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Kumagai, Seiji

Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Human Society Professor

Kumagai, Seiji
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    Last Updated :2025/05/29

    Basic Information

    Concurrent Affiliation

    • Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), 学内研究担当教員
    • Graduate School of Letters, 仏教学専修 , 協力教員 教授

    Academic Degree

    • 修士(文学)(京都大学)
    • 博士(文学)(京都大学)

    Research History

    • From Apr. 2025, To Present
      Kyoto University, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Vice Director
    • From Oct. 2023, To Present
      Kyoto University, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Professor
    • From Apr. 2022, To Present
      Kyoto University, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Divisional Director (Uehiro Research Division)
    • From Apr. 2022, To Sep. 2023
      Kyoto University, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Associate Professor
    • From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2022
      Kyoto University, Kokoro Research Center, Associate Professor
    • From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2022
      Kyoto University, Kokoro Research Center, Divisional Director (Uehiro Research Division)
    • From Apr. 2013, To Mar. 2020
      Kyoto University, Kokoro Research Center, Program-Specific Associate Professor
    • From Sep. 2018, To Dec. 2018
      University of Vienna, Department of Buddhology and Tibetology, Numata Professor
    • From Oct. 2012, To Mar. 2013
      Kyoto University, Kokoro Research Center, Visiting Associate Professor
    • From Apr. 2012, To Mar. 2013
      Kyoto Women's University, Faculty of Human Development and Education, Senior Lecturer
    • From Apr. 2011, To Mar. 2012
      Kyoto University, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Program-Specific Assistant Professor
    • From Apr. 2009, To Mar. 2011
      Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellow (PD)

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      Last Updated :2025/05/29

      Research

      Research Topics, Overview of the research

      • Research Topics

        Buddhist and Bonpo Madhyamika philosophy
      • Overview of the research

        Seiji KUMAGAI was born in 1980 in Hiroshima (Japan). He studied Buddhist philosophy and received his Ph.D.in 2009 from Kyoto University. In 2011, he became an assistant professor at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research of Kyoto University. Since 2013, he has been Uehiro Associate Professor at Kokoro Research Center of Kyoto University from then until the present. Since 2017, he has been a divisional director of the Department of Bhutanese Studies at Kokoro Research Center. He was invited by Univerity of Vienna as Numata Professor in 2018.
        His field of research is Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy in India, Tibet, and Bhutan, and also that of Bon religion. He has also conducted research on the history of Tibetan and Bhutanese Buddhism. His most notable publications include books such as The Two Truths in Bon (Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2011), Bhutanese Buddhism and Its Culture (Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2014), and Buddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan (Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2018), as well as numerous academic articles on Indo-Himalayan Buddhism and Bon.
        He is also conducting research on various topics such as happiness and well-being, Himalayan laws, and AI especially from Buddhist philosophical points of view.

