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Nathaniel Rich + (Nathaniel Rich earned his Ph.D. at UCSB with an academic focus on the intellectual and institutional history of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is currently an editor for 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.)
Neal Donner + (Neal Donner received his Ph.D. in Buddhist … Neal Donner received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies in 1976 from the University of British Columbia for an annotated translation of the first chapter of Chih-i’s ''Mo-ho chih-kuan''. His translation (with Shotaro Iida)of Yensho Kanakura’s ''Indo tetsugaku-shi'' has been published as ''Hindu-Buddhist Thought in India''. (''Sudden and Gradual'', contributors, 458)''Sudden and Gradual'', contributors, 458))
Neal E. Lambert + (Neal Elwood Lambert (born 1934) is an emer … Neal Elwood Lambert (born 1934) is an emeritus professor of English and American Studies at Brigham Young University (BYU). His most notable work was ''A Believing People: Literature of Latter-day Saints'' an anthology co-edited with Richard Cracroft.Neal Lambert was born in Fillmore, Utah to Elwood Delyle Lambert and his wife the former Libbie Utley.Lambert earned a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D., the later in American Studies, both from the University of Utah. His doctoral dissertation was on the western writing of Owen Wister.Lambert began his career as a professor at what is now Weber State University. He joined the BYU faculty in 1966.For a time Lambert served as the chair of the BYU Faculty Advisory Council, which fulfills some of the roles faculty senates serve at other universities. He also in the early 1970s served as the faculty advisor to the BYU bookstore, working to increase the purchasing of scholarly works by the bookstore and the use of the bookstore by the faculty.Lambert also served as the chair of BYU's American Studies Program, chair of the BYU English Department (1991-1994) and Associate Academic Vice President for graduate studies and research from 1982-1985. From 1987 until 1990 Lambert was president of the North Carolina Raleigh Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.In 1991 Lambert became department chair of the BYU English Department. During his tenure BYU faced debates over the extent of dissent allowed by faculty from LDS teachings, many of white focused on members of the English Department. Lambert was succeeded as department chair by C. Jay Fox in 1995. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_E._Lambert Source Accessed July 26, 2023])E._Lambert Source Accessed July 26, 2023]))
Neil Pembroke + (Neil Pembroke is Associate Professor in th … Neil Pembroke is Associate Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland, Australia. [His] research interests include: pastoral care in worship and preaching; philosophy and theology in dialogue on issues in pastoral counselling; theology and healthcare; and processes for developing personal and spiritual maturity.Associate Professor Pembroke holds a B.Eng (Agric.) [D.D.I.A.E.] B.Th (B.C.T.), BA (Hons) (Qld), PhD (Edin), and is a Lecturer in Studies in Religion.His teaching interests include: Jung and Human Spirituality; Religion and Health; Mysticism; Psychology of Religion; and Religion and the Psychotherapies. ([http://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1214 Adapted from Source Apr 30, 2021])er/1214 Adapted from Source Apr 30, 2021]))
Neten Ngedön Drubpe Dorje + (Neten Ngedön Drubpe Dorje (Tib. གནས་བརྟན་ང … Neten Ngedön Drubpe Dorje (Tib. གནས་བརྟན་ངེས་དོན་གྲུབ་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. gnas brtan nges don grub pa'i rdo rje), the Second Neten Chokling (1873/74-1927) — one of the immediate reincarnations of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and a teacher of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. teacher of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.)
Dagpo Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa + (Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo (15th century) Ng … Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo (15th century)Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo, also known as Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa, was born in the Tsang region of Tibet in the 15th century. He became a great scholar and tantric adept having studied the great texts under the preeminent Gelugpa masters of the day, including Gyaltsab Je, Khedrub Je, and Choeje Lodro Tenpa.A wandering monastic community called Dagpo Dratsang had formed under his teacher, Je Lodro Tenpa, with the monks travelling from monastery to monastery debating as they went. Je Lodron Tenpa entrusted this community to Ngawang Drakpa and under his abbotship they finally settled at Gyatsa in Dagpo under the name of Thösamling. This was the first monastic university for advanced studies in Buddhist philosophy in Dagpo, and it later became known as Dagpo Shedrub Ling. Ngawang Drakpa’s collected works comprise 19 volumes. He wrote a commentary on the ''Bodhicittavivaraṇa'' titled ''Rnam shes nor bu phreng ba'' (རྣམ་ཤེས་ནོར་བུ་ཕྲེང་བ་). ([https://archive.jangchuplamrim.org/jangchup-lamrim/lamrim-authors-biographies/ Source Accessed Sep 24, 2025])iographies/ Source Accessed Sep 24, 2025]))
Khum Dzatrul Rinpoche + (Ngawang Tenzin Chökyi Gyaltsen (Wyl. ngag … Ngawang Tenzin Chökyi Gyaltsen (Wyl. ngag dbang bstan 'dzin chos kyi rgyal mtshan) aka the 11th Dzatrul Rinpoche was recognized by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Karmapa Rangjung Rigpé Dorje and Trulshik Rinpoche as an incarnation of Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, a main master of the Mount Everest region and the root teacher of Trulshik Rinpoche. His predecessor was based in Rongpuk Monastery, on the northern slopes of Mount Everest.Dzatrul Rinpoche received most of his education at Mindroling Monastery. There he studied with many masters but especially with Mewa Khenpo Tupten Özer, his root guru. He also received empowerments and nyingtik transmissions from Dudjom Rinpoche, as well as instructions on Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara and Dzogchen from Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen.Dzatrul Rinpoche resides in Swayambhu, Nepal, where in 1983 he established a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Shri Do Ngag Chöling. ([https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Dzatrul_Rinpoche Source: Rigpa Wiki])itle=Dzatrul_Rinpoche Source: Rigpa Wiki]))
Geshe Wangyal + (Ngawang Wangyal (Tibetan: ངག་དབང་དབང་རྒྱལ་ … Ngawang Wangyal (Tibetan: ངག་དབང་དབང་རྒྱལ་, Wylie: ''Ngag-dbang Dbang-rgyal''), aka Sogpo (Mongolian) Wangyal, popularly known as "Geshe Wangyal" and "America's first lama," was a Buddhist lama and scholar of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Astrakhan province in southeast Russia sometime in 1901. He developed the code for the CIA that aided the Dalai Lam's escape from Tibet, spearheaded a two decade long undertaking to lift political proscriptions on US visits by the Dalai Lama, opened the first Tibetan Buddhist dharma center in the West, and trained the first generation of Tibetan Buddhist scholars in America. He is considered a "founding figure" of Buddhism in the West.(Read more [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngawang_Wangyal here]).wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngawang_Wangyal here]))
Ngawang Zangpo + (Ngawang Zangpo (Hugh Leslie Thompson) comp … Ngawang Zangpo (Hugh Leslie Thompson) completed two three-year retreats under the direction of the late Kalu Rinpoche at Kagyu Ling, France, 1976–1980 and 1980–1983, and he served as translator for Kalu Rinpoche from 1985–1989. He is the founding resident lama of a Buddhist center in Taipei, Taiwan (1985), a founding member of Kalu Rinpoche's International Translation Group (1987), and he was a Tsadra Foundation Fellow from 2000 to 2018. He is presently working on a number of translation projects that were initiated under the direction of Chadral Rinpoche and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. He has also contributed to the Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group's books ''Myriad Worlds'' and ''Buddhist Ethics''. [http://www.tsadra.org/translators/hugh-thompson-ngawang-zangpo/ Source: Tsadra.org] and [https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/ngawang-zangpo.html Shambhala Publications]'''Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:'''*''Sacred Ground: Jamgön Kongtrul on Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography'', Jamgön Kongtrul*''Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times'', Taranatha, Jamgön Kongtrul, and Sera Khandro*''Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters'', compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul*''The Treasury of Knowledge: Books II, III, and IV; Buddhism’s Journey to Tibet'', Jamgön Kongtrul*''A History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet'', Butön Rinchen Drup*''Refining Our Perception of Reality'', Sera Khandro*''The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 1 to 10, Foundations of the Buddhist Path'', Choying Tobden Dorje*''The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Book 14, An Overview of Buddhist Tantra'', Choying Tobden Dorje'''Previously Published Translations:'''*''Jamgön Kongtrul’s Retreat Manual'', Jamgön Kongtrul*''Enthronement: Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet'', Jamgön Kongtrularnate Masters of Tibet'', Jamgön Kongtrul)
Nguyen Dac Sy + (Nguyen Dac Sy received his PhD from the Department of Buddhist Studies at the University of Delhi in 2012. His doctoral research on buddha-nature and the ''Laṅkāvatārasūtra'' was supervised Dr. Ram Kumar Rana and co-supervised by Dr. T. R. Sharma.)
