{"id":127386,"date":"2017-03-20T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/?p=127386"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:58:46","slug":"hirshberg-presents-new-research-uva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2017\/03\/20\/hirshberg-presents-new-research-uva\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirshberg Presents New Research at UVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Dan Hirshberg, assistant professor of religion, presented a paper titled &ldquo;Himalayan Syncretism and the Emergence of Padmasambhava as Rdo rje gro lod&rdquo; for the Tibet Center, East Asia Center, and Buddhist Studies Group at the University of Virginia (March 15, 2017). Relying primarily on comparative analysis of 12th-14th century Tibetan hagiographies and liturgies, as well as iconographical analysis&nbsp;of painting and statuary, this&nbsp;paper extends beyond&nbsp;the initial&nbsp;apotheosis of Padmasambhava (8th ce.), the subject of Hirshberg&rsquo;s&nbsp;recent <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Remembering-Lotus-Born-Padmasambhava-History-Buddhism\/dp\/1614292310\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1489880557&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=lotus+born\">book<\/a>, to his subsequent&nbsp;elaboration and widespread popularization as the Second Buddha in Tibet.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=e1d532c76223880f1bed40fb4&amp;id=681e4c42cb&amp;e=b04e3f7a48\">http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=e1d532c76223880f1bed40fb4&amp;id=681e4c42cb&amp;e=b04e3f7a48<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Hirshberg, assistant professor of religion, presented a paper titled &ldquo;Himalayan Syncretism and the Emergence of Padmasambhava as Rdo rje gro lod&rdquo; for the Tibet Center, East Asia Center, and Buddhist Studies Group at the University of Virginia (March 15, 2017). Relying primarily on comparative analysis of 12th-14th century Tibetan hagiographies and liturgies, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":127387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[7831],"class_list":["post-127386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-professional-notes","tag-dhirshb","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}