Kieschnick, J.
English Phonetics | John Kieschnick |
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Website: | https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/people/john-kieschnick |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Stanford University
PhD University
- Stanford University
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1996)
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Biographical Information
John Kieschnick is The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies. Professor Kieschnick specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of the Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China and The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture. He is currently working on a book on Buddhist interpretations of the past in China, and a primer for reading Buddhist texts in Chinese. John is co-director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford.
Ph.D., Stanford University (1996); B.A., University of California at Berkeley (1986). (Source Accessed June 18, 2020)
Curriculum Vitae
https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj5946/f/kieschnick_2020_c.v._long_0.pdf
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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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