The Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde), University of Vienna.
ISTB University of Vienna, Austria
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Join us today at 17:30 for the following guest lecture:
“Vajrayāna Inner Alchemy and the Emergence of Haṭhayoga in Tibet”
Giacomella Orofino
Seminar Room 1 of the ISTB
To join online click here: univienna.zoom.us/j/6230408858...
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ISTB University of Vienna, Austria
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Meeting point: May 27 at 1 pm in front of the Main Building of the University of Vienna (Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna). Closing rally in front of the Federal Chancellery.
Visual Mantras: Inscription, Iconography, and the Visualization of Sacred Sound
Workshop | Vienna, 20–22 May 2026
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Starting today: The conference "Buddhism and Medicine: People, Paradigms and Perspectives", hosted by the Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Bristol, is hybrid, free, and open to the public (registration required): buddhiststudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk?page_id=435
Sign up for the EurAsia Summer Academy taking place from September 14th to September 26th at the Chhahari Retreat in Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu.
Applications are open until June 5th, 2026. Applications and queries should be sent to: [email protected]
Guest lecture by Prof. Jim Rheingans in Hamburg:
June 10th at 4 p.m.
"A Non-sectarian Scholar of Central and Southern Tibet: Dagpo Tashi Namgyal’s (1399–1458) Education and Impact"
Write us a message to receive the zoom link and join online!
www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/events/2026-...
Am 11. Juni um 17:30 findet im Seminarraum 1 unseres Instituts folgender Gastvortrag statt:
“Zwischen Abgrenzung und Integration. Buddhismus in Nepal im Austausch mit anderen Traditionen“
Alexander von Rospatt
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At nearly 4,300m above the Tarap Valley, Lower Dolpo, Mekhyim Monastery preserves an important collection of canonical Tibetan manuscripts that have now been fully digitized and will be accessible via the rKTs archive:
tmpv.univie.ac.at/mekhyim-lowe...
Photo: Wrapping up manuscripts (c) M. Viehbeck
Guest lecture by Ulrike Roesler:
"The “Sixteen Spheres of the Kadampa”: A Unique Adaptation of the sādhana Format”
28.05.2026 17:30
Join us at 5:30 p.m. either on site in the Seminarroom 1 of the ISTB, or join us online via zoom. More information here: stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
New out: "Exploring Himalayan Cultural and Textual Heritage: The Legacy and Impact of René Nebesky-Wojkowitz" (eds. Uwe Niebuhr, Martin Gaenszle, Markus Viehbeck, Verena Widorn), based on a FWF funded project of CIRDIS, University of Vienna.
verlag.oeaw.ac.at/produkt/expl...
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Bringing together scholars from religious studies, anthropology, art history, and philology, the workshop examines how mantras operate as visual media that shape ritual practice, meditative experience, and social life.
