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• Cecil Bendall  + (Cecil+Bendall+%281+July+1856+%E2%80%93+14+ … Cecil+Bendall+%281+July+1856+%E2%80%93+14+March+1906%29+was+an+English+scholar%2C+a+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+University+College+London+from+1895+to+1902+and+later+at+the+University+of+Cambridge+from+1903+until+his+death.%0A%0ABendall+was+educated+at+the+City+of+London+School+and+at+the+University+of+Cambridge%2C+achieving+first-class+honours+in+the+Classical+Tripos+in+1879+and+the+Indian+Languages+Tripos+in+1881.+He+was+elected+to+a+fellowship+at+Gonville+and+Caius+College.%0A%0AFrom+1882+to+1893+he+worked+at+the+British+Museum+in+the+department+of+Oriental+Manuscripts+%28now+part+of+the+British+Library%29.%0AIn+1894%E2%80%931895+he+was+in+Nepal+and+Northern+India+collecting+oriental+manuscripts+for+the+British+Museum.+During+the+winter+1898%E2%80%931899+he+returned+to+Nepal+and+together+with+pandit+Hara+Prasad+Shastri+and+his+assistant+pandit+Binodavihari+Bhattacharya+from+the+Asiatic+Society+in+Calcutta%2C+the+team+registered+and+collected+information+from+palm-leaf+manuscripts+in+the+Durbar+Library+belonging+to+Rana+Prime+Minister+Bir+Shumsher+J.+B.+Rana%2C+and+here+he+found+the+famous+historical+document+Gopal+Raj+Vamshavali%2C+describing+Nepal%27s+history+from+around+1000+to+1600.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCecil_Bendall+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29l+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29)
• Ngawang Kunga Wangchuk  + (Celebrated+contemporary+Sakya+scholar+who+ … Celebrated+contemporary+Sakya+scholar+who+held+the+office+of+abbot+of+Dzongsar+Monastery.+A+brief+biography+can+be+found+in+his+obituary+published+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkhyentsefoundation.org%2Fproject%2Fpart-x-khenpo-kunga-wangchuk%2F+here%5D%2C+and+a+short+video+tribute+can+be+watched+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHDLFFlEDIyY+here%5D.ube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHDLFFlEDIyY+here%5D.)
• Celso Scott Wilkinson  + (Celso+Wilkinson+is+a+graduate+of+Naropa+Un … Celso+Wilkinson+is+a+graduate+of+Naropa+University+where+he+studied+Tibetan+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+Language.+After+graduating+he+continued+his+language+studies+abroad+in+Eastern+Tibet+and+Northern+India+while+intermittently+working+as+a+curriculum+coordinator+for+the+Nitartha+Institute.%0A%0ANow+as+a+translator+and+TEI+markup+editor+for+84000%2C+in+addition+to+translation+his+work+has+focused+on+developing+various+data+projects+for+84000.+He+is+currently+exploring+ways+in+which+this+vast+knowledge+developed+under+the+84000+project+can+be+utilized+with+computer+technology+as+a+resource+for+translators+and+researchers.+This+includes+developing+a+translation+memory+project+as+well+as+exploring+the+current+state+of+translation+software%2C+applications%2C+and+data+projects+and+how+they+can+be+of+benefit+through+this+valuable+data.%0A%0AHe+lives+in+Binghamton%2C+NY.+While+not+working+for+84000%2C+Celso+is+also+a+painter+and+writes+graphic+novels.+%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2F84000.co%2Fabout%2Fteam%2F+Source%3A+84000%5D%29co%2Fabout%2Fteam%2F+Source%3A+84000%5D%29)
• Chöje Lingpa  + (Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa%2C+also+known+as+Rokje+L … Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa%2C+also+known+as+Rokje+Lingpa+as+well+as+several+other+names%2C+was+initially+recognized+as+the+rebirth+of+a+Kagyu+master+by+the+Seventh+Shamarpa+and+installed+at+Rechung+Phuk%2C+an+institution+named+after+Milarepa%27s+disciple+Rechungpa+and+the+site+where+Tsangny%C3%B6n+Heruka+wrote+his+famous+biography+of+Milarepa.+Though+Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa+he+would+become+an+important+teacher+to+several+important+Kagyu+hierarchs+including+the+Karmapa+and+Shamarpa%2C+he+we+also+involved+with+several+Nyingma+masters%2C+including+the+tert%C3%B6n+Taksham+Nuden+Dorje+who+granted+him+prophecies+and+made+him+the+steward+of+his+treasures.+He+would+become+a+prolific+tert%C3%B6n+in+his+own+right+and+came+to+be+considered+the+penultimate+emanation+of+Gyalse+Lhaje%2C+prior+to+his+rebirth+as+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo.to+his+rebirth+as+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo.)
• Chün-fang Yü  + (Ch%C3%BCn-fang+Y%C3%BC+has+long+been+inter … Ch%C3%BCn-fang+Y%C3%BC+has+long+been+interested+in+how+Buddhism+developed+in+China%2C+and+how+conditions+in+China+shaped+various+changes+in+Buddhism.+She+has+explored+these+questions+in+works+that+range+from+the+historical+transformation+of+Guanyin+%28Kuan-yin%29+from+male+to+female%2C+to+the+work+of+women+in+Buddhism+today.+She+was+born+in+China+and+educated+in+Taiwan%2C+graduating+from+Tunghai+University+with+a+major+in+English+Literature+and+minor+in+Chinese+philosophy.+She+received+a+MA+degree+from+Smith+College+in+English+Literature+and+a+Ph.D.+in+Religion+from+Columbia+University%2C+specializing+in+Chinese+Buddhism.+She+taught+at+Rutgers%2C+the+State+University+of+New+Jersey+from+1972+to+2004+when+she+returned+to+Columbia.+She+is+the+Sheng+Yen+Professor+Emerita+in+Chinese+Buddhist+Studies%2C+and+a+faculty+member+in+both+Religion+and+EALAC.%0A%0AHer+research+interests+are+quite+broad.+Her+early+works+deal+with+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhist+thought+and+institutions.Later+she+focused+on+Buddhist+rituals+and+practices.+Her+first+book%2C+%22The+Renewal+of+Buddhism+in+China%3A+Chu-hung+and+the+Late+Ming+Synthesis+%281981%29%2C+is+one+of+the+earliest+studies+in+English+on+post-Tang+Buddhism.+Other+articles+dealing+with+Chinese+Buddhism+in+the+late+imperial+period+include%3A+%E2%80%9CChung-feng+Ming-pen+and+Ch%E2%80%99an+Buddhism+in+the+Yuan%E2%80%9D+%281982%29%2C+%E2%80%9CCh%E2%80%99an+Education+in+the+Sung%3A+Ideals+and+Procedures%E2%80%9D+%281989%29%2C+and+the+Cambridge+History+of+China%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CBuddhism+in+the+Ming+Dynasty%E2%80%9D+%281998%29.+She+is+also+interested+in+the+interaction+between+religion%2C+including+Buddhism%2C+and+Chinese+society.+With+Susan+Naquin%2C+she+co-edited+%22Pilgrims+and+Sacred+Sites+in+China%22+%281992%29.+She+is+the+editor+of+%E2%80%9CIn+Search+of+the+Dharma%3A+Memoirs+of+a+Modern+Chinese+Buddhist+Pilgrim%E2%80%9D+%28+1992%29+and+%22The+Ultimate+Realm%3A+Doctrines+of+Tienti+Teachings%2C+A+New+Religion%22+%281994%29+Her+book+%22Kuan-yin%3A+The+Chinese+Transformation+of+Avalokite%C5%9Bvara%22+%282001%29+traces+the+patterns+of+the+evolution+of+the+cult+of+Guanyin+through+the+various+medias+of+transmission+and+promotion+of+the+cult.+More+recently+she+studied+the+prominent+roles+of+Buddhist+nuns+in+Taiwan+which+resulted+in+the+publication+of+%E2%80%9CPassing+of+the+Light%3A+The+Incense+Light+Community+and+Buddhist+Nuns+in+Contemporary+Taiwan%E2%80%9D+%282013%29.%0A%0AHer+current+research+interests+reflect+her+continuing+fascination+with+the+transformation+of+Buddhism+in+China.+She+has+begun+a+new+project+which+is+tentatively+entitled+%E2%80%9CThe+Creation+of+a+Buddhist+Pantheon%E2%80%9D%3B+it+studies+the+pairing+of+two+bodhisattvas%3A+Guanyin+and+Dizang%2C+in+iconography+and+temple+architecture+from+the+tenth+century+on.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.columbia.edu%2Fcontent%2Fchun-fang-yu+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29ng-yu+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Chǒngjung Musang  + (Ch%C7%92ngjung+Musang.+%28C.+Jingzhong+Wux … Ch%C7%92ngjung+Musang.+%28C.+Jingzhong+Wuxiang%3B+J.+J%C5%8Dshu+Mus%C5%8D+%28680-756%2C+alt.+684-762%29.+Korean-Chinese+Chan+master+of+the+Tang+dynasty%3B+because+he+was+of+Korean+heritage%2C+he+is+usually+called+Musang+in+the+literature%2C+following+the+Korean+pronunciation+of+his+dharma+name%2C+or+Master+Kim+%28K.+Kim+hwasang%3B+C.+Jin+heshang%29%2C+using+his+Korean+surname.+Musang+is+said+to+have+been+the+third+son+of+a+Silla+king+and+was%0Aordained+in+Korea+at+the+monastery+of+Kunnamsa.+In+728%2C+he+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%E2%80%99an+%28present-day+Xi%E2%80%99an%29+and+had+an+audience+with+the+Tang+emperor+Xuanzong+%28r.+712-756%29%2C+who+appointed+him+to+the+monastery+of+Chandingsi.+Musang+subsequently+traveled+to+Chu+%28in+present+day+Sichuan+province%29+and+became+a+disciple+of+the+monk+Chuji+%28alt.+648-734%2C+650-732%2C+669-736%29%2C+who+gave+him+dharma%0Atransmission+at+the+monastery+of+Dechunsi+in+Zizhou+%28present+day+Sichuan+province%29.+He+later+resided+at+the+monastery+of+Jingzhongsi+in+Chengdu+%28present-day+Sichuan+province%3B+later+known+as+Wanfosi%29%2C+which+gave+him+his+toponym+Ch%C7%92ngjung+%28C.+Jingzhong%29.+Musang+became+famous+for+his+ascetic+practices+and+meditative+prowess.+Musang+also+began+conferring+a+unique+set+of+precepts+known+as+the+three+propositions+%28sanju%29%3A+%E2%80%9Cno+recollection%E2%80%9D+%28wuji%29%2C+which+was+equated+with+morality+%28%C5%9B%C4%ABla%29%3B+%E2%80%9Cno+thought%E2%80%9D+%28wunian%29+with+concentration+%28sam%C4%81dhi%29%3B+and+%E2%80%9Cno+forgetting%E2%80%9D+%28mowang%29+with+wisdom+%28praj%C3%B1%C4%81%29.+He+also+taught+a+practice+known+as+yinsheng+nianfo%2C+a+method+of+reciting+the+name+of+the+Buddha+by+extending+the+length+of+the+intonation.+Musang%E2%80%99s+prosperous+lineage+in+Sichuan+came+to+be+known+as+the+Jingzhong+zong+line+of+Chan.+Musang+seems+to+have+taught+or+influenced+several+renowned+Chan+monks%2C+including+Heze+Shenhui+%28668-760%29%2C+Baotang+Wuzhu+%28714-774%29%2C+and+Mazu+Daoyi+%28707-786%29%3B+he+also+played+an+important+role+in+transmitting+Chan+to+Tibet+in+the+750s+and+760s.+%28Source%3A+%22Ch%C7%92ngjung+Musang.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+187.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)
