Sept. 17, 2018 (Monday)
10:00 – 10:30 Opening Ceremony

M.C.: Prof. Dr. HAMAR Imre, Vice-rector for Foreign Affairs, Director of the Institute of East AsianStudies and the Center of Buddhist Studies, ELTE Representative ofSymposium Organization
Opening Address:
Prof. KIGOSHI Yasushi, President of Ōtani University
Prof. FUJII Kyōkō, President of International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies
Prof. Dr. HAMAR Imre, Vice-rector for Foreign Affairs, Director of the Institute of East AsianStudies and the Center of Buddhist Studies, ELTE
10:30 - 12:00 Session 1 Chairman, Prof. Dr. HAMAR Imre(Papers 20 minutes and discussion max. 10 minute)
Keynote Address:
1. 10:30-11:00
Prof. KIGOSHI Yasushi, Ōtani University“Recent Trends Concerning the Issue of “Buddhism and Practice” in Contemporary Japan”
2. 11:00-11:30
Prof. Dr. RUZSA Ferenc, ELTE
“Why was original Buddhism for monks only?”
3. 11:30-12:00
Prof. Dr. INOUE Takami, Vice-president of Ōtani University“Problems in ’Transfer of Merit’ as Buddhist Practice”
Lunch 12:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:30 Session 2 Chairwoman, Prof. Dr. BIRTALAN Ágnes, ELTE Director of the Chair of Inner
Asian Studies and the Chair of Korean Studies

4. 14:00-14:30
Prof. Dr. Robert RHODES, Ōtani University“Can Arhats attain Buddhahood? An Issue in the Interpretation of the Lotus Sutra”
5. 14:30-15:00

Prof. Dr. HAMAR Imre, ELTE“Samantabhadra Practice in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra”
6. 15:00-15:30
Dr. Michael CONWAY, Ōtani University„Practice and Other Power Daocho’s Pure Land Buddhism”
Coffee Break 15:30 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:50 Session 3 Chairman, Prof. Dr. INOUE Takami, Ōtani University

7. 15:50 – 16:20
Prof. Dr. BIRTALAN Ágnes, ELTE
“Ritual Practices in the Mongolian Buddhicised Folk Religion (Fieldwork Based Research)”
8. 16:20 – 16:50
Dr. Jakub ZAMORSKI, Jagiellonian University"Practice (行) and Understanding (解) in Modern Chinese Pure Land Buddhism"

Welcome Party for Presenters at the XO Restaurant 18:00 – 20:00

Sept. 18, 2018 (Tuesday)
10:30 – 12:00 Session 4. Chairman, Prof. Dr. RUZSA Ferenc, ELTE

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10:30 – 11:00
Dr. HIDAS Gergely, ERC Synergy Researcher“South Asian Nāga Rituals”

10. 11:00 – 11:30
Dr. UENO Makio, Ōtani University“On Reverently Listening to the Buddha’s Words: The First Step in Buddhist Practice according toVasubandhu’s Vyakyayukti”
11. 11:30 – 12:00
Szegedi Mónika, PhD candidate, ELTE
“Abhidharma as meditation”
Lunch 12:00 - 14:00
14:00 – 15:30 Session 5 Chairman, Dr. HIDAS Gergely, ERC Synergy Researcher

12. 14:00 – 14:30
Dr. KISS Mónika, Department of Japanese Studies, ELTE
“Heian Period Developments in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Practice”
13. 14:30 – 15:00

Prof. FUJII Kyōkō, ICPBS“On the meaning of the chanting practice in Nichiren Buddhism”
14. 15:00 – 15:30
Dr. FUJIMOTO Masafumi, Ōtani University“Shinran’s Interpretation of the Amida’s Name: Transformation of the Buddhist Interpretation ofPractice”
Coffee Break 15:30 - 15:50
15:50 – 16:50 Session 6 Chairman, Prof. Dr. Robert F. Rhodes, Ōtani University

15. 15:50 – 16:20

Dr. TÓTH Erzsébet, Head of the Major of Tibetology, ELTE”Training in the perfection of patience in Tsong-khapa's The Great Treatise on the Stages of thePath to Enlightenment”
16. 16:20 – 16:50
Dr. PÉTER Alexa, ELTE“The three trainings of persons of medium capacity in Tsong-khapa's The Great Treatise on the Stagesof the Path to Enlightenment”
16:50 – 17: 10 Closing address

Prof. Dr. INOUE Takami, Ōtani University
Prof. Dr. HAMAR Imre, ELTE
Sayonara Party at the XO Restaurant 18:00 – 21:00