Strategies in Studying the Homa: Ritual Studies, History, Syntax
Presented by: University of CalgaryCategory: Other Event
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Date: March 24, 2015 – March 24, 2015
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The Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary presents: Dr. Richard K. Payne Institute of Buddhist Studies Berkeley, CA Strategies in Studying the Homa: Ritual Studies, History, Syntax With roots in the ritual culture of Indo-European religion, the homa (fire-ritual) is also found throughout the world of Buddhist tantric practice in the present. It therefore provides a focal point for a variety of different kinds of inquiries into Buddhist history as such and religious history more generally. Although Buddhist studies has a well-developed philological methodology, it has yet to develop an equally sophisticated methodology for the study of Buddhist practices. The homa provides opportunities for developing methods appropriate to balancing the study of Buddhist doctrine with the study of Buddhist practice.
Location:
Social Science 113
Speaker:
Richard K. Payne, Dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, received his PhD (History and Phenomenology of Religion, 1985) at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. He began teaching at IBS after graduating, and was appointed Dean in 1994. Among other editorial and leadership roles, Dr. Payne is Chair of the editorial committee of Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He has also edited and contributed to a number of important works in the field, including the Japanese section of Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (2011, Brill); How Much is Enough? Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment (2010, Wisdom); Path of No Path: Contemporary Studies in Pure Land Buddhism Honoring Roger Corless (2009, Hawai’i); Tantric Buddhism in East Asia (2005, Wisdom), and others. His papers, published in a variety of venues, demonstrate the range of his research interests: ritual, cognitive science, psychology, the environment, meditation, Japanese religion, and Tantra.
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