Kieschnick, J.

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John Kieschnick

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Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/people/john-kieschnick

About

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)

CV

Curriculum Vitae

https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj5946/f/kieschnick_2020_c.v._long_0.pdf

Links

Wiki Pages

• Kieschnick, J. on the DRL
• Kieschnick, J. on the LIB
• Kieschnick, 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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If "Qualified", explain:
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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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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.