Visions and Visualization:
Buddhist Praxis on the Silk Road

Friday, March 22, 2002
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Stanford University
Bechtel International Center

Organized by
Richard K. Payne
Dean, Institute of Buddhist Studies
at the Graduate Theological Union

Co-sponsored by
Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies

For information, contact SCBS
Map of campus


1:00

Opening Remarks

1:15

Kogi Kudara
Ryukoku University

"Buddhist Cultures of Central Asia"

2:15

Meiji Yamada
Ryukoku University
"The Buddhism of Bamiyan"

3:15

Ronald Davidson
Fairfield University

"Hidden Domains:
Magical Kingdoms and Pure Abodes
in Silk Route Esoteric Buddhism"

4:15

Nobuyoshi Yamabe
Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College
"Practice of Visualization and the Visualization Sutra:
An Examination of Mural Paintings at Toyok, Turfan"