We are pleased to announce an international conference in South Korea.

2011 marks one thousand years since the formation of the Chojo Daejanggyeong (the First edition of the Tripitaka Koreana). To commemorate this occasion, the Research Institute of the Tripitaka Koreana and the Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies of Geumgang University have co-organized “Daejanggyeong: A Millennium Commemoration of the Tripitaka Koreana in 2011” from June 27th to 29th in Daegu, South Korea. Fifteen international scholars from nine countries and twelve Korean scholars will present their papers under nine sub-categories. A detailed program follows:

Daejanggyeong: A Millennium Commemoration of the Tripitaka Koreana in 2011
Jun 27th-29th 2011, Daegu, Korea

Monday June 27
Session 1
11:00 - 12:00
Opening Ceremony

Session 2
14:00 - 18:00
Section 1 Daejanggyeong: Translation, Transmission, and Digitalizing Toshinori Ochiai (落合俊典), (International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Japan)
高麗初雕本より見えてきた諸大蔵経の系譜

Seungsuk Jung (Dongguk University) Several Problems Caused by Transliterated Words in Chinese Tripitaka

Choenhak Kim (Geumgang University) On the Text of T85n2799 Shidilun yishu <<十地論義疏>>

Ven. Junghyen (The Research Institute of TripitakaKoreana)
Digitalizing and Information:
A History of the Research Institute of Tripitaka Koreanan

Section 2 Daejanggyeong: Languages, Translation, and Spreading Seishi Karashima (辛嶋静志) (Soka University, Japan) A Study of the Language of the Early Chinese Buddhist Translations: Comparison between the translations by Lokakṣema and those by Zhi Qian

Sangwhan Shin (Visva-Bharati, India) The Significance of Historical Background of Tibetan Tripitaka

Jin-il Chung (University of Göttingen, Germany) Vinaya Elements in Āgama Texts as a Criterion of the School Affiliation: Taking the Six vivādamūlas as an Example

Dewei Zhang (McMaster University, Canada) Text in Context: Spreading a Buddhist Canon in Wanli (1573-1620) China

Section 3 Daejanggyeong: Re-examination of the Tripitaka Koreana Lewis Lancaster (University of California Berkeley, U.S. A.) The Role of the Daejanggyeong in the Buddhist Network

Taeseung Lee (Uiduk University) On the Siddhamatrika Type in the Korean Tripitaka

Funayama Toru (船山 徹) (Kyoto University, Japan) The Fanwang jing (Scripture of Brahma's Net) in the First-edition Tripitaka Koreana: A Preliminary Survey

Gilam Seok (Geumgang University) Goryeo Dynasty’s Presenting Buddhist Texts to Sung Dynasty and Its Intention

Tuesday June 28

Session 3
10:00 - 12:00
Section 4 Daejanggyeong: Daejanggyeong in East Asia
Hongwei Zhang (章宏伟) (中國北京故宮博物院, China) Jiaxing Tripitaka in the East Asian cultural circle of the Spread of Buddhism

Fuhua Li (李富華) (中國社會科學院, China) 《高丽藏》与《赵城藏》的对比分析中略论《高丽藏》的成就

Section 5 Daejanggyeong: Texts and Locality
Zhiru Shi (Pomona College, U.S.A.) Production of the Buddhist Canon and State Formation in Tenth-Century Southeast China

Hyeyoung Won (Daejin University) Buddhist Canon: an Origin of the Energy: Discussion on the Authenticity of Sutta and Vinaya of the Early Mahā-parinirvāṇa-sūtra

Section 6 Daejanggyeong: Foundation of Buddhism and Transmission Luis Gomez (University of Michigan, U.S.A.) Avalokiteśvara’s Potala in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra: Source for the History of Avalokiteśvara in the Dazang

Rupert Gethin (University of Bristol, UK)
Is the text of the Pali canon fixed? Oral composition and transmission of early Buddhist texts.

Session 4
14:00 - 17:00
Section 7 Daejanggyeong: Manuscript and Editing and Collections Robert E. Buswell, Jr. (University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) Sugi's守其 Editing of the Koryŏ Buddhist Canon and His Significance in the History of Textual Criticism

Ki -Moon Han (Kyungpook National University)The Production and Storage of 1st TK Plate in Early Goryeo

Jaekwan Shim (Geumgang University )A Preliminary Note on Jambudvipaprajnapti Manuscript from Woolner Collection

Section 8 Daejanggyeong: The Bibliography and Archeology of the Tripitaka Koreana Kwon-heui Nam (Kyungpook National University) A Bibliographical Study of Existing 1st Edition Tripitaka Koreana (TK)

Boohyun Yoo (Daejin University) A Study on the Composition, Original Editions, and Xylographs of the Tripitaka Koreana

Taeseon Choi (Joong-Ang Sangha University) The Current Status and Problems of Tripitaka Related Site

Section 9 Daejanggyeong: Texts and CyberSpace
Marcus Bingenheimer (Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan) A Digital Research Archive for the Manchu Buddhist Canon

Jinhua Chen (University. of British Columbia, Canada) When the Canonical Meet with the Non-canonical: A Case Study of the ‘Canonical Erroneousness’ by Reexamining a Dunhuang Manuscript (S 4461) and Its Alleged Author

Jae soo Lee (Dongguk University)Tripita in a Ubiquitous Era: Tripitaka in the Ubiquitous Era: Is Tripitaka 2.0 possible?

Session 5
17: 00- 18:30
Plenary Discussion

We sincerely hope you will join with us in meaningful discussions of the last thousand years and help us engage in hopeful dialogue about the coming thousand.

Co-Presidents

Ven Jongnim (Chairman of the Board of the Research Institute of the Tripitaka Koreana)
Chung Byung-Jo (President of Geumgand University)
Lewis Lancaster (Co-Chair of the Restoration Publication Committee of the first edition Tripitaka Koreana)

The conference planning committee Chair
Dr. Jong-Nam Choi (Prof. Joong-Ang Sangha University)

The conference planning committee:
Dr. Sung-Chul Kim (Prof. Dongguk University)
Dr. Choenhak Kim (Prof. Geumgang University)
Dr. Kwon-heui Nam (Prof. Kyungpook National University)
Ven. Junghyun (The Research Institute of Tripitaka Koreana)
Dr. Seungsuk Jung (Prof. Dongguk University)
Dr. Insub Hur (Prof. Duksung Women's University )

The Research Institute of Tripitaka Koreana
8 Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. Korea 136-075.
Tel. 82-2-926-8144
Fax. 82-2-923-0581