Centre for Tantric Studies

The inaugural lecture for Trinity term in Oxford’s Numata Distinguished Guest Speaker Series was given by Prof. Harunaga Isaacson (visiting from the Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg):

Words of the Yoginīs:
Reflections on the Textual History of the Buddhist Yoginītantras

• Date: Friday, 25th April 2008, 5 pm
• Venue: Lecture Room 1 (LR1), Oriental Institute (Oxford University Faculty of Oriental Studies), Pusey Lane, Oxford, UK
• Convenor: Dr. Robert Mayer, Oriental Institute, Oxford

Our summary of the presentation recently given by David Templeman is now online:

Tāranātha: A ‘Virtual Indian’ in 16th–17th century Tibet.
Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, 15 November 2007.

A brief summary of a presentation given this week by Dr. Tōru Tomabechi, ‘An Adhyardhaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript from Tibet’, is available here.

The manuscript discussed in the presentation was first examined by the presenter as recently as a few weeks ago, and we thank Dr. Tomabechi for sharing his findings in this timely manner.