Almogi, O.

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Orna Almogi

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Universitat Hamburg

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Universitat Hamburg

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This page:UHH>Humanities>Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship>People>Dr. Orna Almogi Dr. Orna Almogi Orna Almogi studied Tibetology (major) and Religious Studies and Psychology (minors) at the University of Hamburg (MA 1998). She received her PhD in Tibetology from the same University in 2006 (doctoral thesis: “Rong-zom-pa’s Discourses on Traditional Buddhology: A Study on the Development of the Concept of Buddhahood with Special Reference to the Controversy Surrounding the Existence of Gnosis (ye shes: jñāna) at the Stage of a Buddha”). From 1999 until 2004 she had been working for the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP) and the Nepalese-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project (NGMCP), where she had been responsible for the Tibetan materials. From 2008 to 2011 she has been a member of the Researcher Group “Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa” with the subproject “The Manuscript Collections of the Ancient Tantras (rNying ma rgyud ’bum): An Examination of Variance.” From 2011 to 2015 she has been working at the “Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures” as the leader of the subproject “Doxographical Organisational Schemes in Manuscripts and Xylographs of the Collection of the Ancient Tantras.”
      Since 2015 she has been involved in the “Academic Research Program Initiative” (ARPI). Since 2016 she is leading the project “A Canon in the Making: The History of the Formation, Production, and Transmission of the bsTan 'gyur, the Corpus of Treatises in Tibetan Translation.” Her research interests extend to a number of areas connected with the Tibetan religio-philosophical traditions and Tibetan Buddhist literature, particularly that of the rNying-ma school. The primary focus of her research the past years has been the concept of Buddhahood in traditional Buddhist sources, early subclassifications of Madhyamaka, the rNying ma rgyud ’bum, and the bsTan ʼgyur. Another interest of her is the culture of the book in Tibet in all its variety, specifically in connection with the compilation and transmission of Buddhist literary collections, both in manuscripts and xylographs forms. (Source Accessed July 14, 2020)

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Full Name

Orna Almogi

Affiliation

Universitat Hamburg

Education

• 2006 - PhD Universitat Hamburg

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Orna Almogi studied Tibetology (major) and Religious Studies and Psychology (minors) at the University of Hamburg (MA 1998). She received her PhD in Tibetology from the same University in 2006 (doctoral thesis: ”Rong-zom-pa’s Discourses on Traditional Buddhology: A Study on the Development of the Concept of Buddhahood with Special Reference to the Controversy Surrounding the Existence of Gnosis (ye shes: jñāna) at the Stage of a Buddha”). From 1999 until 2004 she had been working for the German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP) and the Nepalese-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project (NGMCP), where she had been responsible for the Tibetan materials. From 2008 she has been a member of the Researcher Group “Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa” with the subproject “The Manuscript Collections of the Ancient Tantras (rNying ma rgyud ’bum): An Examination of Variance.”

Her research interests extend to a number of areas connected with the Tibetan religio-philosophical traditions and Tibetan Buddhist literature, particularly that of the rNying-ma school. The primary focus of her research the past years has been the concept of Buddhahood in traditional Buddhist sources, early subclassifications of Madhyamaka, and the history of transmission of the rNying ma rgyud ’bum. Another interest of her is the culture of the book in Tibet in all its variety, specifically in connection with the compilation and transmission of collections of manuscripts and xylographs containing Buddhist works.

• Source: Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship
• Bio at Tantric Studies Institute
• Bio at University of Hamburg

• [http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/TP-TIBET_e.html The Manuscript Collections of the Ancient Tantras (rNying ma rgyud 'bum):

An Examination of Variance]

