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Marty Bo Jiang + (Marty Bo Jiang is a research fellow at the … Marty Bo Jiang is a research fellow at the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 2008, writing a dissertation entitled "Cataphatic Emptiness: rGyal-tshab on the Buddha-Essence Theory of Asaṅga's ''Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā''." He is also known for his work ''The Sublime Continuum and Its Explanatory Commentary'' (Columbia University Press, 2017).ntary'' (Columbia University Press, 2017).)
Maruta Stern + (Maruta Stern is a translator who has worke … Maruta Stern is a translator who has worked on Tibetan Buddhist texts. She has translated works by Thrangu Rinpoche, including ''The Seven Points of Mind Training''. Stern collaborated with Gaby Hollmann, who transcribed the teachings, and Victoria Huckenpahler, who edited the work. (Generated by Perplexity Mar 25, 2025)rk. (Generated by Perplexity Mar 25, 2025))
Mary D. Renaud + (Mary D. Renaud is a Ph.D. Candidate in Phi … Mary D. Renaud is a Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at Brown University. Her primary research focuses on the intersection of metaethics and the philosophy of action, with a particular focus on moral responsibility and the semantics of normative statements. She has additional interests in ethical and metaphysical themes in Buddhist philosophy and in the metaphysics of personal identity. Her current research topics include the treatment of righteous anger in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism as evidence for a character consequentialist interpretation of the Buddhist normative framework, the information-sensitivity of deontic modals, and a critique of top-down causation arguments for free will libertarianism. (Source: [[Ethics without Self, Dharma without Atman]])thics without Self, Dharma without Atman]]))
Mary Heneghan + (Mary has practised Acupuncture in the Oxfo … Mary has practised Acupuncture in the Oxford area since 1999. She also offers classes and workshops in ''kum nye'', a Tibetan meditative yoga which encourages deep relaxation and rejuvenation through balancing our whole system.She holds meditation and Dharma study groups under the banner of White Tara, and helps to organize teachings and retreats to explore and practice these and related teachings. She has worked for many years writing up and publishing the teachings of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, a popular Tibetan Buddhist teacher, and she is a Trustee of the Snow Lotus Tibetan Medical Foundation. ([https://sites.google.com/site/acupuncturekumnyeyoga/welcome Adapted from Source Jan 14, 2025])welcome Adapted from Source Jan 14, 2025]))
María Jesús Hervás + (María Jesús Hervás is a member of the Spanish branch of the Padmakara Translation Group publishing with Ediciones Dharma. https://www.edicionesdharma.com/)
Masamichi Ichigo + (Masamichi Ichigo is a Buddhist scholar who edited and translated the ''Madhyamakālaṃkāra'' of Śāntarakṣita with his own commentary (''Vṛtti'') and with the subcommentary (''Pañjikā'') of Kamalaśīla, published by Buneido in Kyoto in 1985 in 2 volumes.)
Masao Abe + (Masao Abe is a leading Buddhist thinker wh … Masao Abe is a leading Buddhist thinker who has spent many years furthering the work begun by D. T. Suzuki. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University after postgraduate studies at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. Abe has been a visiting professor at several major universities in the United States and has traveled widely in Europe and Asia as well. Author of ''Zen and Western Thought'', he has also contributed to the Macmillan Library of Philosophy and Religion series. ([https://www.shambhala.com/authors/a-f/masao-abe.html Source Accessed Nov 22, 2019])ao-abe.html Source Accessed Nov 22, 2019]))
Matsumoto Shirō + (Matsumoto Shirõ is Professor in the Facult … Matsumoto Shirõ is Professor in the Faculty of Buddhism at Komazawa University. His publications (in Japanese) include ''Pratītyasamutpāda and Emptiness'' (Daizõ Shuppan, 1989), ''The Path to Buddhism'' (Tõkyõ Shoseki, 1993), and ''Critical Studies on Zen Thought'' (Daizõ Shuppan, 1994). Along with Hakamaya Noriaki, he is associated with what has come to be known as "Critical Buddhism."s come to be known as "Critical Buddhism.")
