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SUMMARY:Conference: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism and the Institution of the Dalai Lama
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReincarnation recognition began in the 13th century as a distinctive practice in Tibetan Buddhism to ensure continuity in spiritual authority across successive lives of religious masters. Over time such recognized reincarnations took on significant temporal power as well\, particularly the line of the Dalai Lamas who were instrumental in the formation of the Tibetan Ganden Phodrang government in the 17th century. This conference will look at the history across the region\, the esoteric practices of rebirth and divination\, and the modern-day geopolitical implications of the continuation of this practice in Tibetan\, Himalayan\, Mongolian\, and Central Asian communities — and indeed across the Buddhist world in Asia and beyond. \n\n\n\nDay 1: Thursday\, November 14\, 20244:00 p.m. – Opening and Introductions   Michael Puett\, Harvard UniversityJanet Gyatso\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n5:00 p.m.                    Reception \n\n\n\nDay 2: Friday\, November 15\, 2024 \n\n\n\n8:15 – 9:00 a.m.          Breakfast \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:15 a.m.          Welcome \n\n\n\n9:15-11:15 a.m.         Panel 1: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism and Beyond Moderator: Michael Szonyi\, Harvard UniversityPanelists:Weirong Shen\, Tsinghua UniversityBodhisattvas in Saṃsāra: The Avalokiteśvara Cult and the Reincarnation of Tibetan LamasTengyur Rinpoche\, Thubten Shedrubling Foundation  The History of Reincarnated Lamas in TibetTawni Tidwell\, University of Wisconsin–MadisonLife in Suspension with Death: Biocultural Ontologies\, Perceptual Cues\, and Biomarkers for the Tibetan Tukdam Postmortem Meditative State \n\n\n\nSangseraima Ujeed\, University of MichiganThe Ocean Lama: The Dalai Lamas of the Mongols \n\n\n\nNicole Willock\, Old Dominion University Authenticity and Authority: Methodological Pathways for Understanding the Tulku Institution \n\n\n\n11:15-11:30 a.m.         Break  \n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Panel 2: Ganden Phodrang\, Regents\, and Succession \n\n\n\nModerator: Janet Gyatso\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nPanelists:Martin Mills\, University of AberdeenThe Ganden Podrang: Sovereignty and Succession Under the Dalai Lamas \n\n\n\nCameron Warner\, Aarhus UniversityTibet’s Regents: A Historical Overview of the Men Tasked with Finding the Dalai Lama \n\n\n\nHon-Shiang Lau\, City University of Hong KongChinese Primary-Source Official Records on Using a Golden Urn to Identify a New Dalai Lama \n\n\n\n1:00-2:00 p.m.            Lunch  \n\n\n\n2:00-3:30 p.m.           Panel 3: The Present Dalai Lama and GeopoliticsModerator: William Kirby\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanelists: Jigme Yeshi\, University of CalcuttaCompassion in Praxis – The Life and Legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama \n\n\n\nAllen Carlson\, Cornell UniversityWho’s Next (And Why It Matters So): Reincarnates (Especially the Dalai Lama Lineage\, Particularly the 14th\, Tenzin Gyatso) and the Coming Crisis in Tibet-China Relations \n\n\n\nTenzin Dorjee\, Columbia UniversityBeijing’s Reincarnation Games: Why the Chinese Communist Party Wants the Dalai Lama to be Reborn \n\n\n\n3:30-3:45 p.m.            Break  \n\n\n\n3:45-5:15 p.m.            Panel 4: Buddhist World in Asia and BeyondModerator: Michael Puett\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanelists:Lobsang Sangay\, Harvard UniversityCo-opting the Sacred: The Intersection of Atheist Governance and Tibetan Buddhist Spiritual Authority \n\n\n\nJosh Rogin\, The Washington PostProspects of US Tibet Policy in the Next Administration \n\n\n\nDibyesh Anand\, University of WestminsterCompeting Notions of Sovereignty: Tibet\, China\, and the Politicizing of Reincarnation \n\n\n\n5:15-5:30 p.m.            Conclusion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/conference-reincarnation-in-tibetan-buddhism-and-the-institution-of-the-dalai-lama/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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