ISTB University of Vienna

@ISTB_Vienna says goodbye to X, and starts 2025 on bluesky at istb-univienna.bsky.social. We wish all our students, researchers, partners and friends all over the globe a happy and peaceful start into the new year, and look forward to exploring new horizons together. #univie

The only way is up - for the Tibetan Manuscript Project Vienna (tmpv.univie.ac.at), a long-term research initiative @ISTB_Vienna dedicated to the documentation, preservation, dissemination, and investigation of Tibetan canonical manuscript culture. 📸Jigmey Lodey Gurung

@ISTB_Vienna Workshop Nov 29 and 30: Abhidharmakośa Commentaries Across the Himalayas: Changing Interpretations of Karma Theories stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/de… #univienna #buddhism #buddhiststudies #tibetanstudies #sanskrit #eurasianstudies #buddhistphilosophy

Join us to discuss Cultural and Linguistic Diversity at the 1st Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Eurasian Transformations’. Registration is still possible: eurasiantransformations.univie.ac.at #univienna #oeaw #vienna #science #archaeology #history #linguist #linguistics

#SBLAAR24: Nov 24, Dr Christopher Jones (@ISTB_vienna) will be presenting on “Reading Śikṣānanda’s Chinese Version of the Laṅkāvatārasūtra: Reflections on Key Doctrines, Influences, and the Challenges of Translation.” (A24-315) #univienna #religiousstudies #buddhiststudies

This Thursday, Nov 21, Dr. Himal Trikha (@ISTB_Vienna) will introduce “Non-Violence and Further Key Concepts of Jainism” in a public lecture at the CEU in Vienna: events.ceu.edu/2024-11-21/dr-… #univienna #eurasianstudies #oeaw #weareCEU #univie #jain #jainism

At Heidelberg, @LariosBor (@ISTB_Vienna) and Andrea Acri ( École Pratique des Hautes Études l PSL) recently introduced the 'OMnibus of Mantras' (mantrams.univie.ac.at) for interactive digital access to mantra traditions across South Asia through sound, text, and imagery.

This coming Thursday, Nov 14, Csaba Dezső (@ELTE_UNI ) will explore Rājaśekhara’s ‘Investigation of Poetry’ @ISTB_Vienna (public lecture): stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/de… #univienna #sanskritstudies #Sanskrit #kavya #poet #indianliterature #literarystudies

Starting tomorrow: “Interpretation and Translation of Buddhist Texts: Past and Present” conference @LMU_Muenchen Keynote by ISTB head Jim Rheingans on Nov 9th: en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/events/lmu-wor… #univienna #lmumünchen #tibetanbuddhism #tibetanstudies #translationstudies #buddhiststudies

TOMORROW, Thursday Nov 7, Film screening of “Resounding the Buddha’s Sūtras”, with an introduction to Tibetan manuscript collections in the Dolpo Himalayas at the symposium “MANUCRIPT COLLECTIONS ACROSS EURASIA” in Vienna: oeaw.ac.at/eurasian-trans… #eurasianstudies #oeaw #univie

Exciting job opportunity for PostDoc researchers at @UniofOxford with MANTRAMS, a project jointly led by Borayin Larios (@istb_vienna, University of Vienna), Carola E. Lorea (University of Tübingen), and Finnian Gerety (University of Oxford): encr.pw/xBRYN #univienna

International Tibetologists gathering for a workshop on dedicatory texts from a variety of canonical artefacts @istb_vienna. Congratulations to Markus Viehbeck and his team. tmpv.univie.ac.at; stb.univie.ac.at #buddhism #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies

A great meeting of ISTB representatives with Gerhard Weißgrab, President of the Austrian Buddhist Union and his vice president Erika Erber to discuss respective activities and opportunities for cooperation. @istb_vienna #buddhismaustria #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies

Join us TOMORROW for our workshop on Tibetan dedicatory texts, connecting literature, material culture, and social context. We look forward to welcoming all interested members of the scientific community, researchers and students! @istb_univienna

thank you @istb_univienna for hosting such a marvelous workshop on #Tibetan #Buddhism & Neuroscience

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the great success of our symposium on Tibetan Buddhism and Neuroscience last Friday. The discussion will continue on April 25-26 2025 @istb_vienna, save the date! #buddhism #neuroscience #meditation #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies

TOMORROW, Oct 18: We look forward to seeing you at our symposium "Tibetan Buddhism and Neuroscience: Conceptual Frameworks for Visual Meditation Practices" stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/de…

Many thanks indeed to @ISTB_Vienna for the invitation to lecture on "#Outcaste #Awakening" and the #Dalit identity of early #Buddhist ascetic practitioners. Powerpoint materials for lecture available here: academia.edu/124795246/Witk…

The Bon bKa’ brten (or “Bon Tanjur”) – Now on rKTs: rKTs is proud to announce that the 300-volume Bon gyi bka’ brten (Bon Katen), published in 1998 in Lhasa, is now available on rkts.org/collections.ph… Photo: (c) Viehbeck 2024 #buddhism #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies

Join us this Friday, Oct 18 for this interdisciplinary event, bringing together Buddhist studies and cognitive neuroscience related to Indo-Tibetan visual meditation practices. stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/de…