      Research Areas

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

      Papers

      • 仏教版デジタルツイン:仏教対話AIブッダボットとテラバース構想
        熊谷誠慈
        生産と技術, Jan. 2025, Invited, Lead author
      • The Founder and Disciples of the Drukpa Kagyu School: Re-examination of the Three Sub-schools of Drukpa Kagyu
        Seiji Kumagai
        Traditional Neighbours, Different Modernities: Bhutan, Sikkim and the Mon Region, Mar. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
      • A Case Study of Research and Development in Collaboration between Industry, Religion, and Academia: Development of a Buddhist Chatbot (BuddhaBot) and a Buddhist Metaverse (Teraverse)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The Journal of Science Policy and Research Management, Jun. 2023, Invited, Lead author
      • How the Concepts of Buddha Nature and Original Enlightenment Were Interpreted by Shinran
        Seiji KUMAGAI
        Buddha Nature Across Asia, Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author
      • Early History of the Drukpa Kagyü School
        Seiji Kumagai
        Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, 28 Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
      • Concept of Psyche Navigation System
        Seiji Kumagai; Noriyuki Miura; Hiromitsu Awano; Yoshiyuki Ueda
        人工知能, Nov. 2021, Invited, Lead author
      • ブータンにおける実践仏教:ブータンの仏教と国民総幸福(GNH)政策
        熊谷誠慈
        現代社会の仏教, May 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author
      • 敦煌出土チベット文『輪廻形態説示』-古代チベットにおける初期仏教伝道文学作品-
        西田愛; 今枝由郎; 熊谷誠慈
        通信, Mar. 2020, Last author
      • Life and Works of Tsangpa Gyare (1161–1211), Founder of the Drukpa Kagyü School
        Seiji Kumagai
        Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, 28 Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
      • Classification of Perception (Saṃjñā) in Buddhist Āgama and Abhidarma Treatises
        Seiji Kumagai
        Reasons and Lives in Buddhist Traditions, Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author
      • 古代チベット人の死後の世界観と葬送儀礼の仏教化:敦煌出土『生死法物語』『置換』『神国道説示』三部作の研究
        西田愛; 今枝由郎; 熊谷誠慈
        神戸外大論叢, Apr. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Last author
      • Bonpo Abhidharma Theory of Material (rūpa)
        Seiji Kumagai
        Memoire of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko, Dec. 2018, Invited, Lead author
      • A Report on Some Physical Evidences and Oral Transmission about Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211) Collected at the Ralung Monastery and the Druk Monastery in Tibet
        Seiji Kumagai
        Vajrayana Buddhism in the Modern World: Proceedings of the Second Vajrayana Conference, 28-30 March 2018, Thimphu, Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Invited
      • History of Bhutan and International Relationship between Bhutan and Japan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Himalayan study monographs, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • Translation of the Propitiation Liturgy of Skyes bu lung btsan, the Protective Deity in Central Bhutan
        Ai Nishida; Yoshiro Imaeda; Seiji Kumagai
        Himalayan Study Monographs, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • A Study on the Biographies of the Founder of Drukpa Kagyu School: Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The Historical Development of Tibeto-Himalayan Civilization, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • An Overview of the Classification of Perception (Saṃjñā) in Northern Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • Introduction to the Biographies of Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211), Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai
        uddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan, Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed
      • The Bonpo Abhidharma Theory of Perception (Saṃjñā)
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2017, Peer-reviewed
      • Bonpo Abhidharma Theory of Five Aggregates
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed
      • History and Current Situation of the Sa skya pa school in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Bhutanese Buddhism and Its Culture (Kathmandu: Vajra Publications), Dec. 2014, Peer-reviewed
      • Buddhism and Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Religious Studies, Oct. 2014, Peer-reviewed
      • Introduction of the Buddhist Sa skya pa School in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Himalayan Study Monographs, Mar. 2014, Peer-reviewed
      • Bonpos’ Absorption and Development of the Buddhist Theory of Two Truths
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Oriental Studies, Dec. 2013, Peer-reviewed
      • Caractéristiques de la théorie des deux vérités en Inde et au Tibet
        Seiji Kumagai
        Circulaire de la Société Franco-Japonaise des Etudes Orientals, Mar. 2013
      • 見えるモノは有るのか? 仏教認識論的視点から
        熊谷 誠慈
        こころの未来, Sep. 2012
      • Introduction to the Collected Works of the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu ('Brug pa bKa' brgyud) School: Tsangpa Gyare (gTsang pa rgya ras, 1161-1211)
        Seiji Kumagai; Gawa Thupten; Akinori Yasuda
        Buddhism Without Borders: Proceedings of the International Conference on Globalized Buddhism,Bumthang, Bhutan May 21-23, 2012 (Thimphu: Centre for Bhutan Studies), Jul. 2012, Peer-reviewed
      • The Two Truths of the bDen gnyis 'grel ba by mNyam med
        Seiji Kumagai
        Acta Tibetica et Buddhica, Mar. 2011
      • The Two Truths of the Sa lam rang 'grel by mNyam med
        Seiji Kumagai
        Acta Tibetica et Buddhica, Mar. 2011
      • Bhāviveka's Theory of the Absolute Truth
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2011, Peer-reviewed
      • The Two Truths Theory of the Bonpo Me ston Shes rab 'od zer (1058-1132 or 1118-1192) - A Comparative Study -
        Seiji Kumagai
        Report of Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies, Jul. 2010, Peer-reviewed
      • Bonpo Interpretation of the Two Truths of Buddhist Philosophy Seen in an Anonymous Bonpo Treatise Theg 'grel (13th or 14th cen.)
        Seiji Kumagai
        Acta Tibetica et Buddhica, Mar. 2010
      • Development of the Theory of the ‘Two Truths’ in the Bon Religion
        Seiji Kumagai
        East and West, Dec. 2009, Peer-reviewed
      • La classification indo-tibétaine de l'école Mādhyamika : selon le Shes bya kun khyab de 'Jam-mgon Kong-sprul Blo-gros mtha'-yas (1813-1899)
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2009, Peer-reviewed
      • “Two Truths” (satyadvaya) in the dBu ma bden gnyis (Satyadvayavibhaṅga) of the Bon Religion
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2008, Peer-reviewed
      • The Classifications of Proofs on Emptiness and Absence of Self-nature: Through an Examination of Tibetan Works from the 11th through the First Half of the 15th Centuries
        Seiji Kumagai
        Report of the Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies, May 2007, Peer-reviewed
      • La classification des cinq démonstrations de la vacuité (śūnyatā) par Roṅ ston
        Seiji Kumagai
        Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Mar. 2007, Peer-reviewed

