PANEL 14 – HERMENEUTICAL TANTRIC TRADITIONS

MONDAY 20 JUNE (Auditorium A)

Convener: Yael Bentor

 9.00-9.15: Opening of panel.

9.15-9.45: Robert A.F. Thurman: Interpreting the sexual yogas in the Esoteric Community literature.

9.45-10.15: Christian K. Wedemeyer: The ‘Consort-Observance’ (vidyāvrata) in Tibetan Guhyasamāja commentaries.

10.15-10.45: Yael Bentor: Did Mkhas grub rje challenge the authenticity of the Sa skya Lam ’bras tradition?

10.45-11.15: Urban Hammar: An early rNying ma text on the doctrinal history of the Kālacakra Tantra in Tibet.