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Return to main conference page.   1 Hyung Jin AN, University of Delhi 安亨振, 印度德里大學 Geonbongsa Temple and Manilhoe: Examining the Living Museum of three main Characteristics of Korean Buddhism 韓國佛教活博物館的三大特徵考察：以乾鳳寺和萬日念佛會為例 Geonbongsa Temple 乾鳳寺 is located at the foot of Mt. Geumgang 金剛山 in Korea. It is an historic Buddhist Continue reading

Return to main conference page.   1 Jinhua Chen, UBC 陳金華，加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學 于闐質子智儼/嚴生平再考 A Monk with Many Masks: Recovered Roles of a Khotanese Hostage Prince in Tang China 印度在唐僑僧善無畏（637–735）歿後，所傳《大日經》疏解由其兩位弟子——一行（683–727）與智儼（活躍於700-720年代）——整理成兩個版本，一為二十卷本的《大日經疏》、另一為十四卷本的《大日經義釋》。一行聲名顯赫，彪炳史冊，而智儼則相對無聞。本文認為，作為善無畏弟子的智儼或即贊寧（919–1001）《宋高僧傳》所記載的同名僧人：智儼、俗名欝持樂（即尉遲樂）。欝持樂原為于闐國王在唐質子、後奉旨出家、成為當時的一位重要譯僧。雖然不太可能是歷史上赫赫有名的于闐國在唐畫師尉遲乙僧，此智嚴/儼或即大敬愛寺同名僧：他既是一位註釋《楞伽經》的學問僧，又是一名禪師，出自北宗禪師龐塢元珪（644-716）的門下。通過重構這一複雜歷史人物撲簌迷離一生的幾個面相，本文力求展示大唐佛教世界主義（Cosmopolitan）的特質。 After the passing of the Indian monk Shanwuwei 善無畏 (Śubhakarasiṃha [637–735]), his lecture notes on the Mahāvairocana sūtra were compiled by two 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 Continue reading

Click here to return to the main program page.   2025 Wutai International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies Schedule (June 17–23, 2025) 2025年五臺山國際密集型佛學菁英班 課程表 (2025年6月17–23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.