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  • Greene, E.  + (Eric+Greene+is+Assistant+Professor+of+ReliEric+Greene+is+Assistant+Professor+of+Religious+Studies.+He+received+his+B.A.+in+Mathematics+from+Berkeley+in+1998%2C+followed+by+his+M.A.+%28Asian+Studies%29+and+Ph.D.+%28Buddhist+Studies%29+in+2012.+He+specializes+in+the+history+of+medieval+Chinese+Buddhism%2C+particularly+the+emergence+of+Chinese+forms+of+Buddhism+from+the+interaction+between+Indian+Buddhism+and+indigenous+Chinese+culture.+Much+of+his+recent+research+has+focused+on+Buddhist+meditation+practices%2C+including+the+history+of+the+transmission+on+Indian+meditation+practices+to+China%2C+the+development+of+distinctly+Chinese+forms+of+Buddhist+meditation%2C+and+Buddhist+rituals+of+confession+and+atonement.+He+is+currently+writing+a+book+on+the+uses+of+meditative+visionary+experience+as+evidence+of+sanctity+within+early+Chinese+Buddhism.+In+addition+to+these+topics%2C+he+has+published+articles+on+the+early+history+of+Chan+%28Zen%29+Buddhism%2C+Buddhist+paintings+from+the+Silk+Roads%2C+and+the+influence+of+modern+psychological+terminology+on+the+Western+interpretation+of+Buddhism.+He+is+also+presently+working+on+a+new+project+concerning+the+practice+of+translation+-+from+Indian+languages+to+Chinese+-+in+early+Chinese+Buddhism.+He+teaches+undergraduate+classes+on+Buddhism+in+East+Asia%2C+Zen+Buddhism%2C+ritual+in+East+Asian+Buddhism%2C+and+mysticism+and+meditation+in+Buddhism+and+East+Asia%2C+and+graduate+seminars+on+Chinese+Buddhist+studies+and+Chinese+Buddhist+texts.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BAfter+completing+his+Ph.D.+in+2012%2C+Eric+took+a+position+at+the+University+of+Bristol+%28UK%29%2C+where+he+taught+East+Asian+Religions+until+coming+to+Yale+in+2015.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligiousstudies.yale.edu%2Fpeople%2Feric-greene+Source+Accessed+July+21%2C+2020%5D%29eene+Source+Accessed+July+21%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Huntington, E.  + (Eric+Huntington+is+currently+a+fellow+at+tEric+Huntington+is+currently+a+fellow+at+the+Chao+Center+for+Asian+Studies+at+Rice+University+and+previously+held+a+postdoctoral+fellow+in+the+Ho+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+Stanford+University.+He+is+the+author+of+Creating+the+Universe%3A+Depictions+of+the+Cosmos+in+Himalayan+Buddhism+%28University+of+Washington%2C+2018%29%2C+which+exposes+the+complex+cosmological+thinking+behind+many+different+examples+of+Buddhist+literature%2C+ritual%2C+art%2C+and+architecture.+His+current+research+investigates+new+approaches+to+Buddhist+visual+and+material+cultures.+He+has+also+published+articles+on+the+role+of+illustrations+in+ritual+manuscripts+and+visual%2C+spatial%2C+and+temporal+understandings+of+tantric+mandalas.+Prior+to+joining+Stanford%2C+he+served+as+a+Cotsen+Postdoctoral+Fellow+in+the+Society+of+Fellows+at+Princeton+University+and+received+his+PhD+from+the+University+of+Chicago.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ferichuntington.org%2F+Personal+Website%5D%29ichuntington.org%2F+Personal+Website%5D%29)
  • Haynie, E.  + (Eric+came+to+Santa+Clara+University+with+oEric+came+to+Santa+Clara+University+with+over+a+decade+of+experience+in+higher+education.+Eric+received+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+where+he+taught+Buddhist+and+Asian+Studies+courses%2C+worked+with+faculty+on+integrating+technology+into+their+teaching%2C+and+facilitated+interdisciplinary+workshops.+He+also+received+his+M.A.+in+Religious+Studies+at+the+University+of+Colorado%2C+where+he+taught+religion+courses%2C+and+his+B.A.+in+Religious+Studies+from+Occidental+College.+At+SCU%2C+Eric+coordinates+instructional+technology+support+and+trainings%2C+and+works+with+faculty+in+digital+media+assignment+collaborations%2C+course+design+consultations%2C+and+in+Technology+and+Teaching+Workshops.+%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.scu.edu%2Fis%2Facademic-technology%2Fabout-us%2Fstaff-profiles%2Fhaynie.html+Source+Accessed+April+24%2C+2023%5D%29tml+Source+Accessed+April+24%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Frauwallner, E.  + (Erich+Frauwallner+studied+classical+philolErich+Frauwallner+studied+classical+philology+and+Sanskrit+philology+in+Vienna.+He+taught+Indology+from+1928-29+at+the+University+of+Vienna.+His+primary+interest+was+Buddhist+logic+and+epistemology%2C+and+later+Indian+Brahmanic+philosophy%2C+with+close+attention+to+primary+source+texts.%0A%0AIn+1938+Frauwallner+joined+the+Department+of+Indian+and+Iranian+philosophy+at+the+Oriental+Institute+after+its+Jewish+director%2C+Bernhard+Geiger%2C+was+forced+out.+Frauwallner+became+director+in+1942.+He+was+called+up+for+military+service+in+1943+but+did+not+serve%2C+continuing+to+teach+until+1945+when+he+lost+his+position+due+to+his+Nazi+Party+membership+%28dating+to+1932%29.+In+1951%2C+after+a+review%2C+he+was+reinstated.+In+1955+the+Institute+for+Indology+founded%2C+which+he+chaired%2C+becoming+a+full+professor+in+1960.%0A%0ADonald+S.+Lopez%2C+Jr.%2C+professor+of+Buddhist+and+Tibetan+Studies+at+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+called+Frauwallner+%22one+of+the+great+Buddhist+scholars+of+this+%5Bthe+twentieth%5D+century.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FErich_Frauwallner+Source+Accessed+Jun+11%2C+2019%5D%29llner+Source+Accessed+Jun+11%2C+2019%5D%29)
  • Curren, E.  + (Erik+Curren+has+worked+for+a+decade+in+theErik+Curren+has+worked+for+a+decade+in+the+solar+power+industry+while+writing+about+energy%2C+climate+change+and+U.S.+history.+His+previous+books+include+%22The+Solar+Patriot%3A+A+Citizen%27s+Guide+to+Helping+America+Win+Clean+Energy+Independence.%22+His+work+aims+to+draw+inspiration+and+lessons+for+success+today+from+stories+of+people+in+the+past+who+fought+with+courage+and+conscience+to+solve+the+biggest+problems+facing+America+and+the+world.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.audible.com%2Fauthor%2FErik-D-Curren%2FB0719W2748+Source+Accessed+Nov+30%2C+2023%5D%29W2748+Source+Accessed+Nov+30%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Hoogcarspel, E.  + (Erik+Hoogcarspel+%281946%29+studied+contemErik+Hoogcarspel+%281946%29+studied+contemporary+continental+philosophy+in+Groningen%2C+founded+a+Buddhist+meditation+center+and+studied+Asian+philosophies+and+religions.+He+taught+Hinduism+at+Radboud+University+in+Nijmegen.%0A%0ADuring+his+work+as+a+teacher+and+teacher+he+wrote+textbooks+for+his+students+and+columns.+Among+other+things%2C+he+translated+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27s+%27%27Principles+of+the+Philosophy+of+the+Middle%27%27+from+Sanskrit+and+edited+the+anthology+%27%27The+Great+Way+to+Light%27%27%2C+a+selection+from+the+literature+of+Mahayana+Buddhism%2C+and+wrote+%27%27The+Buddha+Phenomenon%27%27+.+.+.+.+He+practices+meditation+and+Taijiquan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwijsheidsweb.nl%2Fauteurs%2Ferik-hoogcarspel%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+23%2C+2021%5D%29F+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+23%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Kunsang, E.  + (Erik+Pema+Kunsang+is+one+of+the+most+highlErik+Pema+Kunsang+is+one+of+the+most+highly+regarded+Tibetan+translators+and+interpreters+today.+Erik+has+been+the+assistant+and+translator+for+%5B%5BTulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche%5D%5D+and+his+sons+since+the+late+1970s.+He+has+translated+and+edited+over+fifty+volumes+of+Tibetan+texts+and+oral+teachings%2C+and+was+one+of+the+founding+directors+of+%5B%5BRangjung+Yeshe+Publications%5D%5D.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DErik_Pema_Kunsang+Source+Accessed+Jul+24%2C+2020%5D%29nsang+Source+Accessed+Jul+24%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Zürcher, E.  + (Erik+Z%C3%BCrcher+was+a+Dutch+Sinologist.+Erik+Z%C3%BCrcher+was+a+Dutch+Sinologist.+From+1962+to+1993%2C+Z%C3%BCrcher+was+a+professor+of+history+of+East+Asia+at+the+Leiden+University.+He+was+also+Director+of+the+Sinological+Institute%2C+between+1975+and+1990.+His+Chinese+name+was+X%C7%94+L%C7%90he+%28%E8%AE%B8%E7%90%86%E5%92%8C%29.%0A%0AHe+studied+Sinology%2C+Buddhism%2C+specializing+in+Chinese+religions.+In+1959%2C+his+PhD+was+over+The+Buddhist+Conquest+of+China.+In+1962+he+became+professor+of+history+of+East+Asia%2C+particularly+the+Chinese+Buddhism%2C+Chinese+reactions+to+the+Christianity+and+early+relations+between+China+and+the+outside+world.%0A%0AHe+was+a+member+of+the+Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+since+1975+and+Associate+of+the+Academie+des+Belles+Lettres+et+des+Incriptions+of+the+Institut+de+France.+He+was+also+awarded+the+Medal+of+Honor+for+Art+and+Science+in+the+Order+of+the+House+of+Orange+and+made+a+Knight+of+the+Order+of+the+Netherlands+Lion.%0A%0AHis+son+Erik-Jan+Z%C3%BCrcher+%28born+1953%29+is+a+professor+of+Turkish+languages+and+cultures+at+the+University+of+Leiden+and+former+director+of+the+International+Institute+of+Social+History.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FErik_Z%25C3%25BCrcher+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2020%5D%29rcher+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Leumann, E.  + (Ernst+Leumann+%2811+April+1859+%E2%80%93+2Ernst+Leumann+%2811+April+1859+%E2%80%93+24+April+1931%29+was+a+Swiss+jainologist%2C+pioneer+of+the+research+of+Jainism+and+Turkestan+languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bwhose+work+is+in+consideration+even+today.+His+studies+on+linguistics+in+Z%C3%BCrich+and+Geneva+and+of+Sanskrit+in+Leipzig+and+Berlin+were+followed+by+his+doctorate+in+1881+in+Strasbourg.+His+dissertation+was+%22Etymological+Dictionary+of+the+Sanskrit+Language.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FErnst_Leumann+Source+Accessed+Apr+23%2C+2022%5D%29umann+Source+Accessed+Apr+23%2C+2022%5D%29)