• Ajahn Chah  + (Chah+Subhaddo+%28Thai%3A+%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B … Chah+Subhaddo+%28Thai%3A+%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2+%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%2C+known+in+English+as+Ajahn+Chah%2C+occasionally+with+honorific+titles+Luang+Por+and+Phra%29+also+known+by+his+honorific+name+%22Phra+Bodhi%C3%B1%C4%81%E1%B9%87athera%22+%28Thai%3A+%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A3%2C+Chao+Khun+Bodhinyana+Thera%3B+17+June+1918+%E2%80%93+16+January+1992%29+was+a+Thai+Buddhist+monk.+He+was+an+influential+teacher+of+the+Buddhadhamma+and+a+founder+of+two+major+monasteries+in+the+Thai+Forest+Tradition.%0A%0ARespected+and+loved+in+his+own+country+as+a+man+of+great+wisdom%2C+he+was+also+instrumental+in+establishing+Theravada+Buddhism+in+the+West.+Beginning+in+1979+with+the+founding+of+Cittaviveka+%28commonly+known+as+Chithurst+Buddhist+Monastery%29+in+the+United+Kingdom%2C+the+Forest+Tradition+of+Ajahn+Chah+has+spread+throughout+Europe%2C+the+United+States+and+the+British+Commonwealth.+The+dhamma+talks+of+Ajahn+Chah+have+been+recorded%2C+transcribed+and+translated+into+several+languages.%0A%0AMore+than+one+million+people%2C+including+the+Thai+royal+family%2C+attended+Ajahn+Chah%27s+funeral+in+January+1993%5B5%5D+held+a+year+after+his+death+due+to+the+%22hundreds+of+thousands+of+people+expected+to+attend%22.%5B3%5D+He+left+behind+a+legacy+of+dhamma+talks%2C+students%2C+and+monasteries.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAjahn_Chah+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29_Chah+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche  + (Chakung+Jigme+Wangdrak+Rinpoche+%28%E0%BD% … Chakung+Jigme+Wangdrak+Rinpoche+%28%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%95%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%87%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%91%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%82%29+was+born+in+the+Golok+region+of+Eastern+Tibet+as+the+fourth+descendant+of+the+great+Tibetan+master+Dudjom+Lingpa+%E2%80%93+one+of+the+foremost+spiritual+masters+of+19th+Century+Tibet.+At+the+age+of+15+he+was+recognized+as+the+reincarnation+of+Rigzin+Longsal+Nyingpo+by+Choktrul+Tamdrin+Wangyal.+He+attended+Larung+Gar+Monastery+and+studied+Buddhist+teachings+in+great+depth%2C+including+Sutra+and+Tantra+as+well+as+Dzogchen+pith+instructions+and+empowerments+with+His+Holiness+Khenchen+Jigme+Phuntsok%2C+who+formally+requested+for+Rinpoche+to+teach+and+preserve+the+lineage+of+Dudjom+Lingpa.+%0A%0A2024+Publication%3A+%27%27Loving+Life+as+It+Is%3A+A+Buddhist+Guide+to+Ultimate+Happiness%27%27.+Foreword+by+Anam+Thubten.+Boulder%2C+CO%3A+Shambhala+Publications%2C+2024.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+his+training+at+Larung+Gar%2C+Rinpoche+received+teachings+from+a+well+known+female+teacher+and+descendant+of+Dudjom+Lingpa%2C+Dakini+Kunzang+Wangmo%2C+who+also+encouraged+him+to+teach+and+preserve+the+Dudjom+lineage.%0A%0AWhile+in+Tibet%2C+Rinpoche+was+responsible+for+the+publication+of+many+revelatory+writings+from+Dudjom+Lingpa+and+produced+an+original+woodblock+edition+of+the+Nyingma+Gyudbum%2C+The+100%2C000+Tantras+of+the+Nyingma+Lineage%2C+published+at+the+Derge+Printing+House.+Since+2011%2C+Rinpoche+has+lived+primarily+in+the+San+Francisco+Bay+Area+and+teaches+to+a+number+of+Buddhist+communities.%0A%0A%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.abhayafellowship.org%2Fabout+Abhaya+Fellowship%2C+San+Francisco+Bay+Area%5D%29Fellowship%2C+San+Francisco+Bay+Area%5D%29)
• Charles B. Jones  + (Charles+B.+Jones+is+an+associate+professor … Charles+B.+Jones+is+an+associate+professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+The+Catholic+University+of+America+in+Washington%2C+DC.+He+earned+a+PhD+at+the+University+of+Virginia+in+1996+and+specializes+in+Pure+Land+Buddhism+in+China.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fauthors%2Fg-n%2Fcharles-jones.html+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29es-jones.html+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29)
• Charles D. Orzech  + (Charles+D.+Orzech+is+Professor+Emeritus+at … Charles+D.+Orzech+is+Professor+Emeritus+at+University+of+North+Carolina%2C+Greensboro.+He+received+is+PhD+from+the+University+of+Chicago.+His+primary+interests+are+in+cultural+contact+and+interaction+and+in+the+fundamental+hybridity+of+human+cultural+activity.+He+explores+those+interests+primarily+through+research+on+the+appropriation+and+transformation+of+late+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhism+in+eighth-+through+thirteenth-+century+China.+he+teaches+a+variety+of+courses%2C+from+introductory+Buddhism+and+Chinese+religion+to+seminars+on+theories+of+myth+and+on+semiotics+and+religious+images.%0A%0AHis+articles+and+translations+have+appeared+in+%27%27History+of+Religions%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+the+American+Oriental+Society%27%27%2C+%27%27Cahiers+d%E2%80%99Extreme-Asie%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Buddhist+Studies+Association%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+Chinese+Religions%27%27%2C+and+elsewhere.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27Politics+and+Transcendent+Wisdom%3A+The+Scripture+for+Humane+Kings+in+the+Creation+of+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27+%28Pennsylvania+State+University+Press%2C+Hermeneutics+Series%2C+1998%29.+More+recently%2C+he+was+the+general+editor+of+%27%27Esoteric+Buddhism+and+the+Tantras+in+East+Asia%27%27+%281200+pages%2C+E.+J.+Brill%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frel.uncg.edu%2Ffaculty%2Forzech%2F+Adapted+from+Source+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29F+Adapted+from+Source+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Charles DiSimone  + (Charles+DiSimone%27s+research+interests+in … Charles+DiSimone%27s+research+interests+include+the+applications+of+philological+and+critical+analysis+of+Buddhist+s%C5%ABtra+manuscripts+and+literature%2C+both+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+and+Mainstream%2C+in+order+to+explore+issues+of+intertextuality%2C+translation%2C+and+canonicity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fugent.academia.edu%2FCharlesDiSimone+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29imone+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29)
• Charles Goodman  + (Charles+Goodman+is+Professor+in+the+Philos … Charles+Goodman+is+Professor+in+the+Philosophy+Department+and+the+Department+of+Asian+and+Asian-American+Studies+at+Binghamton+University.+His+first+book+was+%27%27Consequences+of+Compassion%3A+An+Interpretation+and+Defense+of+Buddhist+Ethics%27%27+%282009%29.+As+a+member+of+the+Cowherds+collaboration%2C+he+is+also+a+co-author+of+%27%27Moonpaths%3A+Ethics+and+Emptiness%27%27+%282016%29.+Recently+he+published+the+first+complete+translation+of+the+%27%27%C5%9Aik%E1%B9%A3%C4%81-samuccaya%27%27+in+over+ninety+years%2C+entitled+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fresearch.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FThe_Training_Anthology_of_%25C5%259A%25C4%2581ntideva+%27%27The+Training+Anthology+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27%27%5D+%282016%29.%0A%0ACharles+holds+a+BA+in+Physics+from+Harvard+University+and+a+Ph.D.+in+Philosophy+from+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+Ann+Arbor.+He+has+published+numerous+articles+and+book+chapters+on+the+works+of+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhist+philosophers%2C+including+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%2C+Bh%C4%81vaviveka%2C+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%2C+Dharmak%C4%ABrti%2C+and+Vasubandhu.+His+work+emphasizes+aspects+of+Buddhist+thought+that+can+offer+valuable+insights+for+the+philosophy+of+today.+Charles+has+also+published+several+articles+on+applied+ethics+and+political+philosophy+in+the+Western+tradition.+His+writings+on+Buddhist+philosophy+have+explored+a+range+of+topics%2C+including+ethical+theory%2C+conceptions+of+well-being%2C+free+will%2C+and+personal+identity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.binghamton.edu%2Faaas%2Ffaculty%2Fprofile.html%3Fid%3Dcgoodman+Source+Accessed+Mar+29%2C+2021%5D%29odman+Source+Accessed+Mar+29%2C+2021%5D%29)
• Charles Hallisey  + (Charles+Hallisey+served+on+the+Committee+o … Charles+Hallisey+served+on+the+Committee+on+the+Study+of+Religion+at+Harvard+from+1991+to+2000%2C+and+then+again+in+2007+when+he+joined+the+Faculty+of+Divinity.+Prior+to+returning+to+Harvard%2C+he+was+Associate+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Languages+and+Cultures+of+Asia+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin.+Since+January+2005%2C+he+had+also+been+director+of+Wisconsin%27s+Religious+Studies+Program.+His+research+centers+on+Theravada+Buddhism+in+Sri+Lanka+and+Southeast+Asia%2C+Pali+language+and+literature%2C+Buddhist+ethics%2C+literature+in+Buddhist+culture.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+book+project+entitled+%27%27Flowers+on+the+Tree+of+Poetry%3A+The+Moral+Economy+of+Literature+in+Buddhist+Sri+Lanka%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu%2Fpeople%2Fcharles-hallisey+Source+Accessed+Mar+10%2C+2021%5D%29lisey+Source+Accessed+Mar+10%2C+2021%5D%29)
