11th Jaina Studies Workshop At SOAS - Jaina Scriptures And Philosophy - March 12-13, 2009

11th Jaina Studies Workshop At SOAS - Jaina Scriptures And Philosophy

March 12-13, 2009

Research on the Jaina Agamas, once the main domain of Jainology and Prakrit Studies, has become rare nowadays, while studies of Jaina philosophy and religion based on sources in Sanskrit, Middle and New-Indo-Aryan languages are increasing. The conference seeks to reconnect research on canonical and non-canonical sources and their uses. Contributions are invited on Jaina scriptures and philosophy.

Conference:

March 12-13, 2009

Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

The conference is co-organised by the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS and the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Lund.

For further details please see http://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies
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Programme Overview

THE 9th ANNUAL JAINA LECTURE:

Thursday 12.3.2009,
18.00-19.30,
SOAS, Russell Square,
Brunei Gallery, Lecture Theatre

The Role of Pārśvanātha in Jaina Literature and Culture

Bansidhar Bhatt

 

CONFERENCE:
Friday 13.3.2009,
9.00-18.00,
SOAS, Russell Square,
Brunei Gallery, Lecture Theatre

Layman's Atonements: The Sâvayapacchitta and the Shrâddhajîtakalpa	Nalini Balbir
Do Attempts to Formalise Syādvāda Make Sense?	Piotr Balcerowicz
What Happened to Mahāvīra's Body?	Johannes Bronkhorst
Sensuous Cognition - Pratyakṣa or Parokṣa? Jinabhadra's Reading of the Nandīsūtra	Anne Clavel
Pokkhali's Visit to the Fasting Hall: The Ramifications of a Canonical Episode	Paul Dundas
Intertwining Narrative and Philosophy? Some Doctrinal Passages in the Vasudevahiṇḍī of Saṅghadāsa	Anna Aurelia Esposito
Reflections on the Origins of the Jaina Doctrine of Karman	Peter Flügel
Śvetâmbara Āgamas in the Digambara Scriptures	Sin Fujinaga
One Rare Manuscript of the Prakrit Text Bhagavatī Ārādhanā	Prem Suman Jain
Jaina Critique of Sāṃkhya Philosophy	Olle Qvarnström
Aspects of Philosophy in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍâgama	Jayendra Soni
On the Composition of Jaina Canonical Texts and in Particular the Uttarajjhāyā	Herman Tieken
Haribhadra Sūri on Yogâcāra	Frank Van den Bossche
A Bee and Mendicant: Two Different Versions in the Extant Jaina Āgamas	Kenji Watanabe