  • Steinkellner, E.  + (Ernst+Steinkellner+%28born+1937%29+studiedErnst+Steinkellner+%28born+1937%29+studied+Indian+philosophy+at+the+University+of+Vienna+under+Erich+Frauwallner.+After+a+research+stay+at+the+University+of+Pennsylvania+%281971%E2%80%931973%29%2C+he+founded+the+Department+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Vienna%2C+which+he+headed+until+the+year+2000.+He+has+been+involved+in+projects+at+the+IKGA+and+its+predecessor+institutions+since+1986.+At+the+beginning+of+1998+he+succeeded+Gerhard+Oberhammer+as+the+director+of+the+IKGA%2C+holding+this+position+until+2006.+In+2008+Ernst+Steinkellner+received+the+Ludwig+Wittgenstein+Prize+of+the+Austrian+Research+Association.%0A%0AMost+of+the+projects+at+the+IKGA+that+Steinkellner+initiated+and+worked+on+are+related+to+the+logico-epistemological+tradition+of+Buddhism.+The+documentation+of+this+philosophical+school+dating+from+the+5th+c.+CE%2C+especially+the+works+of+Dharmak%C4%ABrti+%286th%E2%80%937th+c.+CE%29%2C+represent+Steinkellner%27s+most+important+scholarly+achievements.+In+this+context%2C+Steinkellner+further+developed+the+historico-philological+methods+of+textual+criticism+as+first+introduced+by+Frauwallner.+Steinkellner%27s+interest+in+the+logico-epistemological+tradition+later+led+him+to+doing+work+on+Tibet%2C+where+the+Buddhist+schools+of+thought+within+his+field+of+interest+are+still+alive+today.%0A%0AThanks+to+Steinkellner%2C+in+2004+the+IKGA+began+to+have+access+to+certain+photocopies+of+manuscripts+held+by+the+China+Tibetology+Research+Center+%28CTRC%29+in+Beijing.+This+has+made+it+possible+to+undertake+critical+editions+of+the+most+important+Sanskrit+texts+in+this+collection%2C+texts+that+until+2004+had+only+been+accessible+in+their+Tibetan+or+Chinese+translations.+The+results+of+this+co-operation+are+being+published+in+a+series+founded+specially+for+this+purpose%2C+the+STTAR.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.oeaw.ac.at%2Fen%2Fikga%2Finstitute%2Fformer-directors%23c109344+Source+Accessed+Jan+8%2C+2021%5D%29109344+Source+Accessed+Jan+8%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Waldschmidt, E.  + (Ernst+Waldschmidt+%28July+15%2C+1897%2C+L%Ernst+Waldschmidt+%28July+15%2C+1897%2C+L%C3%BCnen%2C+Province+of+Westphalia+%E2%80%93+February+25%2C+1985%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen%29+was+a+German+orientalist+and+Indologist.+He+was+a+pupil+of+German+indologist+Emil+Sieg.+He+taught+at+Berlin+University+and+began+teaching+at+the+University+of+G%C3%B6ttingen+in+1936.+Waldschmidt+joined+the+Nazi+party+in+May+1937+and+became+a+member+of+the+National+Socialist+German+Lecturers+League+in+1939.+He+was+a+specialist+on+Indian+philosophy%2C+and+archaeology+of+India+and+Central+Asia.+He+also+founded+Stiftung+Ernst+Waldschmidt.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FErnst_Waldschmidt+Source+Accessed+May+5%2C+2022%5D%29chmidt+Source+Accessed+May+5%2C+2022%5D%29)
  • Bianchi, E.  + (Ester+Bianchi+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+%E2%80%98InEster+Bianchi+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+%E2%80%98Indian+and+East-Asian+Civilization%E2%80%99+from+the+University+of+Venice+%28co-tutorial+Ph.D.+received+from+the+Ecole+Pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes%2C+Section+des+Sciences+Religieuses+of+Paris%29.+She+is+currently+associate+professor+of+Chinese+Literature%2C+Chinese+Religions+and+Philosophy%2C+and+Society+and+Culture+of+China+at+the+University+of+Perugia+%28Italy%29%3B+in+the+past%2C+she+has+also+been+in+charge+of+classes+of+Chinese+Language+%28modern+and+classical%29+and+Sinology.+She+is+external+associated+researcher+of+the+Groupe+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s%2C+Religions%2C+La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9s+CNRS-EPHE+%282012-%29+and%2C+together+with+Daniela+Campo%2C+directs+the+research+project+%E2%80%9C%E7%95%B6%E4%BB%A3%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E3%80%81%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E7%9A%84%E6%88%92%E5%BE%8B%E5%BE%A9%E8%88%88+%E2%80%93+Vinaya+Revival+in+20th+Century+China+and+Taiwan%E2%80%9D+%28funded+by+the+Chiang+Ching-kuo+Foundation+for+International+Scholarly+Exchange%2C+August+2015-July+2018%29.%0A%0AHer+studies+focus+on+the+religions+of+China%2C+and+particularly+on+Buddhism%2C+both+in+imperial+and+in+modern+and+contemporary+time%3B+her+research+is+centered+on+Sino-Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Chinese+Buddhist+monasticism+and%2C+more+recently%2C+the+revival+of+Buddhist+monastic+discipline+in+China.%0A%0AEster+Bianchi+is+the+author+of+%27%27The+Iron+Statue+Monastery%2C+Tiexiangsi%3A+A+Buddhist+Nunnery+of+Tibetan+Tradition+in+Contemporary+China%27%27+%28Firenze+2001%29%2C+of+a+general+book+on+the+history%2C+practices+and+cultural+traditions+of+Daoism+%28Milano+2009%29%2C+and+of+the+first+Italian+translation+of+the+%27%27Gaoseng+Faxian+zhuan+%28Faxian%3A+un+pellegrino+cinese+nell%E2%80%99India+del+V+secolo%27%27%2C+Perugia%2C+2012-13%29.%0A%0AHer+main+publications+include+the+following+articles%3A+%E2%80%9CSubtle+erudition+and+compassionate+devotion%3A+Longlian+%281909-2006%29%2C+the+most+outstanding+bhiksuni+in+modern+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+D.+Ownby%2C+V.+Goossaert%2C+Ji+Zhe%2C+eds.%2C+%27%27Making+Saints+in+Modern+China%27%27%2C+Oxford%3A+Oxford+University+Press%2C+2016-+2017%2C+pp.+272-311%29%2C+%E2%80%9CChinese+Chantings+of+the+Names+of+Ma%C3%B1ju%C5%9Br%C4%AB%3A+The+%27%27Zhenshi+ming+jing%27%27+%E7%9C%9F%E5%AF%A6%E5%90%8D%E7%B6%93+in+Late+Imperial+and+Modern+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+V.+Durand-Dast%C3%A8s+ed.%2C+%27%27Empreintes+du+Tantrisme+en+Chine+et+en+Asie+Orientale.+Imaginaires%2C+rituals%2C+influences%27%27%2C+Leuven-Paris-Bristol%3A+Peeters+2015%2C+pp.+117-138%29%2C+%E2%80%9CA+Religion-Oriented+%E2%80%98Tibet+Fever%E2%80%99.+Tibetan+Buddhist+Practices+Among+the+Han+Chinese+in+Contemporary+PRC%E2%80%9D+%28in+Dramdul+and+F.+Sferra+eds.%2C+%27%27From+Mediterranean+to+Himalaya.+A+Festschrift+to+Commemorate+the+120th+Birthday+of+the+Italian+Tibetologist+Giuseppe+Tucci%27%27+%E2%80%93+%E4%BB%8E%E5%9C%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%B5%B7%E5%88%B0%E5%96%9C%E9%A9%AC%E6%8B%89%E9%9B%85%3A+%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%A9%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E8%97%8F%E5%AD%A6%E5%AE%B6%E6%9C%B1%E5%A1%9E%E4%BD%A9%C2%B7%E5%9B%BE%E9%BD%90+%E8%AF%9E%E8%BE%B0120%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4%E7%BA%AA%E5%BF%B5%E6%96%87%E9%9B%86%2C+Beijing%3A+China+Tibetology+Publishing+House+2014%2C+pp.+347-374%29%2C+%E2%80%9CYam%C4%81ntaka-Vajrabhairava+in+Modern+China.+Analysis+of+20th+Century+Translations+from+Tibetan%E2%80%9D+%28in+G.+Orofino%2C+S.+Vita+eds.%2C+%27%27Buddhist+Asia%27%27+2%2C+Kyoto%3A+Italian+School+of+East+Asian+Studies+2010%2C+pp.+99-140%29%2C+%E2%80%9CThe+%E2%80%98Chinese+%27%27lama%27%27%3Ci%3E%27%3C%2Fi%3E+Nenghai+%281886-1967%29.+Doctrinal+tradition+and+teaching+strategies+of+a+Gelukpa+master+in+Republican+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+M.+Kapstein+ed.%2C+%27%27Buddhism+Between+Tibet+and+China%27%27%2C+Boston%3A+Wisdom+Publications+2009%2C+pp.+295-346%29%2C+%E2%80%9CProtecting+Beijing%3A+The+Tibetan+Image+of+Yam%C4%81ntaka-Vajrabhairava+in+Late+Imperial+and+Republican+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+M.+Esposito+ed.%2C+%27%27Images+of+Tibet+in+the+19th+and+20th+Centuries%27%27%2C+Paris%3A+l%E2%80%99%C3%89cole+Fran%C3%A7aise+de+l%E2%80%99Extr%C3%AAme+Orient+2008%2C+pp.+329-356%29%2C+and+%E2%80%9CThe+Tantric+Rebirth+Movement+in+Modern+China.+Esoteric+Buddhism+re-vivified+by+the+Japanese+and+Tibetan+Traditions%E2%80%9D+%28%27%27Acta+Orientalia+Academiae+Scientiarum+Hungarica%27%27+57%2C+1%2C+2004%2C+pp.+31-54%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fvinayarevival.com%2Fester-bianchi%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29hi%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Mills, E.  + (Ethan+Mills+has+been+Assistant+Professor+oEthan+Mills+has+been+Assistant+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+the+University+of+Tennessee+at+Chattanooga+since+2014.+He+specializes+in+Indian+philosophy%2C+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+and+ancient+and+modern+skepticism.+He+has+published+in+journals%0Aincluding+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%2C+%27%27Asian+Philosophy%27%27%2C+%27%27Comparative+Philosophy%27%27%2C+and+%27%27The+International+Journal+for+the+Study+of+Skepticism%27%27.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+book+on+skepticism+in+classical+India+focusing+on+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%2C+Jayar%C4%81%C5%9Bi%2C+and+%C5%9Ar%C4%AB+Har%E1%B9%A3a.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fresearch.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FEthics_without_Self%2C_Dharma_without_Atman+Ethics+without+Self%2C+Dharma+without+Atman%5D%29without+Self%2C+Dharma+without+Atman%5D%29)
  • Bock, E.  + (Etienne+Bock+is+a+specialist+in+Tibetan+literature+and+Himalayan+arts.)
  • Obermiller, E.  + (Eugene+Obermiller+%281901%E2%80%931935%29%Eugene+Obermiller+%281901%E2%80%931935%29%2C+as+a+Buddhist+scholar%2C+inherited+the+tradition+of+Ivan+Minayev+%281840-1890%29%2C+the+founder+of+Russian+school+of+Indology+and+Buddhist+studies+through+his+teacher+Fyodor+Ippolitvich+Shcherabatskoy+%281866%E2%80%931942%29%2C+who+was+a+pupil+of+Minayev.+After+obtaining+his+PhD+from+the+University+of+Leningrad%2C+he+joined+Academy+of+Sciences+at+Leningrad+as+an+Under+Secretary+to+the+Director+of+the+Bibliotheca+Buddhica.%0A%0AHis+published+works+include+the+translation+of+Bu-ston%27s+%27%27Tibetan+History+of+Buddhism%27%27+%281932%29+in+two+volumes.+He+also+translated+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+or+%27%27Ratnagotravibhaga%27%27+%28of+Maitreya+Asa%E1%B9%85ga%29+from+Tibetan+and+published+it+in+1932.+Obermiller%27s+other+important+work+is+the+Sanskrit+text+and+Tibetan+translation+of+the+%27%27Abhisamay%C4%81lamkara%27%27%2C+which+he+undertook+as+a+joint+venture+with+his+teacher+Shcherabatskoy+and+published+in+1929.+He+also+contributed+papers+to+the+%27%27Indian+Historical+Quarterly%27%27.e+%27%27Indian+Historical+Quarterly%27%27.)
