---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 14 Aug 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Bibliographies: Evgeny Torchinov - Publications Ed./Corp.: Evgeny Torchinov, Department of Oriental Philosophy and Cultural Studies, St. Petersburg State University, Russia URL: http://etor.h1.ru/pub.html Language: English. Description: Papers on Buddhist and Daoist Studies by Evgeny Torchinov, Professor at the Department of Oriental Philosophy and Cultural Studies at St. Petersburg State University. Site contents (as of 14 Aug 2001): (1) Science and magic in Ge Hong's "Baopu-zi nei pian"; (2) The Buddhist doctrine of "self" (from Theravada to Tathagatagarbha); (3) Numerology and Classification in Sefer Yezirah and in the Chinese Tradition; (4) Cybele, Attis, and the mysteries of the "suffering gods": a transpersonalistic interpretation; (5) The doctrine of the "mysterious female" in Taoism; (6) The Yogacara School of the Mahayana Buddhist philosophy (trends and subdivisions); (7) The Castrati ("skoptsy") sect in Russia: history, teaching and religious practice; (8) Philosophical Studies (Sinology and lndology) in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 1985-1990; (9) The doctrine of the origin of evil in Lurianic and Sabbatian Kabbalah and in the 'Awakening of Faith' in Mahayanistic Buddhism; (10) External and internal in Ge Hong's alchemy. Resource suggested by Evgeny Torchinov, Department of Oriental Philosophy and Cultural Studies, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. __________________________________________________________ Hanno Lecher http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/staff/lecher/ Librarian Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University Akademiestr. 4-8, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Tel.: (+49-6221) 54 76 34 Fax: (+49-6221) 54 76 39 http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/ Editor China WWW Virtual Library: Internet Guide for Chinese Studies http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _________________________________________________________