Panel 12: Hermes in Tibet: Tantra’s Exegetical Imperative

PANEL 12 – HERMES IN TIBET: TANTRA’S EXEGETICAL IMPERATIVE

Convenor: Yael Bentor

WEDNESDAY 24 JULY

 

 

9:00–9:30 Vajra Hermeneutics Revisited: An Example of Candrakīrti’s Use of Six Parameter Scheme in Interpreting the Guhyasamāja Tantra.”

Robert Thurman

9:30–10:00 Making Sense of the Wisdom of the Saints: On the Authority of Works Attributed to the Mahāsiddhas in Tibetan Tantric Exegesis

David Gray

10:00–10:30 Re-telling the Greatest Story Ever Told: A Case-Study and Analysis of Indian Tantric Exegesis in Tibet

John R. B. Campbell

10:30–11.00

Tea and Coffee

 

11.00–11:30 Interpreting Antinomian Scripture in Tibet: Commentaries on Guhyasamāja Chapter Five

Christian Wedemeyer

11:30–12:00 Interpreting the body mandala

Yael Bentor