      Presentations

      • Introduction: Research and Development of Kokoro Technology towards Well-going and Well-being
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Symposium of the ISBS 2025 Kyoto (The Future of Well-being), 07 Feb. 2025, Invited
      • Progress Report on the Plan to Implement BuddhaBot (Buddhist Chatbot) in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai; Miguel Alvarez Ortega; Takahiko Kameyama; Seimin Kimura; Kaworu Kominami; Thupten Gawa; Toshikazu Furuya; Isamu Kiuchi; Seita Sasaki; Choten Dorji
        2nd Conference of the International Society for Bhutan Studies, 04 Feb. 2025
      • 仏教哲学から情動とこころを考える
        熊谷誠慈
        第13回日本情動学会大会, 09 Nov. 2024, Invited
      • 仏教版デジタルツイン:仏教対話AIブッダボットとテラバース構想
        熊谷誠慈
        ハイテク推進セミナー, 28 Oct. 2024, Invited
      • The Past, Present, and Future of Japanese Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai; Takahiko Kameyama
        Summer Program Academic Lecture, 07 Aug. 2024, Invited
      • Introduction of Moonshot Goal9
        Seiji Kumagai
        Japan-US Research Collaboration Week 2024, 30 Jul. 2024, Invited
      • 古代の智慧×最先端テクノロジーでイノベーションを創発
        熊谷誠慈
        近未来への招待状~ナイスステップな研究者2023からのメッセージ~, 23 Jul. 2024, Invited
      • Report on Development of Buddhist Cyber-Physical System: Buddhabot and Tera-verse
        Seiji Kumagai; Toshikazu Furuya
        Buddhism, Consciousness, and AI Summit 2024, 22 Jun. 2024, Invited
      • 伝統知テックとこころテック:文理融合で明るい未来を創出!
        熊谷誠慈
        日本フンボルト協会主催 第二回A I シンポジウム, 11 May 2024, Invited
      • 仏教×AI:仏教の未来・可能性を考える
        熊谷誠慈
        佛立研究所研究発表大会特別講演, 27 Mar. 2024, Invited
      • 仏教×こころ×テクノロジー:子どもたちが楽しく安らかに暮らせる未来社会を目指して
        熊谷誠慈
        第5回 金沢大学 子どものこころサミット, 20 Mar. 2024, Invited
      • Development of Buddhist Chatbot, AR and Metaverse to Meet and Talk with Buddha: “BuddhaBot-Plus”, “Tera-Platform AR Ver1.0”, and “Tera-verse”
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Academic Conference on “Religion and AI”, 15 Dec. 2023, Invited
      • Introduction of Moonshot Goal9
        Seiji Kumagai
        COP28 UAE, 25 Nov. 2023, Invited
      • 精神的に豊かで躍動的な社会を支える伝統知テックとこころテック
        Seiji Kumagai
        応用物理学会・超集積エレクトロニクス産学連携委員会 第6回研究会, 17 Oct. 2023, Invited
      • ムーンショット目標9(MS9)2050年までに、こころの安らぎや活力を増大することで、精神的に豊かで躍動的な社会を実現
        Seiji Kumagai
        エッセンスフォーラム2023, 22 Sep. 2023, Invited
      • 精神的に豊かで躍動的な社会を実現するためのこころテック開発
        Seiji Kumagai
        第46回日本神経科学学会, 04 Aug. 2023, Invited
      • Introduction of Moonshot Goal9
        Seiji Kumagai
        Japan-US Research Collaboration Week, 21 Jul. 2023, Invited
      • 2050年までに、こころの安らぎや活力を増大することで、精神的に豊かで躍動的な社会を実現
        Seiji Kumagai
        IVS 2023 Kyoto, 29 Jun. 2023, Invited
      • The Past, Present, and Future of Buddhism and Buddhology in Japan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Khyentse Foundation Goodman Lecture, 18 Feb. 2023, Invited
      • Development of “Tera-Platform AR Ver1.0”, Augmented Reality (AR) to Meet and Talk with Buddha: Toward the Establishment of Buddhist Metaverse “Tera-verse”
        Seiji Kumagai; Toshikazu Furuya
        4th International Vajrayana Buddhism Conference, 02 Oct. 2022, Invited
      • 仏教対話AI「ブッダボット」の開発状況と今後の展望
        Seiji Kumagai
        第81回日本宗教学会学術大会, 11 Sep. 2022
      • Mahamudra Theory and the Four Types of Yoga in Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211), Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai
        19th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 18 Aug. 2022
      • Origins of the Education of the Drukpa Kagyu School: The Education of its Founder Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211)
        Seiji Kumagai
        16th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, 07 Jul. 2022
      • 伝統とテクノロジーの融合によって切り拓くこころの未来:伝統知AIとPsyche Navigation System
        熊谷誠慈
        京都大学公開講座 春秋講義, 15 Apr. 2022, Invited
      • チベット・ブータンから日本の仏教と地域社会の未来を考える
        熊谷誠慈
        第22回京都サロン了了会, 22 Jan. 2022, Invited
      • 仏教対話AIブッダボットの現状と未来
        熊谷誠慈
        ふれでミックカフェ特別編, 07 Jan. 2022, Invited
      • Psyche Navigation Systemによる安寧と活力が共存する社会の実現を目指して:仏教的観点から
        熊谷誠慈
        第60回日本生体医工学会大会・第36回日本生体磁気学会大会, 17 Jun. 2021, Invited
      • 文理融合・伝統知DXによる総合知創出の可能性!-仏教対話AIとPsyche Navigation System-
        熊谷誠慈
        自由民主党文部科学部会, 21 May 2021, Invited
      • Using Traditional Wisdom with AI (Buddhabot) to Establish a “Psyche Navigation System”
