Prasad, H.

Prasad, H. on the DRL

Professors

Hari Shankar Prasad

English Phonetics	Hari Shankar Prasad

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Language:	Hindi; English; Sanskrit; Pali

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi

Secondary Affiliation

The Australian National University

Current projects

• Creative Peace through Encounter of World cultures (Bamberg University, Germany)

• UNESCO-SIP (Society for Intercultural Philosophy) Project: Encounter of Indian Buddhism with the Cultures of China.

(Source Accessed June 13, 2019)

PhD University

The Australian National University

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, The Australian National University; M.A. Banaras Hindu University; B.A. (Hons.) Banaras Hindu University

Biographical Information

Research Experience: 35 Years

• Department of Philosophy, BHU, 3 years (1976-1979)
• Department of South Asian and Buddhist Studies, the Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, 3 years (1979-82)
• Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, BHU, 1 year (1982-1983)
• Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, 28 years (1983-99)

Teaching Experience: 32 years (Post-graduate and Research)

• In the Department of Philosophy, BHU, Varanasi, 3 years
• In the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, BHU, 1 year
• In the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, 28 years

Languages Known :

• Hindi (Mother tongue)
• English
• Sanskrit
• Pali

Fields of Special Interest

• Buddhist Philosophy
• Indian Philosophy of Language
• Indian Metaphysics
• Environmental Ethics
• Philosophy of Interculturality

Membership of Learned Bodies

• International Society for the Study of Times, USA
• Professors World Peace Academy, USA
• International Society for Intercultural Philosophy (Koln/ Bremen, Germany)
• Creative Peace Through Encounter of World Cultures (Bamberg, Germany)

(Read more about Prof. Prasad here)

Publications

• The Centrality of Ethics in Buddhism, MLBD January 1, 2007

• Santaraksita and His Life and Work (ed.), Tibet House, The Cultural Centre of His Holiness Dalai Lama, New Delhi, January 1, 2003

• The Uttaratantra of Maitreya, Indian Books Centre, Delhi, January 1, 1996

• Essays on Time in Buddhism (ed.), IBID January 1, 1992

• Philosophy, Grammar and Indology (ed.), IBID January 1, 1992

• Time in India Philosophy (ed.), IBID January 1, 1992

• Amala Prajna: Aspect of Buddhist Studies, Indian books centre, Delhi. January 1, 1989

(Source Accessed June 13, 2019)

Links

Wiki Pages

• Prasad, H. on the DRL
• Prasad, H. on the LIB
• Prasad, H. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.

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.