Immergut, M. + (Matthew Immergut is currently an Assistant … Matthew Immergut is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purchase College, SUNY. His primary field is the sociology of religion, with a focus on charismatic authority. He is currently working on a paper examining why, in the face of disconfirming evidence, people continue to believe in charismatic leaders. In addition, he is currently working on a meditation book, a documentary about three-year silent retreat, as well as investigating the effects of meditation in the context of the college classroom.Source[http://wamc.org/post/dr-matthew-immergut-purchase-college-what-charisma#stream/0]t-purchase-college-what-charisma#stream/0])
Matthew MacKenzie + (Matthew MacKenzie specializes in Buddhist … Matthew MacKenzie specializes in Buddhist and Indian philosophy, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. His research takes a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary approach to questions of consciousness, selfhood, and embodiment. He has published in numerous journals, including Philosophy East & West, Asian Philosophy, Journal of Consciousness Studies, and Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. He has also contributed book chapters to The Oxford Handbook of Virtue and The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Metaphysics and Epistemology, among other books in cross-cultural philosophy of mind. ([https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/people/mmackenz/ Source Accessed July 29, 2022])ople/mmackenz/ Source Accessed July 29, 2022]))
Matthew Stephensen + (Matthew Stephensen is a Buddhist scholar a … Matthew Stephensen is a Buddhist scholar and translator specializing in Tibetan texts. He has studied under several renowned teachers, including Mingyur Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, and Karma Thinley Rinpoche.As a member of the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Stephensen has contributed to making classical Buddhist texts accessible to English-speaking audiences. His published work includes a translation of Maitreya's ''Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes'', featuring commentaries by Mipham and Khenpo Shenga, released by Snow Lion Publications in 2006.Stephensen has also completed translations of works by the 19th-century master Paltrul Rinpoche, including ''A Brilliant Sun: The Stages of Practice for the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra'' (co-translated with Catherine Dalton and Ryan Damron) and ''Refuge and Bodhicitta: Explaining a Supplication to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha''. His translation work focuses on texts central to Mahāyāna Buddhist practice and philosophy, particularly those related to the bodhisattva path.rly those related to the bodhisattva path.)
Matthew Kapstein + (Matthew T. Kapstein specializes in the his … Matthew T. Kapstein specializes in the history of Buddhist philosophy in India and Tibet, as well as in the cultural history of Tibetan Buddhism more generally. He regularly teaches Contemporary Theories in the Study of Religion in the History of Religions program, and Introduction to the Philosophies of India in Philosophy of Religions. His seminars in recent years have focused on particular topics in the history of Buddhist thought, such as Buddha Nature, idealism, and epistemology (''pramāṇa''), or on broad themes in the study of religion including the problem of evil, death, and the imagination. Kapstein has published over a dozen books and numerous articles, among the most recent of which are a general introduction to Tibetan cultural history, ''The Tibetans'' (Oxford 2006), an edited volume on Sino-Tibetan religious relations, ''Buddhism Between Tibet and China'' (Boston 2009), and a translation of an eleventh-century philosophical allegory in the acclaimed Clay Sanskrit Series, ''The Rise of Wisdom Moon'' (New York 2009). With Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Virginia) and Gray Tuttle (Columbia), he has completed ''Sources of Tibetan Traditions'', published in the Columbia University Press Sources of Asian Traditions series in 2013. Kapstein is additionally Professor Emeritus of Tibetan Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. In 2018 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ([https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/matthew-kapstein Source Accessed Sep 17, 2019])ew-kapstein Source Accessed Sep 17, 2019]))
Maurice Walshe + (Maurice Walshe was born in London in 1911 … Maurice Walshe was born in London in 1911 and was an active Buddhist from 1951 until the end of his life in 1998. He served as the Vice-President of the Buddhist Society and Chair of the English Sangha Trust. A scholar of Pali and German, his other works include ''Buddhism for Today'' and translations of the sermons of Meister Eckhart. (Source: [https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/maurice-walshe/ Wisdom Publications])thor/maurice-walshe/ Wisdom Publications]))
Max Walleser + (Max Gebhard Lebrecht Walleser (born June 1 … Max Gebhard Lebrecht Walleser (born June 18, 1874 in Mannheim ; † April 15, 1954 in Wiesloch) was a German Indologist. He was a professor at the Institute for Buddhist Studies (today: Institute for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies ) in Heidelberg, of which he is also the founder. From 1891 to 1896 he studied modern philology and philosophy in Heidelberg, Freiburg and Geneva. With his 1904 book, ''The Philosophical Basis of the Older Buddhism'' he became known. He suffered from mental disorders and, according to the diagnosis, died of cardiovascular failure with schizophrenia and cerebral sclerosis. ([https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Walleser Source Accessed Sep 7, 2021])Max_Walleser Source Accessed Sep 7, 2021]))
Maximino Miyar Teja + (Maximino Miyar Teja is an academic and tra … Maximino Miyar Teja is an academic and translator who specializes in Buddhist texts and teachings. He has an active presence on Academia.edu, a platform for academics to share research papers where he has published numerous translations and works related to Buddhist philosophy and teachings.His scholarly work includes translations of several important Buddhist texts into Spanish, such as:*Kamalaśīla's ''Los Estados Graduales de Meditación'' (''The Gradual States of Meditation'')*Gendun Jamyang's ''El Lam Rim del Linaje del Sur'' (''The Lam Rim of the Southern Lineage'')*Dudjom Rinpoche's ''El Gran Camino del Medio'' (''The Great Middle Way'')*Maitreya's ''El Sublime Continuo del Mahayana'' (''The Sublime Continuum of Mahāyāna'')*Various Buddhist sūtras including ''Sūtra del Poderoso Giro de la Rueda del Dharma'' and ''Sūtra del Rugido del León''.Miyar Teja is focused on making classical Buddhist philosophical and meditation texts accessible to Spanish-speaking audiences through translation work, covering various schools and traditions of Buddhism including Tibetan Buddhist teachings.hism including Tibetan Buddhist teachings.)
