International Symposium“Faith in Buddhism”
2013. October 26 -27, ELTE Council Hall of the Faculty of Humanities
Organized by
The Institute of East Asian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University
The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University

Sponsored by Komatsu Chiko Foundation

International Symposium “Faith in Buddhism”
2013. October 26 -27, ELTE Council Hall of the Faculty of Humanities
Organized by: The Institute of East Asian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University
The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University

2013 October 26.：
10:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony:
M.C.: Prof. Dr. Hamar Imre, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies, ELTE
Word of Welcome:
ELTE Prof. Dr. Erdődy Gábor, Vice-Rector for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Dezső Tamás, Dean ofthe Faculty of Humanities and H.E. YamamotoTadamichi, Ambassador of Japan(Contents of Symposium)
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hamar Imre
1. 10:30-11:00 Opening Address: Prof. Dr. Kimura Kiyotaka, President of Tsurumi University„Meaning and Perspective of the Buddhist Studies -With Special Reference to Faith -”(Papers cc. 20 minutes and 10 minutes discussion)
2. 11:00-11:30 Prof. Dr. Oda Akihiro, the Department of Buddhist Studies, Otani University„Faith in the Da-sheng-qi-xin-lun (Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna)”3. 11:30-12:00 Dr. Hidas Gergely, Lecturer, the Department of Indo-European Studies, ELTE
„Faith in Proto-tantric Tradition”
Lunch 12:20-14:20
Chairwoman: Dr. Birtalan Ágnes, Associate Prof., Head of the Department of Inner AsianStudies, ELTE
4. 14:30-15:00 Dr. Tóth Erzsébet, Assistant Prof., the Department of Inner Asian Studies, ELTE„The concept of Tibetan dad-pa 'faith' as discussed in the system of lam-rim 'stages of thepath to enlightenment”
5. 15:00-15:30 Dr. Péter Alexa, Assistant, the Department of Inner Asian Studies, ELTE„The two basic texts of faith in tradition of the Tibetan Kadampa School”
6. 15:30-16:00 Dr. Pap Melinda, Assistant, the Department of Chinese Studies, ELTE„The Concept of Faith in Zhanran’s Diamond Scalpel Treatise”
16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hamar Imre
7. 16:30-17:00 Dr. Kósa Gábor, Assistant Prof., the Department of Chinese Studies, ELTE„The pre-Buddhist Chinese background of 'faith': the concept of xin 信 in the Lunyu andthe Daodejing”
8. 17:00-17:30 Dr. Chi Limei, Associate Prof., the Institute of Buddhist Culture, Tsurumi University„Death by choice as religious practices in Chinese buddhist history: with specialreferencese to the Further Biographies of Eminent Monks”
18:00-20:30

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Welcome Party only with speekers and invited guests (at XO restaurant)

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2013. October 26 -27, ELTE Council Hall of the Faculty of Humanities
Organized by: The Institute of East Asian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University
The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University

2013 October 27:
Chairman: Dr. Hidas Gergely
1. 9:30-10:00 Prof. Dr. Hamar Imre: „Practice and Faith in Huayan Buddhism”
2. 10:00-10:30 Gergely Gabriella, PhD student, the Doctoral Program of Chinese Studies, ELTE„The Concept of Faith in Facheng’s Philosophy”
3. 10:30-11:00 Dr. Inoue Takami, Associate Prof., the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies,Otani University„Genealogy of Other-Power Faith: From Śākyamuni to Shinran”
4. 11:00-11:30 Prof. Dr. Robert F. Rhodes, Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Otani University„Faith in Genshin’s Pure Land Buddhism”
Lunch 12:00-13:30
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Rhodes
5. 14:00-14:30 Prof. Dr. Kimura Kiyotaka:„Faith and Enlightenment in Dogen’s Thought: As a Result in the Descent of Chan/ZenBuddhism”
6. 14:30-15:00 Prof. Dr. Fujitake Myōshin, the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies, Otani
University„Shinran’s Elucidation of Faith: Shinjin as Tathāgata’s Infinite Merit Transferred toSentient Beings”
7. 15:00-15:30 Dr. Michael Conway, lecturer, the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies, Otani
University„Dharmākara as the Subject, Not Object of Faith: The Reinterpretation of Amida’s Causal
Phase in Modern Shin Thought”
Coffee Break 15:30-16:00
Chairman: Dr. Inoue Takami
8. 16:00-16:30 Dr. Birtalan Ágnes:„Reification of Faith. Examples of Mongolian Folk Buddhism”
9. 16:30-17:00 Dr. Papp Melinda, Assistant, the Department of Japanese Studies„The Concept of Faith and the Characteristics of Religious Consciousness in ContemporaryJapan”
10. 17:00-17:30 Kiss Mónika, PhD student, the Doctoral Program of Japanese Philology, ELTE
„Buddhist Ancestor Worship at Home through the Sacred Place of the Butsudan”
17:30-18:00-Valuation of the results of Symposium and discussion on the next steps
Prof. Dr. Kimura Kiyotaka, Prof. Dr. Robert F. Rhodes Prof. Dr. Hamar Imre

-Closing address: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Rhodes

19:00-21:00
Sayonara Party with all of speekers, invited guests and participants (at XO restaurant)
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