        Seiji Kumagai; Toshikazu Furuya; Koshin Higashifushimi; Akinori Yasuda; Thubten Gawa Matsushita; Takahiko Kameyama; Yuho Hasegawa
        RIEC International Symposium, When AI Meets Human Science: The 4th Tohoku – NTU Symposium on Interdisciplinary AI and Human Studies, 12 Mar. 2021, Invited
      • 仏教のこころ観から考えるコロナ危機
        熊谷誠慈
        第5回京都こころ会議シンポジウム, 21 Feb. 2021, Invited
      • Rethinking Child Welfare in Countries with a Single-Custody System: Bhutan and Japan, Compared to the West
        Seiji Kumagai
        2nd International Workshop on Himalayan Law, Politics and Buddhist Ethics, 18 Jan. 2021, Invited
      • 仏教的こころ観からコロナ危機を考える
        熊谷誠慈
        京都こころ会議研究会, 05 Jan. 2021, Invited
      • Cultural Differences in Self-concept between the Japanese and Taiwanese
        Masahiro Fujino; Tifan Hung; Sung-En Chien; Yoshiyuki Ueda; Seiji Kumagai; Jun Saiki; Su-Ling Yeh
        The 5th NTU-Kyoto Univ. International Symposium of Human Sciences, 22 Dec. 2019, Invited
      • ブータンの仏教と国民総幸福政策
        熊谷誠慈
        仏教伝道協会連続仏教講座, 26 Nov. 2019, Invited
      • The Nature of Mind in Mahāmudrā, Tathāgatagarbha and Related Systems
        Klaus-Dieter Mathes; Seiji Kumagai
        Philology, Philosophy and the History of Buddhism: 60 Years of Austrian-Japanese Cooperation, 18 Nov. 2019, Invited
      • Future of Tibeto-Himalayan Studies: a joint project between the University of Vienna and Kyoto University
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 2nd Joint Workshop Kyoto University-University of Vienna, 24 Oct. 2019, Invited
      • Introduction: Himalayan Law, Politics and Buddhist Ethics
        Seiji Kumagai
        22th Seminar on Bhutan/18th Seminar on Himalayan Region, 12 Sep. 2019, Invited
      • How the Concepts of “Buddha-Nature” (Tathāgatagarbha) and “Innate Enlightenment” (Hongaku) were interpreted by Shinran (1173-1263), Founder of the Jōdo-Shin-Shū School of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Symposium: Tathagatagarbha Across Asia, 19 Jul. 2019, Invited
      • The Founder and Disciples of the Drukpa Kagyu school: Re-examination of the Three Sub-schools of Drukpa Kagyu
        Seiji Kumagai
        15th Seminar of the IATS, 09 Jul. 2019
      • Re-examination of Well-being in a Super-aged Society from Buddhist Philosophical Points of View
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Workshop: Old Age and Subjective Well-being, 11 Apr. 2019, Invited
      • ISBS : Identity & Purposes: Suggestions from Indo-Tibetan Buddhology
        Seiji Kumagai
        ISBS Launch Conference 2019, 10 Jan. 2019, Invited
      • The Education of Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211) as the Basis of the Pedagogic System of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai
        ISBS Launch Conference 2019, 09 Jan. 2019
      • Tibetan Buddhism: History and Influence in Neighboring Himalayan Regions
        Seiji Kumagai
        27 Nov. 2018, Invited
      • ブータンの伝統と現代
        熊谷 誠慈
        01 Sep. 2018, Invited
      • GNHと仏教:世俗的・究極的幸福とはどういうものなのか?
        熊谷 誠慈
        国際開発学会「開発経験の実証的考察を通じた発展・開発のあり方の再考」研究部会, 16 Jun. 2018, Invited
      • A Report on Some Physical Evidences Related to Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211) Found in Ralung Monastery and Druk Monastery in Tibet
        Seiji Kumagai
        2nd Vajrayana Summit, 28 Mar. 2018
      • こころと生き方についての仏教学的再解釈
        Seiji Kumagai
        2018年第2回京都こころ会議研究会, 14 Mar. 2018
      • ブータンの精神性と死生観、幸福観
        Seiji Kumagai
        12 Jan. 2018
      • ISBS : Identity & Purposes: Suggestions from Indo-Tibetan Buddhology
        Seiji Kumagai
        ISBS Launch Conference 2019, 10 Jan. 2018, Invited
      • Multidisciplinary Research on Buddhism and GNH in Bhutan: an overview
        Seiji Kumagai
        Bhutan and Kyoto University 60th Anniversary Memorial Symposium, 25 Oct. 2017
      • An Overview of the Classification of Perception (Saṃjñā) in Northern Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 68th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 03 Sep. 2017
      • ブータンのGNH(国民総幸福)政策とその思想的背景について
        Seiji Kumagai
        第12回(平成29年度第1回)幸せリーグ実務者会議, 19 Jul. 2017
      • ブータン仏教とそのルーツ:ドゥク派開祖ツァンパギャレー(1161-1211)を中心に
        Seiji Kumagai
        第1回日本ブータン学会, 21 May 2017
      • The Outline of the History of Buddhism in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 2nd SU-KU Joint Workshop on Human Sustainability, 09 May 2017
      • Buddhist Psychology for Happiness and Wellbeing
        Seiji Kumagai