Mazu Daoyi + (Mazu Daoyi (709–788) (Chinese: 馬祖道一; pinyi … Mazu Daoyi (709–788) (Chinese: 馬祖道一; pinyin: Mǎzŭ Dàoyī; Wade–Giles: Ma-tsu Tao-yi, Japanese: Baso Dōitsu) was an influential abbot of Chan Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. The earliest recorded use of the term "Chan school" is from his ''Extensive Records''. Master Ma's teaching style of "strange words and extraordinary actions" became paradigmatic Zen lore.His family name was Ma – Mazu meaning ''Ancestor Ma'' or ''Master Ma''. He was born in 709 northwest of Chengdu in Sichuan. During his years as master, Mazu lived in Jiangxi, from which he took the name "Jiangxi Daoyi".In the ''Transmission of the Lamp'', compiled in 1004, Mazu is described as follows::His appearance was remarkable. He strode along like a bull and glared about him like a tiger. If he stretched out his tongue, it reached up over his nose; on the soles of his feet were imprinted two circular marks.According to the ''Transmission of the Lamp'', Mazu was a student of Nanyue Huairang (677-744) at Mount Heng in Hunan. A story in the entry on Nanyue Huairang in the ''Transmission of the Lamp'' is regarded as Mazu's enlightenment-account, though the text does not claim it as such. An earlier and more primitive version of this story appears in the ''Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall'' which was transcribed in 952::Reverend Ma was sitting in a spot, and Reverend Rang took a tile and sat on the rock facing him, rubbing it. Master Ma asked, "What are you doing?" Master [Huairang] said, "I'm rubbing the tile to make it a mirror." Master Ma said, "How can you make a mirror by rubbing a tile?" Master [Huairang] said, "If I can't make a mirror by rubbing a tile, how can you achieve buddhahood by sitting in meditation?"This story echoes the ''Vimalakirti Sutra'' and the ''Platform Sutra'' in downgrading purificative and gradualist practices instead of direct insight into the Buddha-nature. . . .Though regarded as an unconventional teacher, Mazu's teachings emphasise Buddha-nature::[L]et each of you see into his own mind. ... However eloquently I may talk about all kinds of things as innumerable as the sands of the Ganges, the Mind shows no increase... . You may talk ever so much about it, and it is still your Mind; you may not at all talk about it, and it is just the same your own Mind. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu_Daoyi Source Accessed July 15, 2021])Mazu_Daoyi Source Accessed July 15, 2021]))
Mañjuśrīkīrti + (Mañjuśrīkīrti wrote a commentary on the '' … Mañjuśrīkīrti wrote a commentary on the ''Samādhirājasūtra'' entitled ''Kīrtimālā''.According to Christoph Cüppers, "This text has been preserved only in its Tibetan translation. The edition is based on the Tanjur block prints of Derge, Cone, Narthang and Peking, among which, as a rule, the readings of Cone agree with those of Derge and the readings of Narthang with those of Peking. . . ."In the Tanjur four other texts besides the commentary to the [''Samādhirājasūtra''] SR are ascribed to one 'Jam-dpal-grags-pa (Mañjuśrīkīrti), of which three are commentaries to Tantric works and one is a text on grammar (TTP nos.: 3314, 3316, 3357 and 5778). [Whether the author of these works is identical with the author of the ''Kīrtimālā'' is unclear.] "Mañjuśrīkīrti's philosophical standpoint in the ''Kīrtimālā'' is . . . not a purely ''śūnyavāda'' one; rather, one is also confronted in the explications with ideas of the Yogacāra school." (Cüppers, introductory remarks to appendix A of ''The IXth Chapter of the Samādhirājasūtra'', 110)th Chapter of the Samādhirājasūtra'', 110))
Meghan Barwick + (Meghan Barwick received her Bachelor of Sc … Meghan Barwick received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Thomas Jefferson University in 2020. She received her BA in Journalism with a minor in Studio Art from Lehigh University in 2015. She also participated in a program sponsored by the School for International Training (SIT) in 2014. While in this program, she lived with a host family in New Delhi, India, for over two months, studying Indian arts, Hindi, and Madhubani painting with an artist in the city. She attended lectures on music, painting, architecture, and the religion and politics of India. In addition she executed a research project on Shantideva, the eighth-century Buddhist scholar, entitled "Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: An Internal Pilgrimage to Universal Peace and Compassion." ([https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanbarwick/ Adapted from Source Jan 12, 2021])arwick/ Adapted from Source Jan 12, 2021]))
Mei Hsiao + (Mei Hsiao received her PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Calgary in 2008. She is an Assistant Professor at China Medical University Center for General Education in Taiwan. She specializes in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Chinese Philosophy.)
