Conference Presentations and Lectures on Buddhism and East Asian Thought
[Updated: 2017-09-19+09:00]
“Wonhyo and His Ijang ui 二障義 (“System of the Two Hindrances”).” 18th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Toronto, August 22, 2017.
“自利利他円満: 體用、と圓覺經説誼の立場から.” Public Lecture at Musashino University, August 6, 2017.
“Text Encoding, XML, TEI, and Lexicography: A Core Practice In the Digital Humanities.” Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation Workshop on Digital Humanities, March 6-10, 2017, Hanoi, Vietnam.
“Daehyeon and his Commentary on the Sutra of Brahmāʼs Net: the Beommanggyeong gojeokgi.” Conference on the Bodhisattva Precepts, UC Berkeley, February 17, 2017
“Building Scholarly Digital Lexicons in the Age of Web Aggregation: The Never-Diminished Value of Specialist Works.” Buddhist Literacy in Early Modern Northern Vietnam, Rutgers University, September 23-24, 2016.
“The 'Essence-Function' (ti-yong 體用) Paradigm: The Kernel of Traditional East Asian Philosophy.” Asia Meeting StudienStiftung, Keio University, November 13, 2016.
“The Role of Essence-Function (che-yong) 體用 Hermeneutics in Korean Philosophy: Historical Background and Toegye's 'Critique on the Position that the Mind Does not have Essence and Function'.” The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, 90th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 31, 2016
“Translating the Buddhist Canon in the 21st Century: Remarks on the Current Status, and How We Can Do Better.” USC Symposium on Translating Buddhist Texts: Reflections on Theory and Method, March 26, 2016
“The Emergence of Essence-Function (ti-yong) 體用 Hermeneutics in the Sinification of Indic Buddhism: Early Chinese Examples.” Tokyo Buddhist Discussion Group, February 13, 2016
“Korea's Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate.” Korean Studies Authors Special Lecture Series. Kyujanggak, Seoul National University. January 27, 2016
“The Role of Essence-Function 體用 Hermeneutics in the Sinification of Indic Buddhism: A Propaedeutic Investigation.” University of Tokyo/Geumgang University Seminar: Developments of Madhyamaka and Yogacara in East Asia (東京大学・金剛大学校合同学術セミナー テーマ 「中観・唯識の東アジア的展開」). January 18, 2016
“A Comparative Philosophical Approach to a Universal Problem: Views and Beliefs in Epistemology, Psychology, and Buddhism.” 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nov. 21, 2015 (Buddhist Philosophy Group session on “The Problems of Views and Beliefs in Buddhism”)
“Right View (samyak-dṛṣṭi) and Correct Faith (śraddhā): Correspondence, Distinction, and Re-Merging in East Asian Mahāyāna.” Toho Gakkai, Nov. 6, 2015 (Panel on Buddhism and Cognition)
“北米の比較思想的仏教研究の特徴 — 見（視点）という仏教語の扱いを手がかりとしてグローバル文学の可能性と課題.” 日本学術会議講堂. Tokyo, Dec. 6, 2014
“Wonhyo and the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. San Diego, Nov. 21, 2014
“Philosophical Parameters of the Korean Confucian-Buddhist Debates of the Goryeo and Joseon: Focusing on the Works of Jeong Dojeon (鄭道傳; 1342–1398) (Sambong) and Hamheo Deuktong (Gihwa) 己和 (1376–1433).” The Spirit of Korean Philosophy: Six Debates and their Significance for Asian and Western Philosophy: The Inaugural NAKPA Conference Sponsored by Academy of Korean Studies, Korea. University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 22-24, 2014
“The Value of Wonhyo's Thought for Contemporary Buddhist Studies.” 8th Keimyung International Conference on Korean Studies. Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea. May 28, 2014
“The Making of an “Outstanding” Translation: Obstacles and Solutions.” 59th International Conference of Eastern Studies (Tōhō Gakkai). Tokyo, May 24, 2014
“高麗－朝 鮮における佛教－儒教間の対立の眼目: (鄭道傳(ジョンドウジョン 1342-1398)による『佛氏雜辨』と、己和(キファ)（涵虚得通(ハムホドゥックトン; 1376-1433)『顯正論』の立場に關する比較).” Presentation to Faculty Members of University of Tokyo Faculty of Humanities. May 8, 2014
“Right View (samyak-dṛṣṭi) and Correct Faith (śraddhā): Distinction, and Re-Merging in Mahāyāna Buddhism.” Invited lecture, University of Tel Aviv, Department of Asian Studies, June 11, 2013
“Seon Views on Views (dṛṣṭi): Are We Ever Rid of Them?” Paper delivered at the Conference “Buddhist Meditation from Ancient India to Contemporary Asia: International Conference on Buddhist Studies to Commemorate 100 years of Master Seongcheol,” November 30, 2012
“唯識仏教の中心教理：三能變(意識の3つの転変 ("The Core Doctrine of Consciousness-only Buddhism: The Three Transformations of Consciousness").” Nihon bukkyō shinri gakkai 日本仏教心理学会 (2011.10.08: )
“Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind.” Symposium on Yogâcāra Resources at the Mangalam Center, Berkeley, CA (2011.11.06)
“Woncheuk 円測 on bimba 本質 and pratibimba 影像 in his Commentary on the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Yogâcāra Studies Consultation), Nov. 2010, Atlanta.