Nicholas Barr + (Nicholas Barr received his BA in comparati … Nicholas Barr received his BA in comparative religion from Columbia University, where he studied Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. As a Princeton in Asia fellow, he worked in education and development in Laos before earning his MSW with a concentration in adult mental health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He then worked as a clinical social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health for two years before completing his PhD at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Before joining the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was a Cohen Veteran’s Network funded postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families.Dr. Barr’s research focuses on enhancing understanding of risk and protective factors for populations with an elevated likelihood of traumatic experiences, like homeless young adults and military service members. His work includes intervention development and implementation leveraging principles of mindfulness to enhance resilience and improve mental and behavioral health outcomes in these populations. He holds certifications in a number of evidence based practices including Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. ([https://www.unlv.edu/people/nicholas-barr Source Accessed May 24, 2021])e/nicholas-barr Source Accessed May 24, 2021]))
Nicholas Poppe + (Nicholas N. Poppe (Russian: Никола́й/Ни́ко … Nicholas N. Poppe (Russian: Никола́й/Ни́колас Никола́евич Поппе, Nikoláj/Níkolas Nikolájevič Poppe; July 27, 1897 – August 8, 1991) was an important Russian linguist. He is also known as Nikolaus Poppe, with his first name in its German form. He is often cited as N.N. Poppe in academic publications. Poppe was a leading specialist in the Mongolic languages and the hypothetical Altaic language family to which, in the view of many linguists[who?], the Mongolic, Turkic, and Tungusic languages belong. Poppe was open-minded toward the inclusion of Korean in Altaic, but regarded the evidence for the inclusion of Korean as less strong than that for the inclusion of Mongolic, Turkic, and Tungusic. Poppe spoke fluent Mongolian and attained an unmatched familiarity with Mongolian oral literature. His research focused on studies of the Altaic language family, especially Khalkha-Mongolian and Buriat-Mongolian, and on studies of the folklore of these and related languages. He wrote manuals and grammars of written and colloquial Khalkha-Mongolian and Buriat-Mongolian, Yakut, the Alar dialect, and Bashkir. His publications in the realm of Mongolian oral literature include eleven volumes of Mongolian epics, collections of Mongolian sayings, songs, and fairy tales, and Mongolian versions of works in Sanskrit. After 1949, Poppe wrote mostly in German and English, in addition to Russian. Regardless of the language he used, his writing was remarkable for its simplicity and clarity. As a result, his works are easily comprehensible to specialists and non-specialists alike. Poppe was an exceptionally prolific scholar. A bibliography of his publications from 1924 to 1987 includes 284 books and articles and 205 book reviews. Between 1949 and 1968 — a period during which he was teaching 16 to 17 hours a week at the University of Washington, with only three months in the summer for uninterrupted research — he wrote 217 works, including over 40 books. The secret of his high productivity, as he jokingly described it, was that while other people were enjoying "the beautiful surroundings of Seattle, climbing the mountains or sailing the waters", "he sits at his desk, wearing out one typewriter after the other like other people wear out their shoes". ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Poppe Source Accessed Jan 25, 2021])e other like other people wear out their shoes". ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Poppe Source Accessed Jan 25, 2021]))
Bajetta, N. + (Nicola Bajetta is a Hamburg University graduate. Received the Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies (In recognition of distinction in the field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies for the year 2018).)
Nicolas Bommarito + (Nicolas Bommarito is currently an Assistan … Nicolas Bommarito is currently an Assistant Professor of philosophy at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Before that, He worked at SUNY Buffalo and was a Bersoff Fellow at NYU. He has studied at Brown University, Tibet University, and University of Michigan. His research focuses on questions in virtue ethics, moral psychology, and Buddhist philosophy. ([https://www.nicbommarito.com/philosophy Adapted from Source Jan 18, 2021])losophy Adapted from Source Jan 18, 2021]))
Nicole Riggs + (Nicole Riggs is a writer and translator of … Nicole Riggs is a writer and translator of ancient Tibetan texts. She focuses on little-known figures of the 9th to 12th centuries in Tibet, including several women and explores their relationship to the world through their songs of wisdom.She believes that the insights shared in ancient philosophy are applicable to today's challenges in that they speak to the need for non self-centered solutions and are intrinsically related to creativity. More recently, she has begun to explore how the shape of the letters and the sound of syllables in the Tibetan alphabet relate to the meaning of the words they form, creating an opening for a different perspective on reality.Nicole holds a Masters degree in Philosophy from the University of Sunderland. She is an affiliate researcher with Center for the Study of Crops and Social Policy (CASP), an anchor with Cooperation Humboldt, a Co-Founder of the Cooperative Agriculture Network (CAN), and a board director of the Humboldt Community Business Development Center (HCBDC). ([https://www.chianticom.com/index.php/en/r/721-riggs-nicole Source Accessed Jan 31, 2025])iggs-nicole Source Accessed Jan 31, 2025]))
Nicole Willock + (Nicole Willock is an assistant professor o … Nicole Willock is an assistant professor of Asian religions at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She is currently a 2017 Research Fellow through the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist studies for her book project, ''Lineages of the Literary: Tibetan Buddhist Scholars Making Modern China''. This project analyzes the writings of three Tibetan Buddhist intellectuals (Tseten Zhabdrung, Dungkar Rinpoche, and MugeSamten) through the lens of postcolonial and poststructuralist theories to challenge normative assumptions on religious subjects, state-driven secularization, and moral agency in China. Her publications include "The Revivalof the Tulku Institution in Modern China: Narratives and Practices" (''Revue d'Etudes Tibetaines'', 2017) and "Dorje Tarchin, the Melong, and the Tibet Mirror Press: Negotiating Discourse on the Religious and the Secular in Tibet" (''Himalaya Journal'', 2016). Since 2011, she has served as a Tibet and Himalaya Panel Steering Committee member for the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and as an Academic Advisory Board member for the Treasury of Lives: Biographical Encyclopedia digital project. (Source: ''A Gathering of Brilliant Moons'', 331): ''A Gathering of Brilliant Moons'', 331))
