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  • Gelong Sherab Drime  + (Sherab+Drime+contributed+content+to+%5Bhtt … Sherab+Drime+contributed+content+to+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Frywiki.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DSpecial%3AContributions%2FSherabDrime%26limit%3D500%26target%3DSherabDrime+RYWiki%5D+from+2005+to+2016.+%0AThomas+Roth%2C+or+rather+%28Karma%29+Sherab+Drime+as+he+prefers+to+be+called+again+since+having+been+re-ordained%2C+born+in+1963%2C+is+a+former+Radio+Operator+%28the+only+%22proper%22+profession+he+ever+learned%29+and+became+a+monk+in+1981.+He+took+refuge+in+February+1977+from+Lama+Gendun+Rinpoche+and+has+been+a+student+of+Ven.+Kyabje+Tenga+Rinpoche+since+February+1979.+In+1989%2C+following+H.H.+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%27s+advice%2C+he+returned+his+ordination+to+Lama+Gendun+Rinpoche+and+continued+to+practice+as+a+lay-person+until+March+2012.+He+never+intended+to+be+a+%22interpreter+or+translator%22+as+such+and+actually+only+learned+Tibetan+because+in+the+late+70%27s+and+early+80%27s+there+were+so+few+translators+around%2C+that+it+was+at+times+difficult+to+find+one+when+needed.+Still+a+bit+at+odds+with+being+called+a+translator+by+some%2C+he+used+to+interpret+mainly+for+H.E.+Drubwang+Sangye+Nyenpa+Rinpoche+and+the+late+Kyabje+Tenga+Rinpoche+during+their+annual+spring+courses+in+Kathmandu+and+their+summer+courses+in+Germany+and+Belgium.+Since+the+passing+of+Kyabje+Tenga+Rinpoche+in+March+2012%2C+and+H.E.+Drubwang+Sangye+Nyenpa+Rinpoche%27s+English+having+improved+so+much+that+he+doesn%27t+require+an+interpreter+any+longer%2C+he+considers+himself+semi-retired+and+spends+most+of+his+time+in+retreat+either+in+%5B%5BYolmo%5D%5D+or+%5B%5BLapchi%5D%5D.+Rather+than+being+called+a+translator%2C+he+prefers+to+be+known+as+a+simple+practitioner.+His+main+interest%2C+apart+from+anything+Mahamudra%2C+is+Tibetan+history%2C+particularly+the+histories+of+the+various+Dagpo+Kagyu+lineages%2C+the+Shangpa+Kagyu+lineage+in+particular+and+how+it+suffused+virtually+all+lineages+of+Buddhism+in+Tibet%2C+and+the+Jonang+school.+In+2012+he+took+full+Gelong+ordination+from+%5B%5BKhenchen+Thrangu+Rinpoche%5D%5D+and%2C+technically%2C+now+answers+to+the+name+Karma+Lodr%C3%B6+Samphel.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Frywiki.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FSherab_Drime+Source+Accessed+March+1%2C+2021%5D%29rime+Source+Accessed+March+1%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Sherry Chayat  + (Shinge-shitsu+Roko+Sherry+Chayat+%28born+1 … Shinge-shitsu+Roko+Sherry+Chayat+%28born+1943%29+is+the+current+abbot+of+the+Zen+Studies+Society%2C+based+at+the+International+Dai+Bosatsu+Zendo+Kongo-ji+monastery%2C+outside+Livingston+Manor%2C+NY%2C+and+at+the+New+York+Zendo+Shobo-Ji+on+the+upper+east+side+of+Manhattan.+She+is+also+the+abbot+of+the+Zen+Center+of+Syracuse+Hoen-ji.+Chayat+is+an+advocate+for+the+use+of+meditation+in+medical+settings%2C+with+Hoen-ji+running+the+program+%27%27Well%2FBeing+Contemplative+Practices+for+Healing%27%27+for+healthcare+professionals.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSherry_Chayat+Source+Accessed+Nov+15%2C+2019%5D%29hayat+Source+Accessed+Nov+15%2C+2019%5D%29)
