Friday 21 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 13:30 - “Best of Sages” or “Seventh of Sages”: Isi-sattama in Pāli Atthakathā
  Qingniao Li (University of Oxford)
  Illuminating the Sacred Word – translation, commentary, and exegesis in the Buddhist world and beyond
• 13:50 - A commentary as Buddhavacana: The composition of the Vinayavibhaṅga and its interplay with the Sūtra-Piṭaka
  Ven. Wanyu Zhang (Farong) (University of Oxford)
  Illuminating the Sacred Word – translation, commentary, and exegesis in the Buddhist world and beyond
• 14:10 - In Praise of the Eminent Monk: Remarks on the Life and Works of Dharmarakṣa 竺法護 through the Study of Colophons
  Yunyao Zhai (Harvard University)
  Illuminating the Sacred Word – translation, commentary, and exegesis in the Buddhist world and beyond
• 14:30 - Traces and Fragments of Early Prajñāpāramitā Exegesis in Anonymous Quotations in the Da zhidu lun (*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa)
  Ven. Tuan Huynh (University of Oxford)
  Illuminating the Sacred Word – translation, commentary, and exegesis in the Buddhist world and beyond