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ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Call for Papers for AAS 2023

Call for Papers: Hand-Hewn Buddhist Caves Across Asia
AAS Annual Conference. March 16–19, 2023 
Boston, MA (In Person)

Panel Title: Hand-Hewn Buddhist Caves Across Asia

Caves are some of the oldest Buddhist spaces. The first Buddhist caves were natural formations, their grottos and recesses providing places of refuge, convocation, and reflection for the Buddha and his disciples. Notably, directly after the Buddha’s death the Sattapaṇṇi cave in what is now Rajgir, India served as the site of the first Buddhist council.

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE> ARIRIAB XXV

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce that the following two volumes are now published:

 

Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the academic year 2021 (= ARIRIAB), Volume XXV (2022)

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Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India. Facsimile Edition. vol. II.5.

The Saṃghāṭasūtra. Eds. by Oskar von HINÜBER and Noriyuki KUDO.

xxxvi pages + 105 plates.

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Re: NEW BOOK> Shulman, "Visions of the Buddha: Creative Dimensions of Early Buddhist Scripture"

Dear Colleagues,
I hope this finds you well.
On behalf of the Āgama Research Group, I am bringing to your attention a paper by Bhikkhu Anālayo presenting a detailed critical evaluation of Eviatar Shulman’s Visions of the Buddha, Creative Dimensions of Early Buddhist Scripture (2021):
“‘Visions of the Buddha’: A Critical Reply”, Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2021, 18: 1‒36.
URL: https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/vision...