  • Cho, E.  + (Eun-su+Cho+%28%E8%B6%99%E6%81%A9%E7%A7%80%Eun-su+Cho+%28%E8%B6%99%E6%81%A9%E7%A7%80%29+is+a+professor+of+Buddhist+Philosophy+at+Seoul+National+University+in+Korea.+She+received+her+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+California+and+was+an+assistant+professor+in+the+Department+of+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures+at+the+University+of+Michigan+before+she+joined+SNU+in+2004.+Her+research+interests+include+Indian+Abhidharma+Buddhism%2C+Korean+Buddhist+thought%2C+and+women+in+Buddhism.+She+has+written+articles+and+book+chapters%2C+including+%22W%C5%8Fnch%E2%80%99%C5%ADk%E2%80%99s+Place+in+the+East+Asian+Buddhist+Tradition%2C%22+%22From+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Speech+to+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Essence%3A+Philosophical+Discussions+of+Buddha-vacana+in+India+and+China%2C%22+%22Re-thinking+Late+19thCentury+Chos%C5%8Fn+Buddhist+Society%2C%22+and+%22The+Uses+and+Abuses+of+W%C5%8Fnhyo+and+the+%E2%80%98T%E2%80%99ong+Pulgyo%E2%80%99+Narrative.%22+Recently+her+article+titled+%E2%80%9CRepentance+as+a+Bodhisattva+Practice%E2%80%94W%C5%8Fnhyo+on+Guilt+and+Moral+Responsibility%E2%80%9D+was+published+in+%27%27Philosophy+East+%26+West%27%27+%282013%29.+She+co-translated+the+Jikji+simgyeong+into+English%2C+and+edited+a+volume+%27%27Korean+Buddhist+Nuns+and+Laywomen+%E2%80%93+Hidden+Histories+and+Enduring+Vitality%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2011%29.+She+was+the+founding+director+of+the+International+Center+for+Korean+Studies+at+SNU+in+2007-2008%2C+had+served+as+the+chair+of+the+Editorial+Subcommittee+of+the+MOWCAP+%28Asia%2FPacific+Regional+Committee+for+the+Memory+of+the+World+Program%29+of+UNESCO+in+2007-2009%2C+and+was+the+elected+president+of+the+Korean+Society+for+Buddhist+Studies+%28Bulgyohak+y%C5%8Fn%E2%80%99guhoe%29+from+2012-2014.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsnu-kr.academia.edu%2FEunsuCho+Source+Accessed+Nov+27%2C+2019%5D%29suCho+Source+Accessed+Nov+27%2C+2019%5D%29)
  • Dargyay, E.  + (Eva+K.+Dargyay+%28born+October+1+%2C+1937+Eva+K.+Dargyay+%28born+October+1+%2C+1937+in+Munich+%29+is+a+German+Tibetologist.+After+earning+her+doctorate+phil.+in+Munich+in+1974%2C+habilitation+there+in+1976+%28structure+and+change+in+the+Tibetan+village%29+and+work+as+a+private+lecturer+from+1981+to+1990+she+was+a+professor+of+religious+studies+with+a+focus+on+Buddhism+and+Tibet+at+the+University+of+Calgary.+From+1991+to+2003+she+was+a+professor+at+the+University+of+Alberta+in+Edmonton.+She+has+been+living+in+Germany+again+since+2006.+She+was+married+to+the+Tibetologist+Lobsang+Dargyay+%281935-1994%29.etologist+Lobsang+Dargyay+%281935-1994%29.)
  • Natanya, E.  + (Eva+Natanya+is+a+Teacher%2C+Translator%2C+Eva+Natanya+is+a+Teacher%2C+Translator%2C+Scholar%2C+Philosopher%2C+and+Theologian.+%0A%0AI+have+studied+the+classical+Tibetan+language+for+over+twenty+years%2C+and+have+translated+hundreds+of+pages+from+the+works+of+Je+Tsongkhapa+%281357-1419%29%2C+as+well+as+from+such+Gelukpa+masters+as+Gyaltsab+Je%2C+Khedrub+Je%2C+the+First+Panchen+Lama+Lobsang+Chukyi+Gyaltsen%2C+and+Choney+Lama+Drakpa+Shedrup.+I+also+have+significant+experience+reading+and+translating+texts+from+the+Great+Perfection+%28Dzokchen%29+tradition+of+the+Nyingma+lineage.+I+care+deeply+about+the+nonsectarian+%28Rim%C3%A9%29+movement+in+nineteenth+century+Tibetan+history%2C+and+am+committed+to+contemporary+efforts+that+seek+mutual+understanding+between+the+great+lineages+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.evanatanya.com%2F+Source+Accessed+April+23%2C+2024%5D%29%2F+Source+Accessed+April+23%2C+2024%5D%29)
  • Dam, E.  + (Eva+Van+Dam+is+a+Dutch+artist+and+illustraEva+Van+Dam+is+a+Dutch+artist+and+illustrator+whose+work+has+appeared+in+numerous+books+and+magazines.+She+has+traveled+extensively+in+Tibet+and+lived+in+Nepal+for+six+years%2C+studying+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+iconography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fmilarepa.html+Source%3A+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29tml+Source%3A+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29)
  • Thompson, E.  + (Evan+Thompson+is+a+writer+and+professor+ofEvan+Thompson+is+a+writer+and+professor+of+philosophy+at+the+University+of+British+Columbia+in+Vancouver.+He+works+on+the+nature+of+the+mind%2C+the+self%2C+and+human+experience.+His+work+combines+cognitive+science%2C+philosophy+of+mind%2C+phenomenology%2C+and+cross-cultural+philosophy%2C+especially+Asian+philosophical+traditions.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27Waking%2C+Dreaming%2C+Being%3A+Self+and+Consciousness+in+Neuroscience%2C+Meditation%2C+and+Philosophy%27%27+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+2015%29%3B+%27%27Mind+in+Life%3A+Biology%2C+Phenomenology%2C+and+the+Sciences+of+Mind%27%27+%28Harvard+University+Press%2C+2007%29%3B+and+%27%27Colour+Vision%3A+A+Study+in+Cognitive+Science+and+the+Philosophy+of+Perception%27%27+%28Routledge+Press%2C+1995%29.+He+is+the+co-author%2C+with+Francisco+J.+Varela+and+Eleanor+Rosch%2C+of+%27%27The+Embodied+Mind%3A+Cognitive+Science+and+Human+Experience%27%27+%28MIT+Press%2C+1991%2C+revised+edition+2016%29.+Evan+is+an+Elected+Fellow+of+the+Royal+Society+of+Canada.%0A%0AEvan+received+his+A.B.+from+Amherst+College+in+1983+in+Asian+Studies+and+his+Ph.D.+in+Philosophy+from+the+University+of+Toronto+in+1990.+He+was+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+the+University+of+Toronto+from+2005+to+2013%2C+and+held+a+Canada+Research+Chair+in+Cognitive+Science+and+the+Embodied+Mind+at+York+University+from+2002+to+2005.+In+2014%2C+he+was+the+Numata+Invited+Visiting+Professor+at+the+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+He+has+also+held+invited+visiting+appointments+at+the+Faculty+of+Philosophy%2C+Friedrich-Schiller-Universit%C3%A4t+Jena%2C+the+Ecole+Polytechnique+%28Paris%29%2C+the+Center+for+Subjectivity+Research+at+the+University+of+Copenhagen%2C+and+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+the+University+of+Colorado%2C+Boulder.%0A%0AIn+2012+he+co-directed%2C+with+Christian+Coseru+and+Jay+Garfield%2C+the+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities+Summer+Institute+on+Investigating+Consciousness%3A+Buddhist+and+Contemporary+Philosophical+Perspectives%2C+and+he+will+again+be+co-director%2C+with+Coseru+and+Garfield%2C+of+the+2018+NEH+Summer+Institute+on+Self-Knowledge+in+Eastern+and+Western+Philosophies.%0A%0AEvan+is+currently+serving+as+the+Co-Chair+of+the+Steering+Council+of+the+Mind+and+Life+Institute+and+is+a+member+of+the+Dialogue+and+Education+Working+Circle+of+the+Kalein+Centre+in+Nelson%2C+British+Columbia.%0A%0AEvan+is+married+to+Rebecca+Todd%2C+a+cognitive+neuroscientist+and+psychologist.+Todd+is+an+Assistant+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Psychology+at+the+University+of+British+Columbia+and+directs+the+Motivated+Cognition+Lab.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fevanthompson.me%2Fbiography%2F+Source+Accessed+May+20.+2021%5D%29aphy%2F+Source+Accessed+May+20.+2021%5D%29)
  • Arnold, Eve  + (Eve+Arnold+was+born+in+Philadelphia%2C+PenEve+Arnold+was+born+in+Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania+to+Russian+immigrant+parents.+She+began+photographing+in+1946%2C+while+working+at+a+photo-finishing+plant+in+New+York+City%2C+and+then+studied+photography+in+1948+with+Alexei+Brodovitch+at+the+New+School+for+Social+Research+in+New+York.%0A%0AArnold+first+became+associated+with+Magnum+Photos+in+1951+and+became+a+full+member+in+1957.+She+was+based+in+the+US+during+the+1950s+but+went+to+England+in+1962+to+put+her+son+through+school%3B+except+for+a+six-year+interval+when+she+worked+in+the+US+and+China%2C+she+lived+in+the+UK+for+the+rest+of+her+life.%0A%0AHer+time+in+China+led+to+her+first+major+solo+exhibition+at+the+Brooklyn+Museum+in+1980%2C+where+she+showed+the+resulting+images.+In+the+same+year%2C+she+received+the+National+Book+Award+for+In+China+and+the+Lifetime+Achievement+Award+from+the+American+Society+of+Magazine+Photographers.%0A%0AIn+later+years%2C+she+received+many+other+honours+and+awards.+In+1995%2C+she+was+made+fellow+of+the+Royal+Photographic+Society+and+elected+Master+Photographer+%E2%80%93+the+world%E2%80%99s+most+prestigious+photographic+honour+%E2%80%93+by+New+York%E2%80%99s+International+Center+of+Photography.+In+1996%2C+she+received+the+Kraszna-Krausz+Book+Award+for+In+Retrospect.+The+following+year+she+was+granted+honorary+degrees+by+the+University+of+St+Andrews%2C+Staffordshire+University%2C+and+the+American+International+University+in+London%3B+she+was+also+appointed+to+the+advisory+committee+of+the+National+Museum+of+Photography%2C+Film+%26+Television+in+Bradford%2C+UK.+She+has+had+twelve+books+published.%0A%0AEve+passed+away+in+January+of+2012.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.magnumphotos.com%2Fphotographer%2Feve-arnold%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29ld%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Rambelli, F.  + (Fabio+Rambelli+is+an+Italian+academic%2C+aFabio+Rambelli+is+an+Italian+academic%2C+author%2C+and+editor.+He+is+a+professor+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Santa+Barbara+%28UCSB%29.%0A%0AFabio+Rambelli+was+born+in+Ravenna%2C+Italy.+He+earned+a+BA+in+Japanese+language+and+culture+from+the+University+of+Venice.+In+1992%2C+he+was+awarded+his+PhD+in+East+Asian+Studies+from+University+of+Venice+and+the+Italian+Ministry+of+Scientific+Research.+He+also+studied+at+the+Oriental+Institute+in+Naples+and+at+the+Tokyo+University+of+Foreign+Studies.%0A%0AIn+2001%2C+Rambelli+was+a+professor+of+religious+studies%2C+cultural+studies%2C+and+Japanese+religions+at+Sapporo+University+in+Japan.+At+present%2C+Rambelli+holds+the+International+Shinto+Foundation+Chair+in+Shinto+Studies+at+UCSB.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFabio_Rambelli+Source+Accessed+April+6%2C+2020%5D%29elli+Source+Accessed+April+6%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Torricelli, F.  + (Fabrizio+Torricelli+spent+several+study+stFabrizio+Torricelli+spent+several+study+stays+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+of+Dharamsala+%28LTWA%29%2C+India.+He+has+been+an+associate+member+of+the+Italian+Institute+for+Africa+and+the+Orient+%28IsIAO%29+since+1996%2C+consultant+in+a+manuscript+preservation+and+cataloguing+project+of+the+manuscripts+preserved+in+the+Tucci+Tibetan+fund+of+the+IsIAO+%281999%E2%80%932004%29%2C+and+in+the+reorganization+of+the+reference+room+of+the+IsIAO+library+%282003%E2%80%932004%29.+He+has+taught+courses+on+Tibetan+culture+in+the+IsIAO+schools+%281999%E2%80%932004%29.+His+research+is+mainly+focused+on+the+Indo-Tibetan+texts+providing+documentary+evidence+of+the+philosophical+thought+and+the+ascetic+techniques+in+use+amongst+the+Buddhist+siddhas+in+the+centuries+spanning+from+the+first+and+the+second+millennium.+He+has+recently+completed+a+book+on+the+Bengali+siddha+Tilop%C4%81%2C+which+has+been+published+by+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftorricellif.academia.edu%2F+Source+Accessed+October+10%2C+2019+and+Lightly+Modified%5D%29.+On+the+25th+of+February+2022+while+working+on+N%C4%81rop%C4%81+%28%22Regarding+N%C4%81rop%C4%81.+Text+and+English+Translation+of+Mar+pa%E2%80%99s%22%29%2C+he+suddenly+passed+away+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Findependent.academia.edu%2Ftorricellif+Source%3A+Academia.edu%5D%29.Ftorricellif+Source%3A+Academia.edu%5D%29.)
