OCBS Archives - DIRI /tag/ocbs/ Dhammachai International Research Institute Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:44:01 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DIRI_icon_logo.svg OCBS Archives - DIRI /tag/ocbs/ 32 32 142456698 Gender and Buddhist Doctrine – OCBS DIRI Lecture /news/watch-now-ocbs-diri-lecture-gender-and-buddhist-doctrine/ /news/watch-now-ocbs-diri-lecture-gender-and-buddhist-doctrine/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:40:50 +0000 /?p=8066 Missed the live session? The recorded lecture from the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series is now available! The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research […]

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Missed the live session? The recorded lecture from the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series is now available!

The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), invites you to an insightful lecture as part of the

📖 Topic: Gender and Buddhist Doctrine

🎙Speaker: Prof. Alice Collett (University of St Andrews)

In this thought-provoking lecture, Prof. Collett critically examines gender representations in Buddhist texts, challenging traditional assertions of female inferiority using fundamental Buddhist doctrines such as pratītya-samutpāda (dependent arising) and anātman (non-self). She explores whether Buddhist teachings genuinely distinguish between male and female natures through an analysis of skandhas (Pāli: khandhas, constituent parts of being) and indriyas (faculties).

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Editing Jātakas in the 15th Century – OCBS DIRI Lecture /news/join-us-for-the-ocbs-diri-lecture-series-hilary-term-2025-2/ /news/join-us-for-the-ocbs-diri-lecture-series-hilary-term-2025-2/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:21:40 +0000 /?p=8056 The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), invites you to an insightful lecture as part of the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series. […]

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The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), invites you to an insightful lecture as part of the

📅 Date: 26 February 2025

⏰Time: 16:00 GMT

🎙 Speaker: Dr. Aleix Ruiz Falqués

📖 Topic: “Editing Jātakas in the 15th Century: Jātakavisodhana by Ariyavaṁsa and Premodern Pali Philology”

Abstract: The Pali Canon has been transmitted through manuscripts for more than twenty centuries. The first critical editions of Pali texts were printed in the 19th century, based on palm-leaf manuscripts. This manuscript tradition, which underlies our printed and electronic editions, is not yet well understood. Were texts simply copied? Did the scribes understand the text? Was there any supervision by learned scholars? Was there any method, beyond mere copying, to preserve the correct readings of the text? If so, what criteria were used to choose between variant readings?

This lecture discusses one of the rare examples of textual criticism in the era of Pali manuscripts. Ariyavaṃsa of Sagaing (Burma), known for his major Abhidhamma treatise, the Maṇisāramañjūsā, is one of the most renowned Pali scholars of the 15th century. Among Ariyavaṃsa’s works is the Jātakavisodhana (“Purification of the Jātaka”), a collection of text-critical notes on the ten major Jātakas. Written in both Burmese and Pali, it is one of the most distinctive specimens of premodern Pali philology.

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The President of the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) visited the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS) /news/the-president-of-the-dhammachai-international-research-institute-diri-visited-the-oxford-centre-for-buddhist-studies-ocbs/ /news/the-president-of-the-dhammachai-international-research-institute-diri-visited-the-oxford-centre-for-buddhist-studies-ocbs/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2024 17:04:25 +0000 /?p=7780 Continuing the work of spreading Buddhism and the work of searching for evidence of Dhammakaya from the pioneering era June 12, 2024 – Dr. Phra Maha Sutham Suratano, (Pali 9), […]

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Dr. Phra Maha Sutham Suratano met with Professor Richard Gombrich at the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, celebrating a decade-long partnership that has advanced global Pali language education and Buddhist knowledge.

Continuing the work of spreading Buddhism and the work of searching for evidence of Dhammakaya from the pioneering era

June 12, 2024 – Dr. Phra Maha Sutham Suratano, (Pali 9), the President of , Director of the Phrapariyattidhamma School, Vice President of The Union of Thai Sanghas in Oceania, and Assistant Abbot of the Dhammakaya Temple, visited the executive committee of He was warmly welcomed by Professor Richard Gombrich, founder of OCBS, and his colleagues.

The Dhammachai International Research Institute and the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies have maintained a decade-long academic cooperation agreement (MoU), established during the tenure of the late Most Venerable Phrasudhammayanavidesa (Sudham Sudhammo), former president of DIRI. This MoU focuses on the collaboration and support for teaching the Pali language to interested individuals worldwide and providing academic lectures to the public.

This partnership has significantly contributed to the dissemination of knowledge and understanding of the Pali language and Buddhism among Westerners and interested individuals globally.


สานงานเผยแผ่พระพุทธศาสนา สานงานค้นหาหลักฐานวิชชาธรรมกาย จากยุคบุกเบิก โดยเจ้าคุณหลวงน้า พระสุธรรมญาณวิเทศ วิ. (สุธรรม สุธัมโม) สู่ยุคสานงานต่อและเผยแผ่ขยายงาน โดย พระมหาสุธรรม สุรตโน ป.ธ.9, ดร.

เมื่อวันที่ 12 มิถุนายน 2567 พระมหาสุธรรม สุรตโน ป.ธ.9, ดร. ประธานอำนวยการสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย (DIRI) ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ ผู้อำนวยการสำนักพระปริยัติธรรม รองประธานสหภาพพระธรรมทูตไทยภาคพื้นโอเชียเนีย ผู้ช่วยเจ้าอาวาสวัดพระธรรมกาย ได้เข้าเยี่ยมคณะผู้บริหารศูนย์พุทธศาสตร์ออกซ์ฟอร์ด โดยมีศาสตราจารย์ ริชาร์ด กอมบริช ผู้ก่อตั้งศูนย์พุทธศาสตร์ออกซ์ฟอร์ด (OCBS : Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies) และคณะถวายการต้อนรับ

ทั้งนี้สถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย และศูนย์พุทธศาสตร์ออกซ์ฟอร์ดได้ลงนามความร่วมมือทางวิชาการ (MoU) มาร่วมสิบปี ซึ่งเริ่มต้นจากพระสุธรรมญาณวิเทศ วิ.อดีตประธานอำนวยการดีรีได้ทำไว้ โดยมุ่งเน้นความร่วมมือสนับสนุนการสอนภาษาบาลีแก้ผู้สนใจจากทั่วโลก รวมถึงการบรรยายวิชาการแก่บุคคลทั่วไปด้วย

ซึ่งก่อให้๶กิึϸุณูปการอันยิ่งใหญ่ต่อความรู้ความ๶ข้าใจใȨ้าȨารศึกษาภาษาบาลีและพุทธศาสตร์แก่ชาวตะวัȨกและผู้สȨจทั่วโลกอีกด้วย

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