Teilprojekt A03
Metaphern und ihre semantischen Felder in den Textgenres der „Erfahrungsanweisungen“ des tibetischen Buddhismus
Das Projekt hat zum Ziel, erstens, einen Beitrag zur Erforschung religiöser Metaphern durch eine Analyse buddhistischer Metaphern von Licht, Raum, Bewegung und Landwirtschaft zu leisten. Zweitens, zwei Gattungen der tibetischen Literatur in diesem Zusammenhang zu untersuchen, namentlich die Erfahrungsanweisungen und, als Kontrast, die Stufenpfad-Texte. Drittens wird eine wechselseitige Beziehung zwischen religiösen Metaphern und Gattungen hergestellt, indem nach dem Einfluss der Metaphern auf die Gattungen und vice versa gefragt wird.
Publikationen
- Meinert, Carmen. 2025. "The Great Wisdom Mind like the Light of the Sky: Light Metaphors in the Early Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Tradition.“ In More Light on the Metaphors of Light, edited by Carmen Meinert and Vivian Staps. Metaphor Papers 26. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.601.
- Meinert, Carmen und Jan-Ulrich Sobisch. Forthcoming. “Mountain Retreat in Tibet: How to be Mindful Towards Nature.” In Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 48: ca. 20 pp.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. 2023. Do You Speak Mahāmudrā? How the Inexpressible is Said Through Metaphors. With a Translation of Tilopa’s Gangama Upadeśa and of Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé’s Commentary. Metaphor Papers 5. 85 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.260.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. 2025. "The Way in Tibetan Buddhism—How Metaphors Transform Practice.“ In Characteristics and Developments of WAY Metaphors in Religious Traditions, edited by Kianoosh Rezania, Neda Mohtashami und Roman Seidel. Metaphor Papers 19, 25 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.430.506
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. 2025. "‘Nothing to be Practiced’ (bsgom du med)—A Paradox and a Metaphor in the Tibetan Instruction Genres.“ In Contemplation and Non-Doing, edited by Dylan Esler. Entangled Religions 14/4. https://doi.org/10.46586/er.14.2025.12536.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. Forthcoming. The Kusāli Yogi. How Vinaya, Mahāmudrā, and Yoga Converge in the Kagyupa Yogi-Monk. Dynamics in the History of Religions 17. Leiden: Brill.
- Jürgens, Claudia und Jan-Ulrich Sobisch. Forthcoming. Sahajayoga Mahāmudrā: Basic Texts and Metaphors. Leiden, Brill.
Herausgegebene Sonderhefte
- Meinert, Carmen und Vivien Staps (Hrsg.). 2025. More Light on the Metaphors of Light. Metaphor Papers 26. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.
- Artemov, Nikita. 2025. "‘In your light do we see light’ (Psalm 36:9). Light Metaphors in the Book of Psalms: Cross-cultural Conceptual Background and Religious Functions.“ , 54 pp.https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.600.
- Jürgens, Claudia und Jan-Ulrich Sobisch. 2025. “Embodied Light-Metaphors: The Example of the ‘Flame Meditation,’” 36 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.529
- König, Götz. Forthcoming. "On the Metaphor of ‘Light’ in the Zoroastrian, especially Old Avestan and Younger Avestan Literature. A Critique of Hans Blumenberg’s Metaphorological Essay on ‘Light’ from the Perspective of an Iranist."
- Meinert, Carmen. 2025. „The Great Wisdom Mind like the Light of the Sky: Light Metaphors in the Early Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Tradition.“ 44 pp.https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.601.
- Meinert, Carmen und Vivien Staps. Forthcoming. "Light Metaphors in Religious Traditions in a Comparative Perspective—An Introduction."
- Newton, Nic. Forthcoming. "The Patterns of Light: Knowledge, Aesthetic Experience, and Metaphor in the Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra."
- Orofino, Giacomella. 2025. “From Metaphor to Metaphysics: The Triad of Metaphor, Meaning, and Sign in Bön Dzogchen Philosophy,” 17 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.527.
- Piras, Andrea. 2025. "The Recovery of Light: Metaphors of Rescuing the Light Soul in Manichaeism.“ 15 pp.https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.599.
- Stünkel, Knut. 2025. “Towards a Refined Everyday Metaphorics of Light. On Cusanus’ Sermons CXXVIII, CXXIX, and CXXX,” 26 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.448.528.
- Nikita Artemov, Linda Simonis und Jan-Ulrich Sobisch (eds.). 2025. Sealing, Molding, Imprinting, and Inscribing as Religious Metaphors. Metaphor Papers 22. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.422.
- Simonis, Linda. 2025. "Sealing, Molding, Imprinting, and Inscribing as Religious Metaphors,“ 5 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.422.496.
- Artemov, Nikita. 2025. "“You shall set these my words upon your heart” (Deuteronomy 11:18) Sealing and Writing as Metaphors for Interiorizing Messages in Biblical Hebrew and their Ancient Near Eastern Background,” 44 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.422.493.
- Simonis, Linda. 2025. "‘Written in the Mind.’ Genealogies and Affiliations of a Melanchthonian Metaphor,“ 28 pp. https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.422.492.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich. 2025. "Seal, Mold, Print-Imprint, and Propelling. A Glimpse of Powerful Metaphors in Tibetan Buddhist Literature,“ 37 pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.422.494.
Vorträge
- Meinert, Carmen: Introduction to Workshop—Tibetan Materials on the Rainbow Body. DiF Group Light Workshop Explorations of Metaphors of Light in Religions on the Eurasian Continent, 24.05.2023, Bochum, Germany.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich: Digitized Tibetan Metaphors: Tracing the Formation and Development of Religious Ideas. Lecture Series—Digitalization of Memory Practices and Heritage in Global Perspectives, 13.6.2023, Bonn, Germany.
- Meinert, Carmen: Mountain Retreat in Tibet: How to be Mindful Towards Nature. 21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, 19.–23.08.2024, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Meinert, Carmen: The Great Wisdom Mind like the Light of the Sky: Light Metaphors in the Early Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Tradition. International Conference More Light on the Metaphors of Light, 12.–13.12.2024, Bochum, Germany.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich: The Kusāli Yogis of the 12th/13th c.. The XXth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 10.–15.08.2025, Leipzig, Germany.
- Sobisch, Jan-Ulrich: The Mind and the “Clear Light” Metaphor in a Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. IAHR Congress, 24.–30.08.2025, Krakau, Poland.
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