• Charles Luk  + (Charles+Luk+%281898-1978%29+%28simplified+ … Charles+Luk+%281898-1978%29+%28simplified+Chinese%3A+%E9%99%86%E5%AE%BD%E6%98%B1%3B+traditional+Chinese%3A+%E9%99%B8%E5%AF%AC%E6%98%B1%3B+pinyin%3A+L%C3%B9+Ku%C4%81ny%C3%B9%3B+Wade%E2%80%93Giles%3A+Lu+K%27uan+Y%C3%BC%3B+Jyutping%3A+Luhk+F%C5%ABn-Y%C5%ABk%29+was+an+early+translator+of+Chinese+Buddhist+texts+and+commentaries+into+the+English+language.+He+was+born+in+Guangdong+province%2C+and+moved+later+to+Hong+Kong%2C+where+he+wrote+most+of+his+books.%0A%0ACharles+Luk+often+used+the+title+Up%C4%81saka+%28%E5%B1%85%E5%A3%AB%29%2C+e.g.+%22Up%C4%81saka+Lu+K%27uan+Y%C3%BC%22+%28%E9%99%B8%E5%AF%AC%E6%98%B1%E5%B1%85%E5%A3%AB%29%2C+referring+to+his+role+as+a+devout+lay+follower+of+Buddhism.+His+first+Buddhist+teacher+was+a+tulku+of+Esoteric+Buddhism%2C+the+Khutuktu+of+Xikang.+Later+he+became+a+disciple+of+Hsu+Yun%2C+the+famous+inheritor+of+all+five+houses+of+the+Ch%C3%A1n+school+in+China.%5B1%5D+Master+Hsu+Yun+personally+asked+Charles+Luk+to+translate+key+Chinese+Buddhist+texts+into+English%2C+so+that+Western+Buddhists+could+have+access+to+authentic+teachings+to+assist+their+practice.+Upon+his+death+in+1978%2C+this+task+was+taken+on+by+his+British+disciple+Richard+Hunn+%281949%E2%80%932006%29%2C+also+known+as+Upasaka+Wen+Shu+-+who+edited+the+1988+Element+edition+of+Charles+Luk%27s+book+entitled+%27%27Empty+Cloud%3A+The+Autobiography+of+the+Chinese+Zen+Master+Xu+Yun%27%27.%0A%0ACharles+Luk+contributed+broadly+to+Buddhist+publications+in+India%2C+London%2C+Paris%2C+and+New+York.%0A%0ATranslations%3A%0A%0A%2A%27%27Shurangama+Sutra%27%27+%281966%29%0A%2A%27%27Platform+Sutra%27%27%0A%2A%27%27Vimalakirti+Sutra%27%27+%281972%29%0A%2ASome+works+on+Daoist+Neidan+meditation.%0A%0AOther+works%3A%0A%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+First+Series%27%27+%281960%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Secrets+of+Chinese+Meditation%27%27+%281964%29%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+Second+Series%27%27+%281971%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Practical+Buddhism%27%27%2C+Rider%2C+%281971%29%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+Third+Series%27%27+%281973%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Taoist+Yoga%3A+Alchemy+And+Immortality%27%27+%281973%29%0A%2A%27%27Empty+Cloud%3A+The+Autobiography+of+the+Chinese+Zen+Master+Xu+Yun%27%27+%281974%29%0A%2A%27%27The+Transmission+of+the+Mind%3A+Outside+the+Teaching%27%27+%281974%29%0A%2A%27%27Master+Hsu+Yun%27s+Discourses+and+Dharma+Words%27%27+%281996%29+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharles_Luk+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2022%5D%29s_Luk+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2022%5D%29)
• Charles Manson  + (Charles+Manson+lived+at+Samyeling+in+the+U … Charles+Manson+lived+at+Samyeling+in+the+UK+and+studied+and+practiced+Buddhism+extensively+there%2C+later+traveling+in+Tibet+and+studying+the+second+Karmapa%2C+Karma+Pakshi+in+particular.+He+received+his+BA+degree+from+SOAS%2C+and+MTS+degree+from+Harvard+Divinity+School+%28Tibetan+Buddhism%29.+In+addition+to+teaching+at+SOAS%2C+he+is+currently+Tibetan+Subject+Librarian+for+the+Bodleian+Library%2C+Oxford.+He+maintains+%27%27Bod+Blog%27%27+%28yeshiuk.blogspot.com%29%2C+a+blog+relating+to+the+Tibetan+Collection+at+the+Bodleian.+He+also+writes+for+BDRC+regularly+and+maintains+the+Facebook+page%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftibetanoxfords%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftibetanoxford)
• Charles S. Prebish  + (Charles+Prebish+came+to+Utah+State+Univers … Charles+Prebish+came+to+Utah+State+University+in+January+2007+following+more+than+thirty-five+years+on+the+faculty+of+the+Pennsylvania+State+University.+During+his+tenure+at+Utah+State+University%2C+he+was+the+first+holder+of+the+Charles+Redd+Endowed+Chair+in+Religious+Studies+and+served+as+Director+of+the+Religious+Studies+Program.+During+his+career%2C+Dr.+Prebish+published+more+than+twenty+books+and+nearly+one+hundred+scholarly+articles+and+chapters.+His+books+Buddhist+Monastic+Discipline+%281975%29+and+Luminous+Passage%3A+The+Practice+and+Study+of+Buddhism+in+America+%281999%29+are+considered+classic+volumes+in+Buddhist+Studies.+Dr.+Prebish+remains+the+leading+pioneer+in+the+establishment+of+the+study+of+Western+Buddhism+as+a+sub-discipline+in+Buddhist+Studies.+In+1993+he+held+the+Visiting+Numata+Chair+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Calgary%2C+and+in+1997+was+awarded+a+Rockefeller+Foundation+National+Humanities+Fellowship+for+research+at+the+University+of+Toronto.+Dr.+Prebish+has+been+an+officer+in+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%2C+and+was+co-founder+of+the+Buddhism+Section+of+the+American+Academy+of+Religion.+In+1994%2C+he+co-founded+the+Journal+of+Buddhist+Ethics%2C+which+was+the+first+online+peer-reviewed+journal+in+the+field+of+Buddhist+Studies%3B+and+in+1996%2C+co-founded+the+Routledge+%22Critical+Studies+in+Buddhism%22+series.+He+has+also+served+as+editor+of+the+Journal+of+Global+Buddhism+and+Critical+Review+of+Books+in+Religion.+In+2005%2C+he+was+honored+with+a+%22festschrift%22+volume+by+his+colleagues+titled+Buddhist+Studies+from+India+to+America%3A+Essays+in+Honor+of+Charles+S.+Prebish.+Dr.+Prebish+retired+from+Utah+State+University+on+December+31%2C+2010%2C+and+was+awarded+emeritus+status.+He+currently+resides+in+State+College%2C+Pennsylvania.%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCharles-S.-Prebish%2Fe%2FB001IXTTO6%2Fref%3Dntt_dp_epwbk_0+Source+Accessed+Oct+21%2C+2015%5D%29wbk_0+Source+Accessed+Oct+21%2C+2015%5D%29)
• Charles Hastings  + (Charles+has+been+a+Dharma+practitioner+and … Charles+has+been+a+Dharma+practitioner+and+scholar+for+over+fifty+years%2C+and+was+one+of+the+founding+members+of+Padmakara+Translation+Group.+Charles+is+one+of+our+in-house+editors+and+a+mentor+for+junior+editors+and+translators.+He+brings+both+editorial+skills+and+a+wealth+of+Dharma+knowledge+and+experience+to+his+role.+%0ACharles%E2%80%99+adventure+with+the+Dharma+started+in+1968.+He+has+had+the+great+privilege+of+receiving+teachings+from+great+masters%2C+including+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche+and+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+and+had+the+immense+fortune+to+spend+two+years+in+India+with+his+root+teacher%2C+Kyabje+Kangyur+Rinpoche.+Charles+has+completed+about+nine+years+of+retreat%2C+including+two+traditional+three-year+retreats+in+Dordogne%2C+France%2C+as+well+as+a+couple+of+shorter+retreats.+During+these+retreats+he+received+detailed+instructions+on+the+nine+y%C4%81nas+and+had+the+opportunity+to+put+them+into+practice+intensively.%0A%0ACharles+has+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Asian+languages+from+Cambridge+University%2C+where+he+studied+archaeology+and+anthropology.+He+also+studied+Sanskrit%2C+Prakrits%2C+and+P%C4%81li+under+Professor+K.R.+Norman%2C+whose+methodology+and+rigor+continue+to+inspire+his+approach+to+translation+and+mentoring.+Charles+was+cotranslator+of+the+renowned+translation+of+Patrul+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+The+Words+of+My+Perfect+Teacher%2C+which+attempts+to+reflect+the+verve+of+the+original+in+a+way+that+is+comprehensible+and+inspiring+for+modern+readers.+He+has+translated+two+books+by+his+long-time+friend+Matthieu+Ricard+from+French+into+English.+He+has+also+worked+as+an+editor+for+84000%2C+mainly+working+on+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81+texts.+%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.khyentsevision.org%2Fteam%2Fcharles-hastings%2F+Source+Accessed+May+25th%2C+2023%5D%29%2F+Source+Accessed+May+25th%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Charles Joseph de Harlez  + (Charles-Joseph+de+Harlez+de+Deulin+%28Li%C … Charles-Joseph+de+Harlez+de+Deulin+%28Li%C3%A8ge%2C+21+August+1832+%E2%80%93+Leuven%2C+14+July+1899%29+was+a+Belgian+Orientalist%2C+domestic+prelate%2C+canon+of+the+cathedral+of+Li%C3%A8ge%2C+and+member+of+the+Academie+Royale+of+Belgium%2C+who+studied+and+translated+the+Zoroastrian+holy+texts.%0A%0AThe+family+of+de+Harlez+was+an+old+and+noble+family+of+Li%C3%A8ge.+On+completing+his+ordinary+college+course+de+Harlez+devoted+himself+to+the+study+of+law+in+the+University+of+Li%C3%A8ge.+His+success+in+legal+studies+was+considerable%2C+and+a+strong+doctorate+examination+brought+his+career+at+the+law+school+to+a+close.+His+family+connections+and+his+own+ability+gave+promise+of+a+bright+future%2C+but%2C+growing+dissatisfied+with+the+law%2C+de+Harlez+soon+abandoned+the+legal+profession+altogether.%0A%0AHe+then+took+up+the+study+of+theology%2C+and+in+1858+was+ordained+priest.+After+his+ordination+he+was+appointed+director+of+the+college+of+Saint-Quirin+in+Huy.+In+1867+he+was+put+in+charge+of+a+new+arts+school+which+had+been+established+for+young+ecclesiastics+in+connection+with+the+Catholic+University+of+Louvain.+This+position+he+held+for+four+years.+An+old+predilection+for+Oriental+studies+began+then+to+make+itself+felt+again+in+him.+He+was+appointed+to+a+professorship+in+the+Oriental+department+of+the+Louvain+Catholic+University+in+1871+and+devoted+himself+with+energy+to+the+study+of+the+Zoroastrian+Sacred+book+-+the+Avesta+-+of+which+he+published+a+translation+%281875%E2%80%9377%29.%0A%0ASpiegel+had+already+translated+the+Avesta+into+German+and+Anqueil-Duperron+had+attempted+a+translation+into+French.+The+translation+of+de+Harlez+was+an+addition+to+Avesta+exegesis%2C+and+the+second+edition+of+the+work+appeared+in+1881.+The+relationship+between+the+Rig+Veda+and+the+Avesta+were+not+yet+fully+understood%2C+de+Harlez+set+himself+to+determine+it.+He+emphasized+the+differences%2C+in+spite+of+many+apparent+agreements%2C+between+the+two+texts.+His+view+met+with+much+opposition%2C+but+some+of+his+opponents+-+for+instance+James+Darmesteter+-+reportedly+came+round+to+his+point+of+view.%0A%0AIn+1883+Mgr+de+Harlez+turned+to+a+new+department-the+language+and+literature+of+China.+In+this+department+he+was+chiefly+attracted+by+the+problems+of+the+ancient+Chinese+religion.+He+shows+everywhere+in+his+works+this+same+taste+for+the+study+of+religious+developments%2C+and+founded+and+became+first+chief+editor+of+a+journal%2C+Mus%C3%A9on%2C+which+was+intended+to+be+devoted+to+the+objective+study+of+history+generally+and+of+religious+history+in+particular.+It+was+founded+in+1881%2C+and+many+of+the+most+important+of+its+early+articles+were+contributed+by+de+Harlez.+Though+he+was+editor+of+the+%22Mus%C3%A9on%22+and+still+a+keen+student+of+Iranian+and+Chinese%2C+de+Harlez+had+time+for+other+work.+He+was+all+the+time+professor+of+Sanskrit+in+the+university+and+produced+a+Sanskrit+manual+for+the+use+of+his+students.%0A%0AHe+also+made+himself+familiar+with+Manchu+literature%2C+and+in+1884+he+published+in+Louvain+a+handbook+of+the+Manchu+language.+Under+him+the+school+of+Louvain+Oriental+studies+flourished.+The+M%C3%A9langes+Charles+de+Harlez+%28Leyden.+1896%29%2C+a+collection+of+more+than+fifty+scientific+articles+written+by+scholars+of+all+countries+and+creeds%2C+was+presented+to+him+on+the+twenty-fifth+anniversary+of+his+Louvain+professorship.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharles-Joseph_de_Harlez_de_Deulin+Source+Accessed+Apr+18%2C+2022%5D%29eulin+Source+Accessed+Apr+18%2C+2022%5D%29)
