The Religious Philosophy of Prajñākaragupta and Yamāri – Third International Workshop (September 16-18, 2024)

Aug 28, 2024 | Event

The Religious Philosophy of Prajñākaragupta and Yamāri

Third International Workshop

September 16-18, 2024, Paris

Organizers : Shinya MORIYAMA (Shinshu University), Vincent ELTSCHINGER (EPHE-PSL), Isabelle RATIÉ (USN, IUF)

This workshop aims to explore the rich and intricate arguments of Prajñākaragupta concerning Buddhist doctrines of the four Nobles’ truths along with their related epistemological and logical issues, relying on Yamāri’s sub-commentary, whose Sanskrit original was recently discovered and is presently edited by Eli Franco and Hiroko Matsuoka.

As part of the JSPS project, we have successfully conducted two international workshops previously, hosted at Hokkaido University in Sapporo in 2022 and at the Austrian Academy of Science in Vienna in 2023. The upcoming workshop consists of two distinct parts: one focused on reading PVA with Yamāri’s sub-commentary and another dedicated to research presentations on Buddhist epistemology and logic.

Venue

École Pratique des Hautes Études, en Sorbonne
17, rue de la Sorbonne, Escalier E, 1st floor
Salle D064 “Gaston Paris”

Free admission, registration required: fabienne.bagnis@ephe.psl.eu

Program

September 16, Monday

  • 10-10:15 Shinya MORIYAMA: Opening address
  • 10:15-11:15 Eli FRANCO & Karin PREISENDANZ: Yamāri on the Buddha’s epithets
  • 11:15-11:30 Break
  • 11:30-12:30 Hiroko MATSUOKA: Prequels to Yamāri’s ādivākya Theory
  • 14:00-15:30 Vincent ELTSCHINGER & Isabelle RATIÉ: On the Philosophical Reception and the Critical Edition of Dharmakīrti’s Santānāntarasiddhi
  • 15:30-15:45 Break
  • 15:45-17:00 Mai MIYO: Reading PVA on nirodhasatya

September 17, Tuesday

  • 10:00-11:30 Eli FRANCO & Hiroko MATSUOKA: Difficult portions of Yamāri
  • 11:30-11:45 Break
  • 11:45-12:45 Patrick McALLISTER: How is inference like an omen
  • 14:00-17:00 Shinya MORIYAMA: Reading PVA on duḥkhasatya (PVA ad PV Il 162-175, especially ad PV Il 164-166 & 169cd- 172ab)

September 18, Wednesday

  • 10:00-11:00 Audrey GUIBAULT: Prajñākaragupta on temporal experience
  • 11:00-11:15 Break
  • 11:15-12:00 Eiko KODAMA: Durvekamiśra’s Criticism of pañcāvayava
  • 12:00-12:45 Kazuki KIMURA: Prajñākaragupta’s Position in Apoha Theory: From the Viewpoint of “Unitary Judgement”
  • 14:00-14:45 Akito YOKOYAMA: Prajñākaragupta’s Critique of the Weight of avayava and avayavin
  • 14:45-15:30 Shinya MORIYAMA: Closing discussion

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