Sebastian, C.

Sebastian, C. on the DRL

Authors of English Works • Professors

Cherickanampuram Devasia Sebastian

English Phonetics	Cherickanampuram Devasia Sebastian

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/en/faculty-profile/prof-c-d-sebastian-1

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

PhD University

Banaras Hindu University

Education

PhD (2003): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Postdoctoral Research: University of Bristol, UK

MA (with Two Gold Medals): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

BTh (Summa cum Laude): Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy

BA: Vikram University, Ujjain, India

Biographical Information

C. D. Sebastian (PhD, Banaras Hindu University) is Professor of Indian Philosophy in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India. He is an established Indian Buddhist scholar and has expertise in philosophy, theology and religious studies. Among his works are Metaphysics and Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism (2005, Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series – 238) and Recent Researches in Buddhist Studies (2008, Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series – 248). (Source Accessed May 21, 2020)

Publications

• C. D. Sebastian (2016), The Cloud of Nothingness: The Negative Way in Nagarjuna and John of the Cross, Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures - Vol. 19 (London, New Delhi and New York: Springer): http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-81-322-3646-7
  

• C. D. Sebastian (2008), Recent Researches in Buddhist Studies, Bibliotheca Indo Buddhica Series No. 248 (Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications - a Division of Indian Books Centre).
  

• C. D. Sebastian (2005), Metaphysics and Mysticism in Mahayana Buddhism, Bibliotheca Indo Buddhica Series No. 238 (Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications - a Division of Indian Books Centre).
  

• C. D. Sebastian, Buddhism: Essays on Ethics and Religion (New Delhi: Buddhist World Press -forthcoming)

Links

Wiki Pages

• Sebastian, C. on the DRL
• Sebastian, C. on the LIB
• Sebastian, C. 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 Blue Annals

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.