Meir Shahar + (Meir Shahar received his undergraduate deg … Meir Shahar received his undergraduate degree from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. After studying Chinese in Taipei, he went on to pursue graduate studies in the United States, receiving his PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 1992. Meir Shahar is currently Professor of Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University. Meir Shahar’s research interests include the interplay of Chinese religion and Chinese literature, Chinese martial-arts history, Chinese esoteric Buddhism, and the impact of Indian mythology on the Chinese pantheon of divinity. Meir Shahar is the author of ''Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature'' (Harvard University Asia Center, 1998); ''Oedipal God: the Chinese Nezha and his Indian Origins'' (University of Hawaii Press, 2015); and the ''Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts'' (University of Hawaii Press, 2008), which has been translated into several languages including Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish. He is the co-editor (with Robert Weller) of ''Unruly Gods: Divinity and Society in China'' (University of Hawaii Press, 1996); the co-editor (with John Kieschnick) of ''India in the Chinese Imagination: Myth, Religion, and Thought'' (The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013); and the co-editor (with Yael Bentor) of ''Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism'' (Brill, 2017). He is currently researching the Horse King (also known as the Horse God), who has been the tutelary deity of Chinese horses, donkeys, and mules. Meir Shahar’s Hebrew-Language publications include ''The Chinese Religion'' (הדת הסינית) (1998) and a translation of Wu Cheng’en’s ''Monkey and the Magic Gourd'' (קוף ודלעת הקסמים), with drawings by Noga Zhang Shahar (נגה ג'אנג שחר). ([https://english.tau.ac.il/profile/mshahar Source Accessed June 18, 2020])). ([https://english.tau.ac.il/profile/mshahar Source Accessed June 18, 2020]))
Mel A. V. Voulgaris + (Mel A. V. Voulgaris (they/them) has a deca … Mel A. V. Voulgaris (they/them) has a decade of experience working with students. They began their career in 2013 as a high school teacher, before becoming a counsellor in 2022. As a counsellor, Mel has worked at Simon Fraser University between 2022-2023, and currently works with the Richmond School District (SD38) and in private practice.l District (SD38) and in private practice.)
Melanie Polatinsky + (Melanie is a psychotherapist, lecturer and … Melanie is a psychotherapist, lecturer and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and has been empowered by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche to teach. She has worked and taught in a variety of fields with individuals and groups for the past 40 years. These include meditation, dream work, death and dying, bereavement, inner child work, relationships, karma and reincarnation, inner peace, discovering your true potential and many others.Melanie gives weekly Buddhist lectures on Monday mornings and Tuesday evenings on many different dharma topics from how to clear our psychological karmic imprints to the deeper Vajrayana Buddhist teachings. ([https://randburg.kagyu.org.za/dr-melanie-polatinsky Source Accessed August 22, 2025])latinsky Source Accessed August 22, 2025]))
Melissa Myozen Blacker + (Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi, is a Zen te … Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi, is a Zen teacher with Boundless Way Zen, a school of Zen Buddhism with practice centers throughout New England and beyond. She is one of the resident teachers at Boundless Way Temple (Mugendo-ji) in Worcester, MA.Background: Melissa was born in 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents were secular Jews, who taught her from an early age to have a deep appreciation of art, theater, music (especially jazz) and leftist politics. In order to understand a spontaneous spiritual experience she had when she was nine years old, Melissa began a life-long exploration of religion and psychology. Education, Work and Family: Melissa is a 1976 graduate of Wesleyan University, with a BA magna cum laude in Anthropology and Music. She went on to earn an MA in Counseling Psychology from Vermont College of Norwich University in 1991, specializing in grief counseling. In 1993, after careers as a vocalist, pianist, music teacher and psychotherapist, she joined the staff of the Center for Mindfulness, founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Until 2012 she was a member of the teaching staff, the Associate Director of the Stress Reduction Clinic, and a Director of professional training programs at the Center. She met her husband David Dae An Rynick, Roshi in 1977, and they married in 1982. Their daughter, Rachel Blacker Rynick, was born in 1986.Zen training and teaching: In 1981 she and David began studying Zen with the independent teacher Richard Clarke, a former student of Philip Kapleau, Roshi. After twenty years of study with Dr. Clarke she became the student of James Myoun Ford, Roshi, a dharma heir of Jiyu Kennett, Roshi and John Tarrant, Roshi. She was ordained a Soto Zen priest (unsui) in 2004 and completed shuso training in 2005. Advancing through the Harada-Yasutani koan curriculum she received Dharma transmission from James Ford in April of 2006, and was elected a guiding teacher of Boundless Way Zen. After hosting a Zen meditation group in their home for 20 years, Melissa and David founded Boundless Way Temple in 2009. Melissa received inka shomei from James Ford in July, 2010.Melissa is co-editor of ''The Book of Mu'', published by Wisdom Publications in April of 2011, and her writing appears in ''Best Buddhist Writing'', 2012, published by Shambhala Publications and ''The Hidden Lamp'', published by Wisdom in 2013 . . . She is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association and the Soto Zen Buddhist Association.([http://www.melissablacker.com/biography/ Source Accessed Jul 20, 2020])/biography/ Source Accessed Jul 20, 2020]))
Melvin McLeod + (Melvin McLeod is the editor-in-chief of tw … Melvin McLeod is the editor-in-chief of two of America's leading Buddhist magazines, [https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Category:Buddhadharma:_The_Practitioner%27s_Quarterly Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly] and [https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Category:Lion%27s_Roar Lion's Roar magazine] (formerly Shambhala Sun), and is the editorial director of [https://www.mindful.org/magazine/ Mindful magazine]. McLeod has edited three books of teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh, ''Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place'', and is the series editor for The Best Buddhist Writing series. He lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ([https://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Melvin-McLeod Adapted from Source Aug 4, 2020])n-McLeod Adapted from Source Aug 4, 2020]))
Miller, Jeff + (Member of the Padma Translation Committee under the direction of Chagdud Tulku.)

