Vincent Eltschinger - Numata Lectures
Fall 2011 Leiden University
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
Dr Vincent Eltschinger
Research Fellow
Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia
Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna
Lecture and Seminar series on Buddhist Studies
Dr Eltschinger will offer two courses, a series of lectures accessible to all interested persons, and a reading seminar, participation in which assumes knowledge of Sanskrit and/or Tibetan language. During his stay in Leiden in the Fall term of 2011, Dr Eltschinger will also offer a public lecture details of which will be announced later. All presentations will be in English.
See the Online Study Guide information here
Lecture series: “Apologetic Dimensions of Late Indian Buddhist Philosophy”
The lectures consider the broad historical context of the rise of the so-called Buddhist epistemological tradition, and then turn to selected topics, including: scriptural authority; apologetics proper; the heart of the system (particularly the doctines of apoha and the two truths); the proofs of momentariness, selflessness and rebirth; the path (compassion and wisdom, karunā and prajñā); the nature of buddhas (omniscience, yogic perception), and others.
When: Every Tuesday evening from 17.00-19.00
Dates: Begins 6 September 2011 through 30 November (except 26 October, during reading week)
Venue: LIPSIUS Building Room 308, Leiden University
No prior knowledge necessary
Reading seminar “Selected passages from Śāntaraksita’s and Kamalaśīla’s critique of the Self (ātman) in the Tattvasangraha(pañjikā)”
The reading seminar will deal with “Selected passages from Śāntaraksita’s and Kamalaśīla’s critique of the Self (ātman) in the Tattvasangraha(pañjikā), chapter 7.” This material constitutes a critique of the (non-)Buddhists’ versions of the Self (especially against the Nyāya, Vaiśesika and Sāmmitīyas). Participants will closely read the original text in Sanskrit and/or Tibetan, under the guidance of the instructor.
When: every Wednesday evening from 17.00-19.00
Dates: Begins 7 September 2011 through 1 December (except 27 October, during reading week).
Venue: LIPSIUS Building Room 030, Leiden University
Participants must have reading knowledge of Sanskrit and/or Tibetan
Penser l'autorité des Écritures.
Dr Vincent Eltschinger is a well-known scholar specializing in Buddhist philosophy. Among his many publications may be mentioned three books:
"Caste" et philosophie bouddhique. Continuité de quelques arguments bouddhiques contre le traitement réaliste des dénominations sociales.
Vienna 2000: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, no. 47).
Dharmakīrti sur les mantra et la perception du suprasensible.
Vienna 2001: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, no. 51).
Penser l’autorité des Écritures. La polémique de Dharmakīrti contre la notion brahmanique orthodoxe d'un Veda sans auteur. Autour de Pramānavārttika 1.213-268 et Svavrtti.
Vienna 2007: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, no. 56)
