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Organised to celebrate the successful close of\u00a0the Lotus Sutra Project (2017\u20132022)<\/a>, this conference brought together an international group of scholars and the Project team to present on the impact of the Lotus Sutra as a critical Buddhist text.<\/p>\n

This conference was held on 15-16 December 2022, both in-person in the British Library\u2019s Foyle Suite and online via livestream.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference will investigate the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, the Lotus Sutra as represented at Dunhuang, and the methodology and results of the Lotus Sutra Project, which has now conserved, digitised and published nearly 800 Lotus Sutra manuscripts in the British Library\u2019s collections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A programme of the two-day conference is\u00a0available to download<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n

The lectures were recorded and are now available on the\u00a0IDP YouTube channel<\/a>:
\n\u2022\u00a0Opening Ceremony of the Lotus Sutra Conference<\/a>\u00a0(15 \u2013 16 December 2022)<\/p>\n

Panel 1: Teachings of the Lotus Sutra<\/strong>
\nChaired by: Luisa Elena Mengoni
\n\u2022 Keynote presentation: \u2018The Lotus Sutra: Creating Buddhist Scripture<\/a>\u2019 by Dr Stephen F Teiser (15 December 2022)
\n\u2022 ‘When Being Original No Longer Matters: Reflections on the Sanskrit Text of the Lotus Sutra and its Use<\/a>s’ by Dr Paul Harrison (15 December 2022)
\n\u2022 ‘Lotus Sutra: Applying the Teachings in an Everyday Life<\/a>‘ by the Venerable Miao Duo \u5999\u591a\u6cd5\u5e2b and Roxanna Pang (15 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018Deciphering the Exhibition of The Arts of the Lotus Sutra at the National Palace Museum<\/a>‘ by Dr Eric Tzu-yin Chung \u937e\u5b50\u5bc5 (15 December 2022)
\n\u2022 Panel 1 Discussion:\u00a0Teachings of the Lotus Sutra<\/a><\/p>\n

Panel 2: The Lotus Sutra at Dunhuang<\/strong>
\nChaired by: Sam van Schaik
\n\u2022 \u2018Universal Gate of Salvation: Guanyin at Dunhuang<\/a>\u2019 by Dr Roderick Whitfield (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018Dividing and Structuring the Lotus Sutra in Manuscript Form<\/a>\u2019 by Dr Costantino Moretti (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018At the Intersection of Image, Text and Ritual: The Lotus Sutra in Mogao Murals<\/a>\u2019 by Dr Neil Schmid (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018Pieces of a Puzzle: Fragments of Chinese Manuscript with the Lotus Sutra<\/a>‘ by Dr Imre Galambos (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018The Guanyin Sutra at Dunhuang as Seen Through the British Library Collection<\/a>\u2019 by Me\u0301lodie Doumy (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 Panel 2 Discussion:\u00a0The Lotus Sutra at Dunhuang<\/a><\/p>\n

Panel 3: Preserving the Lotus Sutra at the British Library: From Physical to Digital<\/strong>
\nChaired by: Me\u0301lodie Doumy
\n\u2022 \u2018Locating the Lotus Sutra Manuscripts Digitisation Project<\/a>\u2019 by Tan Wang-Ward \u738b\u6f6d (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018The Lotus Sutra Project at the British Library 2017\u20132022: A Conservators\u2019 Perspective<\/a>\u2019 by Marie Kaladgew, Paulina Kralka & Marya Muzart (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018Conservation Case Studies from the Lotus Sutra Project at the British Library 2017\u20132022<\/a>\u2019 by Tania Estrada-Valadez, Marie Kaladgew, Paulina Kralka & Marya Muzart (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 \u2018Seeing Things Differently: The Imaging of Lotus Sutra Scrolls<\/a>\u2019 by Isabelle Reynolds-Logue (16 December 2022)
\n\u2022 Panel 3 Discussion:\u00a0Preserving the Lotus Sutra at the British Library: From Physical to Digital<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Lotus Sutra Conservation and Digitisation project has been generously sponsored by the Bei Shan Tang Foundation.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Bei<\/p>\n

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