ISYT Conference Day 2

Room Dussane, École Normale Supérieure.

Seiji Kumagai (Kyoto University, Japan)

“Development of the Two Truths Theory in Tibet”

Marc-Henri Deroche (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France And Kyoto University, Japan)

“Study of The Lamp Illuminating the Two Truths written by ’Phreng po gter ston Shes rab ’od zer (1518-1584)”

The second morning of the conference began with two friends and colleagues presenting issues related to one of the most important problems of Buddhism, the two truths. Seiji Kumagai of Kyoto circumscribed the history of the development of the two truths theory in Indian Buddhist, Bön, and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. His handout and presentation was a wealth of information succinctly presented in outline-style. I had never learned anything about the Bön tradition’s conception of the two truths, which appears to be suspiciously (or not so) close to Buddhist presentations.

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