  • Ziporyn, B.  + (Faculty%0AMircea+Eliade+Professor+of+ChineFaculty%0AMircea+Eliade+Professor+of+Chinese+Religion%2C+Philosophy%2C+and+Comparative+Thought%3B+also+in+the+College%0APhD+%28University+of+Michigan%29%0A%0ABrook+A.+Ziporyn+is+a+scholar+of+ancient+and+medieval+Chinese+religion+and+philosophy.+Professor+Ziporyn+received+his+BA+in+East+Asian+Languages+and+Civilizations+from+the+University+of+Chicago%2C+and+his+PhD+from+the+University+of+Michigan.+Prior+to+joining+the+Divinity+School+faculty%2C+he+has+taught+Chinese+philosophy+and+religion+at+the+University+of+Michigan+%28Department+of+East+Asian+Literature+and+Cultures%29%2C+Northwestern+University+%28Department+of+Religion+and+Department+of+Philosophy%29%2C+Harvard+University+%28Department+of+East+Asian+Literature+and+Civilization%29+and+the+National+University+of+Singapore+%28Department+of+Philosophy%29.%0A%0AZiporyn+is+the+author+of+%27%27Evil+And%2FOr%2FAs+the+Good%3A+Omnicentric+Holism%2C+Intersubjectivity+and+Value+Paradox+in+Tiantai+Buddhist+Thought%27%27+%28Harvard%2C+2000%29%2C+%27%27The+Penumbra+Unbound%3A+The+Neo-Taoist+Philosophy+of+Guo+Xiang%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2003%29%2C+%27%27Being+and+Ambiguity%3A+Philosophical+Experiments+With+Tiantai+Buddhism%27%27+%28Open+Court%2C+2004%29%3B+%27%27Zhuangzi%3A+The+Essential+Writings+with+Selections+from+Traditional+Commentaries%27%27+%28Hackett%2C+2009%29%3B+%27%27Ironies+of+Oneness+and+Difference%3A+Coherence+in+Early+Chinese+Thought%27%27%3B+%27%27Prolegomena+to+the+Study+of+Li%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2012%29%3B+and+%27%27Beyond+Oneness+and+Difference%3A+Li+and+Coherence+in+Chinese+Buddhist+Thought+and+its+Antecedents%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2013%29.+His+seventh+book%2C+%27%27Emptiness+and+Omnipresence%3A+The+Lotus+Sutra+and+Tiantai+Buddhism%27%27%2C+was+published+by+Indiana+University+Press+in+2016.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+cross-cultural+inquiry+into+the+themes+of+death%2C+time+and+perception%2C+tentatively+entitled+%27%27Against+Being+Here+Now%27%27%2C+as+well+as+a+book-length+exposition+of+atheism+as+a+form+of+religious+and+mystical+experience+in+the+intellectual+histories+of+Europe%2C+India+and+China.+%27%27Zhuangzi%3A+The+Complete+Writings%2C+translated+and+with+introduction+and+notes+by+Brook+Ziporyn%27%27+will+be+published+in+2020.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fdivinity.uchicago.edu%2Fdirectory%2Fbrook-ziporyn+Source+Accessed+Sep+17%2C+2021%5D%29poryn+Source+Accessed+Sep+17%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Fahai  + (Fahai.+%28J.+H%C5%8Dkai%3B+K.+P%C7%92phae+Fahai.+%28J.+H%C5%8Dkai%3B+K.+P%C7%92phae+%E6%B3%95%E6%B5%B7%29+%28d.u.%29.+In+Chinese%2C+%22Sea+of+Dharma%22%3A+a+disciple+of+Huineng%2C+the+sixth+patriarch+%28Liuzu%29+of+the+Chan+zong.+Fahai+is+said+to+have+been+the+head+monk+of+the+monastery+of+Tafansi+in+Shaozhou+Prefecture%2C+where+Huineng+is+presumed+to+have+delivered+a+sermon+on+the+%22sudden%22+teachings%0A%28dunjiao%29+of+the+Southern+school+%28Nan+zong%29+of+Chan.+Fahai+is+dubiously+credited+with+compiling+the+written+record+of+this+sermon%2C+the+%27%27Liuzu+tan+jing%27%27+%28%22Platform+S%C5%ABtra+of+the+Sixth+Patriarch%22%29.+A+rather+late+%22brief+preface%E2%80%9D+%28luexu%29+to+the+%27%27Liuzu+tan+jing%27%27+is+also+retrospectively+attributed+to+Fahai.+The+story+of+this+figure+may+have+been+based+on+a+monk+by+the+same+name+who+was+affiliated+with+the+Niutou+zong+of+Chan.+%28Source%3A+%22Fahai.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+289.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)
  • Abhayadatta  + (Famed+author+of+the+Biographies+of+Eighty-Four+Mahasiddhas.)
  • Fashang  + (Fashang+was+a+teacher+of+Jingying+Huiyuan.)
  • Locke, J.  + (Father+John+Kerr+Locke+was+one+of+the+world%E2%80%99s+foremost+scholars+of+Newar+Buddhism.)
  • Sherburne, R.  + (Father+Sherburne+was+a+graduate+of+MarquetFather+Sherburne+was+a+graduate+of+Marquette+University+High+School+and+received+his+bachelor%E2%80%99s+and+master%E2%80%99s+degrees+in+classics+at+Saint+Louis+University.+He+was+ordained+a+priest+at+Church+of+the+Gesu+in+Milwaukee+on+June+20%2C+1956%2C+and+finished+his+Jesuit+training+in+Decatur%2C+Ill.%0A%0AHis+service+at+the+law+school+after+retirement+was+his+second+stint+working+at+Marquette.+He+taught+classics%2C+advised+foreign+students%2C+and+served+three+years+as+dean+of+students+at+the+university+earlier+in+his+career.+His+interactions+with+foreign+students+instilled+an+interest+in+Asian+culture+and+Eastern+religions.+He+left+Marquette+in+1968+and+spent+a+year+in+Darjeeling%2C+India%2C+living+and+studying+with+Canadian+Jesuits.+Father+Sherburne+received+a+second+master%E2%80%99s+degree+and+his+doctorate+at+the+University+of+Washington+in+Seattle.+Beginning+in+1977%2C+he+taught+religious+studies+at+Seattle+University%2C+where+he+retired+in+1996.%0A%0AHis+published+works+include+a+300-page+annotated+translation+of+the+Tibetan+texts+of+Atisha%2C+an+11th-century+Buddhist+teacher.+He+also+worked+with+Nancy+Moore+Gettelman%2C+a+friend+of+his+when+both+worked+at+Marquette+during+the+1960s%2C+on+a+series+of+videos%2C+%E2%80%9CBhutan%3A+A+Himilayan+Cultural+Diary.%E2%80%9D+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.jesuitsmidwest.org%2Fmemoriam%2Frichard-f-sherburne-father%2F+Source+Accessed+May+12%2C+2021%5D%29er%2F+Source+Accessed+May+12%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Fazang  + (Fazang+is+Zhiyan%E2%80%99s+most+accomplishFazang+is+Zhiyan%E2%80%99s+most+accomplished+and+influential+student%2C+and+became+the+third+patriarch+of+Huayan.+He+is+responsible+for+systematizing+and+extending+Zhiyan%E2%80%99s+teaching%2C+and+for+securing+the+prominence+of+Huayan-style+Buddhism+at+the+imperial+court.+He+is+known+especially+for+his+definitive+commentaries+on+the+%27%27Avatamsaka+Sutra%27%27+and+%27%27Awakening+of+Faith+in+Mahayana%27%27%2C+and+for+making+Huayan+doctrines+accessible+to+laity+with+familiar+technologies+such+as+mirror+halls+and+wood-block+printing.+These+contributions+support+the+traditional+regard+for+Fazang+as+the+third+patriarch+of+the+Huayan+School.%0A%0AFazang%E2%80%99s+ancestors+came+from+Sogdiana+%28a+center+for+trade+along+the+Silk+Road%2C+located+in+what+is+now+parts+of+Uzbekistan+and+Tajikestan%29%2C+but+he+was+born+in+the+Tang+dynasty+capital+of+Chang%E2%80%99an+%28now+Xi%E2%80%99an%29%2C+where+his+family+had+become+culturally+Chinese.+Fazang+was+a+fervently+religious+adolescent.+Following+a+then-popular+custom+that+took+self-immolation+as+a+sign+of+religious+devotion%2C+Fazang+burned+his+fingers+before+a+stupa+at+the+age+of+16.+After+becoming+a+monk%2C+he+assisted+Xuanzang%E2%80%94famous+for+his+pilgrimage+to+India%E2%80%94in+translating+Buddhist+works+from+Sanskrit+into+Chinese.+Fazang+had+doctrinal+differences+with+Xuanzang%2C+though%2C+so+he+later+became+a+disciple+of+Zhiyan%2C+probably+around+663+CE.%0A%0AZhiyan%E2%80%99s+access+to+the+imperial+court+gave+Fazang+access+to+Empress+Wu%2C+with+whom+he+quickly+gained+favor.+He+undertook+a+variety+of+public+services%2C+such+as+performing+rain-prayer+rituals+and+collaborating+in+various+translation+projects.+He+traveled+throughout+northern+China%2C+teaching+the+%27%27Avatamsaka+Sutra%27%27+and+debating+Daoists.+He+intervened+in+a+697+military+confrontation+with+the+Khitans%2C+gaining+further+favor+when+Empress+Wu+ascribed+to+his+ritual+services+an+instrumental+role+in+suppressing+the+rebellion.+In+addition%2C+Fazang+provided+information+to+undermine+plots+by+some+of+the+empress%E2%80%99+advisors+to+secure+power+after+her+death.+This+secured+Fazang%E2%80%99s+status%E2%80%94and+the+prominence+of+Huayan+teachings%E2%80%94with+subsequent+rulers.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fplato.stanford.edu%2Fentries%2Fbuddhism-huayan%2F%23Faza643712+Source+Accessed+Jan+28%2C+2020%5D%2943712+Source+Accessed+Jan+28%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Chung, F.  + (Felin+Chung+is+a+graduate+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%27s+Translator+Training+Program+%28TTP%29.+She+is+a+member+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee.)
