Papers Presented

“On the Plurality of Vinaya Traditions in the Mūlasarvāstivāda and the Inconsistencies between the Tibetan Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa and its Purported Canonical Commentary',” Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies, Queenstown, New Zealand, December 7–9, 2011.

“Religion at the Crossroads: Buddhist Monastic Attitudes toward Popular Indian Religious Practices,” Strange Encounters: Asian Religions and the “Other,” Yale University, October 29–30, 2011.

“On the Mūlasarvāstivādin Affiliations of the Bhikṣuṇī Vibhaṅga and Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Preserved in Tibetan,” XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Jinshan, Taiwan, June 20–25, 2011.

“Towards a Comparative Study of the Sarvāstivāda- and Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinayas:
A Preliminary Survey of the Kathāvastu embedded in the Uttaragrantha,” XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Jinshan, Taiwan, June 20–25, 2011.

“Guṇaprabha, Yijing, Bu sTon and the Lack of a Coherent System of Rules for Nuns in the Tibetan Tradition of the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya,” Buddhist Nuns in India, University of Toronto, April 15–17, 2011.

“The Good Monk and His Wife are Seldom Parted: Reflections on Married Monks in Indian Buddhism,” Department of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies,
University of Tokyo, February 16, 2011 and Ryukoku University, February 23, 2011.

“Motherhood amidst the Sisterhood: Reading Inscriptional Evidence in Light of Buddhist Monastic Law Codes,” History and Material Culture in Asian Religions,
University of Pennsylvania, March 21-22, 2010.

“Mahākāśyapa and His Wife: Ascetic Values in Indian Buddhist Monasticism,” Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Ottawa, Ontario, May 25, 2009.

“On the Role of Humor in Buddhist Monastic Law Codes,” XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-29, 2008.

“Creating Nuns Out of Thin Air: Problems and Possible Solutions concerning the Ordination of Nuns according to the Tibetan Monastic Code,” 1st International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages, Hamburg, July 18-20, 2007.

“Locating the Family in Homelessness: On Monastic Families in Indian Buddhism,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington, DC, November 18-21, 2006.

“Family matters in Indian monastic Buddhism,” XIVth Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, London, August 29-September 3, 2005.

“Hallowed Harrowing & Fields of Merit: Share-cropping Monks in Buddhist India,” XIIIth Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Bangkok, December 8-13, 2002.

“Shibun ritsu no kendo seiritsu ni kansuru ichikōsatsu—toku ni harai gakke no kitei o megutte 四分律の揵度成立に關する一考察̶特に波羅夷學悔の規定をめぐって [An Observation on the Formation of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya Skandhaka with Special Reference to the Regulations Surrounding Pārājika Penance],” (in Japanese) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, September 2-3, 2000.