Dear list members,

Our next seminar will be held in coordination with the University of Sydney School of Languages and Cultures Research day on Friday  28th August  from 4.40pm to 6.00 pm.

Seminar will be held at University of Sydney in the Refectory, Main Quadrangle.  Please refer to Map (Ref 17F) for details.

We do hope you can attend
AABS Executive

The Buddhist Studies panel will comprise the following:

• Mark Allon, Indian Sub-continental Studies,  "On the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in ancient Gandhara"
• Andrew McGarrity, Indian Sub-continental Studies, “Theories of the Self as Doctrine and Methodological Strategy in Buddhist Thought”
• Blair Silverlock, Indian Sub-Continental Studies, "The Bodha Sūtra, a discourse of the Buddha in Sanskrit, from the new Gilgit Dīrghāgama manuscript.”
• Paul Fuller, Asian Studies, “Buddhism, Blasphemy and Sexual Tension"
• Meena Srinivasan, Indian Sub-Continental Studies, “Subhashitams based on Sundarakandam”