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Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Kanazawa Seiryo University

Degree: 博士(ハンブルク大学)

Researcher number: 30784227
J-GLOBAL ID: 201601000310138499
researchmap Member ID: 7000015226

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Philosophy - Chinese, Indian, Buddhist /

Research History

Apr, 2021 - Present

Professor, Kanazawa Seiryo University, Department of International Culture
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2021

Associate Professor, Kanazawa Seiryo University, Department of International Culture
Mar, 2010 - Feb, 2016

Assistant Professor, Dongguk University
Sep, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Research Associate, Hamburg University, Centre for Tantric Studies
Oct, 2006 - Oct, 2009

Research Fellow, Hamburg University, Center for Buddhist Studies
Apr, 2004 - Sep, 2006

Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Oct, 1999 - Mar, 2001

Research Fellow, Kyoto University
May, 1990 - Sep, 1999

Internship, Institut fur Asienkunde, Hamburg

Education

Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2004

仏教学研究科, 大学院, 京都大学
Oct, 1999 - Mar, 2001

仏教学専修, 文献文化学部, 京都大学
Oct, 1992 - Mar, 1999

Abteilung fur Sprache und Kulture Indiens und Tibets, Fachbereich Orientalistik, Universitat Hamburg, Fachbereich Orientalistik
Oct, 1994 - Sep, 1995

International Languages, Visva Bhasa Campus for International Languages, Tribhuvan University

Committee Memberships

Papers

165

The Buddhist Theory that the World is “Consciousness Only” (yuishiki, 唯識): An Easy Introduction for Students of Japanese Buddhism

Achim Bayer

Kanazawa Seiryo University Bulletin of the Humanities, 9(1) 55-78, Jan, 2025 Lead author
The Conversion of Asaṅga and Vasubandhu to the Mahāyāna: The Accounts of Xuanzang, Paramārtha, and Bu-ston

Bayer Achim

Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu), 72(3) 1066-1069, Mar 25, 2024 Peer-reviewed
270

The Korean Buddhist Temple Bi'rae-sa (飛來寺) and the Symbolism of Water, Fire, Mountains, and Trees

Bayer, Achim

Kanazawa Seiryo University Bulletin of the Humanities, 8(1) 57-71, Jan, 2024
149

Water, Fire, and the Ascent Above the Mountain : Symbolism and Its Application in a Buddhist Temple on Mt. Gwan'ak (冠岳山), Seoul

Bayer, Achim

Kanazawa Seiryo University Bulletin of the Humanities, 7(1) 77-91, Jan, 2023
Hidden Intentions (abhisaṃdhi) in the Abhidharmasamuccaya and Other Yogācāra Treatises.

Takahashi Kōitsu. Nemoto Hiroshi, eds., The Traditon of the Abhidharmasamuccaya: From India to Tibet, and from the Present to the Past, , 39-48, Mar, 2021
Roads Taken and Not Taken: The Encounters of Eric Teichman and André Migot with the Scholarly Traditions of Kham.

Volker Caumanns et al., eds., Gateways to Tibetan Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of David P. Jackson on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, 1 87-116, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The World Arises from Mind Only: Candrakīrti’s Affirmation of cittamātra at Madhyamakāvatāra 6.87

Volker Caumans et al, eds., Unearthing Himalayan Treasures: Festschrift for Franz-Karl Ehrhard, 27-49, Apr, 2019 Peer-reviewed
232

Traces of Buddhist Higher Education: From the Gandhāran Vihāra to the Tibetan Shedra.

Radha Banerjee Sarkar, ed., Csoma de Kőrös: Buddhist Transcreations in Tibetan Literature and Art, 119-152, 2019
Food and Vegetarianism in Early Indian Buddhism (in Japanese)

119-138, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
260

The Templestay Program of the Korean Jogye Order: Cultural Transformations and Adaptations

Bayer, Achim

Kanazawa Seiryo University Bulletin of the Humanities, 1(1) 71-86, Dec, 2016
From Transference to Transformation: Levels of Understanding in Tibetan Ars Moriendi

Bayer, Achim

The Eastern Buddhist New Series, 44(1) 77-96, 2013 Peer-reviewed
세계 문헌 읽기: 신이치 츠다의 “위기의 탄트리즘“(Critical Tantrism)”에 대한 재고 (Reading the World Text: A Reconsideration of Shin-ichi Tsuda’s ‘Critical Tantrism. In Korean.)

