-16:00	茶歇    Tea Break
16:00-17:50	第二场 分组研讨    Section 2
第一组 流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：吴忠伟 1、张家成    浙江大学      中峰明本禅师的书法艺术 吳忠偉 苏州大学 规约的“条例”化与忏仪的“节 目”化：云栖袾宏与晚明佛教之职能定位落实 3、蔚然      中国计量大学 清代杭州诗僧画僧论略 4、房瑞丽    中国计量大学 亦儒亦佛亦友人——儒佛会通视域下冯登府与释达受交游考 5、孙倩      中國計量大學 佛教乐舞	主持人：黄夏年 黄崑威  陕西省社科院 太虚大师与杭州净慈寺考论 张凯    宁波大学 北宋天台宗的放生实践——以慈云遵式、四明知礼为中心的考察 3、姚彬彬 武汉大学 济公传说事迹的入世风貌与临济宗风 4、王连冬 中国计量大学 法系分疏与宗派建构：试论明代杭州华严宗的延续特色 5、心悟 杭州佛学院 遵式大师净土思想研究
18:00-19:30	欢迎晚宴    Conference welcome dinner (满觉陇中餐厅    Manjuelong Hall)
5月18日日程安排       18th May Agenda
5月18日 星期六（地点：浙江.杭州.海华满陇度假酒店）    18th May Saturday (Place: Hangzhou Haihua Manlong Resort,Hangzhou,Zhejiang)
8:30-10:00	第三场  分组研讨    Section 3
第一组 流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：冯国栋  Jiang Wu, University of Arizona Place, Space, and the Formation of Hangzhou Buddhism: A Regional Religious System (RRS) approach  2、Darui Long, University of the West, Los Angeles          "The Yongle Northern Canon as Bestowed by the Imperial Court to Buddhist Temples in Zhejiang Province" 3、韩焕忠 苏州大学   毋谓南华胜儒佛——云栖祩宏的庄子观 4、张文良 中国人民大学       太虚与《大乘起信论》	主持人：Albert Welter 1、代玉民    南京大学      论北宋明教契嵩禅师的中庸观新范式 2、Philip Hsu, University of California, Los Angeles Wu Zhijing and Hangzhou Buddhism 3、Junfu Wong, University of Cambridge Buddhist Harmony in Hangzhou Popular Religion:Lay Buddhist Practices in Festival and Funeral in the Sixteenth Century China 4、Lixia Dong University of Arizona Cooperation and Change: A Study of the Category of “Shuji书记” in Southern Song Chan Monastic Institutions
10:00-10:10	茶歇    Tea Break
10:10-11:50	第四场  分组研讨    Section 4
第一组 流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：李聪 李勇 辽宁大学 似浅而深——莲池大师论净土法门 李聪 吉林大学 元叟行端禅师思想初探 定贤 径山文化研究院 大慧宗杲禅学思想的精神内涵 丁建华 浙江工商大学 径山道钦禅学命题研究 张敬川  西南医科大学  云栖祩宏的唯心净土思想	主持人：Rongrong Fu  1、Gong Yi, University of Arizona A New Case Study on the Construction of the Chan Lineage Using Monastic Gazetteers 2、Youteng Bi, University of Arizona The Ming Eminent Monk Ouyi Zhixu and Ritualization of Zhancha shan’e yebao jing in the late Ming period 3、Jinhui Wu, University of Arizona Renchao仁潮: A Multifaceted Monk and the author of the Fajie anli tu 法界安立圖 4、Yi Liu, University of Arizona Qisong’s Strategy of Converging the Teachings of Buddhism and Confucianism: An Analysis on “The Essay on Filial Piety”
12:00-13:00	午餐    Lunch
14:00-15:40	第五场  分组研讨    Section 4
第一组 流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：杨维中 1、冯国栋 浙江大学 宋「大安塔碑銘」疏證——兼論宋初皇族婦女與佛教 2、李曈 深圳大学     杨亿与吴越法眼宗——兼论宋初的士大夫居士网络 3、王公伟 鲁东大学  云栖袾宏与晚明佛教生态 4、黄公元 杭州師範大學 杭州理安寺箬庵通问禅师及其法裔在清代佛教中的影响 5、劉田田 西北大学       杭州碧霞庵子雍成如禅师生平及其禅法	主持人：PingSitu Ping Situ, University of Arizona                     Hangzhou (杭州) & Song Dynasty Buddhism - Su Shi (苏轼), Poetry and More   2、Rongrong Fu, East China University of science and technolog         Exploring the Influence of Buddhism in the Poetry of Yang Yi 3、Xingyi Wang, Harvard University                               Seed as Metaphor of Good: An Investigation on Yuanzhao’s Thought on Jieti 4、Huiqiao Yao, University of Arizona                             Ming Buddhist Hagiography and Buddhist Ideals in The Great Ming Biographies of Eminent Monks 5、Rob Lisak, University of Arizona                    Ji Gong -Balancing Han Buddhist Identity within the Personification of San Jiao He Yi
15:40-15:50	茶歇    Tea Break
15:50-17:30	第六场  分组研讨    Section 4
第一组 流霞厅    Liuxia Hall	第二组 隐秀厅    Yinxiu Hall
主持人：韩焕忠 1、韓朝忠 中國計量大學 月霞法师与华严大学 2、杜萍萍 山东理工大学       评契嵩《中庸解》之儒佛互摄互鉴 3、李宇环 吉林师范大学       中国佛教幸福观及其对当代教育的启示 4、稂荻 中国计量大学 瞎堂慧远与华严禅	主持人：王公伟 候广信 南京市委党校     《提谓波利经》对宋代禅宗之影响—以契嵩儒佛融合论为例  2、任杰 中國計量大學 “计量”与“佛教”的文化关联散论 3、王蒙  白城师范学院                     中锋明本与禅林示范伦理的重构 4、郭敏飛 浙江金融职业技术学院 孤山智圓法統思想探析
17:30-18:00	会议闭幕式    Closing ceremony （海华厅    Haihua Hall）

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