  • Shinran  + (Shinran+%281173%E2%80%931263%29+lived+duri … Shinran+%281173%E2%80%931263%29+lived+during+the+late-Heian+early-Kamakura+period+%281185%E2%80%931333%29%2C+a+time+of+turmoil+for+Japan+when+the+emperor+was+stripped+of+political+power+by+the+sh%C5%8Dguns.+Shinran%27s+family+had+a+high+rank+at+the+Imperial+court+in+Kyoto%2C+but+given+the+times%2C+many+aristocratic+families+were+sending+sons+off+to+be+Buddhist+monks+instead+of+having+them+participate+in+the+Imperial+government.+When+Shinran+was+nine+%281181%29%2C+he+was+sent+by+his+uncle+to+Mount+Hiei%2C+where+he+was+ordained+as+a+%C5%9Br%C4%81ma%E1%B9%87era+in+the+Tendai+sect.+Over+time%2C+Shinran+became+disillusioned+with+how+Buddhism+was+practiced%2C+foreseeing+a+decline+in+the+potency+and+practicality+of+the+teachings+espoused.%0A%0AShinran+left+his+role+as+a+dos%C5%8D+%28%22practice-hall+monk%22%29+at+Mount+Hiei+and+undertook+a+100-day+retreat+at+Rokkaku-d%C5%8D+in+Kyoto%2C+where+he+had+a+dream+on+the+95th+day.+In+this+dream%2C+Prince+Sh%C5%8Dtoku+appeared+to+him%2C+espousing+a+pathway+to+enlightenment+through+verse.+Following+the+retreat%2C+in+1201%2C+Shinran+left+Mount+Hiei+to+study+under+H%C5%8Dnen+for+the+next+six+years.+H%C5%8Dnen+%281133%E2%80%931212%29+another+ex-Tendai+monk%2C+left+the+tradition+in+1175+to+found+his+own+sect%2C+the+J%C5%8Ddo-sh%C5%AB+or+%22Pure+Land+School%22.+From+that+time+on%2C+Shinran+considered+himself%2C+even+after+exile%2C+a+devout+disciple+of+H%C5%8Dnen+rather+than+a+founder+establishing+his+own%2C+distinct+Pure+Land+school.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fencyclopediaofbuddhism.org%2Fwiki%2FJodo_Shinshu+Source+Accessed+October+16%2C+2019%5D%29u+Source+Accessed+October+16%2C+2019%5D%29)
  • Shinsui (Mamiko) Okada  + (Shinsui+%28Mamiko%29+Okada%2C+a+professor+ … Shinsui+%28Mamiko%29+Okada%2C+a+professor+emerita+at+the+University+of+Hyogo%2C+earned+a+Dr.Phil.+at+the+University+of+Bonn%2C+Germany.+She+is+an+ordained+Nichiren-sh%C5%AB+priest+and+a+member+of+the+Science+Council+of+Japan.+She+was+also+one+of+the+organizers+of+the+Japan+Religion+Coordinating+Project+for+Disaster+Relief%2C+which+was+organized+after+the+Great+East+Japan+Earthquake+of+2011.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frk-world.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2FDW18_7-12.pdf+Source+Accessed+Sep+17%2C+2021%5D%292.pdf+Source+Accessed+Sep+17%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Shinya Moriyama  + (Shinya+Moriyama+%E8%AD%B7%E5%B1%B1%E7%9C%9 … Shinya+Moriyama+%E8%AD%B7%E5%B1%B1%E7%9C%9F%E4%B9%9F+is+an+Associate+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+Shinshu+University+in+Japan.+His+main+research+interests+lie+in+the+Buddhist+epistemology+of+Dharmak%C4%ABrti+and+his+followers.