Selected Publications and Papers

Publications

• Forthcoming (together with Dorji Wangchuk). "Manuscripts, Xylographs, and Modern Books: Some Current Initiatives to Preserve the Tibetan Textual Culture." Manuscript Cultures 4.
• 2011. Review of Tibetische Handschriften und Blockdrucke, Teil 13 (Die mTshur-phu-Ausgabe der Sammlung Rin-chen gter-mdzod chen-mo, nach dem Exemplar der Orientabteilung, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Hs or 778, Bände 40–52). Peter Schwieger. Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Band XI,13. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2009. XXVII, 447 pages. Euro 78. ISSN: 0506-7936. ISBN: 978-3-515-07347-9. Indo-Iranian Journal 54, 2011: 178-184.
• Forthcoming. "Yogācāra in the Writings of the Eleventh-Century Rnying ma Scholar Rong zom Chos kyi bzang po." In Ulrich Timme Kragh (ed.), Yogācārabhūmi and the Yogācāras. Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
• 2010. "Māyopamādvayavāda versus Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavāda: A Late Indian Subclassification of Madhyamaka and its Reception in Tibet." Journal of the International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies 14, 135–212.
• 2009. Rong-zom-pa's Discourses on Buddhology: A Study of Various Conceptions of Buddhahood in Indian Sources with Special Reference to the Controversy Surrounding the Existence of Gnosis (jñāna: ye shes) as Presented by the Eleventh-Century Tibetan Scholar Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po. Studia Philologica Buddhica Monograph Series 24. Tokyo: International Institute for Buddhist Studies. 549 pages.
• 2009. "The Materiality and Immanence of Gnosis in Some rNying-ma Tantric Sources." In Eli Franco (ed.) in collaboration with Dagmar Eigner, Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 241–262.
• 2008. (ed.) Contributions to Tibetan Buddhist Literature. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter 2006. Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung 14. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies. 569 pp.
• 2008. "How Authentic Are Titles and Colophons of Tantric Works in the Tibetan Canon? The Case of Three Works and Their Authors and Translators." In Orna Almogi (ed.), Contributions to Tibetan Buddhist Literature. Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter 2006. Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung 14. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, pp. 87–124.
• 2006. Online NGMPP Title List: Tibetan Manuscripts (34,221 entries). Compiled by Orna Almogi with the assistance of Alexander Schiller, Jan-Ulrich Sobisch, Katja Thiesen, Jörg Heimbel, Mathias Fermer. (Hamburg: University of Hamburg, Asia-Africa Institute, Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies.) http://134.100.72.204:3000/tbt_titles/tbt_search
• 2005. "Analysing Tibetan Titles: Towards a Genre-based Classification of Tibetan Literature." Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 15: Fabienne Jagou (ed.), Conception et Circulation des Textes Tibétains, pp. 27–58.
• 2003. Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP). Preliminary List of Manuscripts, Blockprints and Historical Documents Microfilmed by the NGMPP. Part 2: Tibetan Material (Release 1). Compiled by Orna Almogi with the assistance of Alexander Schiller and Jan-Ulrich Sobisch. Hamburg: University of Hamburg, Asia-Africa Institute, Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies. Approx. 13,000 entries (CD-ROM).
• 2003. Manual to the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP). Preliminary List of Manuscripts, Blockprints and Historical Documents Microfilmed by the NGMPP. Part 2: Tibetan Material (Release 1). Hamburg: University of Hamburg, Asia-Africa Institute, Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies. 33 pages.
• 2002. "Sources on the Life and Works of the Eleventh-Century Tibetan Scholar Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po: A Brief Survey." In Henk Blezer (ed.), Tibet, Past and Present. Tibetan Studies 1. PIATS 2000: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000. Leiden: Brill, pp. 67–80.

Papers Presented

• 2011 "On the Problem of the Absolute in Madhyamaka." Lecture held at McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies, March 2, 2011.
• 2010 "Travelogues as Sources for the Study of the Culture of the Book in the Tibetan Cultural Sphere: The Example of Kaḥ thog si tu Chos kyi rgya mtsho's gNas yig." Lecture held at Renmin University, Beijing.
• 2010 "Towards a History of the Transmission of the rNying ma rgyud 'bum Manuscript Collections." Lecture held at the China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing.
• 2010 "The Circulation of Manuscript and Xylograph Editions of the Tibetan Canon: A Preliminary Survey." The 12th Seminar of the International Association for Buddhist Studies, August 15 –21, Vancouver.
• 2009 "Are Phenomena Illusion-like or Substratum-less? A Late Indian Madhyamaka Controversy." Lecture held at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
• 2009 "Epistemological Theories and Their Influence on Buddhological Issues Among Early Tibetan Mādhyamikas." Lecture held at the Institute for Language and Cultural Studies, Bhutan.
• 2008 "The bsTan-'gyur and its Patrons and Editors: The History of the Transmission of the ‘Treatises in Translation' Based on Historical Sources." Lecture held at the International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo.
• 2008 "The Cult and Culture of Sacred Books in Tibet: Doctrinal, Political and Economical Factors." Lecture held at Tsukuba University, Japan.
• 2008 "Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po's Subclassification of the Madhyamaka School." XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, within the panel "Tibetan scholasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries," Emory University, Atlanta, June 23 – 29, 2008.
• 2008 "On Some Less Known Tenjur Editions: Filling the Gap in the History of the Transmission of the Translated Treatises." Lecture held at the Departments of East Asian Languages and Cultures and of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
• 2007 "Does a Buddha Possess Gnosis (jñāna: ye shes)? A Dispute among Madhyamaka Exponents in India and Tibet." Lecture held at the Center for Buddhist Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
• 2007 "What Is a Buddha? An Overview of the Buddhological Concepts Found in Tantric and Non-Tantric Mahāyāna Sources." Lecture held at the Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University.
• 2006 "On the Identification of Some Canonical Texts, Their Authors and Translators." The Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter, August 27 – September 2.
• 2006 "The Physicality and Immanence of Gnosis in Some rNying-ma Tantric Sources." Symposium: Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, June 27–30.
• 2006 "Manuskripte und Buchdruck in Tibet" ("Manuscripts and Book Printing in Tibet"). Lecture held within the lecture series "Die Faszination der Handschrift: Manuskriptkulturen in Asien und Afrika" ("The Fascination of Manuscripts: Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa"), Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
• 2005 "Sangs rgyas kyi sa chen mo: Rong zom pa on Traditional Buddhology." Lecture held at the Department for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna.
• 2003 "Analysis of Tibetan Titles: Towards a Genre-based Classification of Tibetan Literature." The Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, September 6–12.
• 2000 "Der Buchkult in der Tibetischen Kultur" ("The Cult of the Book in Tibetan Culture"). Lecture held at the symposium "Asien und Afrika in Hamburg," June 5–7, Congress Centrum Hamburg. Organized by the University of Hamburg.
• 2000 "A Brief Survey of the Life and Works of the Eleventh-Century Scholar and Translator Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po." The Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden, June 24–30.
• 1999 "Ein Tibetischer Gelehrter des 11. Jahrhunderts: Legenden und Entdeckungen" ("A Tibetan Scholar of the 11th Century: Legends and Discoveries"). Lecture held on the occasion of the NGMPP exhibition Buddhas Berge Bücher in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg.

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Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.