Program on 18 July 2015 (International Conference – Buddha’s Biography – Buddhist Legends)

08.30-09.00

Registration

09.00-09.30

Opening Ceremony

09.30-10.30

Keynote Speech:
The Buddha’s Life in Art: Exploring Iconographic Transference

     Parul Pandya Dhar
     – University of Delhi (India)

10.30-11.00

Refreshments

11.00-12.00

Petchburi Wood-Panel Painting: Rare Moments in the Narrative of the Buddha’s Life
     Peter Skilling
     – French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), Bangkok

12.00-12.30

Rise of Chinese Buddhist Historiography: The Life and Lineage of Śākyamuni in Sengyou’s Shijiapu
     Chou Pokan
     – National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

12.30-14.00

Lunch break

14.00-14.30

Therefore, Now Ānanda – On the Preaching of Attasaraņa and Dhammasaraņa
     Venerable Takamichi Fukita 
     – Bukkyo University, Kyoto (Japan)

14.30-15.00

A Review of the Source of Twelve Deeds of the Buddha – A Life Story of the Buddha Written in Mongolian
     Yamaguchi Nariko 
     – The Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute (Japan)

15.00-15.30

The Human Personality of the Śākyamuni Buddha
     Venerable Guang Xing
     – The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

15.30-16.00

Refreshments

16.00-16.30

The Development of Duskaracaryā Idea through the Context of Kāyabhāvanāsūtra in Dīrghāgama
     Zhen Liu
     – Fudan University, Shanghai (China)

16.30-17.00

Oh Māra, All Evil Deeds Are Your Fault!!: Misfortune Stories of the Buddha in Ratnaketuparivarta
     Chanwit Tudkeao
     – Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)