Literary Traditions of Asian Buddhism

Update:  In June 2014, Dr Cathy Cantwell was interviewed by Prof Denis Noble following her visit to Bhutan.

Tantric Buddhism in Bhutan

On 16th September 2013, Voices from Oxford filmed a conference called Authors and Editors in the Literary Traditions of Asian Buddhism held at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.  Here is a selection of the talks and lectures given that day, plus a highlights trailer.

Literary Traditions of Asian Buddhism – Trailer

Prof Stefano Zacchetti – “The life and growth of Mahāyāna sūtras: Some remarks on the textual history of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā in the light of its earliest extant commentary” 

Prof Jonathan Silk – “Establishing/Interpreting/Translating: Is it just that easy?”

Dr Cathy Cantwell – “Different kinds of composition/compilation within the Dudjom Revelatory tradition”

Dr Robert Mayer – “gTer ston and Tradent: Innovation and Conservation in Tibetan Treasure Revelation Literature”

Dr Peter Daniel Szanto – “On the identity and relative chronology of early authors of the so-called Jñānapāda school”

Dr Jowita Kramer – “Originality and Intertextuality in the Pañcaskandhaka and its Three Commentaries”