• Charlotte Furth  + (Charlotte+Davis+Furth+%28January+22%2C+193 … Charlotte+Davis+Furth+%28January+22%2C+1934+%E2%80%93+June+19%2C+2022%29+was+an+American+scholar+of+Chinese+history.+She+was+a+professor+at+California+State+University%2C+Long+Beach%2C+and+at+the+University+of+Southern+California.+She+was+awarded+a+Guggenheim+Fellowship+and+a+Fulbright+fellowship+for+her+research%2C+and+published+several+books.%0A%0AFurth+taught+history+for+23+years+at+the+California+State+University%2C+Long+Beach+%28CSULB%29%2C+until+1989%2C+and+then+for+18+more+years+at+the+University+of+Southern+California+%28USC%29.+In+1972+she+was+awarded+a+Guggenheim+Fellowship.+She+taught+at+Beijing+University+in+1981+and+1982%2C+one+of+the+first+American+Fulbright+fellows+admitted+to+teach+in+China+after+the+Cultural+Revolution.+She+retired+with+emeritus+status+from+USC+in+2008.+In+2012+she+was+honored+by+the+Association+for+Asian+Studies+with+an+award+for+her+%22distinguished+contributions+to+Asian+Studies.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharlotte_Furth+Source+Accessed+June+19%2C+2023%5D%29urth+Source+Accessed+June+19%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Charlotte Freeman  + (Charlotte+Freeman%2C+a+SOAS+PhD+student%2C … Charlotte+Freeman%2C+a+SOAS+PhD+student%2C+has+for+the+past+five+or+more+years+been+working+under+the+supervision+of+Dr+Piatigorsky+on+the+%27%27Ak%E1%B9%A3yamatinirde%C5%9Ba-s%C5%ABtra%27%27+and+its+commentary+by+Vasubandhu.+%28Source%3A+The+Buddhist+Forum%2C+Vol.+2%298Source%3A+The+Buddhist+Forum%2C+Vol.+2%29)
• Charlotte Mandell  + (Charlotte+Mandell+%28born+1968%29+is+an+Am … Charlotte+Mandell+%28born+1968%29+is+an+American+literary+translator.+She+has+translated+many+works+of+poetry%2C+fiction+and+philosophy+from+French+to+English%2C+including+work+by+Honor%C3%A9+de+Balzac%2C+Gustave+Flaubert%2C+Jules+Verne%2C+Guy+de+Maupassant%2C+Marcel+Proust%2C+Maurice+Blanchot%2C+Antoine+de+Baecque%2C+Abdelwahab+Meddeb%2C+Bernard-Henri+L%C3%A9vy%2C+Jean-Luc+Nancy%2C+Mathias+%C3%89nard+and+Jonathan+Littell.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharlotte_Mandell+Source+Accessed+Apr+4%2C+2025%5D%29andell+Source+Accessed+Apr+4%2C+2025%5D%29)
• Chen-kuo Lin  + (Chen-kuo+Lin+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Budd … Chen-kuo+Lin+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Buddhist+Philosophy+at+National+Chengchi+University.+He+also+serves+as+Director+of+the+Sheng+Yen+Center+for+Chinese+Buddhist+Studies.+Currently+there+are+four+research+projects+under+his+supervision%3A+%281%29+%22An+Annotated+Translation+of+Dharmap%C4%81la%E2%80%99s+Cheng+weishi+baosheng+lun%2C%22+%282%29+%22Exploring+Buddhism+in+Early+Modern+East+Asia+through+the+Manuscripts+and+Rare+Copies%2C%22+%283%29+%22Mapping+the+Buddhist+Scholasticism+during+the+Edo+Period%2C%22+and+%284%29+%22Re-examining+the+Philosophical+Debate+between+Bh%C4%81viveka+and+Dharmap%C4%81la+in+the+Sino-Indic+Buddhist+Context.%22+His+recent+research+focuses+on+epistemology+in+Chinese+Buddhism+and+application+of+syllogism+in+Buddhist+hermeneutics.+He+is+the+author+of+three+books%3A+%27%27Emptiness+and+Method%3A+Explorations+in+Cross-Cultural+Buddhist+Philosophy%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+The+NCCU+Press%2C+2012%29%2C+%27%27Emptiness+and+Modernity%3A+From+the+Kyoto+School%2C+Modern+Neo-Confucianism+to+Multivocal+Hermeneutics%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+New+Century+Publication%2C+1999%29%2C+%27%27A+Passage+of+Dialectics%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+New+Century+Publication%2C+2002%29%2C+and+several+articles+in+Journal+of+Chinese+Philosophy%2C+Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%2C+Dao%3A+A+Journal+of+Comparative+Philosophy+and+Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies.+His+recent+edited+volumes+include+%281%29+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%3A+Articulating+Indic+Ideas+in+Sixth+and+Seventh+Century+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27%2C+co-edited+with+Michael+Radich+%28Hamburg%3A+University+of+Hamburg+Press%2C+2014%29%2C+%282%29+%27%27A+Collection+of+the+Rare+Manuscripts+of+the+Commentaries+on+Dign%C4%81ga%E2%80%99s+%C4%80lamabanapar%C4%ABk%E1%B9%A3%C4%81+in+Early+Modern+East+Asia%27%27%2C+co-edited+with+Kaiting+Jien+%28Kaohsiung%3A+Fo+Guang+Publishing+Co.%2C+2018%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhica.nccu.edu.tw%2Fpeople%2Fcklin+Source+Accessed+July+23%2C+2020%5D%29klin+Source+Accessed+July+23%2C+2020%5D%29)
• Shih Cheng-Yen  + (Cheng+Yen+or+Shih+Cheng+Yen+%28Chinese%3A+ … Cheng+Yen+or+Shih+Cheng+Yen+%28Chinese%3A+%E8%AD%89%E5%9A%B4%E6%B3%95%E5%B8%AB%2C+%E9%87%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%9A%B4%3B+pinyin%3A+Zh%C3%A8ngy%C3%A1n+F%C7%8Esh%C4%AB%3B+born+Chin-Yun+Wong%3B+14+May+1937%29+is+a+Taiwanese+Buddhist+nun+%28bhikkhuni%29%2C+teacher%2C+and+philanthropist.+She+is+the+founder+of+the+Buddhist+Compassion+Relief+Tzu+Chi+Foundation%2C+ordinarily+referred+to+as+Tzu+Chi%2C+a+Buddhist+humanitarian+organization+based+in+Taiwan.+In+the+West%2C+she+is+sometimes+referred+to+as+the+%22Mother+Teresa+of+Asia%22.%0A%0ACheng+Yen+was+born+in+Taiwan+during+the+Japanese+occupation.+She+developed+an+interest+in+Buddhism+as+a+young+adult%2C+ordaining+as+a+Buddhist+nun+in+1963+under+the+well+known+proponent+of+humanistic+Buddhism%2C+master+Yin+Shun.+After+an+encounter+with+a+poor+woman+who+had+a+miscarriage%2C+and+a+conversation+with+Roman+Catholic+nuns+who+talked+about+the+various+charity+work+of+the+Catholic+Church%2C+Cheng+Yen+founded+the+Tzu+Chi+Foundation+in+1966+as+a+Buddhist+humanitarian+organization.+The+organization+began+as+a+group+of+thirty+housewives+who+saved+money+for+needy+families.+Tzu+Chi+gradually+grew+in+popularity+and+expanded+its+services+over+time+to+include+medical%2C+environmental%2C+and+disaster+relief+work%2C+eventually+becoming+one+of+the+largest+humanitarian+organizations+in+the+world%2C+and+the+largest+Buddhist+organization+in+Taiwan.%0A%0ACheng+Yen+is+considered+to+be+one+of+the+most+influential+figures+in+the+development+of+modern+Taiwanese+Buddhism.+In+Taiwan%2C+she+is+popularly+referred+to+and+is+the+last+surviving+of+the+%22Four+Heavenly+Kings%22+of+Taiwanese+Buddhism%2C+along+with+her+contemporaries+Sheng-yen+of+Dharma+Drum+Mountain%2C+Hsing+Yun+of+Fo+Guang+Shan+and+Wei+Chueh+of+Chung+Tai+Shan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCheng_Yen+Source+Accessed+Aug+8%2C+2023%5D%29ng_Yen+Source+Accessed+Aug+8%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Chi-chiang Huang  + (Chi-chiang+Huang%2C+professor+of+Chinese+s … Chi-chiang+Huang%2C+professor+of+Chinese+studies+at+Hobart+and+William+Smith+Colleges%2C+is+one+of+the+preeminent+specialists+on+Buddhism+during+the+Sung+Dynasty.+His+publications+include+%27%27Studies+in+Northern+Sung+Buddhism%27%27+%28in+Chinese%29+as+well+as+numerous+articles+in+English+on+Sung+society+and+Buddhism.+%28Source%3A+Robert+E.+Buswell+Jr.%2C+%22About+the+Contributors%22%2C+in+%27%27Currents+and+Countercurrents%3A+Korean+Influences+on+the+East+Asian+Buddhist+Traditions%27%27%2C+University+of+Hawai%27i+Press%2C+2005%2C+277%29rsity+of+Hawai%27i+Press%2C+2005%2C+277%29)
• Chien-hsing Ho  + (Chien-hsing+Ho+%E4%BD%95%E5%BB%BA%E8%88%88 … Chien-hsing+Ho+%E4%BD%95%E5%BB%BA%E8%88%88+is+an+Associate+Professor+in+the+Graduate+Institute+of+Religious+Studies+at+Nanhua+University%2C+Taiwan.+He+received+his+doctorate+in+philosophy+from+the+University+of+Delhi%2C+India+in+1999.+He+specializes+in+Indian+and+Chinese+Madhyamaka%2C+Buddhist+epistemology%2C+and+the+Buddhist+philosophy+of+language%2C+with+additional+research+interests+in+Chan+Buddhism%2C+Daoist+philosophy%2C+Indian+philosophy%2C+and+comparative+philosophy.+He+has+published+articles+in+such+international+refereed+journals+as+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%3B+%27%27Dao%3A+A+Journal+of+Comparative+Philosophy%27%27%3B+%27%27Asian+Philosophy%27%27%3B+the+%27%27Journal+of+Chinese+Philosophy%27%27%3B+and+the+%27%27Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%27%27.+He+is+currently+planning+a+book+in+English+on+Chinese+Madhyamaka.+%28Source%3A+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%27%27%2C+about+the+authors%2C+530%29irror%27%27%2C+about+the+authors%2C+530%29)

• Chigaku Satō  + (Chigaku+Sat%C5%8D+is+a+Researcher+at+Kyushu+University.)

