Le Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Centre, Wolfson College, à l’Université de Oxford annonce la tenue du cycle de séminaires en ligne :
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet
Description du cycle (en anglais) :
The Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet seminar series applies interdisciplinary approaches to the person of Padmasambhava, in history, myth, and ritual. Additional focuses are the regions of Kashmir, Uḍḍiyāna, and Tibet, and their mutual religious, intellectual, cultural, political, and economic interactions through the tantric era.
Le cycle de séminaires se tiendra le mercredi à 19h00 (heure de Paris)
Lé cycle, en accès libre et sans inscription préalable se tiendra sur Zoom, au lien suivant : https://bit.ly/treasureseminar
Calendrier des séances :
April 30th, Dan Hirshberg “On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru.”
June 4th, John Nemec « Kashmir and Śaivism in and Around the Late Eighth Century. »
June 18th, Paul Thomas “Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism.”
Michaelmas Term 2025
October 8th, Ben Bogin “Padmasambhava and the Copper-Colored Mountain”.
November 5th, Sam van Schaik ”The Spells Attributed to Padmasambhava in the Ba ri be’u ‘bum.”
November 12th, Dylan Esler “Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy.”
December 3rd, Dorji Wangchuk “Were Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra de facto Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavādins?”
December 10th, Lewis Doney “Khri Srong lde brtsan and Padmasambhava”.
Première séance :
On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru
Mercredi 30 avril 19h00-20h00 (heure de Paris)
Dr. Dan Hirshberg
On Zoom: https://bit.ly/treasureseminar
Résumé :
Padmasambhava earns only scattered mentions among imperial-era sources, and yet in later centuries he becomes the protagonist of a vibrant biographical tradition that would forever establish him as the catalyst for the adoption of Buddhism in Tibet. One key mode of elaborating him and his activities was through the introduction and delimitation of eight “names” (mtshan), each of which eventually becomes distinguished episodically, liturgically, and iconographically. Among them, the tiger-riding Dorjé Drolö (Rdo rje gro lod) emerged as a synthesis of tantric Buddhism, earlier devotionalism to Padmasambhava as the Fierce Guru (Gu ru drag po ), and indigenous Himalayan religions. By analyzing Padmasambhava’s apotheosis through his names, this presentation seeks to shed light on the syncretism that contributed to a distinctly Tibetan Buddhism in the renaissance period.
Bio du conférencier :
Dan Hirshberg, Ph.D. is Teaching Associate Professor of Tibetan Studies and Associate Faculty Director of Himalayan Languages in the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he integrates contemplative pedagogy and high-impact learning experiences into his courses. His research centers on cultural memory, the narrative of Tibet’s conversion to Buddhism, and the apotheosis of its protagonist, Padmasambhava, in literature and iconography. His book, Remembering the Lotus-Born: Padmasambhava in the History of Tibet’s Golden Age (Wisdom Publications, 2016), won Honorable Mention for the E. Gene Smith Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.