  • Zikai, F.  + (Feng+Zikai+%28simplified+Chinese%3A+%E4%B8Feng+Zikai+%28simplified+Chinese%3A+%E4%B8%B0%E5%AD%90%E6%81%BA%3B+traditional+Chinese%3A+%E8%B1%90%E5%AD%90%E6%84%B7%3B+pinyin%3A+F%C4%93ng+Z%C7%90k%C7%8Ei%3B+November+9%2C+1898+%E2%80%93+September+15%2C+1975%29+was+an+influential+Chinese+painter%2C+pioneering+manhua+%28%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%29+artist%2C+essayist%2C+and+lay+Buddhist+of+20th-century+China.+Born+just+after+the+First+Sino-Japanese+War+and+dying+just+before+the+end+of+the+Cultural+Revolution%2C+he+lived+through+much+of+the+political+and+socioeconomic+turmoil+during+the+birth+of+modern+China.+Much+of+his+literary+and+artistic+work+comments+on+and+records+the+relationship+between+the+changing+political+landscape+and+ordinary+people%27s+daily+lives.+Although+most+famous+for+his+paintings+depicting+children+and+the+multi-volume+collection+of+Buddhist-inspired+art+%27%27Paintings+for+the+Preservation+of+Life%27%27+%28%E6%8A%A4%E7%94%9F%E7%94%BB%E9%9B%86%29%2C+Feng+was+a+prolific+artist%2C+writer%2C+and+intellectual+who+made+strides+in+the+fields+of+music%2C+art%2C+literature%2C+philosophy%2C+and+translation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFeng_Zikai+Source+Accessed+July+21%2C+2023%5D%29ikai+Source+Accessed+July+21%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Brambilla, F.  + (Filippo+Brambilla+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+thFilippo+Brambilla+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+the+Department+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+of+the+University+of+Vienna.+He+is+currently+writing+his+dissertation+on+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho+%281880%E2%80%931940%29%2C+a+late+Jo+nang+scholar+whose+philosophical+works+are+characterized+by+a+distinctive+approach+that+reconciles+typically+rang+stong+positions+with+more+orthodox+Jo+nang+views.+Filippo%E2%80%99s+PhD+thesis+will+include+a+complete+edition+and+translation+of+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho%E2%80%99s+Illuminating+Light+%28%27%27Rab+gsal+snang%27%27%29.+Recently%2C+Filippo+also+started+working+as+a+researcher+in+the+FWF+funded+project+%E2%80%9CEmptiness+of+Other+%28gZhan+stong%29+in+the+Early+Jo+nang+Tradition.%E2%80%9D+He+holds+a+BA+and+an+MA+in+Languages+and+Cultures+of+Eastern+Asia%2C+with+specialization+in+Chinese+language+and+culture%2C+from+Ca%E2%80%99+Foscari+University+of+Venice.+Filippo+has+also+spent+long+periods+of+study+and+research+in+China+and+Eastern+Tibet.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fsession%2Fempty-of-true-existence-yet-full-of-qualities-tshogs-gnyis-rgya-mtsho-1880-1940-on-buddha-nature%2F+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+Across+Asia%5D%29%2F+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+Across+Asia%5D%29)
  • Rizzi, F.  + (Fiorella+Rizzi+has+been+a+student+of+BuddhFiorella+Rizzi+has+been+a+student+of+Buddhism+since+1980%2C+when+she+met+the+late+Geshe+Yeshe+Tobden.+Since+1997%2C+she+has+been+translating+and+editing+texts+on+Buddhist+philosophy+and+practice+and+is+the+founder+of+the+nonprofit+cultural+association+La+Ruota+del+Dharma.+She+lives+in+Pomaia%2C+Italy.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fauthors.simonandschuster.com%2FFiorella-Rizzi%2F451426178+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29izzi%2F451426178+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29)
  • Sutton, F.  + (Floring+Giripescu+Sutton+was+Assistant+Professor+of+Oriental+Philosophy+at+Rutgers+University.)
  • Keizan  + (Following+Dogen+Zenji%2C+the+Dharma+lamp+wFollowing+Dogen+Zenji%2C+the+Dharma+lamp+was+transmitted+to+Ejo+Zenji%2C+then+to+Gikai+Zenji%2C+and+then+to+Keizan+Zenji%2C+who+was+the+fourth+ancestor+in+the+Japanese+Soto+Zen+lineage.%0A%0AKeizan+Zenji+was+born+in+1264+in+Echizen+Province%2C+which+is+present-day+Fukui+Prefecture.+His+mother%2C+Ekan+Daishi%2C+was+a+devoted+believer+in+Kannon+Bosatsu+%28Avalokiteshvara%29%2C+the+bodhisattva+of+compassion.+It+is+said+that+she+was+on+her+way+to+worship+at+a+building+dedicated+to+Kannon+when+she+gave+birth.+For+that+reason%2C+the+name+that+Keizan+Zenji+was+given+at+birth+was+Gyosho.%0A%0AAt+the+age+of+eight%2C+he+shaved+his+head+and+entered+Eiheiji+where+he+began+his+practice+under+the+third+abbot%2C+Gikai+Zenji.+At+the+age+of+thirteen%2C+he+again+went+to+live+at+Eiheiji+and+was+officially+ordained+as+a+monk+under+Ejo+Zenji.+Following+the+death+of+Ejo+Zenji%2C+he+practiced+under+Jakuen+Zenji+at+Hokyoji%2C+located+in+present-day+Fukui.+Spotting+Keizan+Zenji%E2%80%99s+potential+ability+to+lead+the+monks%2C+Jakuen+Zenji+selected+him+to+be+ino%2C+the+monk+in+charge+of+the+other+monks%E2%80%99+practice.%0A%0AIn+contrast+to+Dogen+Zenji%2C+who+deeply+explored+the+internal+self%2C+Keizan+Zenji+stood+out+with+his+ability+to+look+outwards+and+boldly+spread+the+teaching.+For+the+Soto+Zen+School%2C+the+teachings+of+these+two+founders+are+closely+connected+with+each+other.+In+spreading+the+Way+of+Buddha+widely%2C+one+of+them+was+internal+in+his+approach+while+the+other+was+external.%0A%0AAfter+more+years+of+practice+in+Kyoto+and+Yura%2C+Keizan+Zenji+became+resident+priest+of+Jomanji+in+Awa%2C+which+is+present-day+Tokushima+Prefecture.+He+was+twenty-seven+years+old.+During+the+next+four+years%2C+he+gave+the+Buddhist+precepts+to+more+than+seventy+lay+people.+From+this+we+can+understand+Keizan+Zenji%E2%80%99s+vow+to+free+all+sentient+beings+through+teaching+and+transmitting+the+Way.%0A%0AHe+also+came+forth+emphasizing+the+equality+of+men+and+women.+He+actively+promoted+his+women+disciples+to+become+resident+priests.+At+a+time+when+women+were+unjustly+marginalized%2C+this+was+truly+groundbreaking.+This+is+thought+to+be+the+origin+of+the+organization+of+Soto+Zen+School+nuns+and+it+was+for+this+reason+many+women+took+refuge+in+Buddha%2C+Dharma%2C+and+Sangha.%0A%0AKeizan+Zenji+finally+moved+back+to+Daijoji%2C+in+present-day+Kanazawa+City%2C+where+he+became+the+second+abbot%2C+following+Gikai+Zenji.+It+was+here+that+he+gave+teisho+on+Transmission+of+Light+%28Denkoroku%29.+This+book+explains+the+circumstances+by+which+the+Dharma+was+transmitted+from+Shakyamuni+Buddha+through+the+twenty+eight+ancestors+in+India%2C+the+twenty+three+patriarchs+in+China%2C+through+Dogen+Zenji+and+Keizan+Zenji+in+Japan+until+Keizan%E2%80%99s+teacher%2C+Tettsu+Gikai.%0A%0AIn+1321+at+the+age+of+fifty-eight%2C+a+temple+called+Morookaji+in+Noto%2C+which+is+present-day+Ishikawa+Prefecture%2C+was+donated+to+Keizan+Zenji+and+he+renamed+it+Sojiji.+This+was+the+origin+of+Sojiji+in+Yokohama%2C+which+is%2C+along+with+Eiheiji%2C+the+other+Head+Temple+%28Daihonzan%29+of+the+Soto+Zen+School.%0A%0AKeizan+Zenji+did+not%2C+by+any+means%2C+make+light+of+the+worldly+interests+of+ordinary+people+and+along+with+the+practice+of+zazen+used+prayer%2C+ritual%2C+and+memorial+services+to+teach.+This+was+attractive+to+many+people+and+gave+them+a+sense+of+peace.+For+this+reason%2C+the+Soto+Zen+School+quickly+expanded.%0A%0AEven+in+the+Soto+Zen+School+today%2C+while+all+temples+have+zazen+groups+to+serve+the+earnest+requests+of+believers%2C+they+also+do+their+best+to+fulfill+the+requests+that+many+people+have+for+benefiting+in+the+everyday+world%2C+which+include+memorial+services+and+funerals.%0A%0AKeizan+Zenji+died+in+1325+at+the+age+of+sixty-five.+In+succeeding+years%2C+his+disciples+did+a+good+job+in+taking+over+for+him+at+Sojiji+on+the+Noto+Peninsula.+However%2C+that+temple+was+lost+to+fire+in+1898.+This+provided+the+opportunity+in+1907+to+move+Sojiji+to+its+present+location.+The+former+temple+was+rebuilt+as+Sojiji+Soin+and+continues+today+with+many+supporters+and+believers.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotozen.com%2Feng%2Fwhat%2FBuddha_founders%2Fdogen_zenji.html+Sotozen.com%5D%29nders%2Fdogen_zenji.html+Sotozen.com%5D%29)
  • Holmes, Katia  + (Following+an+education+in+France+and+AmeriFollowing+an+education+in+France+and+America%2C+Katia+Holmes+gained+an+M.A.+in+political+science+at+SciencePo+in+Paris+and+went+on+to+gain+an+M.Sc.+in+economics+at+the+University+of+Paris.+Her+research+at+this+time+took+her+to+India.+Following+a+year+of+lecturing+at+Vincennes+University+in+Paris%2C+in+1970+she+stayed+for+much+of+a+sabbatical+year+in+Kagyu+Samye+Ling+Tibetan+Centre+in+Scotland%2C+which+she+had+visited+in+1969.+Based+in+Samye+Ling+and+France%2C+she+has+dedicated+her+life+since+then+to+the+study+and+preservation+of+Tibetan+wisdom.+In+1987+she+gained+a+pre-doctoral+DEA+diploma+in+Religious+Anthropology+of+Asia+and+Africa+at+the+EPHE%2C+Paris.+Since+1993%2C+she+has+concentrated+on+Tibetan+Medicine+and+has+worked+in+close+conjunction+with+Khenpo+Troru+Tsenam+Rinpoche+.+.+.+Katia+is+the+main+translator+and+interpreter+for+the+Tara-Rokpa+College+of+Tibetan+Medicine+where+she+is+working+on+a+translation+of+the+famous+Fourfold+Tantra+.+.+.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fkagyu.org.za%2Fharare%2Fvisiting-teachers%2Fken-and-katia-holmes-october-23-november-2-2013%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+22%2C+2020%5D%2913%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+22%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Tanabe, G.  + (For+35+years%2C+Tanabe+has+been+a+key+figuFor+35+years%2C+Tanabe+has+been+a+key+figure+in+Hawai%CA%BBi+in+the+field+of+religion%2C+mainly+in+the+area+of+Japanese+Buddhism%2C+focusing+his+efforts+on+educating+students+and+doing+research.