JAN WESTERHOFF
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SANSKRIT-TIBETAN READING CLASS

The Sanskrit-Tibetan reading class continues with chapter 6 of Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra in Hilary term 2021. At present the class meets online; if you would like to join please send me a message.

Some useful online resources for this class include:

Tibetan and Sanskrit of Candrakīrti's text at Bibliotheca Polyglotta

Apte's Sanskrit Dictionary [link]

Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary [link]

Edgerton's Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary [link]

Tibetan Translation Tool [link]


SOME LECTURE RECORDINGS

2020 Annual lecture of the British Society for the History of Philosophy  on Solipsism in Ancient Indian Philosophy. [link]

A set of lectures based on "The Non-Existence fo the Real World" from 2019. [link]

A set of five lectures based on "The Golden Age of Buddhist Philosophy in India" from 2019. [link]

Interview on Nāgārjuna for Peter Adamson’s podcast History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps from 2017. [link]

"What kind of philosophical theory is Madhyamaka?", 2014 Majewski lecture, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. [link]

A contribution to the symposium on "Contemporary Perspectives on Buddhist Ethics", Columbia University, 2011. [link]
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A contribution to "Madhyamaka & Methodology: A Symposium on Buddhist Theory and Method", Smith College, 2010. [link]

"Madhyamaka and ontological categories", lecture at the 2009 Shivdasani conference, Somerville College, Oxford. [link]


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