+He+has+recently+published+a+book+entitled+%27%27Omniscience+and+Religious+Authority%3A+A+Study+on+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81karagupta%E2%80%99s%27%27+Pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87av%C4%81rttik%C4%81la%E1%B9%85k%C4%81rabh%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ya+%27%27ad%27%27+Pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87av%C4%81rttika+%27%27II+8-10+and+29-33%27%27+%282014%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fpdf%2F4-publikationen%2Fhamburg-buddhist-studies%2Fhamburgup-hbs03-authors-linradich-mirror.pdf+Source+Accessed+June+29%2C+2020%5D%29.pdf+Source+Accessed+June+29%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Shogo Watanabe  + (Shogo+Watanabe+is+Professor+in+the+Departm … Shogo+Watanabe+is+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Eastern+Philosophy+and+Culture%2C+Faculty+of+Letters%2C+at+Toyo+University+in+Japan.+His+Research+interests+include+Indian+Buddhism%2C+early+Mahayana+Buddhism%2C+the+Prajnaparamita+Sutras%2C+and+Mahayana+Buddhism.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyo.ac.jp%2Fnyushi%2Fen%2Fcolumn-en%2Fvideo-lecture-en%2F20171220_05.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+18%2C+2021%5D%29.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+18%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Shohaku Okumura  + (Shohaku+Okumura+was+born+in+Osaka%2C+Japan … Shohaku+Okumura+was+born+in+Osaka%2C+Japan+in+1948.+He+is+an+ordained+priest+and+Dharma+successor+of+K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D+Uchiyama+Roshi+in+the+lineage+of+K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D+Sawaki+Roshi.+He+is+a+graduate+of+Komazawa+University+and+has+practiced+at+Antaiji+with+K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D+Uchiyama+Roshi%2C+Zuioji+with+Narasaki+Ikk%C5%8D+Roshi+in+Japan%2C+and+Pioneer+Valley+Zendo+in+Massachusetts.+He+taught+at+Kyoto+S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D+Zen+Center+in+Japan+and+Minnesota+Zen+Meditation+Center+in+Minneapolis.+He+was+the+director+of+the+Soto+Zen+Buddhism+International+Center+%28previously+called+Soto+Zen+Education+Center%29+in+San+Francisco+from+1997+to+2010.%0A%0AHis+previously+published+books+of+translation+include+%27%27D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Extensive+Record%3A+A+Translation+of+the+Eihei+K%C5%8Droku%27%27%3B+%27%27Shikantaza%3A+An+Introduction+to+Zazen%27%27%3B+%27%27Sh%C5%8Db%C5%8Dgenz%C5%8D+Zuimonki%3A+Sayings+of+Eihei+D%C5%8Dgen+Zenji%27%27%3B+%27%27Heart+of+Zen%3A+Practice+without+Gaining-mind%27%27+%28previously+titled+%27%27D%C5%8Dgen+Zen%27%27%29%3B+%27%27Zen+Teachings+of+%22Homeless%22+K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D%27%27%3B+%27%27Opening+the+Hand+of+Thought%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Whole+Hearted+Way%3A+A+Translation+of+Eihei+D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Bend%C5%8Dwa+with+Commentary+by+K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D+Uchiyama+Roshi%27%27%3B+and+%27%27D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Pure+Standards+for+the+Zen+Community%3A+A+Translation+of+Eihei+Shingi%27%27.+Okumura+is+also+the+editor+of+%27%27D%C5%8Dgen+Zen+and+Its+Relevance+for+Our+Time%27%27%3B+%27%27Soto+Zen%3A+An+Introduction+to+Zazen%27%27%3B+and+%27%27Nothing+is+Hidden%3A+Essays+on+Zen+Master+D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Instructions+for+the+Cook%27%27.%0A%0AHe+is+the+founding+teacher+of+the+Sanshin+Zen+Community%2C+based+in+Bloomington%2C+Indiana%2C+where+he+lives+with+his+family.+%28%27%27Realizing+Genjokoan%27%27%2C+about+the+author%29ing+Genjokoan%27%27%2C+about+the+author%29)