Nieh Tao-chen + (Nieh, Tao-chen, a Buddhist layman, born du … Nieh, Tao-chen, a Buddhist layman, born during the West Jin dynasty, was one of the important sutra translators in the early time. He worked as a note taker and editor of Zu, Fa-fu for several years. After Zu Fa-fu passed away, Nieh, Tao-chen translated total sixty-four sutras and a Buddhist catalogue by himself. However, there are very few relevant academic papers dealing with Nieh, Tao-chen and his translations nowadays. This paper focuses on Nieh, Tao-chen's six existent translated sutras collected by Taisho to determine the real translator, then to explore the contrast among them, compare the beginning structure of each sutra, and check the transliteration in order to figure out the change of Nieh, Tao-chen's translation style, his contributions to the development of the sutra translation and the influence on the establishment of Buddhist Schools later in Chinese Buddhism. ([https://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/search/search_detail.jsp?seq=396602&comefrom=authorinfo Source Accessed Aug 13, 2023])from=authorinfo Source Accessed Aug 13, 2023]))
Niguma + (Niguma was one of two great dakinis who fo … Niguma was one of two great dakinis who founded the Shangpa Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism.In the tenth and eleventh centuries, Niguma was one of the most important Buddhist teachers and yoginis in India. While there are only brief glimpses of her life from sources and texts, Sarah Harding’s Niguma: Lady of Illusion surveys what little literature there is surrounding “the heiress of unimaginable qualities.”Although not much is known about Niguma’s life, her teachings had a significant impact on Buddhism. Alongside the dakini Sukhasiddhi, she is one of two female founders of the Shangpa Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism.Niguma developed esoteric instructions, treatises, and practice manuals. Within the collection of commentaries in the Tibetan Buddhist canon, called the Tengyur — part of the core of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition — seventeen texts are attributed to Niguma, though they were likely written by her student Khyungpo Naljor. Niguma is said to watch over the holders of the lineage with impartial compassion, blessing them and compassionately overseeing the success of their activity.Niguma’s birthplace was most likely near Kashmir, a hub of Buddhist tantric activity. She is thought by some to be the sister of Naropa, the famous Vajrayana Buddhist teacher, although others suggest that Niguma was Naropa’s consort. There is often confusion and overlap between the biographical details of Niguma and Naropa’s respective lives and accomplishments.Although it is difficult to identify the woman behind the mystery of Niguma’s dakini image, Tibetan master Taranatha (1575-1634) wrote a short biography that helps shine light on her story: The dakini Niguma’s place of birth was the Kashmiri city called “Incomparable.” Her father was the brahmin Santivarman. Her mother was Shrimati. Her real name was Srijnana. She had previously gathered the accumulations for three incalculable eons. Thus, in this life, based on the teachings of the instructions by the adept Lavapa and some others, she manifested the signs of progress in the secret mantra Vajrayana, and attained the body of union. So her body became a rainbow-like form. She had the ability to really hear teachings from the great Vajradhara. Having become a great bodhisattva, her emanations pervaded everywhere and accomplished the welfare of beings.Harding points out that Niguma’s life story consists of only six folios, while that of her student Khyungpo Naljor consists of forty-three. According to scholars, Niguma had high-level realization, attained rainbow body, and received teachings directly from Vajradhara — the tantric form of Shakyamuni Buddha. It is said that Niguma cultivated the Buddhist path in previous lives, so that in her lifetime she directly saw the truth of the nature of phenomena just by hearing basic instruction from a few adept masters. (Source: Buddhadharma Magazine, Spring 2024)ource: Buddhadharma Magazine, Spring 2024))
Nika Jovic + (Nika Jovic is a translator and member of t … Nika Jovic is a translator and member of the Dharmacakra Translation Committee. She is affiliated with the Jonang Foundation and has translated works by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen: ''An Official Document of the King, the Spontaneously Present Dharmakāya'' and ''A General Commentary on All Profound Sutra and Tantra Teachings: Entitled, "Knowing One, All is Liberated."'' She has also participated in translating and editing for the 84000 project—namely, the ''Avalokīnīsūtra'' and the ''Bhadrakalpikasūtra''. ([https://jonangfoundation.org/works-list/ Source Accessed Oct 23, 2024])works-list/ Source Accessed Oct 23, 2024]))
Nikolai Berdyaev + (Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (/bərˈdjɑːj … Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (/bərˈdjɑːjɛf, -jɛv/; Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; 18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1874 – 24 March 1948) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person. Alternative historical spellings of his surname in English include "Berdiaev" and "Berdiaeff", and of his given name "Nicolas" and "Nicholas". Russian paleontologist and Christian apologist Alexander V. Khramov (Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. from Moscow University) attributes his ideas about an atemporal human fall to Berdyaev and Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Berdyaev Source Accessed June 1, 2023])ai_Berdyaev Source Accessed June 1, 2023]))
N. D. Mironov + (Nikolai Dmitrievich Mironov (b. 1880, Dres … Nikolai Dmitrievich Mironov (b. 1880, Dresden d. 1936, Ariane, Tunisia) was a Russian orientalist, Indologist, Sanskritologist, and politician.He was born in the family of Dmitry Gavrilovich and Taisiya Alekseevna Mironov. He graduated from the First St. Petersburg Gymnasium.He studied at St. Petersburg and Strasbourg Universities, where his mentors were Professor E. Leiman, a specialist in Jain literature and Khotanese manuscripts, and Professor Heinrich Khyubshman, a comparative Iranist. In 1901–1902, at the University of Berlin, he listened to lectures by the researcher of the Avesta, Iranian scholar, Professor Karl Friedrich Geldner, as well as a prominent specialist in the field of Prakrit grammar, Professor Richard Pischel and a Tocharologist, Professor Emil Sieg. In 1902–1903 he studied at the University of Bonn with Sanskrit professor Hermann Georg Jacobi.In October 1903, at the Faculty of Oriental Languages of the Imperial St. Petersburg University, he received a master's degree in Sanskrit literature. In the same year, at the University of Strasbourg, he defended his dissertation "Dharmapariksha Amitagati", dedicated to the study of the work of a Jain author of the 11th century, and received a Ph.D.During the 1905 revolution, Mironov was an assistant professor at Moscow University and a teacher of Sanskrit. Mironov created a Socialist-Revolutionary group called "Organization of an armed uprising" and its printed organ - the bulletin "Petrel". Attracted A. F. Kerensky to cooperate in the bulletin. Burevestnik soon became one of the leading publications of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, but Mironov himself never made it to the Socialist Revolutionary leaders.In 1909-1911, Mironov published a number of articles in scientific periodicals: "Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Sciences", " Bibliotheca Buddhica", "Journal of the Ministry of Education", "Notes of the Eastern Branch of the Russian Archaeological Society", articles about India, Indian literature, religion and philosophy in the encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron.In 1916 he was invited to the position of Privatdozent of the Historical and Philological Department of Petrograd University.After the February Revolution, Mironov, with the support