Donnerstag, 05. September 2024, 17:30 - 19:00 iCal
Stone-Carved Witnesses of the Heart Sūtra
The Possible Historical Significance of Stone-Carved Witnesses of the Heart Sūtra
Public lecture by Michael Radich | Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies
Seminarraum 1 des Instituts für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
Campus der Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7, 1090 Wien
Vortrag
In 1992, Jan Nattier published a landmark article proposing that the Heart Sūtra was produced in China around the seventh century, and not, as tradition believes, in India. In the years since, controversy about this theory has sputtered along in fits and bursts. The earliest witnesses in existence to the text in any part of the world are rather numerous exemplars of the version ascribed to Xuanzang, carved in stone in various parts of Northern China in the second half of the seventh century, remarkably close to Xuanzang’s time. In this talk, I will aim to achieve an overview of the controversy and the evidence it is based upon, and against that backdrop, consider what (if anything) the stone witnesses add to our picture.
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Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde
Kontakt
Judith Starecek
Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde in Kooperation mit der Indischen Botschaft, Wien
4277 43502
judith.starecek@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Montag, 19. August 2024, 10:20
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 27. August 2024, 09:13