Ven. Jampa Tenzin + (Member of the Sakya Pandita Translation Group)

Mervyn Sprung + (Mervyn Sprung, Professor Emeritus at Brock … Mervyn Sprung, Professor Emeritus at Brock University and a former Hooker Visiting Professor at McMaster University, is the author of four previous books on eastern and comparative philosophy, including ''Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way: A Translation of the Prasannapada'' (Routledge & Kegan Paul). ([https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-magic-of-unknowing-an-east-west-soliloquy-mervyn-sprung/9552511 Source Accessed Nov 20, 2023])-sprung/9552511 Source Accessed Nov 20, 2023]))
Michael G. Barnhart + (Michael Barnhart is a professor in the History-Philosophy and Political Science Department at Kingsborough Community College in New York.)
Michael Griffin + (Michael Griffin is Associate Professor of … Michael Griffin is Associate Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on Ancient Greek philosophy in late antiquity, particularly philosophical education. He is coeditor, with Richard Sorabji, of the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project. He is author of ''Aristotle's Categories in the Early Roman Empire'' (OUP, 2015) and a two-volume translation of the Neoplatonist Olympiodorus’ introduction to Platonic philosophy, ''Olympiodorus: On Plato’s Alcibiades'' (Bloomsbury, 2014 and 2016). (Source: [[Ethics without Self, Dharma without Atman]])hics without Self, Dharma without Atman]]))
Michael Hahn + (Michael Hahn was a professor of Indology a … Michael Hahn was a professor of Indology and Tibetology at Philipps-University in Marburg (Germany), his research interests focused on classical Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, in particular narrative works and didactic and epistolary texts. He was the author of numerous articles and books, among them a primer of the Tibetan language. ([https://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/2004-2005-events Adapted from Source Feb 17, 2021])-events Adapted from Source Feb 17, 2021]))
Lackner, M. + (Michael Lackner, Dr. phil. (1983), Ludwig- … Michael Lackner, Dr. phil. (1983), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, is Professor of Sinology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He has published monographs and many articles on China and co-edited Mapping meanings. The Field of New Learning in Late Qing China (Brill, 2004). Source: ([https://brill.com/view/title/34845?contents=editorial-content Brill])e/34845?contents=editorial-content Brill]))
Michael Lees + (Michael Lees received his PhD in Global an … Michael Lees received his PhD in Global and Comparative Education, MA in Contemplative Religions with a focus on Buddhist Studies, and a BA in Environmental/Ecological Studies and Indigenous Wisdom Traditions. His research interests include examining the intersections of eastern and western spiritual, contemplative, and ecoliterate pedagogical approaches to learning for emerging adults in the higher education classroom. He currently teaches courses including but not limited to: Buddhism, Taoism, Asian Religions, Religion and Culture: An Ecological Perspective, Native American Religions, Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, Creative Thinking, Introduction to Eastern Philosophy, Western Philosophy, and Religions of the World. ([https://montclair.academia.edu/MikeLees Adapted from Source Jan 20, 2021])ikeLees Adapted from Source Jan 20, 2021]))
Briodo, M. + (Michael M. Broido (Ph.D., Cambridge Univer … Michael M. Broido (Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1967) is SeniorResearch Fellow in Linguistics at Magdalen College, University ofOxford. His research has included work on Tibetan interpretations ofMadhyamaka and Vajrayana thought, especially in relation to theirIndian prototypes. His articles on Indian and Tibetan hermeneuticshave appeared in the Journal of the Tibet Society and the Journal of IndianPhilosophy.Source: [[Buddhist Hermeneutics]][[Buddhist Hermeneutics]])
Michael Pye + (Michael Pye was born in 1939 in England, a … Michael Pye was born in 1939 in England, and studied Modern Languages and Theology at Cambridge, England (1958-61) as an Open Scholar of Clare College. He then spent five years in Japan before holding lecturing posts in Religious Studies at Lancaster and Leeds (where he was also awarded a Ph.D). Since 1982 he has been Professor of Religious Studies at Marburg University, Germany, interleaved with a three year period as Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University, England. Shortly after retirement in Marburg (2004) he took up a three year visiting professorship at Ōtani University, Kyōto, followed by one extra year for research only. From 1995 to 2000 he was President of the International Association for the History of Religions. He received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of Helsinki University and is a foreign member of the Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Apart from a specialised interest in East Asian Buddhism and contemporary Japanese religions he has travelled widely and has interests in broad issues of religion and society in the modern world. ([https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/persons/michael-pye/ Source Accessed June 7, 2021])ichael-pye/ Source Accessed June 7, 2021]))
