Chinese whispers Between Bohemia and Buddha - the influence of Buddhism on European thought and imagination
Abstract
The conference was held on the occasion of the exhibition The Buddha Up Close (National Gallery in Prague, December 3th 2021 - April 24th
2022). Papers:
1. Shenrab Miwo: Buddha of the Tibetan unorthodox Bönu Buddhist tradition (Daniel Berounský);
2. The Way is a Full Circle: Dogen's Transmission of Zen Teachings in Japan (Zuzana Kubovčáková);
3. Buddhism and its reflection in the Czech lands until 1989 (Jiří Holba);
4. History lesson of Buddhism. On its reception by František Čupr (Jakub Chavalka);
5. Contemporary reception and distortion of Buddhism on the example of authors associated with the journal Ruch filosofický. Nirvana, salvation, and the correction of human affairs in the context of the texts of Vincenc Lesný, Vladimír Hoppe, and others (Jakub Šenovský);
6. Vaniš and Palát's Photograph of Barži the Great Maitreya and Its Significance for the Visual Reconstruction of the Dzhokhang Temple in Lhasa: A Case Study (Luboš Bělka);
7. The Necessity of the Unnecessary: Heidegger, Buddhism, and Us (Ladislav Benyovszky).