+He+visited+Japanese+universities+and+fostered+networks+with+the+research+faculty+and+coordinated+academic+symposiums+such+as+the+International+Conference+on+the+Lotus+Sutra+and+Japanese+Culture.%0A%0AIn+1974%2C+Tanabe+received+a+masters+of+arts+in+Japanese+from+the+Department+of+East+Asian+Languages+at+Columbia+University.+He+then+spent+two+years+researching+Buddhist+philosophy+and+history+at+the+University+of+Tokyo+as+a+foreign+research+student.%0A%0AIn+1977%2C+he+joined+the+faculty+of+the+Department+of+Religion+at+UH+M%C4%81noa%2C+where+he+taught+religion+and+Buddhist+philosophy+for+28+years.+Tanabe+also+served+as+the+chair+of+the+religion+department+from+1991+to+2001.%0A%0AIn+2006%2C+Tanabe+became+an+emeritus+professor+at+the+university+and+continued+his+writing+and+lectures.+That+year%2C+he+also+became+an+advisor+of+the+Numata+Center+at+the+Bukky%C5%8D+Dend%C5%8D+Ky%C5%8Dkai.+In+2001%2C+following+the+Ehime+Maru+incident%2C+Tanabe+assisted+and+advised+the+American+side+on+issues+of+varying+sensitivities+involving+Japan+culture+and+religion.%0A%0AAmong+his+published+titles+are+%27%27Japanese+Buddhist+Temples+in+Hawai%CA%BBi%3A+An+Illustrated+Guide%27%27%2C+which+he+wrote+and+researched+with+his+wife+Willa+Tanabe%2C+and+%27%27Practically+Religious%3A+Worldly+Benefits+and+the+Common+Religion+of+Japan%27%27%2C+co-authored+with+Ian+Reader.+He+is+also+general+editor+for+the+Topics+in+Contemporary+Buddhism+series.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaii.edu%2Fnews%2F2014%2F01%2F30%2Femeritus-professor-george-tanabe-receives-order-of-the-rising-sun%2F+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29un%2F+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Handrick, D.  + (For+six+months+each+year%2C+Don+Handrick+sFor+six+months+each+year%2C+Don+Handrick+serves+as+the+resident+teacher+at+Thubten+Norbu+Ling%2C+in+Santa+Fe%2C+NM%2C+a+center+affiliated+with+the+Foundation+for+the+Preservation+of+the+Mahayana+Tradition+%28FPMT%29.+During+that+time%2C+he+also+teaches+at+Ksitigarbha+Tibetan+Buddhist+Center+in+Taos%2C+NM%2C+and+volunteers+for+the+Liberation+Prison+Project%2C+teaching+Buddhism+once+a+month+at+a+local+prison.+Since+2012+he+has+been+an+active+member+of+the+Interfaith+Leadership+Alliance+of+Santa+Fe.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0A%0ADon+spends+the+other+half+of+each+year+as+a+touring+teacher+for+the+FPMT%2C+visiting+centers+around+the+world.+In+2015%2C+Don+had+the+honor+of+being+selected+to+lead+the+renowned+November+Course%2C+a+one+month+teaching+and+meditation+retreat+held+annually+at+Kopan+Monastery+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0A%0ADon%27s+study+of+Buddhism+began+in+1993+after+reading+The+Tibetan+Book+of+Living+and+Dying+by+Sogyal+Rinpoche.+Over+the+next+two+years+he+practiced+with+Sogyal+Rinpoche%27s+organization%2C+until+he+began+attending+classes+in+1996+with+Venerable+Robina+Courtin+at+Tse+Chen+Ling+in+San+Francisco.%EF%BB%BF%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0A%0ADon+left+the+Bay+Area+in+1998+to+attend+the+FPMT%27s+Masters+Program+of+Buddhist+Studies+in+Sutra+and+Tantra%2C+a+seven-year+residential+study+program+conducted+at+Lama+Tzong+Khapa+Institute+in+Tuscany%2C+Italy%2C+taught+by+the+scholar+and+kind+Spiritual+Friend%2C+Geshe+Jampa+Gyatso.+He+successfully+completed+all+five+subjects+of+this+program+in+2004%2C+receiving+an+FPMT+final+certificate+with+high+honors.+Don+then+moved+to+Santa+Fe%2C+serving+as+the+Spiritual+Program+Coordinator+for+Thubten+Norbu+Ling+before+being+appointed+resident+teacher+in+2006.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0A%0ADon+has+received+teachings+from+many+esteemed+lamas+in+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+tradition+including+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche%2C+Ribur+Rinpoche%2C+Choden+Rinpoche%2C+and+Khensur+Jampa+Tegchok.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.donhandrick.com%2Fabout+Source+Accessed+Nov+12%2C+2020%5D%29about+Source+Accessed+Nov+12%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Rotman, A.  + (For+the+last+25+years%2C+Andy+Rotman+has+eFor+the+last+25+years%2C+Andy+Rotman+has+engaged+in+textual+and+ethnographic+work+on+the+role+of+narratives%2C+images+and+markets+in+South+Asia+and+the+religious%2C+social+and+political+functions+that+they+serve.+This+focus+is+apparent+in+his+research+on+early+Indian+Buddhism%2C+South+Asian+media+and+the+modern+economies+of+the+North+Indian+bazaar.%0A%0AHis+recent+publications+include+%27%27Amar+Akbar+Anthony%3A+Bollywood%2C+Brotherhood%2C+and+the+Nation%27%27+%28Harvard+University+Press%2C+2015%29%2C+co-written+with+William+Elison+and+Christian+Novetzke%2C+which+offers+a+multiperspectival+exegesis+of+one+of+India%E2%80%99s+most+popular+films%3B+%27%27Thus+Have+I+Seen%3A+Visualizing+Faith+in+Early+Indian+Buddhism%27%27+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2009%29%2C+which+considers+the+construction+of+faith+as+a+visual+practice+in+Buddhism%2C+and+how+seeing+and+believing+function+as+part+of+intersecting+visual+and+moral+systems%3B+and+%27%27Divine+Stories%3A+Translations+from+the+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+part+1%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2008%29%2C+the+first+half+of+a+two-part+translation+of+an+important+collection+of+ancient+Buddhist+narratives.+This+volume+inaugurated+a+new+translation+series+from+Wisdom+Publications+called+Classics+of+Indian+Buddhism%2C+of+which+he+is+also+the+chief+editor.+The+second+volume%2C+%27%27Divine+Stories%3A+Translations+from+the+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+part+2%27%27%2C+was+published+with+Wisdom+Publications+in+2017.%0A%0ARotman%27s+current+research+focuses+on+two+book+projects%2C+both+of+which+explore+the+intersection+of+religion+and+the+market%2C+and+the+role+of+mercantilism+in+creating+and+resisting+moral+worlds%3A+%281%29+%27%27Bazaar+Religion%3A+Marketing+and+Moral+Economics+in+Modern+India%27%27+%28Harvard+University+Press%2C+under+contract%29%2C+a+longitudinal+study+of+the+main+bazaars+in+Varanasi%2C+which+examines+the+moral+economy+behind+the+objective+economy+of+visible+transactions+and+the+ways+that+it+creates%2C+mediates+and+sacralizes+various+moods+and+modes+of+behavior%3B+and+%282%29+%27%27Saving+the+World+through+Commerce%3F+Buddhists%2C+Merchants%2C+and+Mercantilism+in+Early+India%27%27%2C+which+chronicles+the+close+relationship+that+Buddhism+had+with+merchants+and+mercantilism+in+the+early+centuries+of+the+Common+Era%2C+and+how+the+market+left+its+imprint+on+the+foundations+of+Buddhism%2C+particularly+on+Buddhist+conceptions+of+morality.%0A%0ARotman%27s+courses+are+concerned+with+South+Asian+religion%2C+both+premodern+and+modern%2C+and+though+he+believes+that+religious+studies+offer+an+important+heuristic+for+penetrating+the+complexities+of+many+social+phenomena%2C+he+likes+to+teach+materials+from+a+variety+of+disciplines+as+a+way+of+triangulating+issues.+He+was+trained+to+examine+problems+as+a+scholar+of+religion+and+as+a+philologist%2C+anthropologist+and+cultural+historian%2C+and+he+trains+his+students+to+do+the+same.+Rotman+also+likes+to+use+nontraditional+media+in+the+classroom%2C+such+as+chromolithographs%2C+advertisements%2C+video+archives+and+devotional+recordings+to+offer+insight+into+under-represented+aspects+of+South+Asian+religious+life%2C+contextualize+traditional+materials+and+animate+discussions.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.smith.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Fandy-rotman+Source+Accessed+July+28%2C+2021%5D%29tman+Source+Accessed+July+28%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Chaoul, M.  + (Founding+Director+%E2%80%93+Jung+Center%E2Founding+Director+%E2%80%93+Jung+Center%E2%80%99s+Mind+Body+Spirit+Institute%3Cbr%3E%0AAdjunct+Faculty+%E2%80%93+Integrative+Medicine+Program+Department+of+Palliative%2C+Rehabilitation+%26+Integrative+Medicine+MD+Anderson+Cancer+Center%3Cbr%3E%0AAdjunct+Faculty+%E2%80%93+McGovern+Center+for+Humanities+and+Ethics+McGovern+Medical+School%2C+UT+Health%3Cbr%3E%0AInstructor+%E2%80%93+Rice+University+Glasscock+School+of+Continuing+Studies%2C+aster+of+Liberal+Studies+program%3Cbr%3E%0AInstructor+%E2%80%93+University+of+Maryland%2C+Baltimore%2C+Masters+in+Integrative+Medicine%0A%0ADr.+Chaoul+is+the+Huffington+Foundation+Endowed+Director+of+the+Mind+Body+Spirit+Institute+at+the+Jung+Center+of+Houston%2C+bringing+a+new+approach+for+helping+healthcare+professionals+flourish+by+reducing+stress+and+burnout%2C+and+improving+health%2C+resilience+and+nourish+the+human+spirit.%0A%0AHe+holds+a+PhD+in+Tibetan+religions+from+Rice+University%2C+and+has+studied+in+the+Tibetan+tradition+since+1989%2C+and+for+almost+30+years+with+Yongdzin+Tenzin+Namdak+and+Tenzin+Wangyal+Rinpoche%2C+completing+the+7-year+training+at+Ligmincha+Institute+in+2000%2C+and+also+training+in+Triten+Norbutse+monastery+in+Nepal+and+Menri+monastery+in+India.%0A%0AAlejandro+is+a+Senior+Teacher+of+The+3+Doors%2C+an+international+organization+founded+by+Tenzin+Wangyal+Rinpoche+with+the+goal+of+transforming+lives+through+meditation%2C+and+since+1995%2C+he+has+been+teaching+meditation+classes+and+Tibetan+Yoga+%28Tsa+Lung+%26+Trul+Khor%29+workshops+nationally+and+internationally+under+the+auspices+of+Ligmincha+International.%0A%0AIn+1999+he+began+teaching+these+techniques+at+the+Integrative+Medicine+Program+of+the+M.D.+Anderson+Cancer+Center+in+Houston%2C+TX%2C+where+he+holds+an+adjunct+faculty+position+and+for+the+last+twenty+years+has+conducted+research+on+the+effect+of+these+practices+in+people+with+cancer+and+their+caregivers.