Panel 13: Kingship and Religion in Tibet

PANEL 13: KINGSHIP AND RELIGION IN TIBET

Convenor: Brandon Dotson

TUESDAY 23 JULY

9:15–9:30 Introduction

Brandon Dotson

9:30–10:00 The sku-bla and its cult

Nathan Hill

10:00–10:30 Kingship Ideology in Sino-Tibetan Diplomacy during the VII-IX centuries

Emanuela Garatti

 

10:30–11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00–11:30 The Dalai Lama as the Cakravartin Rāja manifested by Avalokiteśvara

Yumiko Ishihama

11:30–12:00 Bodhisattva-kingship in Early Tibetan Historical Sources

Lewis Doney

12:00–12:30 The Karma of Kingship and Democracy: Moral Solidarities in Tibetan Constitutional Thought

Martin Mills

 

12:30–2:00

Lunch

 

2:00–2:30 The king and the sangha in late imperial Tibet: a record of a layman’s vow-taking

Brandon Dotson

2:30–3:00 Authorizing Compositional Profiles in the Tale of Dri gum btsan po

Fran Ayllón

3:00–3:30 “Only Kingly Deeds”: the Early Tshal pa Bka’ brgyud pa and the Symbolism of Kingship

Carl Yamamoto

3:30–4:00 Tea and Coffee
4:00–4:30 King Dri gum’s sons: a technique of legitimation in the Tibetan historical tradition

Gergely Orosz

4:30–5:00 The Origin Myth of the First Tibetan King: Influences and Alterations, Priorities and Prejudice

Victoria Sujata

5:00–5:30 A Myth of the Tibetan Kingship in Comparative Perspective – The legend of Gri-gum Btsan-po and the myth of Osiris

Iwao Ishikawa

5:30–6:00 Discussion