• Chih-Mien Adrian Tseng  + (Chih-Mien+Adrian+Tseng+is+Assistant+Profes … Chih-Mien+Adrian+Tseng+is+Assistant+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+Fo+Guang+University+in+Taiwan.+She+received+her+PhD+from+McMaster+University+in+Ontario+Canada.+Her+area+of+research+includes+Chinese+Buddhist+thought+of+medieval+China+and+the+concept+of+buddha-nature+in+Chinese+Buddhism.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhist.fgu.edu.tw%2Fen%2Fperson%2F-C-M-Adrian-TSENG-90195673%23+Source+Accessed+Aug+7%2C+2020%5D%29673%23+Source+Accessed+Aug+7%2C+2020%5D%29)
• Chikao Tsuchida  + (Chikao+Tsuchida+was+a+notable+Buddhist+sch … Chikao+Tsuchida+was+a+notable+Buddhist+scholar+who+made+significant+contributions+to+the+field+of+Buddhist+studies.+He+is+particularly+recognized+for+his+work+on+important+Buddhist+texts.%0A%0ATsuchida+collaborated+with+Unrai+Wogihara+on+editing+and+publishing+critical+editions+of+Buddhist+scriptures.+One+of+their+most+notable+works+was+an+edition+of+the+%27%27Saddharmapu%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dar%C4%ABka-s%C5%ABtram%27%27%2C+an+important+Mahayana+Buddhist+text+also+known+as+the+%27%27Lotus+Sutra%27%27.+This+publication%2C+which+took+place+in+Tokyo%2C+has+been+cited+and+referenced+by+other+scholars+in+the+field+of+Buddhist+studies.scholars+in+the+field+of+Buddhist+studies.)
• Mchims 'jam pa'i dbyangs  + (Chim+Jamp%C3%A9+Yang+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%98%E0% … Chim+Jamp%C3%A9+Yang+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%87%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%84%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%2C+Wyl.+%27%27mchims+%27jam+pa%27i+dbyangs%27%27%29+%2813th+century%29+%E2%80%94+author+of+the+most+famous+Tibetan+commentary+on+Vasubandhu%27s+%27%27Abhidharmakosha%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Ornament+of+Abhidharma%27%27%2C+often+known+simply+as+the+%27Chim+Dz%C3%B6%27+or+%27Chim+Chen%27.+Here+large+%28chen%29+is+referring+to+the+size+of+his+commentary.+Some+traditions+identify+the+author+of+this+text+with+Chim+Namkha+Drak.%0A%0AHis+teacher+was+Chim+Lozang+Drakpa%2C+who+is+known+as+The+Omniscient+Chim%2C+and+who+is+the+author+of+the+%27Chim+chung%27%2C+the+smaller+commentary.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DChim_Jamp%25C3%25A9_Yang+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29DChim_Jamp%25C3%25A9_Yang+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29)
• Chim Namkha Drakpa  + (Chim+Namkha+Drak+%28mchims+nam+mkha%27+gra … Chim+Namkha+Drak+%28mchims+nam+mkha%27+grags%29+was+born+in+Mondoi+Kau+%28smon+%27gro%27i+kha%27u%29+in+Upper+Nyang+%28myang+stod%29%2C+in+U%2C+in+1210%2C+the+iron-horse+year+of+the+fourteenth+sexagenary+cycle.+He+was+of+the+Chim+%28mchims%29+clan.+His+parents+were+named+Dargon+%28dar+mgon%29+and+Lhemen+%28lhas+sman%29%3B+his+father%27s+family+claimed+descent+from+Chim+Dorje+Drelching+%28mchims+rdor+rje+sprel+chung%29%2C+a+minister+to+the+Tibetan+king%2C+Tri+Songdeutsen+%28khri+srong+lde%27u+btsan%2C+742-797%29.%0A%0AHe+took+novice+vows+and+later+full+monastic+ordinations+by+a+lama+named+Pelden+Dromoche+%28dpal+ldan+gro+mo+che%29%2C+who+was+possibly+the+same+person+as+the+fourth+abbot+of+Nartang+Monastery+%28snar+thang+dgon%29%2C+Droton+Dutsi+Drakpa+%28gro+ston+bdud+rtsi+grags+pa%2C+1153-1232%29%2C+one+of+his+main+teachers.%0A%0AHe+studied+the+texts+of+the+Kadam+tradition+with+several+masters%2C+including+the+fifth+abbot+of+Nartang%2C+Zhangton+Chokyi+Lama+%28zhang+ston+chos+kyi+bla+ma%2C+1184-1241%29%3B+the+sixth+abbot+of+Nartang%2C+Sanggye+Gompa+Sengge+Kyab+%28sangs+rgyas+sgom+pa+seng+ge+skyabs%2C+1179-1250%29%3B+Chim+Loten+Nyamme+%28mchims+blo+brtan+mnyam+med%2C+d.u.%29%3B+Geshe+Tashi+Gangpa+%28dge+bshes+bkra+shis+sgang+pa%2C+d.u.%29%3B+Drubtob+Ma%E1%B9%87i+H%C5%AB%E1%B9%83bar+%28grub+thob+ma+Ni+hUM+%27bar%2C+d.u.%29.+Tashi+Gangpa+transmitted+the+Avalokite%C5%9Bvara+teachings+passed+from+Jangsem+Dawa+Gyeltsen+%28byang+sems+zla+ba+rgyal+mtshan%2C+d.u%29.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FChim-Namkha-Drak%2F2181+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29Namkha-Drak%2F2181+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29)
• Shenhui  + (Chinese+Chan+master+and+reputed+main+disci … Chinese+Chan+master+and+reputed+main+disciple+of+the+sixth+patriarch+Huineng%3B+his+collateral+branch+of+Huineng%E2%80%99s+lineage+is+sometimes+referred+to+as+the+Heze+school.+Shenhui+was+a+native+of+Xiangyang+in+present-day+Hubei+province.+He+became+a+monk+under+the+master+Haoyuan+%28d.u.%29+of+the+monastery+of+Kuochangsi+in+his+hometown+of+Xiangyang.+In+704%2C+Shenhui+received+the+full+monastic+precepts+in+Chang%27an%2C+and+extant+sources+provide+differing+stories+of+Shenhui%27s+whereabouts+thereafter.+He+is+said+to+have+become+a+student+of+Shenxiu+and+later+visited+Mt.+Caoxi+where+he+studied+under+Huineng+until+the+master%27s+death+in+713.+After+several+years+of+traveling%2C+Shenhui+settled+down+in+720+at+the+monastery+of+Longxingsi+in+Nanyang+%28present-day+Henan+province%29.+In+732%2C+during+an+%22unrestricted+assembly%22+%28wuzhe+dahui%29+held+at+the+monastery+Dayunsi+in+Huatai%2C+Shenhui+engaged+a+monk+by+the+name+of+Chongyuan+%28d.u.%29+and+publicly+criticized+the+so-called+Bei+zong+%28Northern+school%29+of+Shenxiu%E2%80%99s+disciples+Puji+and+Xiangmo+Zang+as+being+a+mere+collateral+branch+of+Bodhidharma%27s+lineage+that+upheld+a+gradualist+soteriological+teaching.+Shenhui+also+argued+that+his+teacher+Huineng+had+received+the+orthodox+transmission+of+Bodhidharma%27s+lineage+and+his+%22sudden+teaching%22+%28dunjiao%29.+In+745%2C+Shenhui+is+said+to+have+moved+to+the+monastery+of+Hezesi+in+Luoyang%2C+whence+he+acquired+his+toponym.+He+was+cast+out+of+Luoyang+by+a+powerful+Northern+school+follower+in+753.+Obeying+an+imperial+edict%2C+Shenhui+relocated+to+the+monastery+of+Kaiyuansi+in+Jingzhou+%28present-day+Hubei+province%29+and+assisted+the+government+financially+by+performing+mass+ordinations+after+the+economic+havoc+wrought+by+the+An+Lushan+rebellion+in+755.+He+was+later+given+the+posthumous+title+Great+Master+Zhenzong+%28Authentic+Tradition%29.+Shenhui+also+plays+a+minor%2C+yet+important%2C+role+in+the+%27%27Liuzu+tan+jing%27%27+%28%22Platform+S%C5%ABtra+of+the+Sixth+Patriarch%22%29.+A+treatise+entitled+the+%27%27Xianzongji%27%27%2C+preserved+as+part+of+the+%27%27Jingde+chuandeng+lu%27%27%2C+is+attributed+to+Shenhui.+Several+other+treatises+attributed+to+Shenhui+were+also+discovered+at+Dunhuang.+Shenhui%27s+approach+to+Chan+practice+was+extremely+influential+in+Guifeng+Zongmi%27s+attempts+to+reconcile+different+strands+of+Chan%2C+and+even+doctrine%2C+later+in+the+Tang+dynasty%3B+through+Zongmi%2C+Shenhui%27s+teachings+also+became+a+critical+component+of+the+Korean+S%C7%92n+master+Pojo+Chinul%E2%80%99s+accounts+of+Chan+soteriology+and+meditation.+%28Source%3A+%22Heze+Shenhui.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+349.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)
• Ching Keng  + (Ching+Keng+%E8%80%BF%E6%99%B4+is+Assistant … Ching+Keng+%E8%80%BF%E6%99%B4+is+Assistant+Professor+at+the+Department+of+Philosophy%2C+National+Chengchi+University%2C+Taipei%2C+Taiwan.+His+field+of+research+is+Yog%C3%A2c%C4%81ra+and+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+thought+in+India+and+China+during+the+medieval+period.+He+has+been+part+of+various+research+projects+studying+Dharmap%C4%81la%E2%80%99s+%27%27Commentary+on+the+Vi%E1%B9%83%C5%9Bik%C4%81+of+Vasubandhu%27%27+and+Dharmap%C4%81la%E2%80%99s+%27%27Commentary+on+the+%E2%80%82%C4%80lambanapar%C4%ABk%E1%B9%A3%C4%81+of+Dign%C4%81ga%27%27%2C+W%C5%8Fnch%E2%80%99uk%E2%80%99s+%27%27Commentary+on+the+Sa%E1%B9%83dhinirmocana-s%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+and+the+development+of+the+Three-Nature+theory+%28%27%27trisvabh%C4%81va-nirde%C5%9Ba%27%27%29+in+Yog%C3%A2c%C4%81ra.+Among+his+publications+are%3A+his+PhD+dissertation%2C+entitled+%E2%80%9CYog%C3%A2c%C4%81ra+Buddhism+Transmitted+or+Transformed%3F+Param%C3%A2rtha+%28499-569+CE%29+and+His+Chinese+Disciples%E2%80%9D+%282009%29%3B+and+journal+articles+such+as+%22A+Fundamental+Difficulty+Embedded+in+the+Soteriology+of+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+Thought%3F+%E2%80%93+An+Investigation+Focusing+on+the+%27%27Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga%27%27+%282013%29%2C+and+%22The+Dharma-body+as+the+Disclosure+of+Thusness%3A+On+the+Characterization+of+the+Dharma-body+in+the+%27%27Nengduan+jin%E2%80%99gang+banruo+boluomi+jing+shi%27%27.%22+%282014%29+%28both+written+in+Chinese%29.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhanature.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FBooks%2FA_Distant_Mirror+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%27%27%5D%2C+530%E2%80%9331%29stant+Mirror%27%27%5D%2C+530%E2%80%9331%29)
