【2026年5月8日】
真宗総合研究所 仏教写本研究
ハイデルベルク大学との共同研究プロジェクト実施

This talk aims to introduce this meditation tradition through texts that have come down to us in the form of manuscripts and the accounts of the rituals and practices associated with them. It will then examine the hypotheses that have been put forward to explain its origins – primarily by François Bizot, who was a pioneer in this field of study – and seek to propose new avenues of investigation.

Gregory Kourilsky specializes in Thai–Lao Buddhism and his research focuses particularly on how Buddhist populations in Mainland Southeast Asia have maintained religious and cultural identity despite intrusion of non-indigenous doctrines,ranging from Indian classical scriptures to modern Western law. His recent publications center on Buddhist literature in Pali and vernacular languages in Laos and Thailand, on relations between Thailand and France in the premodern era, and on ancient meditation traditions in mainland Southeast Asia. He has previously taught History of Thailand and Laos and Lao Language and Literature at the National Institute of Foreign Languages and Civilizations (Inalco).