Title: The First Annual Conference of Young Buddhist Scholars on December 8th
🔶Date: December 8, 2023
🔶Venue: Room 301, Department of Philosophy, Taiwan University, Shuiyuan Campus (No. 18, Siyuan St.)
🔶Organizers: Center for Buddhist Studies, National Taiwan University; Theme Project "Urban Writing in the Perspective of East Asian Cultural Exchange" at Academia Sinica (Phase VI of the East Asian Project)
🔶Agenda for the Day:
▪ 09:00-09:10 Opening and Welcome Remarks
▪ 09:10-10:10 Keynote Speech
| ♦ Speaker: |
Professor Michael Radich (何書群) (Heidelberg University, Germany) |
| Topic： |
“The Formation of 'Buddhism' in China in the Long Fifth Century: Towards a New Narrative, in a Comparative Perspective” |
▪ 10:10-10:30 Tea break
▪ 10:30-12:00 Session One: Presentation of Papers (3 papers)
| ♦Presenter1： |
Dr. Bai Jinghao (Japan Institute of Nichiren Buddhism Studies) |
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"Representation of the Fudo Myoo and Aizen Myoo in the Great Mandala of Nichiren Daishonin: A Discussion on the Issue of Abandoning Esoteric Buddhism in the Nichiren School" |
| Commentator: |
Assistant Professor Kuo Pei-Chun (Department of History, National Taiwan University) |
| ♦Presenter2： |
Dr. Yang De-yu (Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica) |
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"The Theory of 'Two Kinds of Nirvana' in the Yogācārabhūmi: With Reference to Dignāga's Commentary" |
| Commentator: |
Professor Lee Hsing-ling (Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan Normal University) |
| ♦Presenter3： |
Dr. Kaspars Eihmanis (National Chengchi University) |
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“Vasubandhu’s Causal Theory of Memory in the Pudgalaviniścaya” |
| Commentator: |
Assistant Professor Hu Chih-Chiang (Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University) |
▪ 12:00-13:30 Lunch break
▪ 13:30-15:00 Second session of paper presentations (3 papers)
| ♦Presenter4： |
Dr. Shyh Lii-yang (Ph.D. from Huafan University) |
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"The Concept of 'Two Truths' in the Commentary on the Madhyāntavibhāga by Jizang and in Tsongkhapa's Ocean of Reasoning: A Comparative Study" |
| Commentator: |
Assistant Professor Ling Shu-an (Department of Religious Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University) |
| ♦Presenter5： |
Shyh Hongxiang (Ph.D. Student, The University of Hong Kong) |
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"A Study and Analysis of the Amitabha Sutra" |
| Commentator: |
Assistant Professor Chien Kai-ting (Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University) |
| ♦Presenter6： |
Gao Ting (Ph.D. Student, University of Tsukuba) |
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The Critique of the Causal Relationship by Faxiang in the *Treatise on Concomitant Relations*: A Focus on the *Treatise on Concomitant Relations* and Its Commentaries |
| Commentator: |
Associate Professor (Visiting) Li Sheng-hai (Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) |
▪ 15:00-15:10 Tea break
▪ 15:10-16:40 Session 3: Presentation of Papers (3 papers)
| ♦Presenter7： |
Xie Xian-yi (Ph.D. Student, National Chengchi University) |
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"Revisiting an Alternative Interpretation of the Statement 'What is Spoken as Empty, Neither Empty nor Not Empty' in the Chinese Translation of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Lion's Roar Chapter" |
| Commentator: |
Associate Professor Keng Ching(Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) |
| ♦Presenter8： |
Shyh Xianzhao (Ph.D. Student, University of Malaya) |
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"On the Construction of the Practice Levels of Tiantai's Distinctive and Complete Teachings Based on Zhiyi's Quotations from the Sutra of the Innumerable Merits of Bodhisattva's Crown Ornament" |
| Commentator: |
Professor Kuo Chao-Shun (Department of Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University) |
| ♦Presenter9： |
Lee Chun-Nan (PhD Student, Huafan University) |
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"Modernization of Traditional Buddhist Studies with Artificial Intelligence: A Study on the Translator of The Story of King Ashoka Based on Natural Language Processing" |
| Commentator: |
Professor Hong Zhenzhou (Department of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts) |
▪ 16:40-17:00 Tea break
▪ 17:00-18:00 Roundtable Forum
| ♦ Topic: |
"Texts, Concepts, and Methodologies in Chinese Buddhism" |
| Moderator: |
Associate Professor Keng Ching(Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) |
| Introduction Speakers: |
Michael Radich (Professor, Center for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany)
Lee Sangyop (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University, South Korea)
Liao Chao-heng (Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica)
Teng Wei-jen (Associate Professor, Department of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, Taiwan) |
▪ 18:30 Dinner
