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SUMMARY:Vajravārāhī in Tangut Buddhist Manuscripts
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DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture by Chung-pui Tai (Hong Kong)\n\nThe lecture is a
 vailable live at Zoom. Please pre-register until 07 December 2021\, 12 pm.
 \n\nVajravārāhī is often the object of visualisation in the Six Yogas o
 f Naropa (Tib. nA ro’i chos drug) and the Mahāmudrā\, the pillars in t
 he Kagyu (Tib. bka’ brgyud) teaching of Tibetan Buddhism. The cult of Va
 jravārāhī became popular among the Tanguts with the introduction of Tib
 etan Buddhism between the 11th and 13th centuries. A Vajravārāhī Cave w
 as built at Liangzhou (涼州)\, on the outskirt of the present-day city o
 f Wuwei (武威)\, in 1130 CE during the reign of Emperor Chongzhong (r. 1
 087–1139\, 崇宗). This cave is a good illustration of the cult of Vajr
 avārāhī in the Tangut territory. The thangkas discovered among the Tang
 ut antiques from Khara-Khoto also contain images of Vajravārāhī alone o
 r paired with Cakrasaṃvara. However\, the most critical evidence of the 
 cult of Vajravārāhī is the Tangut translation of Buddhist texts on Vajr
 avārāhī. This talk aims to provide an overview of Tangut Buddhist manus
 cripts related to Vajravārāhī. The talk will explore the content of the
 se manuscripts. It will also discuss the role of Tangut Buddhism in the tr
 ansmission of the cult of Vajravārāhī in the region.\n\n\nChung-pui Tai
  is a Tangutologist and a Teacher Educator. He is Assistant Professor at t
 he Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong and specialises in 
 Tangut manuscripts and Chinese language education. His recent publications
  include: Chung-pui Tai\, “Decipherment of Tangut Fragment with Tibetan 
 Phonetic Glosses Or. 12380/3910 from the British Collection\, and on Its R
 elationship with Fragments from the Russian Collection\,” in Qiang Songs
  on the Silk Road: Proceeding of the International Academic Forum on Liter
 ature and Manuscript of Ethnic Minorities in China\, ed. Tang Jun (Beijing
 : China Social Sciences Press\, forthcoming) and Viacheslav Zaytsev and Ch
 ung-pui Tai\, “Re-examination of Tangut Fragment Or. 12380/3495 from the
  Collection of the British Library\,” Tangut Research 45 (2021): 111–1
 18.\n\n\nTo join the lecture\, please register here https://ruhr-uni-bochu
 m.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Msd-2tpzwjH9IKEl4cHRlyoCjRxP2fRrQn
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/events/tangut-manuscripts-related
 -tantric-deity-vajr-en-1/
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