• Chiwah Chan  + (Chiwah+Chan+completed+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+ … Chiwah+Chan+completed+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+1993+with+a+dissertation+on+%22The+Formation+of+Orthodoxy+in+Sung+Dynasty+Buddhism%3A+Chih-li+and+the+T%27ien-t%27ai+School.%22+He+has+published+widely+on+the+Chinese+Tiantai+tradition.+He+has+served+as+Librarian+for+the+Chinese+Collection+at+Yale+University+and+as+Adjunct+Lecturer+in+Yale%27s+Department+of+East+Asian+Languages+and+Literatures.+Prior+to+that%2C+he+spent+four+years+as+a+cataloger+with+the+international+cooperative+Chinese+Rare+Books+Project%2C+based+in+the+East+Asian+Library+at+Princeton+University.+He+is+now+the+Chinese+Librarian+at+the+University+of+Pennsylvania%2C+where+he+selects+scholarly+resources+to+support+the+University%27s+Chinese+Studies+program%2C+organizes+and+supervises+the+technical+processing+of+these+materials%2C+and+provides+specialized+China-related+reference+and+instructional+services+for+faculty+and+students.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.international.ucla.edu%2Fbuddhist%2Fperson%2F1008+Source+Accessed+Sept+10%2C+2020%5D%291008+Source+Accessed+Sept+10%2C+2020%5D%29)
• Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche  + (Chogyam+Trungpa+%281940%E2%80%931987%29%E2 … Chogyam+Trungpa+%281940%E2%80%931987%29%E2%80%94meditation+master%2C+teacher%2C+and+artist%E2%80%94founded+Naropa+University+in+Boulder%2C+Colorado%2C+the+first+Buddhist-inspired+university+in+North+America%3B+the+Shambhala+Training+program%3B+and+an+international+association+of+meditation+centers+known+as+Shambhala+International.+He+is+the+author+of+numerous+books%2C+including+%27%27%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fshambhala-the-sacred-path-of-the-warrior.html+Shambhala%3A+The+Sacred+Path+of+the+Warrior%5D%27%27%2C+%27%27%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fcutting-through-spiritual-materialism-458.html+Cutting+Through+Spiritual+Materialism%5D%27%27%2C+and+%27%27%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fthe-myth-of-freedom-and-the-way-of-meditation-1073.html+The+Myth+of+Freedom%5D%27%27.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fauthors%2Fo-t%2Fchogyam-trungpa.html%3Flimit%3D90+Source+Accessed+March+20%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0ASee+also+the+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.org%2Fteachers%2Fchogyam-trungpa.php+Shambhala+biography+online%5D.trungpa.php+Shambhala+biography+online%5D.)
• Chokro Lui Gyaltsen  + (Chokro+L%C3%BCi+Gyaltsen+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%85 … Chokro+L%C3%BCi+Gyaltsen+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%85%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BE%B3%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%2C+Wyl.+cog+ro+klu%27i+rgyal+mtshan%29+%E2%80%94+together+with+the+pandita+Jinamitra%2C+he+translated+into+Tibetan%2C+texts+on+Vinaya%2C+as+well+as+important+commentaries+on+the+%27%27Abhidharma-samuccaya%27%27.+With+the+pandita+J%C3%B1anagarbha+he+translated+Nagarjuna%27s+%27%27Mulamadhyamaka-karika%27%27+and+Bhavaviveka%27s+%27%27Praj%C3%B1apradipa%27%27.+He+also+assisted+Vimalamitra+and+Vairotsana+in+translating+many+tantras.%0A%0AAlong+with+Kawa+Paltsek%2C+he+was+sent+to+India+by+king+Trisong+Detsen+to+invite+Vimalamitra+to+Tibet.+He+later+received+the+Vima+Nyingtik+teachings+from+Vimalamitra+in+Samy%C3%A9.%0A%0AHis+later+incarnations+include+Karma+Lingpa.%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DChokro_L%25C3%25BCi_Gyaltsen+Source+Accessed+Oct+1%2C+2025%5D%29altsen+Source+Accessed+Oct+1%2C+2025%5D%29)
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche  + (Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche+is+a+world-renowned+ … Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche+is+a+world-renowned+teacher+and+meditation+master+in+the+Kagyu+and+Nyingma+traditions+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+He+was+born+in+Tibet+in+1951+as+the+oldest+son+of+his+mother+Kunsang+Dechen%2C+a+devoted+Buddhist+practitioner%2C+and+his+father+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche%2C+an+accomplished+master+of+Buddhist+meditation.+As+a+young+child%2C+Chokyi+Nyima%E2%80%94%22Sun+of+the+Dharma%22%E2%80%94was+recognized+as+the+7th+incarnation+of+the+Tibetan+meditation+master+Gar+Drubchen.%0A%0AIn+1959%2C+following+the+Chinese+occupation+of+Tibet%2C+Rinpoche%27s+family+fled+to+India+where+Rinpoche+spent+his+youth+studying+under+some+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%E2%80%99s+most+illustrious+masters%2C+such+as+His+Holiness+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa%2C+Kyabje+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+His+Holiness+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Khunu+Lama+Tenzin+Gyaltsen%2C+and+his+father%2C+Kyabje+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche.%0A%0AIn+1974%2C+Rinpoche+left+India+to+join+his+parents+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%2C+where+he+assisted+them+in+establishing+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery.+Upon+its+completion+in+1976%2C+H.H.+the+Karmapa+enthroned+Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche+as+the+monastery%27s+abbot.+To+this+day%2C+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+remains+the+heart+of+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+ever-growing+mandala+of+activity.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fshedrub.org%2Fabout-us%2F+Shedrub.org%5D%29hedrub.org%2Fabout-us%2F+Shedrub.org%5D%29)
• Chone Drakpa Shedrup  + (Chone+Drakpa+Shedrub+was+a+Geluk+scholar+a … Chone+Drakpa+Shedrub+was+a+Geluk+scholar+and+yogi+famous+for+his++knowledge+of+sutra+and+tantra%2C+who+stood+out+even+among+the+most+learned+scholars+of+his+time.+Educated+at+Sera+and+based+at+Chone%2C+where+he+did+most+of+his+teaching%2C+he+authored+many+commentaries+on+sutra+and+tantra%2C+which+are+collected+in+eleven+volumes.%2C+which+are+collected+in+eleven+volumes.)
• Chökyi Özer (Nom-un gerel)  + (Chos+kyi+%27od+zer+%28Nom-un+gerel%2C+Choi … Chos+kyi+%27od+zer+%28Nom-un+gerel%2C+Choiji+Odser%2C+or+%C4%8Cosgi+Odsir%29+was+a+Uighur+scholar+of+the+Sakya+order+who+translated+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+into+Mongolian+in+1305+%28other+sources+say+1312%2C+see+Baumann%2C+2008%29+and+wrote+a+commentary+on+the+text%2C+of+which+only+a+fragment+remains.+According+to+Liland%27s+MA+thesis+%282009%29%2C+he+flourished+between+1305%E2%80%931321.+According+to+Alexander+Berzin%2C+%22The+first+Buddhist+text+translated+from+Tibetan+into+Mongolian+was+Shantideva%27s+%27%27Engaging+in+Bodhisattva+Behavior%27%27+%28%27%27Byang-chub+sems-dpa%E2%80%99i+spyod-pa-la+%E2%80%98jug-pa%27%27%2C+Skt.+%27%27Bodhisattvacaryavatara%27%27%29.+It+was+prepared+by+the+Uighur+translator+Chokyi+Ozer+%28Chos-kyi+%E2%80%98od-zer%29%2C+during+the+reign+of+the+Mongol+Yuan+Emperor+Khaisan+K%C3%BCl%C3%BCg+%28Chin.+Wuzong%2C+Wu-tsung%2C+1308%E2%80%931311%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudybuddhism.com%2Fen%2Fadvanced-studies%2Fhistory-culture%2Ftransmission-of-buddhism%2Ftraditional-guidelines-for-translating-buddhist-texts+See+Berzin%5D%29.+Vesna+Wallace+also+notes+that+he+was+this+first+to+translate+the+%27%27Four+Medical+Tantras%27%27+from+Tibetan+to+Mongolian.+His+student+was+Shes+rab+seng+ge.ngolian.+His+student+was+Shes+rab+seng+ge.)
