I am a trained in several Humanities discipline, but my main research areas are Asian Religions (South Asia, East Asia) and Buddhism. Supervisors: Professor Norbert Wagner (Germanic philology), Professor Josef Kohl (Indology), Professor Egon Brucker (Indology), and Professor Norbert Klaes (Religious Studies)
Discusses the relation between the Buddhist sangha and rulership from the time of Asoka to the ea... more Discusses the relation between the Buddhist sangha and rulership from the time of Asoka to the early Chinese and Japanese period.
This paper deals with the aspect of place (space) in Buddhist narratives. Starting from the obser... more This paper deals with the aspect of place (space) in Buddhist narratives. Starting from the observation that narrated time is often vaguely indicated in Buddhist narratives, but places and sites of the narrated events are quite specific—although frequently introduced in a stereotypical way (“Once the Buddha dwelled in Śrāvastī …” “Once when Brahmadatta was king in Vārāṇasī …”)—the question is asked why a place is so important for and in Buddhist narratives. Based on selected examples, the argument is made that it is the “blueprint” of “early” Buddhist biographical sources, with the Buddha acting/preaching at specific places, which made these places accessible spaces where merit could be gained through “contact” with soteriologically important events in the past.
One of the greatest Buddhist festivals we have descriptions of in historical or pseudo-historical... more One of the greatest Buddhist festivals we have descriptions of in historical or pseudo-historical legendary records is the paficaviir~ikal which is mentioned in early Indian sources by the Avs. and the Divy.2; it is described as a historical event by the Chinese pilgrims Faxian and Xuanzang. Most authors on (Indian) Buddhism follow these relatively late accounts as histmical facts3. The initiation of this ceremony according to every Buddhist school or tradition is ascribed to the Maurya king Asoka. It was, of course, noted from a very early stage in Buddhist studies that the name of this festival has its terminological correspondance in the phrase parpcasu parpcasu vasesu of Asoka's 3rd rock-edict and the so-called first separate edict4. Everybody who is dealing with Asoka and subjects related to this famous Indian monarch sooner or later is confronted with the question of the relation between the edicts and other texts that means to investigate the historical elements of the legends with the help of short worded but historically authentic imperial statements and, luckily, by other historical records5. The present study -following this sttictly historical-ctitical methodattempts to make an investigation into the origin of the festival or assembly, which means a comparison of the Asokan edicts with the legend given in the Avadanas and Pali-texts. The second part will present the accounts on the ceremony from Chinese sources, but the
序號. 379535. 題名. The Birth of the Buddha: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini Nepal October... more 序號. 379535. 題名. The Birth of the Buddha: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini Nepal October 2004. 作者. Cueppers, Christoph; Deeg, Max; Durt, Hubert. 出處題名. 卷期. 日期. 2010.12.31. 頁次. 462. 叢書名. 叢書號. 出版者. Lumbini International Research Institute. ...
Religion im Spiegelkabinett : asiatische Religionsgeschichte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Orientalis... more Religion im Spiegelkabinett : asiatische Religionsgeschichte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Orientalismus und Okzidentalismus
Discusses the relation between the Buddhist sangha and rulership from the time of Asoka to the ea... more Discusses the relation between the Buddhist sangha and rulership from the time of Asoka to the early Chinese and Japanese period.
This paper deals with the aspect of place (space) in Buddhist narratives. Starting from the obser... more This paper deals with the aspect of place (space) in Buddhist narratives. Starting from the observation that narrated time is often vaguely indicated in Buddhist narratives, but places and sites of the narrated events are quite specific—although frequently introduced in a stereotypical way (“Once the Buddha dwelled in Śrāvastī …” “Once when Brahmadatta was king in Vārāṇasī …”)—the question is asked why a place is so important for and in Buddhist narratives. Based on selected examples, the argument is made that it is the “blueprint” of “early” Buddhist biographical sources, with the Buddha acting/preaching at specific places, which made these places accessible spaces where merit could be gained through “contact” with soteriologically important events in the past.
One of the greatest Buddhist festivals we have descriptions of in historical or pseudo-historical... more One of the greatest Buddhist festivals we have descriptions of in historical or pseudo-historical legendary records is the paficaviir~ikal which is mentioned in early Indian sources by the Avs. and the Divy.2; it is described as a historical event by the Chinese pilgrims Faxian and Xuanzang. Most authors on (Indian) Buddhism follow these relatively late accounts as histmical facts3. The initiation of this ceremony according to every Buddhist school or tradition is ascribed to the Maurya king Asoka. It was, of course, noted from a very early stage in Buddhist studies that the name of this festival has its terminological correspondance in the phrase parpcasu parpcasu vasesu of Asoka's 3rd rock-edict and the so-called first separate edict4. Everybody who is dealing with Asoka and subjects related to this famous Indian monarch sooner or later is confronted with the question of the relation between the edicts and other texts that means to investigate the historical elements of the legends with the help of short worded but historically authentic imperial statements and, luckily, by other historical records5. The present study -following this sttictly historical-ctitical methodattempts to make an investigation into the origin of the festival or assembly, which means a comparison of the Asokan edicts with the legend given in the Avadanas and Pali-texts. The second part will present the accounts on the ceremony from Chinese sources, but the
序號. 379535. 題名. The Birth of the Buddha: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini Nepal October... more 序號. 379535. 題名. The Birth of the Buddha: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini Nepal October 2004. 作者. Cueppers, Christoph; Deeg, Max; Durt, Hubert. 出處題名. 卷期. 日期. 2010.12.31. 頁次. 462. 叢書名. 叢書號. 出版者. Lumbini International Research Institute. ...
Religion im Spiegelkabinett : asiatische Religionsgeschichte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Orientalis... more Religion im Spiegelkabinett : asiatische Religionsgeschichte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Orientalismus und Okzidentalismus
The workshop addresses cases of religious interactions between Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and B... more The workshop addresses cases of religious interactions between Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Buddhism in the Iranian plateau, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, and China to the end of the first millennium CE. The participants to the workshop investigate formative dynamics of contacts, interactions, and exchanges that took place between Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Buddhism at multiple levels: knowledge, ritual, material, and experiential. The workshop considers the literary and social negotiations Manichaeism carried with Zoroastrianism, as an imperially-mandated religion, in the Sasanian Empire, between the third and the seventh centuries. To this, it adds the perspective of religious interactions across central Asia and into China, to the end of the first millennium CE. The workshop participants will examine the various ways along which Manichaeism moved eastward, out of the Sasanian Empire, and transformed itself in contact with Buddhism. In analyzing the ways in which religions were imported, adopted and transformed in Western and Central Asia, the 2018 workshop regards transformation, hybridization, and adaptation as various outcomes of religious encounters. To discuss these formative interactions of religions on the move, the organizers invited scholars to investigate primary sources in Middle Persian, Parthian, Greek, Latin, Coptic, Syriac, Sogdian, Uyghur, and Chinese, which describe religious contacts across Western and Central Asia until the end of the first millennium CE.
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