Journal of the Research Institute for Japanese Buddhism, 8 73-107, 2013 Peer-reviewed
The Ethics of Kingship and War in Patrul Rinpoche’s Words of My Perfect Teacher and the Last Buddhist Rulers of Derge

In Charles Ramble and Jill Sudbury, eds., This World and the Next: Contributions on Tibetan Religion, Science and Society, Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Konigswinter 2006, 81-106, 2012 Peer-reviewed
54

Meditation on Compassion in Patrul Rinpoche's Words of My Perfect Teacher

Bayer, Achim

In Kalpakam Sankarnarayan et al, eds., Buddhist Meditation: Texts, Tradition and Practice, 361-406, 2012 Peer-reviewed
A Case for Celibacy: The Sudinna Story in the in the Pāli Vinaya and Its Interpretation (Abbridged version.)

Bayer, Achim

Peter Skilling and Justin McDaniel, eds., Buddhist Narrative in Asia and Beyond, In Honour of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on Her Fifty-Fifth Birth Anniversary, 1-14, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Gateway to the Mahāyāna: Scholastic Tenets and Rhetorical Strategies in the Abhidharmasamuccaya

Indo-Iranian Journal, 55(3) 201-222, 2012 Peer-reviewed
27

School Affiliation of the Abhidharmasamuccaya in the Light of Tibetan Scholasticism (English and Korean bilingual edition)

Bayer, Achim

Bojo Sasang: Journal of Bojo Jinul’s Thought, 36 55-96, 2011 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

変化する社会における文化継承についての研究と実践 : 社会に貢献する人材育成のための比較文化学の教育方法とその課題

齋藤千恵, 本康宏史, 小西賢吾, 坂井紀公子, 桑野萌, 高原幸子, バイヤーアヒム

年報 / [金沢星稜大学総合研究所] [編], (43) 14-18, Mar, 2023
変化する社会における文化継承についての研究と実践 : 社会に貢献する人材育成のための比較文化学の教育方法とその課題

齋藤千恵, 小河久志, 桑野萌, 小西賢吾, 坂井紀公子, 高原幸子, 本康宏史, 門前斐紀, バイヤーアヒム

年報 / [金沢星稜大学総合研究所] [編], (42) 34-37, Mar, 2022
15

Mind Only in Japan

Bayer, Achim

Annual Report of Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 109, 2022
36

Goṣāti: A Note on Cattle Raids and Their Role in the Development of Early Indian Ethics.

Annual Report of Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 41 215, 2021
39

A Modern Theravāda Critique of Mahāyāna Philosophy: Bhikkhu Bodhi on Non-Duality

Annual Report of Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 40(114) 114-114, 2020
Rephrasing Mahāyāna Philosophy for the Contemporary World: Emptiness and the Nature of Mind in Two Recent Nonacademic Publications

Annual Report of Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 19 109-109, May, 2019
グローバルな世界情勢に対処できる人材育成のための比較文化学の教育方法と課題に関する研究

山田孝子, 川村義治, 本康宏史, 小西賢吾, ロバーソンジェームス, バイヤーアヒム, 小磯千尋

年報 / [金沢星稜大学総合研究所] [編], (39) 27-31, Mar, 2019
25

Seonmudo and Golgulsa Templestay as Dynamic Responses to Modernity in Korean Buddhism

Annual Report of Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 18 106-106, May, 2018
グローバルな世界情勢に対処できる人材育成のための比較文化学の教育方法と課題に関する研究

山田孝子, 川村義治, 本康宏史, 小西賢吾, ロバーソンジェームス, バイヤーアヒム, 小磯千尋

年報 / [金沢星稜大学総合研究所] [編], (38) 33-37, Mar, 2018
Successful Lay Participation in Contemporary Buddhism: The Templestay Program of the Korean Jogye Order

Bayer, Achim

The Annual Report of the Kanazawa Seiryo University Research Institute, 37 101-101, Jul, 2017
グローバルな世界情勢に対処できる人材育成のための比較文化学の教育方法と課題に関する研究

山田孝子, 川村義治, 本康宏史, 小西賢吾, ロバーソンジェームス, バイヤーアヒム, 小磯千尋

年報 / [金沢星稜大学総合研究所] [編], (37) 35-39, Mar, 2017
“Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu’s Unifying Buddhist Philosophy, by Jonathan C. Gold.” (Book review.))

International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture, 27(1) 241-250, 2017 Peer-reviewed
The Lama Wearing Trousers: Notes on an Iron Statue in a German Private Collection

Bayer, Achim

Hamburg: Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde, 1-17, 2012
A Case for Celibacy: The Sudinna Story in the in the Pāli Vinaya and Its Interpretation (Complete version.)

Bayer, Achim

Hamburg: Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde, 1-25, 2012
Addenda and Corrigenda to The Theory of Karman in the Abhidharmasamuccaya, 2012.

