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Online reviews #1

Jan Westerhoff (2018) "The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy" -the review from Olena Kalantarova
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Zen gardens

Discussion with Andrii Nakorchevsky,
online-stream

Buddhist Sunskrit

Discussion with Andrii Skibitskyi:
"Buddhist Sanskrit: Hermeneutics of Sacred Texts",
online-stream

Spiritual Culture of the East and Modernity

Spiritual
Interview with Andrey Nakorchevsky about Ukrainian Oriental Studies (online broadcast)

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"Essays on Religious Studies: Buddhist Studies" (2024, #14)

Information for authors ≫

THE SECULAR BUDDHISM IS...

With our friend Dr. Ihor Kolisnyk, we will talk about the current trends in the Buddhist Studies ≫

Psychoanalysis in the light of Dzogchen and Dzogchen in the mirror of psychoanalysis

We will touch on the issues of psychoanalysis, Eastern practices and the world crisis.

If you are subscribed to our YouTube channel BudLab_UA

https://www.youtube.com/@budlab_ua , then you will have the opportunity to ask your questions during the chat meeting.

Because it's time to give answers...

The meeting will be held in Ukrainian, with possible automatic subtitles in English.

Questions are accepted in Ukrainian and English.

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DHARMA DURING THE WAR

Interview with Lama Pema Dudul (Kathmandu) ≫

THE COMPETENCE: TIBETAN BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY

Interview with Maria Vasylieva (Kathmandu University) ≫

Academic Studies of Vajrayana

Interview with Urban Hammar, PhD (Stockholm University)

- Why did you get interested in Vajrayana and chosen it for your doctoral dissertation in 2005? How did you start your research?
- What is the academic studies of Vajrayana for you?
- Had you any algorithm for reading and interpretation of ancient tantric texts? Or did you have to design the algorithm by yourself?
- What are the features of Tibetan Buddhist texts you studied (on your opinion)?
- What are your main conclusion you received while researching the Kālacakra texts?
- Let us consider concepts of Ādibuddha or Paramādibuddha in Vajrayana – can we named them archetypical images? Or they designate not the certain images or plots for meditations but rather the abstract principle or rule or even the low of the construction of images and plots (including the pañcatathāgatas)? Well then, what do you think about the possible connection among Ādibuddha and Tathāgatas (on the conventional and on the eternal levels) if Ādibuddha is the very principle of causelessness (I mean the discussion around the translation of term "niranvaya")?
- What would you advise to beginning researchers? ≫

A JOURNEY TO KYIV

Wangpo Tethong: "The journey to Kyiv requires patience until you finally arrive. As you look out of the train window, you see endless dark fields of even darker soil, faceless forests, and snowless winter landscapes that leave you wondering if this is what a war-torn country looks like... ≫