Sheehy, M. + (Michael R. Sheehy is a Research Assistant … Michael R. Sheehy is a Research Assistant Professor in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Director of Scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center, and affiliated faculty with the Tibet Center at the University of Virginia. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Tibet, including three years training in a Buddhist monastery in the far eastern cultural domain of Golok. Michael’s research interests include Buddhist philosophy of mind, practices of contemplation, and the history of thought and science in Tibet. His writings and translations have given attention to histories of marginalized lineages in Tibet, most notably the ''zhentong'' (''gzhan stong'') and Kālacakra lineages of the Jonang order of Tibetan Buddhism. For over a decade, through extensive collaborations with monastic communities, Michael worked on-the-ground to digitally preserve rare Tibetan manuscripts across the plateau. From 2008 to 2016, he was the editor-in-chief and research director at the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (formerly the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center, TBRC). He worked closely with the late Tibetologist E. Gene Smith (1936-2010) to digitize Tibetan literature, develop scholarly resources, and architect the encyclopedic digital library. In 2004, together with Jonangpa exemplars, he founded the Jonang Foundation, an international nonprofit that preserves and promotes research on the Jonang order of Tibetan Buddhism. Michael’s current research focus is contexts and dynamics of Tibetan contemplative practices. Most broadly, his interest lies in questions about how Buddhism, and Tibetan contemplative traditions more specifically, can contribute to discourses in the humanities, cognitive science, and cultural psychology about consciousness and its transformations. He is particularly interested in Tibetan contemplative practices of attention, dream, imagination and visualization, and embodiment as detailed in Tibetan yoga and meditation manuals. He recently coedited with Klaus-Dieter Mathes (Vienna University) the book, ''The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet'' (SUNY Press 2019), an anthology of scholarship on the history, literature, and philosophy of zhentong in Tibet. With David Germano, he is Series Editor of the ''Traditions and Transformations in Tibetan Buddhism'' and the ''Contemplative Sciences'' book series published by the University of Virginia Press.Recent publications include: * "The Philosophical Grounds and Literary History of Zhentong." 2019. Co-authored with Klaus-Dieter Mathes. In ''The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet''. Edited by Michael R. Sheehy and Klaus Dieter-Mathes. State University of New York Press. ([http://www.sunypress.edu/pdf/64101.pdf Click here to read])* "The Dharma of the Perfect Eon: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsan’s (1292-1361) Hermeneutics of Time and the Jonang Doxography of Zhentong Madhyamaka." 2019. In ''The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet''. Edited by Michael R. Sheehy and Klaus Dieter-Mathes. State University of New York Press.* "The Zhentong Lion Roars: Dzamthang Khenpo Lodro Drakpa (1920-1975) and the Jonang Scholastic Renaissance." 2019. In ''The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet''. Edited by Michael R. Sheehy and Klaus Dieter-Mathes. State University of New York Press.* "Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen on Refraining from Meat." 2019. In ''The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism''. Edited by Geoff Barstow. Boston: Wisdom Publications.* "Traversing the Path of Meditation." 2017. In ''A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice from Rimé Masters of Tibet''. Ed. Holly Gayley and Joshua Schapiro. Wisdom Publications: Boston, MA.Schapiro. Wisdom Publications: Boston, MA.)
Radich, M. + (Michael Radich received his doctorate from … Michael Radich received his doctorate from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University (2007), for a dissertation treating the history of Buddhist ideas about the various embodiments of buddhahood. His first monograph (Tokyo, 2011), treats the history of Buddhist stories about the sins and redemption of the famed patricide King Ajātaśatru, as that story changed across two thousand years of Buddhist history in India, China and Japan. His second monograph (Hamburg, 2015) treats the origins of Tathāgatagarbha thought in the (Mahāyāna) Mahāparinivāņa-mahāsūtra. He has held visiting positions at Kyōto University (2009) and the University of Hamburg (Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, 2013-2014; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellow, 2015). From 2005-2017, he taught at Victoria University of Wellington in his native New Zealand, where he was latterly Associate Professor and Programme Director of Religious Studies. As of January 2018, he is Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" at the University of Heidelberg. ([http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/people/academic-staff/details/persdetail/radich.html Source Accessed July 20, 2018])adich.html Source Accessed July 20, 2018]))