        22 Feb. 2017
      • Buddhism and Well-being in Bhutan (Source of Gross National Happiness)
        Seiji Kumagai
        20 Feb. 2017
      • ドゥク派開祖ツァンパ・ギャレー(1161-1211)の伝記研究:ブータン仏教とそのルーツ
        Seiji Kumagai
        チベット・ヒマラヤ文明の史的展開の学際研究, 26 Nov. 2016
      • GNHの源流:ブータンの仏教と幸福感
        Seiji Kumagai
        ブータンの国民総幸福(GNH)― GNHの来歴・現況、その今日的意義, 29 Sep. 2016
      • Re-examination of Aging and Death from Buddhist Philosophical Points of View: Well-being in a Super-aged Society
        Seiji Kumagai
        Ageing, Health & Ethics, 20 Sep. 2016
      • The Bonpo Abhidharma Theory of Perception (Saṃjñā)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 67th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 03 Sep. 2016
      • New Horizon of Bhutanese Studies
        Seiji Kumagai
        Emerging Sciences for Wildlife and Culture in Bhutan, 11 Jul. 2016
      • A Study through Biography and Chroncles on Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211): the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai
        14th Seminer of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, 22 Jun. 2016
      • Tibetan Interpretations of Satyadvaya
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Workshop on Bhāviveka and Satyadvaya, 29 May 2016
      • 宗教は平和に寄与しうるか:ブータンの事例を中心に
        Seiji Kumagai
        京都大学公開講座 春秋講義, 16 Apr. 2016
      • Buddhist Psychology for Happiness and Wellbeing
        Seiji Kumagai
        6th International Conference on Gross National Happiness, 06 Nov. 2015
      • チベット・ブータンにおける精神性と公共性
        Seiji Kumagai
        霊性研究フォーラム第6回研究大会, 04 Oct. 2015
      • Bonpo Abhidharma Theory of Five Aggregates
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 66th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 19 Sep. 2015
      • History and Current State of Sakya School in Northern Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        4th International Seminar for Young Tibetologists, 08 Sep. 2015
      • Achieving Happiness through Wisdom
        Seiji Kumagai
        TED x Kyoto University, 07 Jun. 2015
      • 政治と宗教は共存可能か?(ブータン社会における仏教思想の応用例を中心に)
        Seiji Kumagai
        連続ミニ・シンポジウム「八思」を学ぶ 第1回「科学と宗教の対話」, 29 May 2015
      • Bhutanese Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai
        07 Mar. 2015
      • Bhutanese Buddhism Research Project and Its Future Perspective
        Seiji Kumagai
        04 Mar. 2015
      • こころ観の変遷とこころの未来:仏教学からみたこころ観の時代的展開と地域的展開
        Seiji Kumagai
        21 Dec. 2014
      • 苦とどう向き合うか:仏教思想とブータンの国民総幸福政策(GNH)
        Seiji Kumagai
        生きづらさ学旗揚げワークショップ, 20 Dec. 2014
      • チベット・ブータンの宗教文化研究の紹介:文献研究およびフィールド研究の両側面から
        Seiji Kumagai
        Lecture Series第4回, 27 Nov. 2014
      • Balance between Spirituality and Materiality
        Seiji Kumagai
        08 Nov. 2014
      • Significance of Preservation of Spiritual Heritage and Traditional Culture
        Seiji Kumagai
        07 Nov. 2014
      • ブータンの仏教思想と社会制度に学ぶ
        Seiji Kumagai
        第25回日本老年医学会北陸地方会同時開催市民講座, 26 Oct. 2014
      • 仏教はこころをどうとらえてきたか:存在論的・認識論的視点から
        Seiji Kumagai
        こころの古層と現代の意識研究会, 22 Oct. 2014
      • How did the Mādhyamika Tradition Universalize the Concept of Emptiness?
        Seiji Kumagai
        Bouddhisme et universalisme, Colloque international à Kyōto, 04 Oct. 2014
      • Bonpo’s Absorption and Development of the Buddhist Theory: with a Focus on Abhidharma Theory
        Seiji Kumagai
        17th International Conference of the International Association for Buddhist Studies, 22 Aug. 2014
      • 悩みと不安のむかし:古き仏教は悩みや苦しみとどう向き合ってきたか
        Seiji Kumagai
        第13回こころの広場「悩みと不安のイマ、むかし」, 06 Aug. 2014
      • ボン教文献中の認識機序記述にみられる仏教思想の影響
        Seiji Kumagai
        科研「仏典における認識機序記述の研究」研究会, 13 Jul. 2014
      • Development of the Madhyamaka Theory: Emptiness and the Two Truths
        Seiji Kumagai
        Fuken of Buddhist Churches of America,, 30 Jun. 2014
      • ブータンの仏教と文化:ブータン仏教の歴史とその現状
        Seiji Kumagai
        12 Jun. 2014
      • 求めるべき幸福とは-ブータンの国民総幸福政策とその根底に横たわる精神性
        Seiji Kumagai
        東京で学ぶ 京大の知, 11 Jun. 2014
      • 仏教と科学との交差点
        Seiji Kumagai
        京都大学アカデミックデイ2013, 21 Dec. 2013
      • ブータンにおける宗教実践:経典と教義の伝承
        Seiji Kumagai
        CIAS複合ユニット“宗教実践の時空間と地域”、個別ユニット“宗教実践における声と文字”共同研究会, 14 Dec. 2013
      • 天橋立とブータンのこころ
        Seiji Kumagai
        第12回こころの広場in宮津 天橋立とこころ, 10 Nov. 2013
      • 仏教は科学と対話できるのか?
        Seiji Kumagai
        第1回精神と科学との対話研究会, 19 Sep. 2013
