Reading under the Line | UBC Buddhist Studies Forum

Reading under the Lines:

Some Cutting-edge Progresses in Buddhist Philology and Manuscriptology, Reports from Japan

Sponsored by SSHRC, UBC Tzu-chi Buddhist Forum & Kameyama Lecture Series

March 26, 2011,3:00-5:10 pm

Chair: Jessica Main, UBC

3:00-3:20 (Toshinori Ochiai, ICPBS, Tokyo; read by Shoshun Hayashidera): The Academic Frontier Project (2005-2010) on Buddhist Manuscripts Preserved in Japan
3:20-3:40 (Toshinori Ochiai, ICPBS, Tokyo; read by Shoshun Hayashidera): The Strategic Research Project (2010-2015) on Buddhist Manuscripts Preserved in Japan
3:40-3:55 (Shoshun Hayashidera, ICPBS, Tokyo): “The Old Japanese Manuscripts Database Hosted by ICPBS, Tokyo”
4:10-4:30 (Toru Funayama, U. of Kyoto): “New Perspectives and Progresses on the Studies of Paramārtha (499-569): His Life and Thoughts”;
4:30-4:50 (Toru Funayama, U. of Kyoto): “Getting closer to the original texts through Stone Sutras: in Comparison with Woodblock Print Versions”
4:50-5:05: Q & A
5:05-5:10: Conclusion