"Text, Translation, and Transmission"

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15771345.post-46645498232928507902007-10-22T12:18:00.000-07:002007-10-22T12:38:53.645-07:00"Text, Translation, and Transmission"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_la9jGa0LGDQ/Rxz8QvxYDfI/AAAAAAAAAEY/JdMqMf2YZy8/s1600-h/2007.10.18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_la9jGa0LGDQ/Rxz8QvxYDfI/AAAAAAAAAEY/JdMqMf2YZy8/s400/2007.10.18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124247840672452082" border="0" /></a> I recently returned from an academic conference at UCAL Berkley. Here is the Info- <div class="column-left">   <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/">IEAS - Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley</a>   </div>   <h1 class="conftitle tanblack">"Text, Translation, and Transmission"</h1><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/HENRYB%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /> <table class="t-event"> <colgroup><col class="t-eventa"><col class="t-eventb"></colgroup> <tbody><tr><th>DATE:</th><td>Thursday-Saturday, October 18-20, 2007</td></tr> <tr><th>PLACE:</th><td><a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18z.html">Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley</a></td></tr> <tr><th>FORMAT:</th><td>Conference</td></tr> <tr><th>SPONSOR:</th><td><a href="http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/">Center for Buddhist Studies</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="confcontainer"> <ul class="confnavlist"><li><a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18w.html">Description</a></li><li class="active"><a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18x.html" class="current">Schedule</a></li><li><a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y.html">Participants</a></li><li><a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18z.html">Directions</a></li></ul> </div> <h2>Schedule</h2> All panels are free and open to the public. Thursday, October 18, 2007 Opening reception by invitation Friday, October 19, 2007 9:30 am - 11:45 am <h3>Panel I - Translating Buddhist Doctrine</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Arnold">Dan Arnold</a>, University of Chicago Understanding and/as the Translation of Buddhist Philosophy <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Patil">Parimal Patil</a>, Harvard University A Buddhist Historiography for Buddhist Philosophy <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Katsura">Shoryu Katsura</a>, Ryukoku University A Shift of Buddhist Logic from Dignāga to Dharmakīrti <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Kawamura">Leslie Kawamura</a>, University of Calgary Translation of Yogācāra Buddhism: Chinese, Tibetan and Sanskrit Texts Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Rospatt">Alexander von Rospatt</a>, University of California, Berkeley 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch break 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm <h3>Panel II - Early Buddhist Literatures</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Zimmermann">Michael Zimmermann</a>, Hamburg University The Pierced Foot: The Transformation of an Episode from the Buddha's Life <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Granoff">Phyllis Granoff</a>, Yale University Birds, Babes, and Bodhisattvas: Truth and Fiction in the Life of the Buddha Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Payne">Richard Payne</a>, Institute of Buddhist Studies 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee break 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm <h3>Panel III - Beyond Doctrine</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Rospatt">Alexander von Rospatt</a>, University of California, Berkeley The Last Phase of Sanskrit Buddhist Literature: Remarks on the Svayambhūpurāṇa <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Payne">Richard Payne</a>, Institute of Buddhist Studies Translating Ritual, Translating Buddhism: Moving Beyond our Obsession with Doctrine Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Grumbach">Lisa Grumbach</a>, Institute of Buddhist Studies 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception/Dinner (for participants and attendees) Jodo Shinshu Center 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley Saturday, October 20, 2007 9:00 am - 11:15 am <h3>Panel IV - Transmissions in Tibetan Buddhism</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Braitstein">Lara Braitstein</a>, McGill University Re/Writing History: Politics and Religion in the Life of the 10th Zhwa dmar pa <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Mayer">Robert Mayer</a>, University of Oxford The Dunhuang Thabs kyi zhags pa padma phreng Manuscript: A Source for Understanding the Transmission of Mahāyoga in Tibet <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Skorupski">Tadeusz Skorupski</a>, University of London How and Why New Buddhist Traditions Arise <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Verhagen">Peter Verhagen</a>, Leiden University Latter-day Lo-tsā-bas: Translation Activities in 18th-century Tibet Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Berger">Patricia Berger</a>, University of California, Berkeley 11:15 am - 12:30 pm Lunch break and photo session 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm <h3>Panel V - Interpreting Chinese Textual Traditions</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Benn">James Benn</a>, McMaster University Hybrid Cosmologies in the Śūramgama Sutra <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Heller">Natasha Heller</a>, University of California, Los Angeles Epistolary Chan <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Shinohara">Koichi Shinohara</a>, BDK Publication Committee The Buddhist Culture of the Seventh Century Anthology 'Fayuan zhulin' ('The Jade Forest in the Dharma Garden') Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Sharf">Robert Sharf </a>, University of California, Berkeley 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Coffee break 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm <h3>Panel VI - Rethinking Sources</h3> <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Hubbard">Jamie Hubbard</a>, Smith College Textual Communities in the Production, Translation, and Transmission of Buddhist Scriptures, Then and Now <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Mohr">Michel Mohr</a>, University of Hawaii On the Proper Use of Traps and Snares: Reflections on Language and Translation Moderator: <a href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.10.18y#Williams">Duncan Williams </a>, University of California, Berkeley   Copyright © 2005-2007 UC Regents. All rights reserved. I learned a good deal of information while attending all these lectures. The important understanding that I received was in relationship to the differences and similarities between academic (in the Western Universities) Buddhist studies, and my own studies here at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. I wont go into all of those similarities and differences now, but I will say that they exist.Overall, it was a good experience for me. Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473762456050471711noreply@blogger.com