Bayer, Achim

Hamburg: Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde, 1-15, 2012
"Colin Goldner, Dalai Lama: Fall eines Gottkönigs." (Book review)

ASIEN, 78 141-148, 2001 Peer-reviewed
“Karl-Heinz Krämer, Ethnizität und nationale Integration in Nepal: Eine Untersuchung zur Politisierung der ethnischen Gruppen im modernen Nepal.” (Book review.)2

Bayer, Achim

ASIEN, 75 107-110, 2000 Peer-reviewed
"Herbert und Mariana Röttgen (Victor und Victoria Trimondi), Der Schatten des Dalai Lama: Sexualität, Magie und Politik im tibetischen Buddhismus." (Book review)

Bayer, Achim

ASIEN, 73 107-113, 1999 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

The Life and Works of mKhan-po gZhan-dga’ (1871-1927)

Bayer, Achim

Bochum: Projekt Verlag, Sep, 2019 (ISBN: 9783897334953) Peer-reviewed
The Theory of Karman in the Abhidharmasamuccaya

Bayer, Achim

International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 2010 Peer-reviewed
dKon mchog bstan ’dzin phrin las mthar phyin. Das äußerst tiefgründige Verständnis der Drei Wurzeln: Ein Gongpa-Yangzab Terma.

Bayer, Achim (Role: Translator/Editor, 20 p.)

Aachen: Drikung-Kagyü-Verlag, 2008
Padmamati. Der von selbst befreite Geist: Eine kurze Selbst-Visualisierung der friedvollen und zornvollen Gottheiten.

Bayer, Achim (Role: Translator/Editor)

Aachen: Drikung-Kagyü-Verlag., 2008
dKon mchog phrin las rnam rgyal. Der von selbst befreite Bardo: Ein Bardo-Gebet.

Bayer, Achim (Role: Translator/Editor)

Aachen: Drikung-Kagyü-Verlag, 2008

Presentations

＊On Undistracted Mindfulness and the Statement that the Three Worlds are Mind Only in the Pratyutpanna-sūtra (in Japanese)

Bayer, Achim

75th Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Tōkyō: Komazawa University), Sep 7, 2024
Pramāṇa with a Hidden Intention: From Its Formation to Its Rejection by Atīśa

Bayer, Achim

Sixth International Workshop on Madhyamaka Studies (Taipei: National Chengchi University), Nov 5, 2023
*Reconsidering the the Legends of Vasubandhu and His Conversion to the Mahāyāna (in Japanese)

Bayer, Achim

75th Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Kyōto: Ryūkoku University), Sep 2, 2023
Cittamātra and the Entry into prajñāpāramitā in the Daśabhūmika: A Slow Reading of Text and Interpretations.

5th International Workshop on Madhyamaka Studies., Nov 24, 2019
The Predicate cittamātra at Madhyamakāvatāra 6.87, and What It Predicates.

4th International Workshop on Madhyamaka Studies., Dec 2, 2018
On the Buddhist Conception of Human Beings as Dream Apparitions.

5th World Humanities Forum, Oct 31, 2018 Invited
Cittamātra and Dependent Origination: As Treated in the Abhidharmasamuccaya, Candrakīriti’s Madhyamaka-avatāra and the Venerable Seongcheol’s Sermon of a Hundred Days.

18th Congress of the International Association for Buddhist Studies., Aug 25, 2017
正念と正定の文化的文脈：現代のマインドフルネスを比較文化の視点から見る

日本仏教心理学第8回学術大会, Oct 16, 2016
The Place of Rationality in Wonhyo’s Commentary on the Sukhāvatī-vyūha Sūtras.

Annual Workshop of the International Research Project “Traces of Reason: The Korean Approach to Logic and Rationality and Its Relation to Buddhist Traditions from India and China"", Jul 27, 2016 Invited
合理的思考の要素：『清浄道論』（Visuddhimagga）における「想」の説明について,

Feb 20, 2015
Traces of Buddhist Higher Education: From the Gandhāran vihāra to the Tibetan shedra.

Global Seminar on Understanding the Contemporaneity of Acharya Nagarjuna’s Philosophy in Global Context., Jan 29, 2015
Rational Thinking and Spiritual Insight: Approaches to the saṃjñā-skandha and Their Implications for the Buddhist Ideal of Education.

Global Seminar on Understanding the Contemporaneity of Acharya Nagarjuna’s Philosophy in Global Context., Jan 28, 2015
On the Tibetan Tradition of the Abhidharmasamuccaya.

11th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Jul 28, 2006
On the Spiritual Practices of the Jonang Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

Jun 29, 2003

Teaching Experience

仏教 (金沢星稜大学人文学部国際文化学科)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Traces of Reason: The Korean Approach to Logic and Rationality and its Relation to Buddhist Traditions from India and China.

2012 - 2017

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