Klein, A.
- Rigzin Dolma
Birth: | 1947 |
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Website: | http://reli.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=260; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_C._Klein; http://www.dawnmountain.org/; |
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Primary Language: | English |
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Translates from: | Tibetan |
Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Rice University
- Secondary Affiliation
- Dawn Mountain Sangha; Ligmincha Institute
- Religious Affiliation
- Geluk; Nyingma; Tibetan Buddhism; Dawn Mountain Sangha; Ligmincha Institute
PhD University
- University of Virginia
Education
- 1981 - Ph.D., University of Virginia
Biographical Information
Anne Carolyn Klein (Rigzin Drolma), Professor and Former Chair of Religious Studies, Rice University, and Founding Director of Dawn Mountain. (www.dawnmountain.org). Her six books include Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse: A Story of Transmission; Meeting the Great Bliss Queen, Knowledge & Liberation, and Paths to the Middle as well as Unbounded Wholeness with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. She has also been a consulting scholar in several Mind and Life programs. Her central thematic interest is the interaction between head and heart as illustrated across a spectrum of Buddhist descriptions of the many varieties of human consciousness. (Source Accessed July 24, 2020)
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- Person description or short bio
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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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