Old Topic, New Insights: Buddha Nature at the Crossroads Between Doctrine and Practice I
TIME: 8:55 AM - 4:05 PM · 6 July 2022 · Charles University, Faculty of the Arts, Room 131 - Aula
Session Chair: Karma Phuntsho Session Chair: Michael Sheehy Session Chair: Gregory Fabien Forgues
1. Karl Brunnholzl 8:55am - 9:15am
- Buddha nature sings its song — tathāgatagarbha and its equivalents in the Indian dohā tradition
- Download Handout Here: PDF Handout Buddha-Nature Panel at IATS 2022
2. Anne Burchardi 9:15am - 9:35am Buddha-nature in Practice: How the notion of 'garba' can be applied to 'being in the world'
3. David Higgins 9:35am - 9:55am Mi bskyod rdo rje on the Primacy of Tantric Buddha Nature Views
4. Christopher Jones 9:55am - 10:15am Defining a ‘Buddha-nature Discourse’: the case of the Mahāmeghasūtra (Sprin chen po’i mdo).
Discussion
COFFEE BREAK 10:45 - 11:15
5. Casey Kemp 11:15am - 11:35am Buddha Nature as the Path of Means: The Influence of Buddha Nature Theory on Eleventh-Century Tibetan Tantric Instructions
6. Klaus-Dieter Mathes 11:35am - 11:55am Tibetan Traditions of Buddha Nature in the Light of its Complex Indian Background
7. Karma Phuntsho 11:55am - 12:15pm Buddha Nature and Dying
8. Katrin Querl 12:15pm - 12:35pm Buddha Nature as a Virtue Worthy of Dedication: An Analysis of a Debate unleashed by ’Bri-gung sKyob-pa and Sa-skya Paṇḍita
Discussion
LUNCH BREAK 1:05 PM - 2:15 PM
9. Gregory Forgues 2:15pm - 2:35pm A Reluctant Expression of the Inexpressible: Klong chen rab ’byams pa dri med ’od zer (1308–1364) on Sugatagarbha
10. Shenphen Hookham 2:35pm - 2:55pm ONLINE CONTRIBUTION: Buddha Nature and Mandala Principle in Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s lecture series on Mandala Principle
11. Yaroslav Komarovski 2:55pm - 3:15pm Shakya Chokden on Tathāgatagarbha in the Tantric Practice of the Two Stages
3:30pm - 4:05pm Discussion