      • A Study on a Religious Minority in Bhutan: the Sa skya pa School and the Bon Tradition
        Seiji Kumagai
        13th Conference of International Association for Tibetan Studies, 23 Jul. 2013
      • ブータン仏教の歴史的展開
        Seiji Kumagai
        第3回日本ブータン研究会, 12 May 2013
      • ブータン仏教とGNH(国民総幸福)
        Seiji Kumagai
        25 Apr. 2013, Invited
      • 幸せのはかり方
        Seiji Kumagai
        サイエンスアゴラ2012, 11 Nov. 2012
      • チベット仏教の地域的展開:ブータン仏教を中心に
        Seiji Kumagai
        地域化する仏教研究会, 19 Oct. 2012
      • ブータンの歴史と仏教
        Seiji Kumagai
        第3回京都大学ブータン研究会, 04 Oct. 2012
      • A Study on Religious Minority in Bhutan: The Current State of the Sakya School
        Seiji Kumagai
        3rd International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, 04 Sep. 2012
      • Bhutanese Spirituality and Gross National Happiness
        Seiji Kumagai
        2013 Carnegie-Uehiro-Oxford Ethics Conference, 20 Jun. 2012
      • Introduction to the Collected Works of the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School: Tsangpa Gyare (1161-1211)
        Seiji Kumagai; Gawa Thupten; Akinori Yasuda
        International Conference on Globalized Buddhism in Kurjey, 22 May 2012
      • The Concept of Bhutanese Buddhism Research Project
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Symposium of the Bhutanese Buddhism Research Project: the Role of Buddhism in Creating Social Welfare, Learning from the Model of Bhutan, 10 Jan. 2012
      • Prospects for Buddhist Studies in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai
        Welcome Meeting for the Honorable Chairperson of the National Council of Bhutan and His Delegation, 30 Sep. 2011
      • Bhutan Chosa Houkoku Oyobi Bhutan Kenkyu no Kanousei
        Seiji Kumagai
        Chiikika Suru Bukkyo Kenkyu Kai, 29 Jul. 2011
      • Bonkyo ni Okeru Bukkyo Shiso no Juyo: Chuganha no Nitaisetsu wo Chushin toshite (in Japanese)
        Seiji Kumagai
        Chiikika Suru Bukkyo Kenkyu Kai, 29 Jul. 2011
      • Bhāviveka no Shogi Kaishaku: Tarkajvālā to Prajñāpradīpa tono Soui (in Japanese)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 61st Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 10 Sep. 2010
      • Development of the Syllogism of the "Absence of Self-Nature" from Indian Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon Religion: Four Great Reasons or Five Great Reasons?
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 12th Conference of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, 18 Aug. 2010
      • インド仏教中観派思想のチベット仏教およびボン教への展開
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 34th Annual Conference of the French-Japanese Society of Oriental Studies, 28 Mar. 2010
      • Bonkyo Nitaisetsu ni Eikyo wo Aataeru Bukkyo Shiso (in Japanese)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 57th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies, 07 Nov. 2009
      • Development and Characteristics of the Theory of the Two Truths in Tibetan Buddhism
        Seiji Kumagai
        Second International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, 08 Sep. 2009
      • Indo Tibet Chuganha Chuganronshi no Bunrui ni Tsuite: Jamgun Kontrul Saku Shecha Kunkhyap ni Okeru Bunrui (in Japanese; *The Classification of the Indian and Tibetan Madhyamika: According to Shes bya kun khyab of 'Jam-mgon Kong-sprul Blo-gros mtha'-yas (1
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 59th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 05 Sep. 2008
      • Development of the Theory of the Two Truths in the Bon Religion
        Seiji Kumagai
        International Conference on the Bon Religion, 23 Jun. 2008
      • Bonkyo Nitai Funbetsuron no Nitaisetsu (in Japanese; *The Theory of Two Truths of Bon Religion)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 58th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 04 Sep. 2007
      • Tibet ni Okeru Kusho Ronsho Keishiki no Bunrui (in Japanese; * The Classification of Proofs on Emptiness and Absence of Self-nature)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 54th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies, 28 Oct. 2006
      • Ronton ni Yoru 5 tsuno Kusho Ronsho Keishiki no Bunrui (in Japanese; *The Classification of the Five Demonstrations of Emptiness by Rong ston)
        Seiji Kumagai
        The 57th Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 13 Sep. 2006
      • ブータンのこころ:ブータンの仏教と国民総幸福政策
        熊谷誠慈
        Invited

