Barnes, N.

Barnes, N. on the DRL

Authors of English Works • Professors

Nancy J. Barnes

English Phonetics	Nancy J. Barnes
Sort Name	Barnes, Nancy

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

PhD University

University of Toronto

Education

Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, University of Toronto

Biographical Information

Nancy J. Barnes received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, with specialization in Buddhism in India and China. She has taught at Wesleyan University, the Hartford Seminary Foundation, the Hartford College for Women, and in the Religion Department of Trinity College and the Art History Department of the University of Hartford. She has published in the fields of women in Buddhism, and Mahāyāna Buddhist thought and practice. (Adapted from Source Feb 18, 2021)

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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.