Michael Richards + (Michael Richards is an Australian scholar who lived in the Tibetan exile community of Dharamsala for many years. (Source: [https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/michael-richards/ Wisdom Publications]))
Michael Sweet + (Michael Sweet received a PhD in Buddhist S … Michael Sweet received a PhD in Buddhist Studies in 1977 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the direction of Geshe Lhundub Sopa. From 1977–78 he taught and did research at the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. After later graduate studies, he was a psychotherapist in public and private practice (1980–2004) and a sometime lecturer at UW Madison, where he has been an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He has written extensively on the history of sexuality in South Asia and on Buddhist Studies. Since 2001 his research has focused on Ippolito Desideri and the Catholic missions in Tibet. Current research focuses on the first mission to Tibet, led by the Portuguese Jesuit Antonio de Andrade. ([https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/michael-j-sweet/ Source Accessed May 12, 2020])el-j-sweet/ Source Accessed May 12, 2020]))
Michael Aris + (Michael Vaillancourt Aris (27 March 1946 – … Michael Vaillancourt Aris (27 March 1946 – 27 March 1999) was a Cuban-born English historian who wrote and lectured on Bhutanese, Tibetan and Himalayan culture and history. He was the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi, who would later become State Counsellor of Myanmar. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Aris Source Accessed Feb 13, 2013])== Other Information ==*[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-michael-aris-1083767.html Michael Aris' Obituary at Independent.co.uk]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Aris Wikipedia Article on Michael Aris]el_Aris Wikipedia Article on Michael Aris])
Michael Tweed + (Michael is a well-known editor of Tibetan … Michael is a well-known editor of Tibetan Buddhist texts, particularly on Dzogchen and Mahamudra. Titles he has worked on include Blazing Splendor by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Brilliant Moon by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Great Image: The Biography of Vairotsana, Clear Mirror by Dudjom Lingpa, The Royal Seal of Mahamudra by Khamtrul Rinpoche III, Freedom in Bondage by Adeu Rinpoche, Clarifying the Natural State by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, Crystal Clear by Thrangu Rinpoche, Lotus Ocean by Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, The Great Medicine by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Heart Teachings by Penor Rinpoche (forthcoming), Wellsprings of the Great Perfection by Erik Pema Kunsang, and many others. ([http://www.zangthal.com/about Source Accessed May 7, 2020])al.com/about Source Accessed May 7, 2020]))
Michael D. Schuman + (Michael is currently teaching at Virginia … Michael is currently teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and is also the Cataloguing and Bibliographic Assistant at UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center. Michael’s area of research pertains to textual communities in Tibet during the 11th to 14th centuries, specifically the figures, doctrine(s), and historical issues surrounding the formation of the Kadam (Bka’ gdams) sect. ([https://www.uvatibetcenter.org/about/students/michael-schuman/ Source Accessed Jan 6, 2016])ael-schuman/ Source Accessed Jan 6, 2016]))
Michel Hulin + (Michel Hulin is professor emeritus at the … Michel Hulin is professor emeritus at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, where he held the chair of philosophy from 1981 to 1998. Within the framework of Indian philosophy, he is more particularly a specialist in Advaita Vedanta. ([https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Hulin Source Accessed Feb 18, 2021])ichel_Hulin Source Accessed Feb 18, 2021]))
Strickmann, M. + (Michel Strickmann studied in Leiden and Pa … Michel Strickmann studied in Leiden and Paris (1962-1972) and carried out fieldwork in Kyoto from 1972 to 1978. Since 1978 he has lived in Berkeley. He has published Le Taoïsme de Mao-chan; chronique d’une révélation and is editor of Tantric and Taoist Studies in Honour ofR. A. Stein, to becompleted in four volumes. Forthcoming works are Chinesische Zaubermedizin; therapeutische Rituale im mittelalterlichen China; Mantras et mandarins: le bouddhisme tantrique en Chine; and an edited volume, Classical Asian Rituals and the Theory ofRitual. From 1983 to 1985 he was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Berlin.Source: [[Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha]]nese Buddhist Apocrypha]])
Michelle L. Dexter + (Michelle L. Dexter is one of the editors o … Michelle L. Dexter is one of the editors of the book ''Santideva and Bodhicaryavatara'' along with Prof. C. Upender Rao and Chodrung-ma Kunga Chodron. This book is focused on the Buddhist text ''Bodhicaryavatara'' by the 8th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher Shantideva. Beyond this specific publication, there is limited information available about Michelle L. Dexter's other work in Buddhist studies or editing.other work in Buddhist studies or editing.)
Mieko Kajihara + (Mieko Kajihara is an Associate Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Indian Languages and Literature at the University of Tokyo.)