  • Thrangu Rinpoche  + (Short+Biography+of+the+Ninth+Khenchen+Thra … Short+Biography+of+the+Ninth+Khenchen+Thrangu+Tulku%2C+Karma+Lodr%C3%B6+Lungrik+Maway+Senge%3A+%0A%0A%0AThe+Venerable+Khenchen+Thrangu+Rinpoche+was+born+in+Kham%2C+Tibet%2C+in+1933.+At+the+age+of+five%2C+he+was+formally+recognized+by+His+Holiness+the+Sixteenth+Karmapa+and+Tai+Situpa+as+the+ninth+incarnation+of+the+great+Thrangu+tulku.+He+entered+Thrangu+monastery%2C+where%2C+from+the+ages+of+seven+to+sixteen%2C+he+studied+reading%2C+writing%2C+grammar%2C+poetry%2C+and+astrology%2C+memorized+ritual+texts%2C+and+completed+two+preliminary+retreats.+At+sixteen%2C+under+the+direction+of+Khenpo+Lodro+Rabsel%2C+he+began+the+study+of+the+three+vehicles+of+Buddhism+while+in+retreat.+At+twenty-three+he+received+full+ordination+from+the+Karmapa.%0ABecause+of+the+Chinese+military+takeover+of+Tibet%2C+Thrangu+Rinpoche%2C+then+twenty-seven%2C+was+forced+to+flee+to+India+in+1959.+He+was+called+to+Rumtek+monastery+in+Sikkim%2C+where+the+Karmapa+has+his+seat+in+exile.+Because+of+his+great+scholarship+and+unending+diligence%2C+he+was+given+the+task+of+preserving+the+teachings+of+the+Kagyu+lineage%3B+the+lineage+of+Marpa%2C+Milarepa%2C+and+Gampopa%2C+so+that+one+thousand+years+of+profound+Buddhist+teachings+would+not+be+lost.%0A%0AHe+continued+his+studies+in+exile%2C+and+at+the+age+of+thirty-five+he+took+the+geshe+examination+before+1500+monks+at+Buxador+monastic+refugee+camp+in+Bengal+and+was+awarded+the+degree+of+Geshe+Lharampa.+Upon+his+return+to+Rumtek%2C+he+was+awarded+the+highest+Khenchen+degree.+Because+many+of+the+Buddhist+texts+in+Tibet+were+destroyed%2C+Thrangu+Rinpoche+helped+in+beginning+the+recovery+of+these+texts+from+Tibetan+monasteries+outside+of+Tibet.+He+was+named+Abbot+of+Rumtek+monastery+and+the+Nalanda+Institute+for+Higher+Buddhist+Studies+at+Rumtek.+Thrangu+Rinpoche%2C+along+with+Khenpo+Tsultrim+Gyamtso+Rinpoche%2C+was+one+of+the+principal+teachers+at+the+Institute%2C+training+all+the+younger+tulkus+of+the+lineage%2C+including+The+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche%2C+who+was+in+the+first+class.+He+was+also+the+personal+tutor+of+the+four+principal+Karma+Kagyu+tulkus%3A+Shamar+Rinpoche%2C+Situ+Rinpoche%2C+Jamgon+Kongtrul+Rinpoche%2C+and+Gyaltsab+Rinpoche.+Thrangu+Rinpoche+established+the+fundamental+curriculum+of+the+Karma+Kagyu+lineage+taught+at+Rumtek.+In+addition%2C+he+taught+with+Khenpo+Karthar%2C+who+had+been+a+teacher+at+Thrangu+Rinpoche%27s+monastery+in+Tibet+before+1959%2C+and+who+is+now+head+of+Karma+Triyana+Dharmachakra+in+Woodstock%2C+New+York%2C+the+seat+of+His+Holiness+Karmapa+in+North+America.