of Kerensky, was appointed head of the newly created counterintelligence department of the Ministry of Justice. On July 27, 1917, he was appointed head of the counterintelligence department of the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District instead of B. V. Nikitin.Mironov directed his main efforts to the search for "counter-revolution" and "monarchist conspiracies." The first was the case of General V. I. Gurko, who was arrested on July 21, 1917 on the basis of an order signed personally by Kerensky. The reason for the arrest was a letter that Gurko addressed to the former emperor, which contained harsh words against the revolution and its leaders.Before the Kornilov speech, "Mironovskaya counterintelligence" managed to identify and arrest some of Kornilov's supporters in Petrograd.On the eve of the Kornilov speech, together with B. V. Savinkov, Mironov arrived at Headquarters to arrest the most prominent members of the conspiratorial group. But in Mogilev, where the Headquarters was located, no one perceived Mironov's powers and his instructions as binding. Moreover, General Kornilov told Savinkov in a confidential conversation that if Mironov proceeded with arrests, he himself would be immediately shot.During the civil war he left for Irkutsk. Since October 1918, Mironov began teaching at the Department of Comparative Linguistics and Sanskritology of the newly opened Irkutsk University as an extraordinary professor, and since 1920 he was in charge of the Oriental Studies cabinet.After the final establishment of Soviet power in Siberia, he emigrated to China.From 1926 until his death in 1936 he lived in Ariana (Tunisia). ([https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 Source Accessed Apr 6, 2022])%D0%B8%D1%87 Source Accessed Apr 6, 2022]))
Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti + (Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti OBE (1 July 18 … Niranjan Prasad Chakravarti OBE (1 July 1893 – 19 October 1956) was an Indian archaeologist who served as Chief epigraphist to the Government of India in 1934 to 1940 and as Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1948 to 1950.Chakravarti was born on 1 July 1893 at Krishnanagar in the Nadia district of Bengal Presidency, India. After graduation, he served as lecturer of Sanskrit and Pali at the University of Calcutta. After working at Sorbonne in Paris and Berlin universities on a scholarship in 1921, Chakravarti went to the United Kingdom and obtained a doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1926. Chakravarti returned to India in 1929 and joined as Assistant Superintendent for Epigraphy at Ootacamund. In 1934, he was promoted to the post of Chief Epigraphist for the Government of India. In 1940, he was promoted to Deputy Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India becoming Joint Director-General in 1945. In 1948, Chakravarti succeeded Mortimer Wheeler as the Director General of the ASI serving in his position till 1950.Following his retirement, Chakravarti was appointed advisor to the Department of Archaeology, Government of India and served till 1952. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._P._Chakravarti Source Accessed Apr 18, 2022])Chakravarti Source Accessed Apr 18, 2022]))
Noah Levine + (Noah Levine (born 1971) is an American Bud … Noah Levine (born 1971) is an American Buddhist teacher and author, son of American Buddhist teacher and poet Stephen Levine. As a counselor known for his philosophical alignment with Buddhism and punk ideology, he identifies his Buddhist beliefs and practices with both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions.[1] He has written several books on Buddhism and Buddhist practice including ''Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction''. He currently leads Dharma and vipassana meditation retreats and workshops across the United States and teaches weekly meditation classes in Los Angeles. A member of the Prison Dharma Network, Levine works with juvenile and adult prison inmates, combining meditation techniques with psychotherapy although he is not a licensed therapist or psychotherapist. He "[explores] how they can have a deeper understanding of what has happened and what they need to do in order to be free, on many levels—free from prison, free from the trauma of the past."He has helped found several groups and projects including the Mind Body Awareness Project, a non-profit organization that serves incarcerated youths, and Refuge Recovery, an addiction recovery community. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Levine Source Accessed Dec 12, 2019])Noah_Levine Source Accessed Dec 12, 2019]))
Nobumi Iyanaga + (Nobumi Iyanaga [彌永信美] is an independent sc … Nobumi Iyanaga [彌永信美] is an independent scholar based in Tokyo. He was a collaborator of the Hōbōgirin 法寶義林, French dictionary of Buddhist terms based on Chinese and Japanese sources. His area of interest is in the mythology of Buddhist deities. He has published articles on Daijizaiten (Maheśvara), Daikokuten (Mahākāla) and Dakiniten (ḍākinī) (in French), and in 2002, the book entitled 大黒天変相 - 仏経神話学 I [Variations on the theme of Mahākāla - Buddhist Mythology, I], and another book 觀音変容譚 - 仏経神話学 II [Metamorphisis of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara - Buddhist Mythology, II]. He has contributed entries to the DDB related to deities and the texts that deal with deities. [12/16/2002] ([http://www.buddhism-dict.net/credits/iyanaga.html Source Accessed Sep 1, 2021])iyanaga.html Source Accessed Sep 1, 2021]))
Nobuyoshi Yamabe + (Nobuyoshi Yamabe is Professor of Asian Phi … Nobuyoshi Yamabe is Professor of Asian Philosophy at Waseda University. Professor Yamabe specializes in Indian Buddhism, with particular interest in the Yogācāra and Buddhist meditation texts. He is the author of numerous works in both English and Japanese. His articles include "An Shigao as a Precursor of the Yogācāra Tradition," "Nine Similes of Tathāgatagarbha in Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra and the Six Similes of Buddhānusmṛti in Guanfo sanmei hai jing," and "Visionary Repentance and Visionary Ordination in the ''Brahmā Net Sūtra''."y Ordination in the ''Brahmā Net Sūtra''.")

Nobuyuki Suzuki + (Nobuyuki Suzuki is a graduate student at Toyo Univeristy.)

Noor Inayat Khan + (Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 19 … Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was daughter of Inayat Khan, founder of the Sufi Order of the West, and elder sister to Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. After the death of her father in 1927, 13-year-old Noor took on the responsibility for her grief-stricken mother and her younger siblings.She went on to study child psychology at the Sorbonne, as well as music at the Paris Conservatory under Nadia Boulanger, composing for both harp and piano.As a young woman, Noor also began a career as a writer, publishing her poetry and children's stories in English and French and becoming a regular contributor to children's magazines and French radio. In 1939, her book Twenty Jataka Tales, inspired by the Jataka tales of Buddhist tradition, was published in London by George G. Harrap and Co.As an SOE agent under the codename Madeleine she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during World War II. Inayat Khan was captured after being betrayed, and executed at Dachau concentration camp. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service in the SOE, the highest civilian decoration in the United Kingdom.([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Inayat_Khan Source Accessed Feb. 9, 2022].)nayat_Khan Source Accessed Feb. 9, 2022].))