+He+is+also+an+adjunct+faculty+member+at+The+University+of+Texas%E2%80%99+McGovern+Center+for+Humanities+and+Ethics%2C+where+he+teaches+medical+students+in+the+areas+of+spirituality%2C+complementary+and+integrative+medicine%2C+and+end-of-life+care.+In+addition+he+is+an+Instructor+at+Rice+University%E2%80%99s+Glasscock+School+of+Continuing+Studies+Master+of+Liberal+Studies+program+and+an+at+The+University+of+Maryland%2C+Baltimore%2C+Masters+in+Integrative+Medicine.%0A%0AIn+addition%2C+he+is+an+advisor+to+The+Rothko+Chapel+and+past+board+member+of+The+Boniuk+Center+for+Religious+Tolerance+at+Rice+University%2C+and+founding+member+of+Compassionate+Houston.+His+research+and+publications+focus+on+mind-body+practices+in+integrative+care%2C+examining+how+these+practices+can+reduce+chronic+stress%2C+anxiety+and+sleep+disorders+and+improve+quality+of+life.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27Chod+Practice+in+the+Bon+Tradition%27%27+%28SnowLion%2C+2009%29%2C+%27%27Tibetan+Yoga+for+Health+and+Wellbeing%27%27+%28Hay+House%2C+2018%29%2C+and+%27%27Tibetan+Yoga%3A+Magical+Movements+of+Body%2C+Breath+%26+Mind%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2021%29.+He+has+published+in+the+area+of+religion+and+medicine%2C+medical+anthropology+and+the+interface+of+spirituality+and+healing.+Dr.+Chaoul+has+been+recognized+as+a+Fellow+at+the+Mind+%26+Life+Institute.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Falechaoul.com%2Fhome%2Fabout-ale%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+27%2C+2023%5D%29le%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+27%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Antunes da Silva, J.  + (Fr.+Da+Silva+was+born+on+December+5%2C+195Fr.+Da+Silva+was+born+on+December+5%2C+1957%2C+at+Maxial+da+Campo%2C+Sarzedas+in+Portugal.+%0A%0AAfter+his+primary+and+secondary+schooling+at+Maxial+da+Campo+and+Tortosendo%2C+he+joined+the+SVD+%28The+Society+of+the+Divine+Word%29+novitiate+at+F%C3%A1tima+in+1975+and+made+his+first+vows+on+September+26%2C+1976.+He+studied+philosophy+and+theology+at+the+Catholic+University%2C+Lisbon.+He+was+ordained+priest+at+F%C3%A1tima+on+May+6%2C+1984.%0A%0AFr.+Da+Silva+was+a+missionary+in+Ghana+%28Kintampo%29+from+1986-1989.+He+then+did+his+master+in+%E2%80%98Religion+and+Culture%E2%80%99+in+Washington+D.C.+from+1990-1992.+For+the+next+eleven+years%2C+he+was+involved+in+Campus+Ministry+at+Guimar%C3%A3es%2C+Portugal.+During+this+time+he+was+also+teacher+at+the+philosophy+faculty+at+Braga.+Fr.+Da+Silva+was+the+Vice+provincial+%28POR%29+from+1998-2001.+Before+he+was+elected+as+the+provincial+superior+in+2007%2C+he+was+spiritual+director+of+diocesan+seminarians+at+Braga%2C+Director+of+%E2%80%9CContacto+SVD%E2%80%9D+and+provincial+assistant+of+SVD+Lay+Missionaries.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffielsvd.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F07%2F11%2Ffr-jose-antunes-da-silva-elected-as-general-council-member%2F+Source+Accessed+April+4%2C+2024%5D%29r%2F+Source+Accessed+April+4%2C+2024%5D%29)
  • Chenique, F.  + (Fran%C3%A7ois+Chenique+is+a+French+essayisFran%C3%A7ois+Chenique+is+a+French+essayist+and+author+of+studies+on+esotericism.+He+was+a+professor+of+computer+science+at+Sciences-Po+Paris+and+participated+in+the+creation+of+one+of+the+first+computer+management+services+within+the+Society+of+Pont-%C3%A0-Mousson.+He+is+a+specialist+in+classical+and+modern+logic+and+has+written+several+books+on+this+subject.+%0A%0AChenique+also+held+a+doctorate+in+Religious+Sciences+from+the+University+of+Strasbourg.+He+devoted+himself+mainly+to+the+study+of+Christian+esotericism+in+the+traditionalist+tradition+initiated+by+Ren%C3%A9+Gu%C3%A9non.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFran%25C3%25A7ois_Chenique+Source+Accessed+Oct+18%2C+2019%5D%29nique+Source+Accessed+Oct+18%2C+2019%5D%29)
  • Jacquemart, F.  + (Fran%C3%A7ois+Jacquemart+%3A+%27%27%27This+is+the+given+name+of+%5B%5BTcheuky+S%C3%A8ngu%C3%A9%5D%5D.+See+that+page+for+more+information.%27%27%27)
  • Pommaret, F.  + (Fran%C3%A7oise+Pommaret+%28born+1954%29+isFran%C3%A7oise+Pommaret+%28born+1954%29+is+a+French+ethno-historian+and+Tibetologist.%0A%0APommaret+grew+up+in+the+Congo.+She+received+her+Master+of+Arts+in+the+history+of+art+and+archeology+from+the+Sorbonne+University+and+completed+her+studies+in+Tibetan+at+the+Institut+national+des+langues+et+civilisations+orientalest+%28INALCO%29.+Her+doctoral+thesis+on+%22People+who+come+back+from+the+netherland+in+the+Tibetan+cultural+areas%22+received+the+prix+Delalande-Gu%C3%A9rineau+from+the+Acad%C3%A9mie+des+Inscriptions+et+Belles-Lettres.%0A%0AShe+holds+the+position+of+Director+of+Research+Emeritus+at+the+Centre+National+de+la+Recherche+Scientifique+%28CNRS%29+in+Paris.+Her+work+focuses+on+cultural+anthropology+in+Bhutan+and+she+has+published+extensively+on+different+aspects+of+Bhutanese+culture.%5B2%5D%5B3%5D%0A%0AShe+has+worked+in+Bhutan+since+1981+and+with+the+Bhutan+Tourism+Corporation+between+1981+and+1986%2C+after+which+she+participated+in+educational+and+cultural+projects+in+Bhutan.+She+has+been+a+consultant+for+UNESCO+as+well+as+guest-curator+for+exhibitions.+She+lectures+around+the+world+on+aspects+of+Bhutanese+history+and+culture.%0A%0APommaret+works+as+Associate+Professor+and+adviser+to+the+College+of+Language+and+Culture+Studies+%28CLCS%29%2C+Royal+University+of+Bhutan+and+worked+as+scientific+advisor+to+the+Bhutan+Cultural+Atlas.%0A%0APommaret+is+also+honorary+consul+of+France+in+Bhutan+and+the+president+of+the+association+of+Amis+du+Bhoutan+%28friends+of+Bhutan%2C+founded+1987%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFran%25C3%25A7oise_Pommaret+Source+Accessed+Nov+14%2C+2023%5D%29maret+Source+Accessed+Nov+14%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Tarocco, F.  + (Francesca+Tarocco+is+Visiting+Associate+PrFrancesca+Tarocco+is+Visiting+Associate+Professor+of+Buddhist+Cultures+at+NYU+Shanghai.+Prior+to+joining+NYU+Shanghai+she+was+Lecturer+in+Buddhist+Studies+and+Leverhulme+Trust+Research+Fellow+in+Chinese+History+at+the+University+of+Manchester%2C+UK.+%0A%0ATarocco%E2%80%99s+research+interests+are+in+the+cultural+history+of+China%2C+Chinese+Buddhism%2C+visual+culture+and+urban+Asia.+Her+books+include+%27%27The+Cultural+Practices+of+Modern+Chinese+Buddhism%3A+Attuning+the+Dharma%27%27+%28Routledge%2C+2007+and+2011%29+and+%27%27The+Re-enchantment+of+Modernity%3A+Buddhism%2C+Photography+and+Chinese+History%27%27+%282018%29.+Her+scholarly+articles+include+%E2%80%9CThe+City+and+the+Pagoda%3A+Buddhist+Spatial+Tactics+in+Shanghai%E2%80%9D+%282015%29%2C+%E2%80%9CTerminology+and+Religious+Identity%3A+The+Genealogy+of+the+Term+Zongjiao%2C%E2%80%9D+%282012%29+and+%E2%80%9COn+the+Market%3A+Consumption+and+Material+Culture+in+Modern+Chinese+Buddhism%E2%80%9D+%28Religion%2C+2011%29.+%0A+%0ATarocco+is+the+co-founder+and+director+of+the+international+research+initiative+Shanghai+Studies+Society+and+a+fellow+of+the+Critical+Collaborations+network+at+the+Institute+for+Advanced+Study+%28NYU%29.+She+is+the+recipient+of+awards+from+the+Leverhulme+Trust%2C+the+Sutasoma+Foundation+and+the+Chinese+Ministry+of+Education%2C+among+many+others.+Tarocco+is+a+regular+contributor+of+the+contemporary+visual+culture+journals+%27%27Parkett%27%27%2C+%27%27Flash+Art+International%27%27+and+%27%27Frieze%27%27.%0A%0A%3D%3D%3DResearch+Interests%3D%3D%3D%0AHistory+of+Religion+in+China%3Cbr%3E%0AShanghai+Buddhism%3Cbr%3E%0ABuddhist+Visual+Culture%3Cbr%3E%0AChinese+Photography%3Cbr%3E%0AChinese+Diasporic+Art%3Cbr%3E%0AGlobal+Visual+Culture+%0A+%0A%3D%3D%3DEducation%3D%3D%3D%0APhD%2C+Chinese+History%2C+University+of+London%3Cbr%3E%0AMA%2C+Chinese+Studies%2C+University+of+London%3Cbr%3E%0AMA%2C+Chinese+and+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Venice+University%3Cbr%3E%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fshanghai.nyu.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Fdirectory%2Ffrancesca-tarocco+Source+Accessed+Jan+10%2C+2020%5D%29rocco+Source+Accessed+Jan+10%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Brassard, F.  + (Francis+Brassard+is+from+Quebec%2C+Canada.Francis+Brassard+is+from+Quebec%2C+Canada.+He+received+his+PhD+from+McGill+University+in+religious+studies.+He+also+studied+at+the+Institut+f%C3%BCr+Kultur+und+Geschichte+Indiens+und+Tibets%2C+Hamburg+University.+His+research+interests+include+Buddhist+philosophy+and+psychology%2C+comparative+religions+and+philosophies%2C+and+interreligious+dialogue.+His+book%2C+%27%27The+Concept+of+Bodhicitta+in+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27s+Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27%2C+was+published+by+the+State+University+of+New+York+Press+%282000%29.+Some+of+his+other+publication+titles+include%3A+%22Buddhism%22+in+A+Catholic+Engagement+with+the+World+Religions%2C+Maryknoll%2C+New+York%3A+Orbis+Book+%282010%29%2C+%E2%80%9CAsking+the+Right+Question%E2%80%9D+in+Asian+Texts+-+Asian+Contexts%3A+Encountering+the+Philosophies+and+Religions+of+Asia.%2C+Albany%3A+SUNY+Press+%282010%29%2C+%E2%80%9COn+the+Origin+of+Religious+Discourse%E2%80%9D+in+The+Dialectics+of+the+Religious+%26+the+Secular%3A+Studies+on+the+Future+of+Religion.+Koninklijke+Brill+NV+%282014%29+and+%E2%80%9CRu%C4%91er+Bo%C5%A1kovi%C4%87+and+the+Structure+of+the+Experience+of+Scientific+Discovery%E2%80%9D+in+Cadmus%2C+Vol.+2%2C+6%2C+%28May+2016%29.