Opening Speech 4th International Dharmakirti Conference Vienna 20050823

SR No.: 269538
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ernst Steinkellner
Publisher: Ernst Steinkellner
Total Pages: 7
Language: English
Classification: Article
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k. Acarya Manoratha's Nydyahrdayakärikä (7 ff.)
At the moment we are trying to motivate our partners in Beijing to also organize the photographing of this valuable bundle. We'll see what comes of it.
In conclusion I would like to let you know simply and clearly what our possibilities and policies in the present circumstance are.
First of all, we are trying to convince the CTRC of the need to make a detailed and up-to-date description of their photocopy collection. This will inevitably involve changes in the present arrangement of the copies and their signatures. Eventually this description could be used to identify and organize the original manuscripts in the TAR as well.
Secondly, we will try to get access to as many texts possible. Thirdly, we will try to publish as many texts as quickly as possible.
This leads to my final remarks: The capacities of our small group in Vienna are limited. We are only eight at the moment: Chu Junjie, Vincent Eltschinger, Birgit Kellner, Helmut Krasser, Horst Lasic, Toru Tomabechi, Vinita Tseng, and myself, and will be nine next year when Pascale Hugon joins us. As said before, our agreement with CTRC which will hopefully be continued after January 2007, allows us to incorporate associate researchers into this cooperation. We have already been joined by Shoryu Katsura who has established a group of his own in Kyoto to work on the Pramanasamuccayațikā, and by Prof. Nobuchiyo Odani, Kyoto, and Dr. Jowita Kramer, Göttingen, to work on two unique manuscripts of Sthiramati's Abhidharma commentaries, as well as by Dr. Li Xuezhu, CTRC, who will edit Vasubandhu's
Pañcaskandhakaprakaraṇa.
In short, to come to the point: we would welcome your interest in cooperation and in joining us in this editorial work by choosing one of these texts to work upon in accordance with your experience, expertise, interest, eagerness, and possibilities. Some texts are small and are suitable for a single person's work; for those that are large I would advise looking for partners and forming editorial teams. It is of utmost importance to produce results as quickly as possible, but this is not easy in addition to our average university lives.
If you wish to join and choose an item, contact me or Dr. Krasser. We will then try to get access to the item wished. That is all for the moment. If you have any questions, please be
CADOKUMENTE UND EINSTELLUNGEN ERNST DESKTOPESTE DATENTEXTEGROBERES VORTRÄGE 4. DH-CONF. NEWS FROM THE MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT DOC (30-Dec-05)
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