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The Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde), University of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Joined September 2024
@ISTB_Vienna says goodbye to X, and starts 2025 on bluesky at We wish all our students, researchers, partners and friends all over the globe a happy and peaceful start into the new year, and look forward to exploring new horizons together. #univie.
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The only way is up - for the Tibetan Manuscript Project Vienna (, a long-term research initiative @ISTB_Vienna dedicated to the documentation, preservation, dissemination, and investigation of Tibetan canonical manuscript culture. 📸Jigmey Lodey Gurung
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@ISTB_Vienna Workshop Nov 29 and 30: Abhidharmakośa Commentaries Across the Himalayas: Changing Interpretations of Karma Theories . #univienna #buddhism #buddhiststudies #tibetanstudies #sanskrit #eurasianstudies #buddhistphilosophy.
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Michael Mann | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften
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Join us to discuss Cultural and Linguistic Diversity at the 1st Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Eurasian Transformations’. Registration is still possible:. #univienna #oeaw #vienna #science #archaeology #history #linguist #linguistics.
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Cluster of Excellence
📣#ClusterofExcellence - EurAsian Transformations 1st Annual Conference | CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY 20 to 22 November 2024 Aula Altes AKH, Hof 1, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna @oeaw @univienna @FWF_at .
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#SBLAAR24: Nov 24, Dr Christopher Jones (@ISTB_vienna) will be presenting on “Reading Śikṣānanda’s Chinese Version of the Laṅkāvatārasūtra: Reflections on Key Doctrines, Influences, and the Challenges of Translation.” (A24-315). #univienna #religiousstudies #buddhiststudies
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This Thursday, Nov 21, Dr. Himal Trikha (@ISTB_Vienna) will introduce “Non-Violence and Further Key Concepts of Jainism” in a public lecture at the CEU in Vienna:. #univienna #eurasianstudies #oeaw #weareCEU #univie #jain #jainism
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At Heidelberg, @LariosBor (@ISTB_Vienna) and Andrea Acri ( École Pratique des Hautes Études l PSL) recently introduced the 'OMnibus of Mantras' ( for interactive digital access to mantra traditions across South Asia through sound, text, and imagery.
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This coming Thursday, Nov 14, Csaba Dezső (@ELTE_UNI ) will explore Rājaśekhara’s ‘Investigation of Poetry’ @ISTB_Vienna (public lecture):. #univienna #sanskritstudies #Sanskrit #kavya #poet #indianliterature #literarystudies
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Starting tomorrow: “Interpretation and Translation of Buddhist Texts: Past and Present” conference @LMU_Muenchen.Keynote by ISTB head Jim Rheingans on Nov 9th: #univienna #lmumünchen #tibetanbuddhism #tibetanstudies #translationstudies #buddhiststudies
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TOMORROW, Thursday Nov 7, Film screening of “Resounding the Buddha’s Sūtras”, with an introduction to Tibetan manuscript collections in the Dolpo Himalayas at the symposium “MANUCRIPT COLLECTIONS ACROSS EURASIA” in Vienna:. #eurasianstudies #oeaw #univie
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Exciting job opportunity for PostDoc researchers at @UniofOxford with MANTRAMS, a project jointly led by Borayin Larios (@istb_vienna, University of Vienna), Carola E. Lorea (University of Tübingen), and Finnian Gerety (University of Oxford): #univienna.
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International Tibetologists gathering for a workshop on dedicatory texts from a variety of canonical artefacts @istb_vienna. Congratulations to Markus Viehbeck and his team. #buddhism #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies
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A great meeting of ISTB representatives with Gerhard Weißgrab, President of the Austrian Buddhist Union and his vice president Erika Erber to discuss respective activities and opportunities for cooperation. @istb_vienna .#buddhismaustria #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies
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Join us TOMORROW for our workshop on Tibetan dedicatory texts, connecting literature, material culture, and social context. We look forward to welcoming all interested members of the scientific community, researchers and students! @istb_univienna
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RT @michaelrsheehy: thank you @istb_univienna for hosting such a marvelous workshop on #Tibetan #Buddhism & Neuroscience .
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Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the great success of our symposium on Tibetan Buddhism and Neuroscience last Friday. The discussion will continue on April 25-26 2025 @istb_vienna, save the date!. #buddhism #neuroscience #meditation #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies
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TOMORROW, Oct 18: We look forward to seeing you at our symposium "Tibetan Buddhism and Neuroscience: Conceptual Frameworks for Visual Meditation Practices".
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Opening of the Vienna Meditation Research Network at the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (ISTB)
Join us this Friday, Oct 18 for this interdisciplinary event, bringing together Buddhist studies and cognitive neuroscience related to Indo-Tibetan visual meditation practices.
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RT @npwitkowski: Many thanks indeed to @ISTB_Vienna for the invitation to lecture on "#Outcaste #Awakening" and the #Dalit identity of earl….
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The Bon bKa’ brten (or “Bon Tanjur”) – Now on rKTs: rKTs is proud to announce that the 300-volume Bon gyi bka’ brten (Bon Katen), published in 1998 in Lhasa, is now available on Photo: (c) Viehbeck 2024 #buddhism #buddhistscholars #buddhiststudies
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Join us this Friday, Oct 18 for this interdisciplinary event, bringing together Buddhist studies and cognitive neuroscience related to Indo-Tibetan visual meditation practices.
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