• Christopher V. Jones  + (Chris+Jones+completed+doctoral+research+at … Chris+Jones+completed+doctoral+research+at+the+University+of+Oxford+%28St+Peter%E2%80%99s+College%29+in+2015%2C+with+a+thesis+that+explored+the+language+of+selfhood+%28%C4%81tman%29+in+relation+to+teachings+about+buddha-nature+in+Indian+Buddhist+literature.+The+thesis+was+awarded+the+Khyentse+Foundation+Award+for+outstanding+doctoral+research+produced+in+Europe%2C+and+was+the+foundation+for+his+first+monograph+%E2%80%93+The+Buddhist+Self%3A+On+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+and+%C4%80tman.+Jones+spent+three+further+years+researching+and+teaching+at+Oxford+as+a+Postdoctoral+Fellow+of+the+British+Academy%2C+and+is+now+on+a+UK+Arts+and+Humanities+Research+Project+connected+to+the+University+of+Cambridge%2C+associated+also+with+the+University+of+Edinburgh.+His+continuing+research+concerns+predominantly+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhist+thought+as+preserved+across+Sanskrit%2C+Chinese+and+Tibetan+literature%2C+as+well+as+the+boundaries+and+interactions+between+Buddhism+and+other+religious+traditions+in+India+and+elsewhere.+%28Personal+Communication%2C+September+2021%5D%29onal+Communication%2C+September+2021%5D%29)
• Chris Mortensen  + (Chris+Mortensen+is+emeritus+professor+of+p … Chris+Mortensen+is+emeritus+professor+of+philosophy+at+the+University+of+Adelaide+and+a+fellow+of+the+Academy+of+Humanities+of+Australia.+His+research+interests+are+in+logic%2C+metaphysics%2C+philosophy+of+science%2C+and+Buddhism.+His+publications+include+Inconsistent+Mathematics+%281995%29+and+articles+in+the+%27%27Journal+of+Symbolic+Logic%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Journal+of+Philosophical+Logic%27%27%2C+%27%27Synthese%27%27%2C+%27%27Erkenntnis%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Australasian+Journal+of+Philosophy%27%27%2C+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%2C+and+other+journals.+%28Source%3A+%27%27Pointing+at+the+Moon%3A+Buddhism%2C+Logic%2C+Analytic+Philosophy%27%27%29m%2C+Logic%2C+Analytic+Philosophy%27%27%29)
• Chris Tomlinson  + (Chris+Tomlinson+is+the+senior+software+dev … Chris+Tomlinson+is+the+senior+software+developer+at+BDRC.+An+innovative+programmer%2C+hacker%2C+and+researcher+from+Sun+Microsystems+who+had+discovered+Buddhism%2C+she+relied+on+TBRC+to+access+Tibetan+Buddhist+texts+online.+One+day+when+the+site+went+down%2C+she+called+the+office+and+Gene+Smith+picked+up.+Chris+would+spend+the+next+two+decades+as+a+key+technologist+for+BDRC%2C+helping+to+share+the+Dharma+globally+and+transforming+the+way+people+access+Buddhist+literature.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D10162813356912355%26id%3D45559157354%23_%3D_+Source+Accessed+June+28%2C+2023%5D%29%3D_+Source+Accessed+June+28%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Christel Matthias Schröder  + (Christel+Matthias+Schr%C3%B6der+%28born+Ja … Christel+Matthias+Schr%C3%B6der+%28born+January+16+%2C+1915+in+Elsfleth+%3B+%E2%80%A0+March+14+%2C+1996+in+Bremen+%29+was+a+German+Protestant+pastor+and+religious+scholar.%0A%0ASchr%C3%B6der+was+the+son+of+a+senior+government+councilor.+He+studied+Protestant+theology+at+the+University+of+T%C3%BCbingen+and+at+the+University+of+Marburg.+He+received+his+doctorate+phil.+in+Marburg.+He+then+worked+as+a+pastor+in+Jever.+The+British+occupying+forces+appointed+Schr%C3%B6der+as+the+first+post-war+mayor+of+Jever+%28term+of+office%3A+May+8+%2C+1945+to+July+31%2C+1945%29.+In+1951+he+was+initially+appointed+to+the+second+pastorate+at+the+St.+Ansgarii+parish+in+Bremen-Schwachhausen.+He+also+gave+his+sermons+in+Low+German.+He+was+not+only+a+respected+pastor%2C+but+also+very+valued+as+a+mediator+of+literature+and+art.+Since+1961+he+has+published+the+handbook+series+The+Religions+of+Humanity.+In+1972%2C+on+the+occasion+of+the+anniversary+of+the+Reformation%2C+he+gave+a+lecture+about+the+reformer+Heinrich+von+Z%C3%BCtphen%2C+who+gave+the+first+Reformation+sermon+in+Bremen+in+the+St.+Ansgarii+Church+in+1522.%0A%0AAfter+his+retirement%2C+Christel+Matthias+Schr%C3%B6der+worked+for+German+Press+Research+at+the+University+of+Bremen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChristel_Matthias_Schr%25C3%25B6der+Source+Accessed+Dec+7%2C+2023%5D%295B6der+Source+Accessed+Dec+7%2C+2023%5D%29)
• Christian Bernert  + (Christian+Bernert+%28MA%29+comes+from+Aust … Christian+Bernert+%28MA%29+comes+from+Austria+where+he+studied+Tibetology+at+the+University+of+Vienna+until+2009.+He+embarked+on+the+Buddhist+path+in+1999+under+the+guidance+of+Khenchen+Amipa+Rinpoche.+Since+2001+he+has+been+studying+at+IBA%2C+where+he+currently+works+as+language+program+coordinator+and+translator.+Christian+is+a+founding+member+of+the+Ch%C3%B6dung+Karmo+Translation+Group.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fpast-event%2Fthe-2014-tt-conference%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+20%2C+2020%5D%29%0A%0AHis+dissertation+was+published+as+a+book-length+translation%3A+%27%27Perfect+or+Perfected%3F+Rongt%C3%B6n+on+Buddha-Nature%3A+A+Commentary+on+the+Fourth+Chapter+of+the+Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga%27%27+%28v+v.1.27-95%5Ba%5D%29.+Kathmandu%3A+Vajra+Books%2C+2018.a%5D%29.+Kathmandu%3A+Vajra+Books%2C+2018.)
• Christian Charrier  + (Christian+Charrier+holds+a+Masters+degree+ … Christian+Charrier+holds+a+Masters+degree+in+English+and+a+diploma+in+psycholinguistics.+He+was+a+translator+for+Geshe+Tengye+in+France%2C+and+he+completed+a+three-year+retreat+under+Lama+Gendun+Rinpoche+in+le+Bost%2C+France.+He+has+been+a+translation+consultant+for+Tsadra+Foundation+from+2002%E2%80%932003+and+has+been+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow+since+2004.%0A%0A%0A%27%27%27Current+Projects+as+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0A1%29+%27%27Le+Fruit+final%27%27%3A+mThar+phyin+%27bras+bu%27i+rang+bzhin+rim+par+phye+ba%2C+vol.+10+of+the+TOK+%2F+vol.+6+in+the+French+series.+By+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A2%29+%27%27La+Pratique+des+tantras%27%27%3A+sKabs+gsum+pa%3A+gSang+sngags+rdo+rje+theg+pa%27i+sgom+rim+rgyud+gtso+bor+byed+pa+sphyir+bstan+pa%27i+skabs%2C+vol.+8.3+of+the+TOK+and+vol.+5+in+the+French+series.+By+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A3%29+%27%27Les+Terres+et+les+voies%27%27%2C+TOK+volume+4+%28in+French%29.+By+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A%0A%27%27%27Completed+Projects+as+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0A%2A%27%27Marpa%2C+ma%C3%AEtre+de+Milar%C3%A9pa%2C+sa+vie%2C+ses+chants%27%27%2C+Tsang+Nyeun+H%C3%A9rouka%0A%2A%27%27Vie+de+Jamg%C5%93un+Kongtrul%2C+%C3%A9crite+par+lui-m%C3%AAme%27%27%2C+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%0A%2A%27%27L%E2%80%99Ond%C3%A9e+de+sagesse%2C+Chants+de+la+lign%C3%A9e+Kagyu%27%27%2C+Karmapa+Mikyeu+Dorje%2C+T%C3%A8npai+Nyinj%C3%A9%0A%2A%27%27Rayons+de+lune%2C+Les+%C3%A9tapes+de+la+m%C3%A9ditation+du+Mahamudra%27%27%2C+Dakpo+Tashi+Namgyal%0A%2A%27%27Au+Coeur+du+ciel+Vol+I+and+II%27%27%2C+Pawo+Rinpoche%2C+the+Eighth+Karmapa+Miky%C3%B6+Dorje+%28from+the+English+translation+by+Karl+Brunnh%C3%B6lzl+%E2%80%93+%27%27The+Centre+of+the+Sunlit+Sky%27%27%29%0A%2A%27%27Lumi%C3%A8re+de+diamant%27%27%2C+de+Dakpo+Tashi+Namgyal%0A%2A%27%27M%C3%A9moires%3A+La+Vie+et+l%E2%80%99%C5%93uvre+de+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%27%27%2C+by+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%2C+new+edition%0A%2A%27%27Trait%C3%A9+de+la+Continuit%C3%A9+supr%C3%AAme+du+Grand+V%C3%A9hicule+-+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81nottaratantra%C5%9B%C4%81stra%2C+avec+le+commentaire+de+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul+Lodreu+Thay%C3%A9+L%27Incontestable+Rugissement+du+lion%27%27.+Plazac%3A+%C3%89ditions+Padmakara%2C+2019.%0A%2A%27%27Les+Syst%C3%A8mes+Philosophiques+Bouddhistes%27%27%2C+%C3%89ditions+Padmakara%2C+2020.+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A%2A%27%27Les+Tantras+bouddhistes%27%27%2C+%C3%89ditions+Padmakara%2C+2022.+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A%0A%0A%27%27%27Previously+Published+Translations%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0A%2A%27%27Kalachakra%27%27%2C+Dalai+Lama%0A%2A%27%27La+Roue+aux+lames+ac%C3%A9r%C3%A9es%27%27%2C+Dharmarakshita%2C+commentary+by+Gesh%C3%A9+Tengy%C3%A9%0A%2A%27%27La+Voie+progressive+vers+l%E2%80%99%C3%A9veil%27%27%2C+J%C3%A9+Tsong+Khapa+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftsadra-wp.tsadra.org%2Ftranslators%2Fchristian-charrier%2F+Source%3A+Tsadra.org%5D%29ian-charrier%2F+Source%3A+Tsadra.org%5D%29)
