2019 Vienna Symposium – Tsadra Conferences

The 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Vienna Symposium

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
WELCOME DAY

Welcome Speech of the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

Speaker: Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Tathāgatagarbha: A Brief History

Speaker: Donald Lopez Jr.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
DAY ONE

Zhang ston Bsod nams grags pa’s Defense of Dol po pa’s Clear-Cut Distinction between Buddha Nature and the Ground Consciousness

Speaker: Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Empty of True Existence, Yet Full of Qualities. Tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho (1880–1940) on Buddha Nature

Speaker: Filippo Brambilla

Buddha Nature as Seen by Early Bka’ brgyud Masters

Speaker: Martina Draszczyk

The Difference Between a Sentient Being and a Buddha: ’Jig rten gsum mgon’s Instruction on the Process of Confusion

Speaker: Khenpo Tamphel

Uttaratantraśāstra: A New French Translation from Tibetan According to ‘Jam mgon Kong sprul’s Commentary

Speakers: Christian Charrier, Patrick Carré

Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection

Speaker: Douglas Duckworth

Buddha-Nature and Selfhood

Speaker: David Higgins

Thursday, July 18, 2019
DAY TWO

The impact of a Shentong interpretation of Tathāgatagarbha doctrine from the point of view of a western Buddhist practitioner

Speaker: Shenpen Hookham

Observing the Link between Self-awareness and Buddha Nature in Ratnākaraśānti’s Prajñāpāramitopadeśa

Speaker: Hong Luo

The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog

Speaker: Sina Joos

Revisiting Gorampa on Buddha Nature

Speaker: Khenpo Ngawang Jorden

Selfhood, Secrecy, Singularity: Reassessing the Early Life of the Tathāgatagarbha in India

Speaker: Christopher V. Jones

Examples of the Term tathāgatagarbha Appearing in Indic Tantric Literature

Speaker: Kazuo Kano

The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya

Speaker: Casey Kemp

How the Concepts of “buddha-nature” (Tathāgatagarbha) and “innate enlightenment” (Hongaku) were interpreted by Shinran (1173-1263), Founder of the Jōdo-Shin-Shū School of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

Speaker: Seiji Kumagai

Friday, July 19, 2019
DAY THREE

Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals

Speaker: Michael Sheehy

Rong-zom-pa on the Tathāgatagarbha and Pratītyasamutpāda Theories

Speaker: Dorji Wangchuk

Preliminary Notes on the Notion of Buddha Nature in the Single Intention

Speaker: Katrin Querl

Notes from the Cave: ‘Jigs med gling pa on buddha-nature

Speaker: Kurtis Schaeffer

From Buddha Nature to Original Enlightenment “Contemplating Suchness” in Medieval Japan

Speaker: Jacqueline Stone

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