Norman McClelland + (Norman C. McClelland is a retired teacher, … Norman C. McClelland is a retired teacher, independent scholar, and a Zen dharma master, ordained by the Venerable Karuna Dharma, Abbess of the International Buddhist Meditation Center of Los Angeles. He is a published poet and author of a chapter on Zen in an anthology on gay spirituality. He lives in Los Angeles, California. ([https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/encyclopedia-of-reincarnation-and-karma/ Source Accessed January 19, 2024])-karma/ Source Accessed January 19, 2024]))
Norman Waddell + (Norman Waddell born in Washington, D.C. in … Norman Waddell born in Washington, D.C. in 1940, was attracted to Japan by the works of the legendary D. T. Suzuki and his protégée R. H. Blyth, taught at Otani University for over thirty years, and was editor of the Eastern Buddhist Journal for several decades. He has published more than a dozen books on Japanese Zen Buddhism and is considered one of the finest translators of sacred texts of our time. He is the authoritative English translator of works by and about Hakuin.He is the translator of: ''The Complete Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn: The Zen Record of Zen Master Hakuin''; ''Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn''; ''The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin''; and ''The Old Tea Seller''. (Source: [https://www.counterpointpress.com/authors/norman-waddell/ Counterpoint Press])thors/norman-waddell/ Counterpoint Press]))
Ven. Dhammadipa Thero + (Now 60 years old, Venerable Dhammadipa (la … Now 60 years old, Venerable Dhammadipa (lay name Thomas Peter Gutman) was born in Czechoslovakia in 1949. He studied Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Prague University, graduating in 1969, and then studied Russian literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received a degree in 1973. In the late seventies Venerable began his Buddhist studies in Berlin, where he had immigrated as a refugee after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. In 1977 he received a master's degree in Chinese literature and philosophy at the University of Paris. In 1979, he enrolled at Nalanda University in India (where he also taught French and German) to study Sanskrit and Buddhist Philosophy. After receiving a degree at Nalanda in 1984, he returned to serve as the Associate Librarian at Berlin University. In 1986, Venerable Dhammadipa went to Japan and studied under Zen Master Harada Serrei Roshi of the S t school (Caodong in Chinese) practice. He was given a Dharma name as Xing-Kong (meaning Nature of Emptiness). In 1987, with the encouragement of Venerable Athurugiriye Nyanavimala Mahathera, Venerable Wijayasoma Mahathera, and Venerable Dikwelle Mahinda, he ordained as a monk in Meetirigala and was given a Dharma name as Dhammadipa (island of Buddhism or Dharma). He received the full Theravada Bhiksu ordination in Sri Lanka where he practiced meditation under the guidance of his preceptor, Venerable Nanarama Mahathera. In 1989, he received the Three Fold ordination as a Mahayana Monk in Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles and began Dharma teaching in US, Germany and Taiwan. ([http://dhammadipa.info/Bio.htm Source Accessed Aug 13, 2020]))
Noël Péri + (Noël Péri (22 August 1865 - 25 June 1922) … Noël Péri (22 August 1865 - 25 June 1922) was a French Catholic priest. A missionary and author, he was responsible for translating the Gospels into Japanese and published the first research journal devoted to Japanese topics. He read and wrote broadly about Japanese culture, including studies of Buddhist history and mythology, and as a result came into conflict with some members of the Catholic missionary community. A trained musician, he also taught Western music in Japan and wrote early Western works on Japanese opera and music theory, and Noh drama. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_P%C3%A9ri Source Accessed June 15, 2020])_P%C3%A9ri Source Accessed June 15, 2020]))
Nyanaponika Thera + (Nyanaponika Thera, a German-born Buddhist … Nyanaponika Thera, a German-born Buddhist monk, was a scholar, translator, and founder of The Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka. Thera died in 1994 at the age of 93. (Source: [https://wisdomexperience.org/product/abhidhamma-studies/ Wisdom Publications])/abhidhamma-studies/ Wisdom Publications]))
Ācārya Nyima Tsering + (Nyima Tsering (1963–February 2011) graduat … Nyima Tsering (1963–February 2011) graduated from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, Varanasi, where he attained the degree of Acharya (Master of Philosophy) degree in 1993.He conducted research on Buddhist Philosophy, worked as a translator of Buddhist teachings for international student groups, and lectured at universities and other institutions in the US and India. He also participated in seminars, gave workshops and lectures organized by Tibetan government and non government organizations. In addition, he published translations and his own commentaries on major Buddhist teachings, and authored scholarly articles, romantic and patriotic poems in English and Hindi.Nyima Tsering died on 10 February 2011, in Dharamsala (India). ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_Nyima_Tsering Source Accessed Jan 29, 2025])ima_Tsering Source Accessed Jan 29, 2025]))
Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima + (Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima (Tib. སྨྱོ་ཤུལ … Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima (Tib. སྨྱོ་ཤུལ་ལུང་རྟོགས་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མ་, Wyl. smyo shul lung rtogs bstan pa'i nyi ma) (182–1901) received the Dzogchen teachings from Patrul Rinpoche and was his greatest disciple. He was regarded as an emanation of Shantarakshita. ([https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Nyoshul_Lungtok_Tenp%C3%A9_Nyima Source Accessed Feb 11, 2025])C3%A9_Nyima Source Accessed Feb 11, 2025]))
Jérôme Ducor + (Né et vivant à Genève, Jérôme Ducor s'est … Né et vivant à Genève, Jérôme Ducor s'est initié aux études bouddhiques à l'Université de Lausanne, avant de poursuivre par une licence en histoire des religions et un doctorat en japonologie à l'Université de Genève. Il s'est spécialisé dans le bouddhisme japonais, notamment à l'Université Ryukoku (Kyoto), où il est chercheur invité permanent du Bukkyô-bunka-kenkyûsho.En outre, il a reçu l'ordination et la maîtrise de l'école bouddhique Jodo-Shinshu, au Hompa-Honganji (Kyôto). Il est actuellement le résident du temple Shingyoji de Genève.De 1992 à 1993, il a enseigné les religions extrême-orientales à l'Université McGill (Montréal). Privat-docent à la section de langues et civilisations orientales de l'Université de Lausanne (UNIL) depuis 1993, il est le conservateur du département Asie du Musée d'ethnographie de la Ville de Genève (MEG) depuis 1995. [http://www.pitaka.ch/ducbio.htm Source]Born and living in Geneva, Jerome Ducor studied Buddhism at Lausanne University. He graduated thereafter in religious studies and passed his doctorate in japonology at Geneva University. He specialized in japanese Buddhism at Ryukoku University and received ordination and master in the Jodo-Shinshu school of Buddhism at Hompa-Honganji (Kyoto). He presently acts as the resident minister at Shingyoji temple in Geneva.From 1992 to 1993 he has been teaching East-Asian religions at McGill University (Montreal).Teaching as a privat-docent at the Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations of Lausanne University since 1993, he is the curator of the Asia Department of Geneva's Ethnographic Museum since 1995.f Geneva's Ethnographic Museum since 1995.)
Nāgabodhi + (Nāgārjuna was living in his hermitage when … Nāgārjuna was living in his hermitage when a thief approached, intending to rob him. Reading his mind, he threw a golden plate out his door. The thief became his disciple, receiving the Guhyasamāja initiation and instructions on how to overcome his greed by visualizing the things that he desired as horns on his head. Placing a pile of jewels in the corner, Nāgārjuna told him that jewels have no inherent value and tomeditate on the clear light. The thief, named Nāgabodhi, was so successful in his meditation that horns grew from his head; they were so large that he bumped into things wherever he went. Nāgārjuna taught him that everything is empty of intrinsic nature and that believing that they are not is a cause of suffering. After six years of meditation, Nāgabodhi understood the inseparability of samsara and nirvana and attained the eight siddhis. Nāgārjuna told him to remain in the world for two thousand years working for the benefit of sentient beings. (Source: Lopez Jr., Donald S. ''Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas''. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2019: 195.)ulder: Shambhala Publications, 2019: 195.))
