2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Philosophical Foundations of the Legal-Political Realm in the Tibeto-sphere
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22K01112
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2027-03-31
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| Keywords | Tibet / Legal Philosophy / Political Philosophy / Buddhism / Himalaya |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During the last fiscal year I participated in the main academic conference on Buddhism and Law at SUNNY Buffalo (USA), giving a presentation on the separation of Church and State and the Basis of Legislation according to Tibetan master K. Tsultrim Lodro. I published a book on Human Rights in Asian traditions, covering Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, appearing with the Spanish title "Oriente y los Derechos" and publicly presented on march in Seville. I also finished the collective volume "Traditional Neighbours, Different Modernities. Bhutan Sikkim and the Mon Region" (500pp), published with KUP and Trans Pacific, and in which I participate both as a co-editor and author to a paper on the official representation of the legal past in Bhutan and Sikkim.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
This year was particularly fruitful with the publication of two books, and one book section of my specialty, Buddhism and with and emphasis on the Himalayas, and allowed to expand the reflection to other Asian traditions with the inclusion of Hinduism and Confucianism. This is the result of several years of research, which points to an overall satisfying development of the project.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
As for the continuation of this line of research, I have hired a Tibetan research assistant for the coming fiscal year, which will allow to locate and analyse legal and political texts within the Tibetan tradition. I have also been recruited by international expert prof. R. French to take part in a project to create a source book of legal materials on Buddhism and law, as part of the team focusing on Tibet and Mongolia. I will also carry on my study of the legal and political significance of the “Chayig” text read during the Punakha Drumchoe in Bhutan with my Bhutanese colleague Dr. Dendup Chophel.
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