As embodiments of a number of buddhas and their teachings, copying and thus spreading the incantation and surrounding sūtra generated merit for the emperor and his realm, his saṃgha and his subjects. Copies of the latter were made in scriptoria in eastern Tibet and Dunhuang and eventually stored in Mogao Cave 17, becoming one of the most represented works within that treasure-trove of manuscripts. From the 820s to the 840s, several copies of texts within the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajñāpāramitā) genre and thousands of copies of an incantation ( dhāraṇī ) text called the Aparimitāyur-nāma mahāyāna-sūtra were commissioned as a gift for the Tibetan emperor. Incantations and Empire: A study of some Tibetan dhāraṇī texts from Dunhuangįrom the late eighth century to the middle of the ninth century, the Tibetan empire (circa 600–850) held and administered Dunhuang in what is now Northwest China. To get the Zoom link, please register by writing to The link will be sent out the day of the talk. Interested parties are welcome to attend the series or individual talks. Lewis Donety (Ruhr-University Bochum) will give a lecture on Maat 19.00 Belgian time. All lectures in this series will be held remotely over Zoom. Below please find information on the third lecture in the Ghent Center for Buddhist Studies Spring Lecture Series (Permanent Training in Buddhist Studies (PTBS)) generously sponsored by by the Tianzhu Foundation.
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