Nārāyaṇa Prasāda Rijāla + (Nārāyaṇa Prasāda Rijāla is a Nepalese auth … Nārāyaṇa Prasāda Rijāla is a Nepalese author who has written about Mahāyāna Buddhism. He authored the book ''Mahāyānabauddhādarśa: Mahāyāna Buddhadharmako saṅkshipta paricayātmaka grantha'', which was published in Kathmandu by Vyoma Kusumā Buddha Dharma Saṅgha in 2016. Rijāla has also written other works related to Buddhism, including a book on Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophies in the Kannada language.hist philosophies in the Kannada language.)
Tashi Densapa + (OBITUARY (Summit Times, November 15, 2021) … OBITUARY (Summit Times, November 15, 2021) NAMGYAL INSTITUTE OF TIBETOLOGY REMEMBERS ITS FORMER DIRECTOR, BERMIOK RINPOCHE TASHI DENSAPAA meaningful life lived in the service of othersOBITUARY written by the Director and Staff of Namgyal Institute of TibetologyOur former Director, Bermiok Rinpoche Tashi Densapa passed away at Manipal Central Referral Hospital on the morning of November 13, 2021. With his passing, Sikkim and the Buddhist world lost a leading light and luminary.Bermiok Rinpoche was born on January 10, 1942 to Bermiok Athing Tashi Dadul Densapa and Chamkusho Yonten Dolma, sister of Gyalyum Dechen Dolma of Sakya Phuntsok Phodrang. At an early age, he was recognized as a reincarnation of his paternal uncle, Bermiok Kusho Karma Palden Choegyal who was the State Lama of Sikkim and through him as the third reincarnation of Simick Rechen Drubwang Wosel Dorjee by His Holiness the XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa.However, Bermiok Athingla eschewed a monastic education for a western one for his son. Rinpoche got his schooling from Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling, majored in Political History from St. Stephens, Delhi University and subsequently went on to do his post-graduate studies at Washington University, Seattle, U.S.A. Upon his return from the States, he had a brief stint as the Assistant Director at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology which he would return to helm later in his life. Rinpoche then joined government service and ably served in various departments such as Tourism and Culture and in capacities such as Managing Director, STCS and Resident Commissioner of Sikkim House in New Delhi before ultimately superannuating as Secretary to the Government of Sikkim.Post retirement, Rinpoche took over the reins of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (NIT) on March 14, 2002 as its new Director. This marked a definitive and most productive epoch for both Rinpoche and the NIT. He went on to dedicate almost two decades of his life to the NIT and distinguish himself during his stint- the longest ever by any incumbent- as a visionary leader of unwavering commitment and unsurpassable zeal; he infused fresh life into and lifted the institute out of the doldrums and steered it towards its acme. It was under his peerless guidance that the NIT went on to reclaim its position as a premier institute for the preservation and promotion of Buddhist ethos in the trans-Himalayan region thus keeping alive the dream of our Founder President Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal.Rinpoche expanded and revitalized the academic thrust areas by initiating the Sikkim Studies that focused on Sikkim-centric research, of particular note the Sikkim Ritual Video Archive and the Historic Photographs of Sikkim projects. Concurrently, he got on board Tibetan Buddhist scholars to spearhead research on various aspects of Buddhism with a special focus on Sikkim which resulted in a large number of important publications in both Tibetan and English to serve as a corpus of resources for the benefit of posterity. He was always keen that we research and document as much as we could before it was too late. He used his strong networking skills and leveraged his many alumni and other contacts in various Ministries of the Central Government to get the requisite funding for the many new projects he implemented at the cash- strapped institute while simultaneously getting funding for the digitization of the existing resources of the NIT. With the help of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India, he took great initiative in developing the digital Tibetan language and making the digitized wealth of Buddhist wisdom in the collection of the NIT easily accessible to the Buddhist world at large.A progressive and able administrator, under his stewardship, the NIT infrastructure grew to include perimeter fencing against encroachment, the addition of the new Conference Hall and Library complex and new hostel and apartment accommodation; NIT concurrently grew in leaps and bounds in its organizational skills and was soon organizing and hosting international conferences as well as a series of workshops and lectures on topics as varied as Science, Spirituality and Education and Quantum Physics and Emptiness in Buddhist Philosophy.However, Rinpoche always voiced his concern over the continued future of the NIT and felt that the way forward was to morph into a Buddhist university. Interestingly, in 2016, the State Government mooted the proposal for the establishment of the first Buddhist University in Sikkim, and NIT was entrusted with this huge responsibility. Rinpoche proved himself more than equal to embark on this ambitious project, and along with the new OSD Mr KN Bhutia, he actuated a plan of action that included the starting in 2017 of the Post Graduate programme in Buddhist and Tibetan Studies and the Faculty of Sowa Rigpa under the Sikkim University as per UGC norms and with the due approval of the State Government. The Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India sanctioned funding for the infrastructure development of the Faculty of Sowa Rigpa which today boasts its own academic block, hostel block, pharmacy, clinic and herbal garden and is on the verge of churning out the first batch of newly minted Amjilas of the BSRMS course equivalent to MBBS. The MA Buddhist and Tibetan Studies programme is in its third intake. It was primarily to consolidate and see his passion project to successful completion that Rinpoche opted to serve from mid-2019 until his retirement in February, 2021 as an Honorary Director with only a nominal salary. He left on a high note with the Institute on a sustained growth trajectory and a legacy hard to match forget surpass.Outside of his activities at NIT, Rinpoche was very active in the preservation and promotion of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the social, religious and cultural ethos of his native Sikkim. While possibly not an exhaustive list, some of the various positions he held are:Founding Member of the International Buddhist Confederation, New DelhiMember of the Mahabodhi Society of India, Kolkata.Advisor to HH Gyalwa Karmapa Orgen Trinley Dorje and Chairman of one of his Charitable TrustsAdvisor to Sakya Dolma Phodrang Foundation, Dehra DunAdvisor to Rumtek LabrangAdvisor to Mingyur Rinpoche’s LabrangChairman of Sakya Tashi Choeling TrustMember of the Executive Council of Sikkim UniversityRinpoche was also a generous philanthropist and donated land at Alu Bari, South Sikkim to Sakya Tashi Choling and Mindroling Penam Rinpoche for the establishment of their monasteries. He also re-built the Simick Sangag Dudul Ling monastery of his predecessor at Simick Lingzey. This was the first monastery in Sikkim to incorporate earthquake- resistant engineering design. He also built the Nyama Lhakhang at Simick. Simick monks came on record to state that Rinpoche in his lifetime had expressly evinced his desire to be cremated at his monastery there, but this was sadly not to be.Rinpoche’s untimely demise has been a monumental loss not only to us here at NIT and Sikkim in particular but to the entire Buddhist world at large. His Dharma activities were diverse and innumerable, and his demise leaves a huge vacuum. But in the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we take succour in the fact that he ‘lived a meaningful life in the service of others.’ We condole his family and share their grief in this darkest hour.As a mark of respect for the departed soul, the Director, NIT has declared November 16, 2021 as a holiday for the institute. A huge prayer meeting was held on November 15, 2021 in the NIT Conference Hall with the full attendance of NIT staff as well as the Faculty of Sowa Rigpa and Buddhist and Tibetan studies. Tsogbhum and Tongchoe will also be offered by the NIT at the Chorten monastery on November 19, 2021. Monlom recitation and Gyamchod will be offered every morning henceforth at the NIT until the 49 th day for the swift rebirth of Rinpoche.Om Ami Dewa Hri!(Source: http://tibetology.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Obituary.pdf)t/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Obituary.pdf))
