2017 PTBS Lecture Series (1/12/2017) - Programme 07.03 Mick Deneckere (Ghent, Belgium): “Japanese True Pure Land Buddhism, the Meiji Restoration (1868) and the First Japanese Buddhist Mission to Europe” 14.03 Tim Kragh (Poznan, Poland): “A Buddhist Theory of Relations” 21.03 Christophe Vielle (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium): “The Pairi Daiza Collection of… Read more
Doctoral School “East Asian Historical Phonology in a Comparative Perspective”, March 13-17, 2017 (1/8/2017) - This Doctoral School is open to a limited number of external PhD students (free of charge)! For more information, please contact christoph.anderl@ugent.be. Monday, March 13th 9:30: Welcome of the participants by the Doctoral School organizers (Christoph Anderl, Ann Heirman) 10:00… Read more
2016 PTBS Lecture Series (1/6/2016) - 2016 Programme 01.03.2016: Jonathan Silk (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands) "Buddhism, Social Justice and the Status of the Caṇḍāla" 08.03.2016: Petra Kieffer-Pülz (University of Mainz, Germany) "Observations on the relation between Sri Lanka and South India during the centuries" 15.03.2016: Pieter Verhagen… Read more
Doctoral School “Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Literature in aDiachronic Perspective”, September 28 – October 2, 2015 (8/18/2015) - Abstract: The course will introduce Chinese Buddhist apologetic texts from two different periods. Dr.Jülch will deal with the Zhenzheng lun 甄正論 written in the Tang dynasty, and Dr. Dr. Zhangwith the Dayuan zhiyuan bianwei lu 大元至元辨偽録 written in the Yuan… Read more
2015 PTBS Lecture Series (1/10/2015) - 2015 Programme 10.03.2015: Christoph Anderl (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Belgium) "Aspects of the Maitreya Cult in China: Past and Present" 17.03.2015: Erika Forte (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany) "Buddhism along the Silk Road and the Oasis of Khotan — An… Read more
2014 PTBS Lecture Series (1/11/2014) - 2014 Programme 11.03.2014: Ann Heirman (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Belgium) "Boeddhistische lichaamsverzorging in een multireligieuze context" 18.03.2014: Thomas Jülch (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies, Belgium) "Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought" 25.03.2014: Stefano Zacchetti (Oxford University, UK) "Dating the Dharma: Some… Read more
2013 PTBS Lecture Series (1/12/2013) - 2013 Programme 19.02.2013: Gudrun Pinte (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies) Majesteiten en monniken: een kritische blik op de boeddhistische tijdrekening in de Dīpavaṃsa 26.02.2013: Marie-Hélène Gorisse (UGent, Indology) Jain Theories of Inference in the Light of Modern Logics 06.03.2013: Freddy Mortier… Read more
Piblication highlights (2012): Zen Buddhist Rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan (12/20/2012) - One of the key factors for the success of the Chán/Sǒn/Zen schools in East Asia was the creativity of their adherents concerning the development of innovative literary genres and the skillful application of linguistic and rhetorical devices in their textual… Read more
Publication highlights (2012): A Pure Mind in a Clean Body: Bodily Care in the Buddhist Monasteries of Ancient India and China (10/16/2012) - Buddhist monasteries, in both Ancient India and China, have played a crucial social role, for religious as well as for lay people. They rightfully attract the attention of many scholars, discussing historical backgrounds, institutional networks, or influential masters. Still, some… Read more2012 PTBS Lecture Series (1/5/2012) - 2012 Programme 06.03.2012: Bart Dessein (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies) Tijd, Tijdelijkheid en het Bestaan van de Dingen. 13.03.2012: Tom De Rauw (UGent, Centre for Buddhist Studies) Boeddhistische politiek - politiek boeddhisme. 20.03.2012: Carlos Roos (UGent, Centre for Cinema and Media… Read more
2011 PTBS Lecture Series (1/7/2011) - 2011 Programme 22.02.2011: Ann Heirman (Universiteit Gent) Lichaamszorg in de boeddhistische kloostergemeenschap 01.03.2011: Edel Maex (Boeddhistische Unie van België) Mindfulness, een boeddhistische hype? 15.03.2011: Carola Roloff (Hamburg University) Potential for Enlightenment and Ordination of Women in Buddhism 22.03.2011: Bart Dessein… Read more
2010 PTBS Lecture Series (1/10/2010) - 2010 Programme 23.02.2010 Christoph Anderl (Oslo University) Text and Iconography - Strategies in the Adaptation of Buddhism in East Asia 02.03.2010 Ann Heirman (CBS, Universiteit Gent) Actie en reactie: welke plaats veroverde de vrouw in het monastieke leven? 09.03.2010 Kawanami Hiroko (Lancaster… Read more
2009 PTBS Lecture Series (1/5/2009) - 2009 Programme 10.02.2009 Bart Dessein (Universiteit Gent) "Waarom ik niet besta": het concept ‘zelf' in boeddhisme 17.02.2009 Tobias Wissler (Universiteit Gent) Beyond exegesis: Temple inscriptions and the economics of Chinese religion 03.03.2009 Ann Heirman (Universiteit Gent) Boeddhistische kloosterregels: de loopbaan… Read more
Publication highlights (2007): The Spread of Buddhism (8/31/2007) - In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their… Read more
Publication highlights (2002): The Discipline in Four Parts: Rules for Nuns According to the Dharmaguptakavinaya (10/18/2002) - The purpose of this work is, on the one hand, to give an annotated English translation of the Chinese version of the bhiksunivibhanga of the Dharmaguptakavinaya, and on the other hand to study the life and the career of Buddhist… Read more
Publication highlights (1998): Samyuktabhidharma hrdaya – Heart of Scholasticism with Miscellaneous Additions (9/22/1998) - The present work provides the first complete annotated translation into English of the Chinese version of Dharmatrata's fourth century is the of a series of expository treatises that summarised the Sarvastivada philosophy as it was prevailing in Bacteria and Gandhara… Read more