Barnhill, D.

Barnhill, D. on the DRL

David Landis Barnhill

English Phonetics	David L. Barnhill

Dates

Birth:	1949
Place of birth:	Indianapolis, IN

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh Faculty Page

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Religious Affiliation

Quaker

PhD University

Stanford University

Education

Ph.D. in Religious Studies, with a minor in Japanese Literature, Stanford University (1986). Dissertation: "The Journey Itself Home: The Religiosity of the Literary Works of Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)." M.A. in Religious Studies, 1979, Stanford University. 1979-1980: Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies, Tōkyō, Japan (Japanese Language Training) 1974-1976: University of Washington (Japanese Studies M.A. Program) B.A. in Political Science, 1971, Stanford University.

Biographical Information

David Landis Barnhill is the former Director of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. He is the translator of Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho (2005), Basho's Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho (2004), and the coeditor (with Roger S. Gottlieb) of Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground (2001), all published by SUNY Press.

Links

Wiki Pages

• Barnhill, D. on the DRL
• Barnhill, D. on the LIB
• Barnhill, D. on the BNW

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Full Name

David Landis Barnhill

State University of New York

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.