PANEL 34: TIBETAN AND MONGOLIAN BUDDHISMS TRANSFORMED:
TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
THURSDAY 25 JULY
Convenors: Nadine Plachta and Abraham Zablocki
| 9:00-9:30 | Buddhist ritual of Poṣadha: Indian tradition, Tibetan text and Mongolian reality
Ekaterina Sobkovyak |
| 9:30-10:00 | Buddhist modernity as played out in new temples in contemporary Ulaanbaatar
Hanna Havnevik |
| 10:00-10:30 | The Tenth Khalkha Jetsundampa – Gelugpa or Jonangpa? Tibeto-Mongolian religious contacts re-examined in a global context
Agata Bareja-Starzynska |
| 10:30 – 11.00 |
Tea and Coffee |
| 11.00-11:30 | Revival of Mongolian Buddhism: its international and national significance
Tsedendamba Samdan |
| 11:30-12:00 | Global Mandalas: The Transformation of Tibetan Buddhism in Exile
Abraham Zablocki |
| 12:00-12:30 | Terma Teachings of Bidya Damdaron: new evidence on the causes of Dandaron’s death
Maret Kark |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | Danzanravjaa and the Rebranding of Mongolian Spirituality
Simon Wickham-Smith |
| 1:00–2:00 |
Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30 | Kushok Bakula Rinpoche and his Mongolian Connections
Ngawang Tsering Shakspo |
| 2:30-3:00 | Buddhism in modern Tuva
Uliana Bicheldey |
| 3:00-3:30 | Buddhist Communities in Contemporary Kalmykia: Revival or Reinvention?
Valeria Gazizova |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
Tea and Coffee |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Local and Transnational Influence on Contemporary Vegetarianism in Kham
Geoffrey Barstow |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Chinese Ghosts and Milarepa: Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teaching on ‘Deathlessness’ and Implications for Popular Chinese Ghost Beliefs among Han Practitioners
Joshua Esler |
| 5:00-5:30 | “Tsum pa tsho bcu gsum ki dgon pa”: Global connections, contemporary transformations, and Buddhist identity in a high mountain valley of Nepal
Nadine Plachta |