%0A%0AAfter+twenty+years+at+Rumtek%2C+in+1976+Thrangu+Rinpoche+founded+the+small+monastery+of+Thrangu+Tashi+Choling+in+Boudhanath%2C+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.+Since+then%2C+he+has+founded+a+retreat+center+and+college+at+Namo+Buddha%2C+east+of+the+Kathmandu+Valley%2C+and+has+established+a+school+in+Boudhanath+for+the+general+education+of+Tibetan+lay+children+and+young+monks+in+Western+subjects+as+well+as+in+Buddhist+studies.+In+Kathmandu%2C+he+built+Tara+Abbey%2C+which+offers+a+full+dharma+education+for+Tibetan+nuns%2C+training+them+to+become+khenpos+or+teachers.+He+has+also+established+a+free+medical+clinic+in+an+impoverished+area+of+Nepal.%0A%0AThrangu+Rinpoche+recently+completed+a+large%2C+beautiful+monastery+in+Sarnath%2C+India%2C+overlooking+the+Deer+Park+where+the+Buddha+gave+his+first+teaching+on+the+Four+Noble+Truths.+This+monastery+is+named+Vajra+Vidya+after+the+Sixteenth+Gyalwa+Karmapa%2C+and+it+is+now+the+seat+for+the+annual+Kagyu+conference+led+by+His+Holiness+the+Seventeenth+Karmapa.+In+January+of+this+year%2C+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+came+to+Sarnath+to+perform+a+ceremony+in+the+Deer+Park+with+the+Karmapa%2C+Thrangu+Rinpoche%2C+and+other+high+lamas.%0A%0AAround+1976%2C+Thrangu+Rinpoche+began+giving+authentic+Buddhist+teachings+in+the+West.+He+has+traveled+extensively+throughout+Europe%2C+Asia%2C+and+the+United+States.+In+1984+he+spent+several+months+in+Tibet+where+he+ordained+over+one+hundred+monks+and+nuns+and+visited+several+monasteries.+In+the+United+States%2C+Thrangu+Rinpoche+has+centers+in+Maine+and+California%2C+and+is+currently+building+the+Vajra+Vidya+Retreat+Center+in+Crestone%2C+Colorado.+Highly+qualified+monks+and+nuns+from+Thrangu+Rinpoche%27s+monastery+will+give+retreatants+instruction+in+various+intensive+practices.+He+often+visits+and+gives+teachings+in+centers+in+New+York%2C+Connecticut%2C+and+Seattle%2C+Washington.+In+Canada%2C+he+gives+teachings+in+Vancouver+and+has+a+center+in+Edmonton.+He+is+the+Abbot+of+Gampo+Abbey%2C+a+Buddhist+monastery+in+Nova+Scotia.+He+conducts+yearly+Namo+Buddha+seminars+in+the+United+States%2C+Canada%2C+and+Europe%2C+which+are+also+part+of+a+meditation+retreat.%0A%0ARinpoche+has+now+taught+in+over+twenty-five+countries+and+has+seventeen+centers+in+twelve+countries.+He+is+especially+known+for+making+complex+teachings+accessible+to+Western+students.+Thrangu+Rinpoche+is+a+recognized+master+of+Mahamudra+meditation.%0A%0ABecause+of+his+vast+knowledge+of+the+Dharma+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  • Śrīsiṃha  + (Shri+Singha+was+the+chief+disciple+and+suc … Shri+Singha+was+the+chief+disciple+and+successor+of+Manjushrimitra+in+the+lineage+of+the+Dzogchen+teachings.+He+was+born+in+the+Chinese+city+of+Shokyam+in+Khotan+and+studied+at+first+with+the+Chinese+masters+Hatibhala+and+Bhelakirti.+In+his+Ocean+of+Wondrous+Sayings%2C+Guru+Tashi+Tobgyal+adds+that+Shri+Singha+received+a+prophesy+from+Avalokiteshvara+while+traveling+to+Serling%2C+telling+him+to+go+to+the+Sosaling+charnel+ground+in+order+to+be+sure+of+the+ultimate+attainment.+After+many+years+Shri+Singha+met+Manjushrimitra+in+the+charnel+ground+of+Sosaling%2C+and+remained+with+him+for+twenty-five+years.