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image of WDR ZeitZeichen: Rambling along the BuddhistRoad - the world’s oldest printed book from the year 868 from Dunhuang and the transfer of Buddhism in Eastern Central Asia

WDR ZeitZeichen: Rambling along the BuddhistRoad - the world’s oldest printed book from the year 868 from Dunhuang and the transfer of Buddhism in Eastern Central Asia

The world’s first dated printed book is a speech attributed to the Buddha. The work was translated from Sanskrit and …

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BuddhistRoad coordinator enters freedom and joy of retirement

Henrik H. Sørensen, coordinator and a central team member of the ERC project BuddhistRoad from the very first moment, just …

image of Monograph of BMBF- funded project Dzogchen published open access

Monograph of BMBF- funded project Dzogchen published open access

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Dylan Esler, who until last September was based at CERES and presently works …

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BuddhistRoad Guest Lectures on Tibetan Karakhoto manuscripts by two Russian scholars

The BuddhistRoad team invited the Russian colleagues Dr. Alexander Zorin (currently based at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem) and Alla …

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Seasons's Greetings and Wishes for 2023

The year 2022 is almost over, and it was again an exciting and successful, but also in some respects challenging …

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Chinese Cooperation Partner from Harvard visits BuddhistRoad Project

On Tuesday (06.12.2022) the BuddhistRoad Team welcomed the project cooperation partner Zhouyang Ma, PhD candidate at Harvard University, at CERES, …

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BuddhistRoad Project Develops New Discussion Format

On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, the BuddhistRoad Project hosted a new online discussion format in order to open discuss their …

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Hero of the BuddhistRoad Project is leaving: Ben Müller continues his journey in academia

Ben Müller, student assistant in the ERC project BuddhistRoad from the first hour, has left the project after successfully completing …

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PhD student travels back to China

Ms. Hao Fengfeng came to Germany as a doctoral student with a scholarship from Renmin University in Beijing as well …

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Translating the Buddha’s words: CERES researcher continues international career

Dr Dylan Esler, who until last month was working as a researcher on the BMBF-sponsored project “An Investigation into …