Olaf Czaja + (Olaf Czaja studied Tibetan, Indian and Mon … Olaf Czaja studied Tibetan, Indian and Mongolian studies as well as history of art at the universities of Leipzig, Bonn and Kathmandu. He submitted his PhD thesis about the Phag mo ru pa ruling house in medieval Tibet at Leipzig University in 2007. His research interests are Tibetan history, art, and medicine. He is currently research fellow in the project Katalogisierung der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (KOHD, Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts in Germany) at Göttingen Academy of Sciences. ([https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/en/region/centralasia/03-05-tibet-himalaya-lecture-series-mantras-and-rituals-in-tibetan-medicine Source Accessed Feb 24, 2023])an-medicine Source Accessed Feb 24, 2023]))
Oliver Petersen + (Oliver Petersen, born in 1961, is a teache … Oliver Petersen, born in 1961, is a teacher of Buddhism at the Tibetan Center eV, Hamburg, which is under the patronage of the Dalai Lama. He has been working there since 1980. Between 1983-1999 he was ordained as a Buddhist monk and disciple of Geshe Thubten Ngawang. Today he leads meditation seminars and study courses for the center and works as a speaker, translator and in interreligious dialogue. Oliver Petersen holds a master's degree in Tibetology, religious studies and philosophy and has trained in gestalt therapy. ([https://www.tibet.de/das-zentrum/lehrende/oliver-petersen/ Source Accessed Feb 18, 2021])r-petersen/ Source Accessed Feb 18, 2021]))
Shunzō Onoda + (Onoda Shunzō 小野田俊蔵 is a Professor Emeritus … Onoda Shunzō 小野田俊蔵 is a Professor Emeritus at Bukkyo University, Kyoto. He obtained his PhD on the monastic debate in Tibet from Bukkyo University in 1993. His research focuses on the structures of Tibetan logic (bsdus grwa), and on the technique of Thangka paintings. His main publications are ''Monastic Debate in Tibet: A Study on the History and Structures of bsDus grwa Logic'' (Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1992); “bsDus grwa Literature,” in ''Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre'', ed. José Ignacio Cabezón and Roger R. Jackson (Snow Lion, 1996); “The Meiji Suppression of Buddhism and Its Impact on the Spirit of Exploration and Academism of Buddhist Monks,” in ''Images of Tibet in the 19th and 20th Centuries'', ed. Monica Esposito (EFEO, 2008); “De’u dmar dge bshes’ Knowledge of Basic Color Materials,” in ''Gateways to Tibetan Studies: A Collection of Essays in Honour of David P. Jackson on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday'', ed. Volker Caumanns et al. (Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2021). His current projects are on Tibetan traditional proverbs (''gtam dpe'') and the design of a database of those proverbs. ([https://publications.efeo.fr/en/author/1487_onoda-shunzo Source Accessed Feb 27, 2025])noda-shunzo Source Accessed Feb 27, 2025]))
Ailsa Cameron + (Ordained in 1987, Venerable Ailsa Cameron … Ordained in 1987, Venerable Ailsa Cameron is a close student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and has been editing his teachings since 1984. She lives at the Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia. ([https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/ailsa-cameron/ Source Accessed Feb 10, 2025])sa-cameron/ Source Accessed Feb 10, 2025]))
Oren Hanner + (Oren Hanner works on Buddhist and cross-cu … Oren Hanner works on Buddhist and cross-cultural philosophy, with special interest in ethics, action theory, philosophy of mind and social theory. He studied philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University, and Buddhist Studies at Hamburg University. His dissertation dealt with the problem of selfless agency in the ''Abhidharmakośabhāṣya'' of Vasubandhu, comparing Vasubandhu's way of addressing the problem with contemporary positions in Western analytic philosophy. At present, his main research projects focus on skeptical devices in Indian Buddhism and the foundations of group agency in the thought of Vasubandhu. ([https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/hanner.html Source Accessed May 4, 2021])/hanner.html Source Accessed May 4, 2021]))
Orgyen Chowang + (Orgyen Chowang is a meditation master in t … Orgyen Chowang is a meditation master in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His primary teacher was Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, one of the most esteemed Dzogchen masters of the last century and founder of the vast Larung Gar Buddhist community in remote eastern Tibet, where tens of thousands of Tibetan and Chinese students continue to benefit from the rigorous study and practice program. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche was in one of the first small groups that were trained directly under Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years and is the founder and spiritual director of Pristine Mind Foundation (www.pristinemind.org). He teaches a wide range of students around the world at tech companies, universities, and yoga studios. (Source: [https://www.shambhala.com/authors/a-f/orgyen-chowang.html Shambhala Publications Accessed August 15, 2024])la Publications Accessed August 15, 2024]))
Orgyenpa Rinchen Pal + (Orgyenpa Rinchen Pel (o rgyan pa rin chen … Orgyenpa Rinchen Pel (o rgyan pa rin chen dpal) was born in 1229 or 1230 in Tsang, the son of Won Jopen (dbon jo 'phan) and his wife Duggema (dug ge ma), who gave him the name Sengge Pel (seng ge dpal). His clan was the Gyu (rgyus). In his youth he trained in the Nyingma teachings of Mamo and Vajrakīlaya, and the sarma tantric cycles of Hevajra, Cakrasaṃvara, and Vajrapāṇi. At the age of sixteen he traveled to Bodong E monastery to study foundational Indian commentaries such as the Abhidharmakośa and the Abhidharmasamuccaya, and gaining a reputation as a formidable scholar.At Golungpu (go lung phu) Orgyenpa met the Drukpa Kagyu ('brug pa bka' brgyud) teacher Gotsangpa Gonpo Dorje (rgod tshang pa mgon po rdo rje, 1189-1258). He offered him a copper pot and a piece of brown sugar, and became his disciple. Gotsangpa gave him Mahāmudrā teachings, and at the age of twenty Orgyenpa took full ordination at Bodong E, receiving the name Rinchen Pel. Bodong Rintse (bo dong rin rtse), Zang Samlingpa (zang bsam gling pa, 1189-1260), and Sonam Ozer (bsod names 'od zer) performed the ceremony.For the next twelve years Orgyenpa studied Kālacakra, mainly in the traditions of Dro Lotsāwa ('bro lo tsA ba) and Chak Lotsāwa (chag lo tsA ba), and the major Kagyu doctrines with Gotsangpa. When Orgyenpa made his intention to travel to Shambhala known to Gotsangpa, Gotsangpa told him that he lacked the karmic propensity to do so, and guided him towards Oḍḍiyāna instead. Gotsangpa himself had traveled in the region, making a pilgrimage to Jalandhara, in the Ladakh region.Orgyenpa traveled to Oḍḍiyāna via Kailash and Ladakh, suffering several nasty encounters with marauding Mongolian horsemen and experiencing visions of Vajravārāhī. Arriving Kashmir he escaped an attempt by the king to murder him. Returning to Tibet he found his teacher had passed away, he quickly put together a group of pilgrims to Bodh Gaya. According to the Blue Annals, in India he attained miraculous healing powers.Returning to Tibet, he travelled through U and Yoru (g.yo ru) curing disease and subjugating demons. He was summoned to Mongolia to appear before Qubilai, on whom he bestowed a Kālacakra initiation, returning to Tibet despite the entreaties of the Emperor. While on that journey he encountered Karma Pakshi (kar ma pak shi, 1204-1283), the Second Karmapa, and became a disciple.Orgyenpa served as an important early teacher to the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (karma pa 03 rang byung rdo rje, 1284-1339), and is often credited with identifying him as the reincarnation of Karma Pakshi, and giving him his name.Orgyenpa passed away at the age of eighty, leaving numerous disciples in the Drukpa and Karma Kagyu traditions, who spread the “approach and accomplishment of the three vajras,” (rdo rje gsum gyi bsnyen sgrub), better known as the Orgyen Nyendrub (o rgyan bsnyen sgrub). ([https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Orgyenpa-Rinchen-Pel/2733 Source Accessed December 13, 2019])l/2733 Source Accessed December 13, 2019]))