+Having+transmitted+all+the+oral+instructions%2C+the+great+master+Manjushrimitra+dissolved+his+bodily+form+into+a+mass+of+light.+When+Shri+Singha+cried+out+in+despair+and+uttered+songs+of+deep+yearning%2C+Manjushrimitra+appeared+again+and+bestowed+him+a+tiny+casket+of+precious+substance.+The+casket+contained+his+master%27s+final+words%2C+a+vital+instruction+named+Gomnyam+Drugpa%2C+the+Six+Experiences+of+Meditation.+Having+received+this+transmission%2C+Shri+Singha+reached+ultimate+confidence.+In+Bodhgaya+he+found+the+manuscripts+of+the+tantras+previously+hidden+by+Manjushrimitra+which+he+took+to+China+where+he+classified+the+Instruction+Section+into+four+parts%3A+the+outer%2C+inner%2C+secret%2C+and+the+innermost+unexcelled+sections.+Among+Shri+Singha%27s+disciples+were+four+outstanding+masters%3A+Jnanasutra%2C+Vimalamitra%2C+Padmasambhava+and+the+Tibetan+translator+Vairotsana.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frywiki.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FShri_Singha+RY+wiki%5D%29rg%2Findex.php%2FShri_Singha+RY+wiki%5D%29)
  • Shu-hui Jennifer Chen  + (Shu-hui+Jennifer+Chen+completed+her+doctor … Shu-hui+Jennifer+Chen+completed+her+doctorate+in+Buddhist+studies+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison+in+1998.+According+to+her+dissertation%2C+her+major+advisor+was+Professor+Gudrun+Biihnemann.+She+also+worked+closely+with+Professor+Minoru+Kiyota%2C+who+introduced+her+to+the+topic+of+tath%C4%81gatagarbha.+In+addition%2C+she+also+worked+with+Professor+Tsai-fa+Cheng%2C+Professor+Geshe+Sopa%2C+and+Professor+Muhammad+Memon.eshe+Sopa%2C+and+Professor+Muhammad+Memon.)
  • Shuman Chen  + (Shuman+Chen%E2%80%99s+primary+research+is+ … Shuman+Chen%E2%80%99s+primary+research+is+Chinese+Tiantai+Buddhist+philosophy.+Her+secondary+research+interests+include+Chan%2FZen+Buddhism%2C+Buddhist+art%2C+and+Daoist+philosophy.+With+a+hermeneutic+approach%2C+her+dissertation+explores+the+idea+of+the+Buddha-nature+of+insentient+beings+in+the+Chinese+and+Japanese+Buddhist+traditions%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+philosophy+of+Jingxi+Zhanran+in+the+Tang+dynasty.+Her+dissertation+also+covers+East+Asian+art+with+a+discussion+on+how+plants+are+portrayed+as+sages+and+why+pagodas+and+relics+might+be+considered+sentient.+From+an+environmental+perspective%2C+she+also+examines+how+to+appreciate+the+insentient+world%E2%80%99s+Buddha-nature%2C+hoping+to+increase+our+awareness+of+the+mutual+relationship+between+human+beings+and+nature.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsites.northwestern.edu%2Fasgc%2Fgraduate-students%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29ts%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Shunryu Suzuki  + (Shunryu+Suzuki+%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8+%E4%B … Shunryu+Suzuki+%28%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8+%E4%BF%8A%E9%9A%86+Suzuki+Shunry%C5%AB%2C+dharma+name+Sh%C5%8Dgaku+Shunry%C5%AB+%E7%A5%A5%E5%B2%B3%E4%BF%8A%E9%9A%86%29+%28May+18%2C+1904%E2%80%93December+4%2C+1971%29+was+a+S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D+Zen+roshi+%28priest%29+who+popularized+Zen+Buddhism+in+the+United+States%2C+particularly+around+San+Francisco.