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A Talk Program by Dr. Kimiaki
Tanaka on Nepalese & Tibetan Art.
July 22, 2008
Nagarjuna
Institute of Exact methods (NIEM) organized a talk program on "Museums
of Tibeto-Nepalese art in Japan and Korea--The Toga Meditation
Museum and the Hwa-jeong Museum--" by Dr. Kimiaki
Tanaka, from Eastern Institute, Japan at the premise of Satoaki
Building at Kopundole, Patan. The program started when Mr.
M.B.shakya, director of the institute welcomed the audience.
About 60 scholars and students participated in this presentation
session.
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Dr. Tanaka delivering his lecture with impressive
powerpoint presentation |
Dr. Kimiaki
Tanaka (b. 1955-02) is a research Fellow at Eastern Institute,
Japan. He is a brilliant scholar and Buddhist art historian of
Japan specializing in Buddhist thanka painting. There are
several works to his credit. Some of his works are as follows:
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Portraits of the Dalai Lamas: The
Thirteen-Thangka Type and Its Variation (Orientations,
Sep.2005).
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Esoteric Buddhism of Tibet (Shunjusha, 1993)
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Studies in the Indo-Tibetan Mandala (Hozokan, 1996)
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Sexology and Thanatology of Buddhism (Shunjusha, 1997)
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Art of Thangka Vol.1 (Hahn Foundation For Museum, 1997)
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Nepalese Buddhism [co-authorship with K.Yoshizaki]
(Shunjsha, 1998)
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Art of Thangka Vol.2 (Hahn Foundation For Museum, 1999)
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Essays on Tantric Buddhism in Dunhuang : Its Art and Texts (Hozokan,
2000)
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Art of Thangka Vol.3 (Hahn Foundation for Museum, 2001)
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Art of Thangka Vol.4 (Hahn Cultural Foundation, 2003)
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Tibetan Legacy, Paintings from the Hahn Kwang-ho Collection.
[co-authorship with R.Blurton] (Hahn cultural Foundation,
2003)
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Art of Thangka Vol.5 (Hahn Cultural Foundation, 2005)
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Mandala Graphics (Yamakawa, 2007)
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Participants attentively observing the presentation
by Dr. Tanaka |
For the full texts of his
presentation paper, please click
Museums of Tibeto-Nepalese
art in Japan and Korea: --The Toga Meditation Museum and the
Hwa-jeong Museum- by Dr. Kimiaki Tanaka
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DSBC Project's particapation in
UN Vesak Day Celebration
May 15-17, 2008
The Nagarjuna Institute took part
in the celebration of the United Nations Day of Vesak Purnima,
held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Vesak Day celebration which marks
the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha ran from May 15 till May
17, 2000.
Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya presented a
paper on "A 21st Century Tripitaka: The Development of the
Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon." The UNDV 2008 was hosted by
the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and co-organised
by the IOC and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. Please visit
http://vesakday2008.com/
for more information about the celebration.
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Participation in EBTI/CBETA conference
February 15-17, 2008
The NIEM participated in the EBTI/CBETA
conference February 15-17, 2008 at Dharma Drum Buddhist College,
Taipei. The conference was organized to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Buddhist Electronic
Text Association (CBETA) and the fifteenth year since the
founding of The Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI). Mr.
Min Bahadur Shakya presented a paper on "The Digital Sanskrit
Buddhist Canon: Its Prospects and Future." Please click the
video (courtesy of DDBC).
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Mr. M.B. Shakya presenting his paper |
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