2012年12月18日 星期二

Reinventing the wheel: paintings of rebirth in medieval Buddhist temples



Dunhuang Manuscripts and the Study of Buddhism
「敦煌文獻和佛教研究」專題講座系列
 
Stephen F. Teiser 太史文
D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and Professor of Religion
Director, Program in East Asian Studies, Princeton University
 
地點:政治大學山上校區百年樓一樓會議廳(330106)
 
講座一 2012/12/20(四)2:00-4:00 PM
Approaches to the Study of Chinese Buddhism 研究中國佛教的各種方法
 
講座二 2012/12/21(五)10:00-12:00 AM
The Philosophy of Healing 治療疾病的原理
 
講座三 2012/12/22(六)10:00-12:00 AM
Language, Writing, Performance 語言、書寫和表演
 
講者簡介:Stephen F. Teiser(太史文),普林斯頓大學鈴木大拙佛學講座教授、宗教系教授、東亞研究學程主任,為國際知名的佛學與中國宗教研究學者,其著作Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples (2006) 2007年獲頒被譽為漢學界諾貝爾獎的「儒蓮獎」(Prix Stanislas Julien)。其他重要著作如The Ghost Festival in Medieval China (1988)“The Scripture on the Ten Kings” and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism (1994)。本次講座除發表關於敦煌齋文、表演、療癒等近期研究成果,也將討論中國佛教研究方法的議題。



Reinventing the wheel

paintings of rebirth in medieval Buddhist temples
Front Cover
University of Washington Press, 2006 - 319 pages
The Wheel of Rebirth is one of the most basic and popular images in Buddhist visual culture. For nearly two thousand years, artists have painted it onto the porches of Buddhist temples; preachers have used it to explain karmic retribution; and philosophers have invoked it to illuminate the contrast between ignorance and nirvana. In Reinventing the Wheel, noted scholar Stephen F. Teiser explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist cycle of transmigration. Combining visual evidence with textual sources, Reinventing the Wheel shows how the metaphor of the wheel has been interpreted in divergent local traditions, from India to Tibet, Central Asia, and China. Teiser deftly shows how written and painted renditions of the wheel have animated local architectural sites and religious rituals, informing concepts of time and reincarnation and acting as an organizing principle in the cosmology and daily life of practicing Buddhists. Engaging and accessible, this uniquely pan-Buddhist tour will appeal to anyone interested in Buddhist culture, as well as to scholars of religious studies, art history, architecture, philosophy, and textual studies.

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