      Books and Other Publications

      • Three Later of the Seven Biographies of Tsangpa Gyare, the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai; Thupten Gawa Matsushita; Akinori Yasuda, Joint work
        Centre for Bhutan & GNH Studies, Jun. 2024
      • ボン教 : 弱者を生き抜くチベットの知恵
        熊谷, 誠慈; 三宅, 伸一郎; 小西, 賢吾; Berounský, Daniel; Nima Hojer, Choekhortshang; 箱寺, 孝彦; Wangyal, Tenzin, Editor
        創元社, Jan. 2022
      • Different Modernities: Bhutan, Sikkim and the Mon Region
        Seiji Kumagai; Miguel Alvarez Ortega; Françoise Pommare; Anna Balikci Denjonpa, Joint editor
        Kyoto University Press; Trans Pacific Press, Mar. 2024
      • The Three Oldest Biographies of Tsangpa Gyare, the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Seiji Kumagai; Thupten Gawa Matsushita; Akinori Yasuda, Joint work
        Centre for Bhutan & GNH Studies, Apr. 2022
      • 現代社会の仏教
        蓑輪, 顕量; 熊谷, 誠慈; 室寺, 義仁; 船山, 徹, Joint work
        臨川書店, May 2020
      • Buddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan
        Seiji Kumagai, Editor
        Vajra Publications, Jan. 2018, Not refereed
      • Bhutan: Shiawase wo Mezasu Okoku (Bhutan: A Kingdom Pursuing Happiness)
        Seiji Kumagai, Editor
        Sogensha, Jul. 2017, Not refereed
      • Bhutanese Buddhism and Its Culture
        Seiji Kumagai, Editor
        Vajra Publications, Dec. 2014, Not refereed
      • Current Issues and Progress in Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Third International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Kobe 2012 (Journal of Research Institute, vol. 51)
        Tsuguhito Takeuchi; Kazushi Iwao; Ai Nishida; Seiji Kumagai; Meishi Yamamoto
        Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Mar. 2014, Not refereed
      • Revisiting Tibetan Religion and Philosophy, (Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines 21)
        Seiji Kumagai, Joint editor
        Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Nov. 2011, Not refereed
      • The Two Truths in Bon
        Seiji Kumagai, Single work
        Vajra Publications, Jul. 2011, Not refereed

