Metaphors and their semantic fields in texts of the ‘experience instruction’ gen-res of Tibetan Buddhism (A03)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 441126958

This project aims, first, to contribute to the study of religious metaphors by investigating the Buddhist metaphors of light, space, movement, and agriculture. Second, it will examine two gen-res of Tibetan religious literature in this context, mainly the genre of experience instructions and, as a contrast, the genre of gradual path texts. Third, it aims to establish a reciprocal relationship between religious metaphors and genres, asking what influence these metaphors have on the two genres and how these genres contribute to the development of religious metaphors.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1475: Metaphors of Religion. Religious Meaning-Making in Language Use
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Carmen Meinert