Venerable Thubten Ngawang + (Originally from Florida, Venerable Thubten … Originally from Florida, Venerable Thubten Ngawang met the Dharma in 2012 when a friend gave him Venerable Chodron’s book, Open Heart, Clear Mind. After exploring Buddhism online for awhile, he began to attend talks at Drepung Loseling Monastery’s Center for Tibetan Studies in Atlanta, where he took refuge.He first visited the Abbey in 2014 and then spent extensive time here in 2015 and 2016. After about six months of training as an anagarika, he decided to remain as a lay person to reassess his spiritual aspirations and moved to Spokane in early 2017.During his time in Spokane, Ven. Ngawang worked at a non-profit in the affordable housing industry, facilitated classes on Nonviolent Communication at the local prison, and attended the weekly meditation class offered by Abbey monastics at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Coming up to the Abbey frequently to attend retreats and offer service sustained and increased his Dharma practice.In 2020, with the pandemic interrupting many of these activities, Ven. Ngawang moved to Tara’s Refuge, a small house on the Abbey property, to focus more on Dharma. This situation proved very supportive and eventually led to him moving up to the Abbey in the summer of 2021.After reflecting on the distractions of lay life and the disadvantages of following attachment, Ven. Ngawang resumed anagarika training in August, 2021. With more confidence in his ability to work with afflictions, and recognition of his improved ability to live happily in community, he requested ordination ten months later. He was ordained as a sramanera (novice monk) in September 2022.Currently, Ven. Ngawang is a part of the Abbey’s prison program; facilitates SAFE and offering service; supports the grounds team and utilizes his architectural design background where needed. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/venerable-thubten-ngawang/ Source Accessed May 17, 2023])en-ngawang/ Source Accessed May 17, 2023]))
Almogi, O. + (Orna Almogi studied Tibetology (major) and … Orna Almogi studied Tibetology (major) and Religious Studies and Psychology (minors) at the University of Hamburg (MA 1998). She received her PhD in Tibetology from the same University in 2006 (doctoral thesis: “Rong-zom-pa’s Discourses on Traditional Buddhology: A Study on the Development of the Concept of Buddhahood with Special Reference to the Controversy Surrounding the Existence of Gnosis (ye shes: jñāna) at the Stage of a Buddha”). From 1999 until 2004 she had been working for the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP) and the Nepalese-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project (NGMCP), where she had been responsible for the Tibetan materials. From 2008 to 2011 she has been a member of the Researcher Group “Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa” with the subproject “The Manuscript Collections of the Ancient Tantras (rNying ma rgyud ’bum): An Examination of Variance.” From 2011 to 2015 she has been working at the “Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures” as the leader of the subproject “Doxographical Organisational Schemes in Manuscripts and Xylographs of the Collection of the Ancient Tantras.” Since 2015 she has been involved in the “Academic Research Program Initiative” (ARPI). Since 2016 she is leading the project “A Canon in the Making: The History of the Formation, Production, and Transmission of the ''bsTan 'gyur'', the Corpus of Treatises in Tibetan Translation.” Her research interests extend to a number of areas connected with the Tibetan religio-philosophical traditions and Tibetan Buddhist literature, particularly that of the rNying-ma school. The primary focus of her research the past years has been the concept of Buddhahood in traditional Buddhist sources, early subclassifications of Madhyamaka, the ''rNying ma rgyud ’bum'', and the ''bsTan ʼgyur''. Another interest of her is the culture of the book in Tibet in all its variety, specifically in connection with the compilation and transmission of Buddhist literary collections, both in manuscripts and xylographs forms. ([https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/en/people/almogi.html Source Accessed Jul 14, 2020])sed Jul 14, 2020]))
Otgon Borjigin + (Otgon Borjigin teaches Mongolian Historical Documents at Northwest University for Nationalities in Lanzhou.)
Otto Strauss + (Otto Strauss (b. Berlin 18.10.1881 — d. Bl … Otto Strauss (b. Berlin 18.10.1881 — d. Bloemendaal, Netherlands 20.10.1940) was a German Indologist and a Professor in Breslau. The son of a banker, he studied Indology, philosophy, and art history at Munich, Berlin and especially Kiel (Oldenberg, Deussen). From Deussen, he developed an interest in Indian philosophy. He received his Ph.D. in 1905 at Kiel (under Oldenberg). From 1913 he was Professor of Comparative Philology at University of Calcutta. In 1915-20, he interned in Ahmednagar (and studied Russian). In 1920 he resumed his docentship at Kiel . . . In 1928 he succeeded Liebich as ord. Professor at Breslau. As a Jew, he was forced to resign in 1935. He lived some time in Berlin, then at his friends in Bloemendaal, Netherlands, and died there of angina pectoris.Strauss was an important pioneer of Indian philosophy in Germany. While Deussen still had few texts and mixed Western ideas in his interpretation of them, Strauss applied strict philological methods to the sources. His greatest interest was in the Mīmāṁsā school. He also worked on Sanskrit grammar. Among his students were K. Marschner, E. Pax, and W. Liebenthal. ([https://whowaswho-indology.info/5929/strauss-otto/ Adapted from Source Jan 19, 2024])s-otto/ Adapted from Source Jan 19, 2024]))
Ouyang Jingwu + (Ouyang Jingwu (1871-1943), was a leading i … Ouyang Jingwu (1871-1943), was a leading intellectual who revived the Buddhist scholastic movement during the early Republican period in China. Ouyang believed that authentic Indian Buddhism was an alternative to the prevalent Chinese Buddhist doctrines of his time.nt Chinese Buddhist doctrines of his time.)
Geri Larkin + (P'arang Geri Larkin, born Geraldine Kapp W … P'arang Geri Larkin, born Geraldine Kapp Willis, is founder and former head teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple, a Korean Chogye center in Detroit, Michigan. The name Geri Larkin is a pen name. She graduated from Barnard College in 1973. Larkin, daughter of a wealthy IBM executive, left her successful business life as a management consultant to enter a Buddhist seminary for three years, where she was ordained. When she left she sold her material possessions and bought a brick duplex in downtown Detroit which, with the help of local residents, she cleaned up and turned into Still Point. Larkin's articulation of the concept of "right livelihood" was highly influential on Ann Perrault and Jackie Victor, two of her students who founded Avalon International Breads in Detroit in 1997. She has been a longtime columnist for Spirituality & Health magazine. She currently resides in Eugene, Oregon. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_Larkin Source Accessed Apr 8, 2021])wiki/Geri_Larkin Source Accessed Apr 8, 2021]))