      External funds: Kakenhi

      • Research on "Introspective Altruism" as the identity of people in the world, with a view to its implementation.
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)
        Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
        Ryukoku University
        Hideaki Nakatani
        From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2024, Project Closed
        Atthakavagga;自省;利他;パーリ仏典;ニッバーナ;ヤージュニャヴァルキヤ;五位相二様態意識;潜在意識;八群品;常時自己刷新;心性;利己的個人;利己心;nibbana;認識論;papanca;Suttanipata;涅槃;自己否定;慈悲;安寧;アイデンティティ;宗教;ブッダ
      • A Study on the Drukpa Kagyu School
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
        Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
        Kyoto University
        Seiji Kumagai
        From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2024, Project Closed
        ドゥク派;ツァンパギャレー;ブータン仏教;GNH;国民総幸福
      • Tibeto-Himalayan Law and Indo-Tibetan Philosophy
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
        Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
        Kyoto University
        Seiji Kumagai
        From 28 Jun. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed
        ヒマラヤ法学;ヒマラヤ法;チベット法学;仏教倫理;仏教哲学
      • Origins of a great leader: Choeki Gyeltshen's regency and the early years of the 13th Dalai Lama
        Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
        Kyoto University
        熊谷 誠慈
        From 10 Nov. 2017, To 31 Mar. 2020, Project Closed
        ガワンペルデン・チューキギェルツェン;トゥプテン・ギャンツォ;ダライラマ12世;ダライラマ13世
      • Thoughts, history and current state of Buddhism in Bhutan
        Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
        Kyoto University
        Seiji Kumagai
        From 01 Apr. 2014, To 31 Mar. 2018, Project Closed
        ブータン仏教;ドゥク派;ツァンパ・ギャレー;国民総幸福
      • A Study on Bonpo Onthology
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
        Kyoto University
        Seiji Kumagai
        From 01 Apr. 2014, To 31 Mar. 2017, Project Closed
        ボン教;アビダルマ;五蘊;十二処
      • Studies on descriptions of the cognitive mechanism in the Buddhist texts, with a structural comprehension of the texts from earliest times to Mahayana period.
        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
        Kansai Gaidai University
        Hideaki Nakatani
        From 01 Apr. 2013, To 31 Mar. 2017, Project Closed
        認識機序;dhamma;潜在意識;nibbana;papanca;rupa;十二支縁起;五蘊;無意識;意識;自我意識;知覚;利己意識;スッタニパータ;アッタカヴァッガ;サンジュニャー;パーリ仏典;大乗経典;ダンマ;パーリ聖典;認識論;ブッダの思想;インド仏教;情動;チベット仏教;アビダルマ;ブッダ
      • Study on the Bonpo Theory of Two Truths in comparison with Buddhist thoughts
        Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
        Kyoto Women's University;Kyoto University
        Seiji KUMAGAI
        From 01 Apr. 2011, To 31 Mar. 2013, Project Closed
        ボン教;中観派;二諦;二真実説
      • A Study of Minority Schools in Bhutanese Buddhism
        Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
        Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
        Kyoto University
        熊谷 誠慈
        From 07 Oct. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted
        ブータン仏教;サキャ派;ゲルク派;ボン教
      • Design and social implementation of the multiple virtual worlds "Tera-verse" by integrating Buddhism with AI, AR, and VR technologies
        Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
        Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
        Kyoto University
        熊谷 誠慈
        From 30 Jun. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
        ブッダボット;仏教AI;仏教AR;テラ・プラットフォームAR Ver1.0;テラバース;仏教;メタバース;AI
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