with 5 minutes for questions and answers after each presentation
FRIDAY, March 25, 2022
17:00 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk, University of Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Steffen Döll, Speaker of the Asien-Afrika-Institut, University of Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
Session 1: MT. KAILASH IN SCRIPTURES AND LEGENDS
17:15 Hindu Scriptures and Legends of Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
Dr. Ram Prasad Bhatt, University of Hamburg, Germany
17:40 The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Bon Religion
Dmitry Ermakov, Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bon, UK
18:05 The Importance of Mt. Kailash in the Jain Religion
Ajitkumar Benadi, Jain Association International, Germany
18:30 Interaction of the 4 Religions in their Beliefs in the Context of Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
Prof. Pierre Mercier, Canada
18:55 END OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE DAY PROGRAM
SATURDAY, March 26, 2022
Session 2: HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE MT. KAILASH REGION
08:00 Identification of Gang Tise as the Holy Mt. Kailash
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08:25 Depiction of Mount Kailāśa (Ti-se) in Tibetan Literature
Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk, University of Hamburg, Germany
08:50 History of Tibet and the Mt. Kailash Region
n.n.
09:15 Representation of Mt. Kailash on Tibetan, Chinese and European Maps
Dr. Diana Lange, University of Hamburg, Germany
09:40 Landscape Geoglyphs in the Region of Mt. Kailash and the Great Lakes
Dr. Sergei Balalaev, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
10:05 MORNING BREAK
Session 3: THE MEANING OF PILGRIMAGE
10:50 The Organic Pilgrimage, a Spiral of Consciousness as Described in The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Susan Griffith-Jones, Great Britain / India
11:15 The Meaning of the Kora of Mt. Kailash for Western Visitors
Minka Hauschild, Germany
11:40 The Magical Duel Between Milarepa and Naro Bönchung: Who Really Won?
Dmitry Ermakov, Foundation for the Preservation of Yungdrung Bon,UK
12:05 “Existential Spinning”, the Meaning Behind the Clockwise and Anti-clockwise Kora
Susan Griffith-Jones, Great Britain / India
12:30 Pilgrimage as Terrestrial Representation of GeometricaI Imagination: Inner and Outer Pilgrimage in the Kālachakra Corpus
Niraj Kumar, Society for Asian Integration, India
12:55 LUNCH BREAK
Session 4: TOURIST AND MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS
14:25 Access of Mt. Kailash and Overview of the Koras
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
14:50 Tourism Development in Tibet in Recent Years
Alexey Perchukov, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
15:15 Video: Tibet, Place that Changes Lives
Alexey Perchukov, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
15:40 The Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute Mt. Kailash in Darchen
Dr. Christoph Klein, Switzerland
16:05 Sowa Rigpa – The Science of Healing and Holy Mount Kailash
Marwin Schwarzbach, Stiftung Sowa Rigpa, Germany
16:30 AFTERNOON BREAK
Session 5: THE PARIKRAMA (TIB: KORA) OF MT. KAILASH AND THE GREAT LAKES
17:15 The Kora of Mt. Kailash
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17:40 Geometrical Features of the Relief in the Region of Mt. Kailash
Dr. Sergei Balalaev, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
18:05 The Kora of Lake Manasarovar and Raksas Tal
Galina Kotovskaya, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
18:30 Research of the Lake Gyuma Tso in the Region of Mt. Kailash
Dr. Sergei Balalaev, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
18:55 END OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE DAY PROGRAM
EVENING PROGRAMME
19:40 Video: Tibet, Place that Changes Lives
Alexey Perchukov, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
SUNDAY, March 27, 2022
Session 6: THE STATIONS OF THE BARKOR
08:00 The Sources of the Four Great Rivers: Sacral and Physical Geography
Dr. Sergei Balalaev, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
08:25 Tirthapuri and Gurugyam
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08:50 Khyunglung and the Garuda Valley
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09:15 Tsaparang and the Guge Kingdom
Dr. Christoph Klein, Switzerland
09:50 Piyang and Dungkar
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
10:05 MORNING BREAK
Session 7: INNER KORA PATHS
10:50 The Inner Kora of Mt. Kailash and the Secret Dakini Path
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11:15 Other Inner Kora Paths
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
11:40 The Basis of the Four Faces of Mt. Kailash: a Sacral Landscape
Galina Kotovskaya, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
12:05 The Spiral Kora
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
12:30 Exploration of the Internal Mandala of Mt. Kailash
Alexey Perchukov, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Russia
12:55 LUNCH BREAK
Session 8: INNER PILGRIMAGE AND TANTRIC RELEVANCE
14:25 The Psychophysical Body Image Represented in Mt. Kailash
Minka Hauschild, Germany
14:50 Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in the Hindu Tantric Yoga
Ian A. Baker, PhD, UK
15:15 The Chakrasamvara Mandala and the Faces of Mt. Kailash
Dr. Wolfgang Wöllmer, Phenomenon of Kailash Research Group, Germany
15:40 Mt. Kailash in the Kālachakra Tantra
Niraj Kumar, Society for Asian Integration, India
16:05 The Physics of ‘Rainbow Body’
Susan Griffith-Jones, Great Britain / India
16:30 AFTERNOON BREAK
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
17:15 Environmental Problems
International Research Group of the Kailash Phenomenon
18:45 CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE
