Stambaugh, J.

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Joan Stambaugh

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Birth:	1932
Death:	2013

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

City University of New York

Biographical Information

Joan Stambaugh was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at City University of New York. She was an interpreter and translator of Martin Heidegger's writings, specifically known for her translation of Being and Time into English. She is the author of several works dealing with Buddhist and Existentialist topics, including Impermanence is Buddha-Nature: Dogen’s Understanding of Temporality (1990), The Other Nietzsche (1994), and The Formless Self (1999). (Source Accessed April 1, 2020)

Publications

• The Formless Self (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999);
• The Other Nietzsche (Albany: SUNY Press, 1994);
• Impermanence is Buddha-Nature: Dogen's Understanding of Temporality (The University of Hawaii Press, 1990);
• The Real is Not the Rational (Albany: SUNY Press, 1986);
• Translator of Martin Heidegger, Being and Time (Albany: SUNY Press, 1996);
• Translator of Martin Heidegger, Identity and Difference (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002). reissued;
• Translator of Martin Heidegger, On Time and Being (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002). reissued;
• Translator of Martin Heidegger, The End of Philosophy (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002). reissued;

Links

Wiki Pages

• Stambaugh, J. on the DRL
• Stambaugh, J. on the LIB
• Stambaugh, J. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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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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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.