Mihajlo Pažanin + (Mihajlo Pažanin - Born in 1968 in Rijeka. … Mihajlo Pažanin - Born in 1968 in Rijeka. He first encountered Buddhist teachings within the framework of the Mushindokai organization of Croatia in 1985, of which he became an active member.After completing his studies at the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb in 1995, he went to Asia and visited Taiwan, Okinawa and India, researching the roots of Buddhist tantric teachings focused on the Buddha Mahavairochana.During his visit to India, he met Tibetan teachers who introduced him to the tradition of Sarvavid Vairochana, one of the original lineages of Indian tantric Buddhism that has been preserved to this day within the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.Upon his return to Croatia in 1996, he participated in organizing the arrival of the first Tibetan lama to Croatia, Ayang Rinpoche. In the same year, together with Dragutin Šmalcelja, he founded Bodhiratna, the first Society in this region to begin studying the theory and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in an organized manner.After visiting Nepal in 2001, with the support and patronage of Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, he founded the Buddhist society "Shechen", which he leads to this day.To date, Mihajlo has translated about 20 books dedicated to the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, is the author of the book ''Hidden Messages of Tibetan Buddhism'', and is a frequent guest lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy in Rijeka and in many other associations and societies that want to learn more about the theory and practice of Tibetan Buddhism. ([https://library.foi.hr/autori/autor.php?B=1&A=0000007886&H=skolstvo&E=E0023KAT-%C5%A0KOLSTVO&V= Source Accessed Aug 15, 2025])023KAT-%C5%A0KOLSTVO&V= Source Accessed Aug 15, 2025]))
Chodo Cross + (Mike Chodo Cross was born in Birmingham in … Mike Chodo Cross was born in Birmingham in 1959, and graduated from Sheffield University. With Gudo Nishijima, he is the co-translator into English of Master Dogen’s ''Shobogenzo'' in four volumes. He now divides his time between England and France. Together with his wife Chie, who is also an Alexander Technique teacher and Zen practitioner, he runs the Middle Way Re-education Centre in Aylesbury, England. At a small country retreat on the edge of La Foret Des Andaines in northern France, he indulges selfishly in sitting-Zen, amid sounds of a valley stream and abundant singing of birds. ([http://www.zen-occidental.net/enseignements/cross1.html Source Accessed July 13, 2023])ross1.html Source Accessed July 13, 2023]))
Mike Dickman + (Mike Dickman is a long-time practitioner o … Mike Dickman is a long-time practitioner of Buddhism and has translated many texts of the Nyingma and 'Drigung Ka'gyü schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as Saying of Old Cheng, published by Cool Grove Press. He lives in Paris, France. ([https://www.coolgrove.com/book_module/cheng_module.html Source Accessed Oct 17, 2025])module.html Source Accessed Oct 17, 2025]))
Mike Gilmore + (Mike Gilmore is best known for his editori … Mike Gilmore is best known for his editorial work on Commentary on the ''Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva'', a key text in Tibetan Buddhism. This book, translated by Acharya Nyima Tsering and edited by Vyvyan Cayley and Mike Gilmore, was published by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala in 1995. The text is a practical guide to the Bodhisattva path, offering insights into compassion, wisdom, and ethical living, making it a significant contribution to Buddhist literature.icant contribution to Buddhist literature.)
Min Bahadur Shakya + (Min Bahadur Shakya was a scholar of Newar … Min Bahadur Shakya was a scholar of Newar and Tibetan Buddhism. Among his major publications are ''A Short History of Buddhism in Nepal'' (1984), ''A Introduction to Buddhist Monasteries of Kathmandu Valley'' (1986), and ''The Life and Contribution of the Nepalese Princess Bhrikuti Devi to Tibetan History'' (2002).He was elected Vice President of World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth WFBY for the years 1984-1988. Mr. Shakya was nominated by Venerable Master Hsing Yun Fokuang Shan, Taiwan as Research Associate in Fokuang Shan Chinese Buddhist Research Academy for the years 1983-1990.In 1990, he was granted a SAARC Fellowship (Buddhist Studies) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thimpu, Bhutan. He worked as the Chief Editor of ''Buddhist Himalaya'', a bi-annual journal dealing with Buddhism in the Himalayan regions. He has also contributed more a dozen research papers in reputed foreign journals. Mr. Min Bahadur Shakya was a founding director of Nagarjuna Institute of Buddhist Studies (NIBS) Pvt. Ltd. ([https://www.buddhistelibrary.org/library/profile.php?aapath=130 Adapted from Source Oct 18, 2024])ath=130 Adapted from Source Oct 18, 2024]))
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche + (Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche aka Ts … Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche aka Tsering Paldrön (Tib. ཚེ་རིང་དཔལ་སྒྲོན་, Wyl. tshe ring dpal sgron) (b.1967) is the daughter of Kyabjé Minling Trichen Rinpoche and one of the most renowned Tibetan teachers currently teaching in the West.She was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa as the reincarnation of the great dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo, one of the most renowned female masters of her time. The present Khandro Rinpoche holds the lineages of both the Nyingma and Kagyü traditions.Khandro Rinpoche has received teachings and transmissions from some of the most accomplished masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Minling Trichen, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche, Tenga Rinpoche, Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.[Khandro] Rinpoche maintains a rigorous schedule, teaching from both the Kagyü and Nyingma traditions in the USA including Hawaii, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Greece. She has established and heads the Samten Tse Retreat Center in Mussoori, India, which is home to 30 nuns and also provides a place of study and retreat for monastics and western lay practitioners. [Khandro] Rinpoche is also resident teacher at the Lotus Garden Retreat Center in Virginia, USA, which she established to provide retreat practice, the study of important Buddhist texts, and visiting teachers from all lineages. [Khandro] Rinpoche is also actively involved with the Mindroling Monastery in Dehra Dun, India.She also heads a variety of charitable projects that supply health care and Buddhist education for monastics and lay practitioners who work side by side in a variety of challenging settings—including a leprosy project. ([https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mindrolling_Jets%C3%BCn_Khandro_Rinpoche Source Accessed Oct 14, 2020])ro_Rinpoche Source Accessed Oct 14, 2020]))