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Return to main conference page.   Blum, Mark 貝萬合 (UC Berkeley 美國加州大學柏克萊分校) The Influence of the Nirvana Sutra on Pure Land Thought It is well known that the Dharmakṣema translation of the Nirvana Sutra (Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa[mahā]sūtra) in either the Northern Edition (T374), or the Southern Edition (T375) wherein three scholars Continue reading

Return to main conference page.   Chen Jidong 陳繼東 (Aoyamagakuin University 日本青山學院大學) 在新疆發現佛教：《新西域記》與《西域記》的比較 Discovering Buddhism in Xinjiang: A Comparison of New Record of the Western Regions and Record of the Western Regions 《新西域記》是日本大谷探險隊的記錄，出版於1937年。正如其書名所表明的那樣，是繼唐代玄奘三藏法師的《西域記》之後，又一部有關西域佛教狀況的調查報告，而且有所創新，意欲超越《西域記》。《新西域記》中涉及新疆境內的佛教遺跡，既有與《西域記》相重合的部分，也有後者所未記錄的部分，顯示了新疆地區佛教發展的新事實。因此，將兩者進行對比研究，來展示佛教在新疆發展的歷史變遷，則是以往研究中關注較少的領域，無疑是一個新的嘗試。 The New Record of the Western Regions (Xin Xiyu Ji) is a document produced by the Japanese Continue reading

Click here to return to the main program page.   2025 Hotan International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies Schedule (June 25–July 3, 2025) 2025 年“古絲路的物質文明”暑期菁英班 課程表 (2025年6月25–7月3日)   Suyu CHEN 陳粟裕 (The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 中國社會科學院): 3-11世紀于闐流行佛典及其相關圖像 The Popular Buddhist Scriptures and Their Related Imagery in Khotan from the Continue reading

Click here to return to the main program page.   2025 Wutai International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies Schedule (June 17–24, 2025) 2025年五臺山國際密集型佛學菁英班 課程表 (2025年6月17–24日)   *tentative schedule, subject to change   Mark BLUM 貝萬合 (University of California, Berkeley 美國加州大學柏克萊分校): A Brief History of Nianfo, From Mindfulness Practice to an Object of Faith Continue reading

Click here to return to the main program page.   Read the program opening report written by 五台山大圣竹林寺 in Chinese. Read the program full review report written by Priyanka Verma (Sharda University) in English.