“円測『解深密経疏』における本質と影像.” 日本印度学仏教学会第61回学術大会 (2010.９月10-11日) 立正大学大 (61st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Risshō University, Sept 10-11 2010).
“An Inquiry into Views: Lessons from Buddhism, Behavioral Psychology, and Constructivist Epistemology.” Global Forum on Civilization and Peace: Beyond National Boundaries: Building a World Without Walls. Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, Sept. 29-30, 2010.
“Wonhyo's Interpretation and Application of Indian Buddhist Paradigms in His Resolution of Doctrinal Discrepancies (hwajaeng 和諍).” Workshop on Indian Buddhist Thought in 6th-7th Century China, National Chengchi University, Taipei, March 25-30, 2010.
“Wonhyo's Approaches to the Commensuration of Doctrinal Discrepancies (hwajaeng).” First Asian Philosophy Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, March 6–10, 2010.
“Demarcating the Afflictive and Cognitive in Tathāgatagarbha and Yogâcāra.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Yogâcāra Studies Seminar), Montreal, Nov. 7–10, 2009.
“The State of Western Studies of Korean Seon Texts.” Early Chan Manuscripts among the Dunhuang Findings: Resources in the Markup and Digitization of Historical Texts, Conference at the University of Oslo, Sept. 28 to Oct 2, 2009.
“The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism [DDB]: Recent Updates and Applications.” Early Chan Manuscripts among the Dunhuang Findings: Resources in the Markup and Digitization of Historical Texts, Conference at the University of Oslo, Sept. 28 to Oct 2, 2009.
“Wonhyo on the Lotus Sūtra.” Conference on “Lotus Sūtra and Interfaith Relations.” Kona, Hawai`i , March 17–23, 2009.
“Huiyuan and Weonhyo on the Hindrances in the Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, Nov. 18–21, 2005.
“A Comparison of Huiyuan's and Weonhyo's Approaches to the Problem of the Two Hindrances in the Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith.” Conference on the Study of Chinese Buddhism, Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles, June 10–12, 2005.
“Explanation of the Essence of the Two Hindrances through Ten Canonical Texts.” Conference on Korean Buddhism in East Asian Perspectives. Geumgang University, Korea, October 23–24, 2004.
“Gihwa's Analysis of the Relationship between the Worded and Wordless Teachings: The Ogahae seorui.” . 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Zen Buddhism Seminar), Subsequently published in the Bulletin of Toyo Gakuen University. , vol. 12 (March, 2004).
“Enlightenment in Reading Scriptures that Tend Toward Non-appropriation: Daoism, the Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.” . Conference on Enlightenment and Its Cultural Aspects in the Modern Perspective, Seoul, South Korea, October 16–17, 2003.
“Jeong Dojeon and Gihwa: The Chan-Confucian Conflict in the Late Goryeo and Early Joseon.” 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 21, 2002.
“Buddhist Discussion Mail Lists: Reflections on Prior Developments and a Proposal for the Creation of a New Kind of Buddhism Discussion List .” Fourth International Chung-Hwa Conference on Buddhist Studies, Taipei, January 19, 2002
“East Asian Transformations of the Two Hindrances: The Awakening of Faith, Wonhyo and the Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment.” AAR 2001 Annual Meeting, Denver, November 18, 2001 (Yogācāra Seminar)
“The Centerpiece of the Koryŏ-Chosŏn Buddhist-Confucian Confrontation: A Comparison of the Positions of the Pulssi chappyŏn and the Hyŏnjŏng non.” Second Annual Korea-Japan Friendship Conference, University of Shimane, November 3–5, 2000.
“Tiyong, Interpenetration and Sincerity in the Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Boston), November 21, 1999
“Wonhyo's Doctrine of the Two Hindrances (Ijangui).” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Orlando), November 23, 1998
“Innate Enlightenment and No-thought: A Response to the Critical Buddhist Position on Zen.” International Conference on Korean Seon, Baegyang-sa Buddhist Monastery, Korea, Aug. 21, 1998
“East Asia's Unexplored Pivot of Metaphysics and Hermeneutics: Essence-Function/Interpenetration.” Paper presentation at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 22, 1997.
“The Buddhist-Confucian Conflict in the Early Chosŏn and Kihwa's Syncretic Response: The Hyŏn chŏng non.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Nov. 18–22, 1994.