Panel 4: Bhutanese Buddhism and its Culture

PANEL 4: BHUTANESE BUDDHISM AND ITS CULTURE

Convenor: Seiji Kumagai

TUESDAY 23 JULY

 

 

9:00-9:30 A Study on a Religious Minority in Bhutan: the Sa skya pa School and the Bon Tradition.

Seiji Kumagai

 

9:30-10:00 Note on the Curriculum of Nyingma Monastic Institutions in Bhutan

Lungtaen Gyatso

 

10:00-10:30 Mountain closure practice, Buddhist sacred sites and ecological knowledge in Eastern Bhutan.

Riamsara Kuyakanon Knapp

 

10:30 – 11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00-11:30 Byis pa’i dpa’ bo: The Dance of Youthful Heroes

Dedup Chophel

11:30-12:00 Who was Drukpa Künlé?

David DiValerio

12:00-12:30 Alternative Voices: The Case of the Imperfect Saint, Kun dga’ Legs pa

Elizabeth Monson

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch

 

2:00-2:30 Introduction of the Theory of Mahamudra by the Founder of Drukpa Kagyu: Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211)

Thupten Gawa Matsushita

2:30-3:00 A Study of rGyud bu chung discovered by  Pema Lingpa

Akinori Yasuda