+He+has+taught+at+Berry+College+in+Rome%2C+Georgia+%28USA%29+and+Miyazaki+International+College+in+Japan.+Francis+Brassard+is+a+Lecturer+at+RIT+Croatia+%28Dubrovnik+campus%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Ffrancis-brassard-50992339%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+6%2C+2021%5D%29339%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+6%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Cook, F.  + (Francis+Dojun+Cook+was+born+and+raised+in+Francis+Dojun+Cook+was+born+and+raised+in+a+very+small+town+in+upstate+New+York+in+1930.+He+was+lucky+to+be+an+ordinary+kid+with+ordinary+parents.+By+means+of+true+grit+and+luck%2C+he+managed+to+acquire+several+academic+degrees+and+learn+something+about+Buddhism.+More+luck+in+the+form+of+a+Fulbright+Fellowship+enabled+him+to+study+in+Kyoto%2C+Japan%2C+for+a+year+and+a+half%2C+where+he+would+have+learned+more+had+he+not+spent+so+much+time+admiring+temple+gardens.+He+now+teaches+Buddhism+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Riverside%2C+and+is+director+of+translations+at+the+Institute+for+Transcultural+Studies+in+Los+Angeles.+He+remains+ordinary%2C+but+to+his+credit+it+can+be+said+that+he+raised+four+good+kids%2C+has+a+great+love+for+animals%2C+and+cooks+pretty+well.+A+sign+that+at+last+he+is+becoming+more+intelligent+is+that+he+became+a+student+of+Maezumi+Roshi+several+years+ago%2C+the+best+thing+he+ever+did.+He+is+also+the+author+of+%27%27Hua-yen+Buddhism%3A+The+Jewel+Net+of+Indra%27%27%2C+and+of+various+articles+on+Buddhism+in+scholarly+journals.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Ffrancis-dojun-cook%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29ok%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Cleaves, F.  + (Francis+Woodman+Cleaves+%28born+in+Boston+Francis+Woodman+Cleaves+%28born+in+Boston+in+1911+and+died+in+New+Hampshire+on+December+31%2C+1995%29+was+a+Sinologist%2C+linguist%2C+and+historian+who+taught+at+Harvard+University%2C+and+was+the+founder+of+Sino-Mongolian+studies+in+America.+He+is+well+known+for+his+translation+of+%27%27The+Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27.%0A%0ACleaves+received+his+undergraduate+degree+in+Classics+from+Dartmouth+College%2C+and+then+enrolled+in+the+graduate+program+in+Comparative+Philology+at+Harvard%2C+but+transferred+to+the+study+of+Far+Eastern+Languages+under+Serge+Eliss%C3%A9eff+in+the+mid-1930s%2C+prior+to+the+formal+establishment+of+the+department.%0A%0AIn+1935%2C+on+a+fellowship+from+the+Harvard-Yenching+Institute%2C+Cleaves+went+first+to+Paris%2C+where+he+studied+Mongolian+and+other+Central+Asian+languages+with+the+Sinologist+Paul+Pelliot+for+three+years%2C+then+to+Beijing+where+he+studied+with+the+Mongolist+Antoine+Mostaert+S.J.+Always+an+avid+book+collector%2C+he+also+roamed+the+stalls+and+shops+in+Liulichang%2C+the+street+for+books+and+antiques.+There+he+accumulated+an+extensive+collection+not+only+in+Chinese+and+Mongolian%2C+his+own+interests%2C+but+also+in+Manchu%2C+which+he+did+not+plan+to+use+himself.+The+books+in+Manchu+were+particularly+rare+and+form+the+core+of+Harvard%27s+Manchu+collection.%0A%0ACleaves+returned+to+Harvard+in+1941+and+taught+Chinese+in+the+Department+of+Far+Eastern+Languages+as+well+as+worked+on+the+Harvard-Yenching+Institute+Chinese-English+dictionary+project.+In+the+following+year+he+received+his+Ph.D.+with+a+dissertation+entitled+%E2%80%9CA+Sino-Mongolian+Inscription+on+1362%2C%E2%80%9D+and+offered+Harvard%E2%80%99s+first+course+on+the+Mongolian+language.+Cleaves+enlisted+in+the+United+States+Navy+and+served+in+the+Pacific.+After+the+war+ended%2C+he+helped+to+relocate+Japanese+citizens+who+had+lived+in+China+back+to+Japan+and+sorted+through+the+books+they+left+behind+to+find+those+suitable+for+shipping+to+the+Harvard-Yenching+Library.%0A%0AIn+1946%2C+Cleaves+returned+to+Harvard+and+proceeded+to+teach+Chinese+and+Mongolian%2C+without+interruption%2C+for+the+next+thirty-five+years.+He+is+unique+for+being+the+only+professor+in+the+history+of+the+department+never+to+take+a+sabbatical.+He+trained+his+students+in+the+traditional+European+sinology+of+his+mentors.+Among+his+best-known+disciples+were+Joseph+Fletcher%2C+the+distinguished+Mongolist+and+historian%2C+and+Elizabeth+Endicott-West%2C+author+of+basic+studies+on+the+Yuan+dynasty+and+History+of+Mongolia.%0A%0ACleaves+had+an+especially+close+relation+with+William+Hung%2C+a+preeminent+scholar+who+had+become+his+friend+and+mentor+when+they+met+in+China+in+the+1930s.+A+mutual+friend+recalled+that+Cleaves+was+%22an+old-fashioned+gentleman+perhaps+more+at+home+with+his+cows%2C+horses%2C+and+fellow+farmers+in+New+Hampshire+than+with+the+academic+intrigues+of+Cambridge%2C%22+while+Hung+was+a+%22pragmatic+Confucianist.%22+The+two+would+meet+every+weekday+at+three+to+sip+tea+and+perhaps+read+from+the+Chinese+classics+or+dynastic+histories.+Cleaves+introduced+Hung+to+the+Mongol+histories%2C+and+Hung+published+several+articles+in+this+field.+Hung%27s+article+on+the+%27%27Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27%2C+however%2C+drew+conclusions+which+Cleaves+did+not+feel+were+correct.+Out+of+respect+for+his+friend%2C+Cleaves+did+not+publish+his+own+translation+until+1985%2C+after+Hung%27s+death.%0A%0ACleaves+was+renowned+for+his+meticulously+annotated+translations+of+Chinese+and+Old+Mongolian+texts%2C+and+consistently+emphasized+literal+philological+accuracy+over+aesthetic+beauty.+He+published+over+seventy+books+and+articles%2C+many+of+which+were+on+bilingual+Sino-Mongolian+stele+inscriptions+from+the+thirteenth+and+fourteenth+centuries.+His+largest+project+was+a+complete+annotated+translation+of+the+%27%27Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27%2C+of+which+only+the+first+volume+was+ever+published.+In+order+to+give+readers+the+flavor+of+the+original%2C+Cleaves+restricted+the+vocabulary+to+words+used+in+Elizabethan+English%2C+a+decision+which+made+the+text+hard+for+some+readers+to+comprehend.+In+1984%2C+Paul+Kahn+published+a+translation+based+on+Cleaves+but+using+contemporary+English.%0A%0AA+deeply+committed+teacher%2C+Cleaves+reluctantly+retired+in+1980%2C+and+continued+his+scholarship+on+Mongolian+history.+Much+of+his+work%2C+including+notes+on+the+remaining+sections+of+the+%27%27Secret+History%27%27+and+manuscripts+for+dozens+of+additional+articles%2C+remained+unpublished+at+the+time+of+his+death+in+1995.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFrancis_Woodman_Cleaves+Source+Accessed+Mar+12%2C+2021%5D%29eaves+Source+Accessed+Mar+12%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Villalba, D.  + (Francisco+Dokush%C5%8D+Villalba%2C+%28bornFrancisco+Dokush%C5%8D+Villalba%2C+%28born+November+8%2C+1956%29+is+a+Spanish+Buddhist+teacher.+In+1984%2C+he+was+the+first+Spaniard+to+be+recognized+as+a+Zen+master.+He+was+a+disciple+of+the+Japanese+Zen+master+Taisen+Deshimaru%2C+a+Zen+diffuser+in+Europe%2C+who+ordained+him+a+Zen+Buddhist+monk+in+1978.+Villalba+became+his+collaborator%2C+translating+into+Spanish+the+works+by+Deshimaru+and+was+the+translator+of+the+first+Spanish+version+of+the+%27%27Bodhicaryavatara%27%27.+After+the+death+of+his+teacher+in+1982%2C+Villalba+returned+to+Spain%2C+where+he+founded+several+Zen+centers.+In+the+eighties+he+traveled+to+Japan+to+complete+his+training.+In+1987+he+received+the+Dharma+Transmission%2C+recognition+as+a+Zen+master+and+the+authorization+to+found+temples+and+centers+from+his+second+master%2C+Shuyu+Narita.+Villalba+is+the+founder+of+the+Soto+Zen+Buddhist+Community+in+Spain+in+1989+and+the+Zen+Buddhist+Monastery+Luz+Serena%2C+the+first+Buddhist+monastery+founded+in+Spain%2C+where+%5Bhe%5D+usually+resides.+Writer%2C+lecturer%2C+and+translator+of+international+reputation%2C+he+has+participated+in+numerous+meetings+and+debates+on+religion+and+interculturality%2C+including+the+Parliament+of+the+World%27s+Religions.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDokush%25C3%25B4_Villalba+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29lalba+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Kuiper, F.  + (Franciscus+Bernardus+Jacobus+Kuiper+%28JulFranciscus+Bernardus+Jacobus+Kuiper+%28July+7%2C+1907+%E2%80%93+November+14%2C+2003%29+was+a+distinguished+scholar+in+Indology%2C+and+%22one+of+the+last+great+Indologists+of+the+past+century+...+His+very+innovative+work+covers+virtually+all+the+fields+of+Indo-Iranian+and+Indo-Aryan+philology%2C+linguistics%2C+mythology+and+theater%2C+as+well+as+Indo-European%2C+Dravidian%2C+Munda+and+Pan-Indian+linguistics.%22%0A%0AKuiper+was+born+in+The+Hague%2C+studied+Latin%2C+Greek%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+Indo-European+linguistics+at+Leiden+University%2C+and+in+1934+completed+his+doctoral+thesis+on+the+nasal+presents+in+Sanskrit+and+other+Indo-European+languages.+After+%5Bserving%5D+years+as+a+high+school+teacher+of+Latin+and+Greek+at+the+lyceum+of+Batavia+%28Jakarta%29%2C+Indonesia%2C+in+1939+he+was+appointed+Professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Leiden+University.%0A%0AKuiper+was+a+member+of+the+Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+between+1937+and+1939%2C+when+he+resigned.+He+became+a+member+again+in+1948.+He+was+a+Knight+in+the+Order+of+the+Netherlands+Lion.+He+died+in+Zeist+and+was+buried+in+the+Rijnhof+cemetery+at+Leiden.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFranciscus_Bernardus_Jacobus_Kuiper+Source+Accessed+July+3%2C+2023%5D%29uiper+Source+Accessed+July+3%2C+2023%5D%29)