Conference language: English. Simultaneous translation into German, Tibetan and several other Asian languages will be provided.

Lecture Hall A, University of Hamburg (Main Building),
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

8.30 - 10.00 a.m.

• Prof. Dr. Ing. habil. Monika Auweter-Kurtz, President of the University of Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Asien-Afrika Institut, Buddhist Studies
• Rinchen Khando Chogyal, retired Minister of Education of the Tibetan Government in Exile, Director of Tibetan Nuns' Project
• Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen, Foundation for Buddhist Studies
• Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan Government in Exile: The Necessities of Monks and Nuns in Modern Times
• Bhiksuni Dr. Myongsong Sunim, President of the National Bhikkhuni Assembly of the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order and Dean of the Graduate School, Un Mun Sangha College: The Role of Bhiksunis in the Twenty-First Century
• Prof. Dr. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women: Gender Equity and Human Rights

Moderator: Dr. Thea Mohr

10.00 – 11.30 a.m.

• Analayo: The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the Order of Nuns
• Dr. Ute Hüsken: The Eight Garudhammas 
• Prof. Dr. Oskar von Hinüber: The Foundation of the Bhikkhuni as a Model for a Revival
• Gisela Krey: The Acceptance of Women in Early Buddhism
• Prof. Dr. Noritoshi Aramaki: Mahapajapati Gotami as the Bhikkhuni

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann

Lunch Break 90 min.:  11.30 a.m. – 13.00 p.m. (university canteen 5 min. walk)

13.00 – 15.40 p.m.

• Bhikkhuni Sik Wei-Chun: The Legal Procedures for the Bhiksuni Ordination
• Acarya Geshe Tashi Tsering: A Summary of Research Works on Bhikshuni Ordination. Revival in Mulasarvastivada Tradition Flourishing in Tibet
• Prof. Bhiksuni Heng-ching Shih: Three Options: Re-establishing the Bhiksuni Lineage in the Tibetan Tradition
• Bhiksu Huimin Shih: An Inquiry Concerning the Lineage of Bhikkhuni Ordination
• Dr. Petra Kieffer-Pülz: Presuppositions for a valid ordination with respect to the restoration of the bhiksuni ordination in the Mulasarvastivada tradition
• Dr. Shayne Clarke: Creating Nuns Out of Thin Air: Problems and Possible Solutions concerning the Ordination of Nuns according to the Tibetan Monastic Code
• Dr. Ann Heirman: Sramaneris and siksamanas in the Dharmaguptaka tradition
• Inyoung Chung (Bhiksuni Sukdham): The Revival of a Dual Ordination for Korean Buddhist Nuns in the Modern Period

Moderator: Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen

Refreshments 20 min.: 15.40 – 16.00 p.m.

16.00 – 18.00 p.m.

• Prof. Dr. Peter Skilling: Tracing the History of Nuns in South Asia
• Mettanando Bhikkhu: The First Council
• Damchö Diana Finnegan: A Flawless Ordination: Some Narratives of Nuns' Ordinations in the Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya
• Prof. Dr. Florin Deleanu: Between State Control and State Neglect: Nuns in Ancient and Early Mediaeval Japan
• Dr. Ivette Maria Vargas-O'Bryan: Remembering the Ordained Nuns: Models for Modern Tibetan Communities
• Dr. Shobha Rani Dash: Misinterpretations of the Buddhist Texts and the Problem of Ordination of Women

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen

Dinner/Tea break 60 min.: 18.00 – 19.00 p.m. (university canteen 5 min. walk)

19.00 – 21.00 p.m.

The questions need to be handed over in written to the moderators latest by 18.00 p.m.
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann

 

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