• Christian Coseru  + (Christian+Coseru+is+an+associate+professor … Christian+Coseru+is+an+associate+professor+of+philosophy+in+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+the+College+of+Charleston.+He+works+in+the+fields+of+philosophy+of+mind%2C+Phenomenology%2C+and+cross-cultural+philosophy%2C+especially+Indian+and+Buddhist+philosophy+in+dialogue+with+Western+philosophy+and+cognitive+science.+He+has+recently+published+a+book%2C+%27%27Perceiving+Reality%3A+Consciousness%2C+Intentionality%2C+and+Cognition+in+Buddhist+Philosophy%27%27+%28OUP%2C+2012%29+that+develops+a+view+of+Buddhist+epistemology%2C+in+the+tradition+of+Dignaga+and+Dharmakirti%2C+as+continuous+with+the+phenomenological+methods+and+insights+of+Husserl+and+Merleau-Ponty%2C+as+well+as+with+naturalistic+approaches+to+epistemology+and+philosophy+of+mind.+In+2012+he+co-directed+%28with+Jay+Garfield+and+Evan+Thompson%29+an+NEH+Summer+Institute+exploring+the+convergence+of+analytic%2C+phenomenological%2C+and+Buddhist+perspectives+in+the+investigation+of+consciousness.+He+is+currently+completing+a+book+manuscript+on+the+intersections+between+perceptual+and+affective+consciousness%2C+tentatively+entitled+%27%27Sense%2C+Self-Awareness%2C+and+Subjectivity%27%27.%0A%0ABefore+joining+the+Philosophy+Department+at+the+College+of+Charleston%2C+he+taught+in+the+Centre+for+Asian+Societies+and+Histories+at+the+Australian+National+University.+He+received+his+Ph.D.+from+the+Australian+National+University+in+2005%3B+He+also+holds+a+B.A.+and+M.A.+in+philosophy+from+the+University+of+Bucharest.+While+at+ANU%2C+he+also+worked+on+a+proof+of+concept+model+for+parsing+Sanskrit+based+on+the+Interlingua+System+%28the+project+was+funded+by+an+ARC+grant%29.+He+has+and+continues+to+travel+extensively+for+research.+He+spent+four+and+a+half+years+in+India+in+the+mid+1990s+pursuing+studies+in+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Philosophy.+While+in+India%2C+he+was+affiliated+with+several+research+institutes%2C+including+the+Asiatic+Society+in+Calcutta+%281995-1996%29%2C+the+Bhandarkar+Oriental+Research+Institute+and+De+Nobili+College+in+Pune+%281993%29%2C+and+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies%2C+Sarnath%2C+Varanasi+%281995-1997%29.+He+was+a+visiting+scholar+at+Queens%27+College%2C+Cambridge+University+in+2000%2C+and+at+the+Institut+de+Civilisation+Indienne%2C+Paris+in+2001.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.christiancoseru.com%2Fabout+Adapted+from+Source+Nov+25%2C%2C+2024%5D%29dapted+from+Source+Nov+25%2C%2C+2024%5D%29)
• Christian Lindtner  + (Christian+Lindtner+is+Danish+citizen%2C+bo … Christian+Lindtner+is+Danish+citizen%2C+born+in+1949.+He+received+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+1982+from+the+University+of+Copenhagen.+He+has+published+numerous+books+of+translations+from+Oriental+languages+and+edited+many+texts+%E2%80%93+mainly+philosophical+%E2%80%93+for+the+first+time+from+original+manuscripts+in+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+%28discovered+in+libraries+in+Tibet%2C+Mongolia%2C+and+India%29.+He+has+been+a+contributor+to+many+learned+journals+%28history+of+religions%2C+philosophy%2C+history%2C+philology%29.+He+has+taught+and+lectured+at+many+universities+in+Europe%2C+USA%2C+and+Asia.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcodoh.com%2Flibrary%2Fauthors%2Flindtner-christian%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+26%2C+2021%5D%29F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+26%2C+2021%5D%29)
• Christine Boedler  + (Christine+Boedler+studied+Anthropology%2C+ … Christine+Boedler+studied+Anthropology%2C+Sociology%2C+and+Psychology+at+the+University+of+Bonn+and+the+Free+University+of+Berlin.+She+obtained+her+MA+degree+%28Diploma%29+in+1982+with+a+thesis+on+Mexican+Indigenous+Development+Policy+from+the+Institute+of+Latin+American+Studies+in+Berlin.+She+then+worked+for+an+international+consulting+company+in+Germany+and+abroad+and+for+UNHCR+in+the+assistance+programs+for+Central-American+refugees+in+Mexico.+In+1987+she+joined+the+German+Political+Foundation+Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung%2C+Department+of+International+Development+Projects+and+was+transferred+to+Brazil+in+1991%2C+where+she+served+as+director+for+projects+in+the+fields+of+political+education%2C+public+administration%2C+environment%2C+and+human+rights+programs.++From+early+on%2C+she+became+interested+in+Buddhism+and+travelled+extensively+in+Asia%2C+and+in+1997+she+began+to+systematically+dedicate+herself+to+the+study+and+practice+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+Since+2001+she+is+a+resident+of+%22Khadro+Ling%22+in+Tr%C3%AAs+Coroas%2C+the+seat+of+lCags-mdud-sprul-sku+Padma-gar-gyi-dbang-phyug+Rinpoche%2C+where+between+2005+and+2009+she+has+been+in+charge+of+the+coordination+of+the+overall+art+work+%28murals%2C+statues+and+st%C5%ABpa%29+of+the+newly+built+%27%27Zangs+mdog+dpal+ri%27%27+temple%2C+working+closely+with+the+Asian+artists+and+with+Rig-%E2%80%99dzin-bsam-grub%2C+a+traditional+Bhutanese+%27%27bla+ma%27%27%2C+skilled+in+the+practice+of+construction+and+consecration+of+sacred+Tibetan+Buddhist+structures.%0A%0ABased+on+her+valuable+practical+experience%2C+her+special+research+interests+now+lie+in+the+underlying+theories+and+instructions+related+to+the+filling+and+consecration+of+sacred+Tibetan+Buddhist+structures+such+as+statues+and+%27%27st%C5%ABpas%27%27%2C+with+special+emphasis+on+fillings+containing+%27%27mantras%27%27+and+%27%27dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%ABs%27%27.+In+order+to+deepen+her+knowledge+she+is+now+studying+the+autochthonous+manual+used+during+the+field+work%2C+the+%27%27rTen+la+nang+gzhug+%E2%80%99bul+ba%E2%80%99i+lag+len+lugs+srol+kun+gsal+dri+bral+nor+bu+chu+shel+gyi+me+long%27%27+%28contained+in+TBRC-W23723%29+by+Kong-sprul+Blo-gros-mtha%27-yas+%281813%E2%80%931899%29.+She+is+currently+working+on+a+critical+edition+and+a+translation+of+this+manual+and+pursuing+a+PhD+at+the+Department+of+Indian+and+Tibetan+Studies%2C+Asia-Africa+Institute%2C+University+of+Hamburg%2C+under+the+supervision+of+Prof.+Dr.+Dorji+Wangchuk.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de%2Fde%2Fkc-tbts%2Fpersonen%2Fboedler.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+3%2C+2025%5D%29r.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+3%2C+2025%5D%29)
• Christine Cox  + (Christine+Cox+is+an+editor+known+for+her+w … Christine+Cox+is+an+editor+known+for+her+work+on+Buddhist+literature%2C+particularly+in+collaboration+with+prominent+figures+such+as+the+Dalai+Lama.+She+has+edited+several+books+that+bridge+Buddhist+teachings+and+practices%2C+making+them+accessible+to+a+wider+audience.+Cox+has+contributed+to+works+like+%27%27Selected+Works+of+the+Dalai+Lama+I%3A+Bridging+the+Sutras+and+Tantras%27%27%2C+where+she+played+a+role+in+curating+and+presenting+the+teachings+of+the+Dalai+Lama.+Additionally%2C+she+has+been+involved+in+projects+that+explore+spiritual+concepts+such+as+Bodhicitta%2C+an+altruistic+state+of+mind%2C+as+highlighted+in+her+editorial+work.+%28Generated+by+Perplexity+Mar+12%2C+2025%5D%29nerated+by+Perplexity+Mar+12%2C+2025%5D%29)
• Baumer, C.  + (Christoph+Baumer+is+a+Swiss+scholar+and+ex … Christoph+Baumer+is+a+Swiss+scholar+and+explorer.+From+1984+onwards%2C+he+has+conducted+explorations+in+Central+Asia%2C+China+and+Tibet%2C+the+results+of+which+have+been+published+in+numerous+books%2C+scholarly+publications+and+radio+programs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChristoph_Baumer+Wikipedia%5D%29%2Fwiki%2FChristoph_Baumer+Wikipedia%5D%29)
• Christoph Cüppers  + (Christoph+C%C3%BCppers+studied+Indology+an … Christoph+C%C3%BCppers+studied+Indology+and+Tibetology+at+the+University+of+Hamburg+following+seven+years+at+the+University+of+D%C3%BCsseldorfer+Kunstakademie.+From+1983+to+1988%2C+he+served+as+Deputy+Director+and+Director+at+the+Nepal-German+Manuscript+Preservation+Project.+Since+1995%2C+he+is+Director+of+the+Lumbini+International+Research+Institute.+In+his+research%2C+he+focuses+on+the+history+of+17th+century+Tibet%2C+Tibetan+law+and+the+state+administration%2C+as+well+as+on+cultural+exchanges+between+Tibetan+and+Nepal.+%28Source%3A+%27%27Handbook+of+Tibetan+Iconometry%27%27%29%27Handbook+of+Tibetan+Iconometry%27%27%29)
• Christopher Kelley  + (Christopher+%E2%80%9CDoc%E2%80%9D+Kelley+r … Christopher+%E2%80%9CDoc%E2%80%9D+Kelley+received+a+PhD+in+Religion+from+Columbia+University+where+he+studied+Indo-Tibetan+Buddhism+with+Robert+A.+F.+Thurman.+He+is+a+scholar+of+Buddhism+and+an+adjunct+professor+in+religious+studies+at+Eugene+Lang+College+of+Liberal+Arts%2C+The+New+School+University.+He+is+also+the+co-founder+of+Consciousness+Hacking+NYC%2C+and+a+founder+and+co-facilitator+of+Psychedelic+Sangha.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fmenla.org%2Fteachers%2Fdr-christopher-kelley%2F+Source+Accessed+May+13%2C+2021%5D%29ey%2F+Source+Accessed+May+13%2C+2021%5D%29)