+Born+in+the+Kanagawa+Prefecture+of+Japan%2C+Suzuki+was+occasionally+mistaken+for+the+Zen+scholar+D.T.+Suzuki%2C+to+which+Suzuki+would+reply%2C+%22No%2C+he%27s+the+big+Suzuki%2C+I%27m+the+little+Suzuki.%22%0A%0AIn+1924+Shunryu+enrolled+in+a+Soto+preparatory+school+in+Tokyo+not+far+from+Shogan-ji%2C+where+he+lived+on+the+school+grounds+in+the+dorm.+From+1925+to+1926+Suzuki+did+Zen+training+with+Dojun+Kato+in+Shizuoka+at+Kenko-in.+He+continued+his+schooling+during+this+period.+Here+Shunryu+became+head+monk+for+a+100+day+retreat%2C+after+which+he+was+no+longer+merely+considered+a+novice.+He+had+completed+his+training+as+a+head+monk.%0A%0AIn+April+1926+Shunryu+graduated+from+preparatory+school+and+entered+Komazawa+Daigakurin%2C+a+university+which+also+taught+Soto+Zen.+During+this+period+he+continued+his+connections+with+So-on+in+Zoun-in%2C+going+back+and+forth+whenever+possible.%0A%0ASome+of+his+teachers+here+were+discussing+how+Soto+Zen+might+reach+a+bigger+audience+with+students+and%2C+while+Shunryu+couldn%27t+comprehend+how+Western+cultures+could+ever+understand+Zen%2C+he+was+intrigued.%0A%0AOn+August+26%2C+1926%2C+at+age+22%2C+So-on+gave+Dharma+transmission+to+Suzuki.+Shunryu%27s+father+also+retired+as+abbot+at+Shogan-ji+this+same+year%2C+and+moved+the+family+onto+the+grounds+of+Zoun-in+where+he+served+as+inkyo+%28retired+abbot%29.%0A%0ALater+that+year+Suzuki+spent+a+short+time+in+the+hospital+with+tuberculosis%2C+but+soon+recovered.+In+1927+an+important+chapter+in+Suzuki%27s+life+was+turned.+He+went+to+visit+a+professor+in+English+he+had+at+Komazawa+named+Miss+Nona+Ransom%2C+a+woman+who+had+taught+English+to+such+people+as+Jiro+Kano+and+the+children+of+Chinese+president+Li+Yuanhong.+She+hired+him+that+day+to+be+a+translator+with+others+and+to+help+with+errands.+Through+this+period+he+realized+she+was+very+ignorant+of+Japanese+culture+and+the+religion+of+Buddhism.+She+respected+it+very+little+and+saw+it+as+idol+worship.+But+one+day%2C+when+there+were+no+chores+to+be+done%2C+the+two+had+a+conversation+on+Buddhism+that+changed+her+mind.+She+even+let+Suzuki+teach+her+zazen+meditation.+This+experience+is+significant+in+that+Suzuki+realized+that+Western+ignorance+of+Buddhism+could+be+transformed+if+they+were+educated+on+exactly+what+it+is.%0A%0AOn+January+22%2C+1929%2C+So-on+retired+as+abbot+of+Zoun-in+and+installed+Shunryu+as+its+28th+abbot.+Sogaku+would+run+the+temple+for+Shunryu.+In+January+1930+a+ceremony+called+ten%27e+was+held+at+Zoun-in+for+Shunryu+acknowledging+So-on%27s+Dharma+transmission+to+him.+A+way+for+the+Soto+heads+to+grant+him+permission+to+teach+as+a+priest.+On+April+10%2C+1930%2C+at+age+25%2C+Suzuki+graduated+from+Komazawa+Daigakurin+with+a+major+in+Zen+and+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+and+a+minor+in+English.%0A%0ASuzuki+mentioned+to+So-on+during+this+period+that+he+might+be+interested+in+going+to+America+to+teach+Zen+Buddhism.+So-on+was+adamantly+opposed+to+the+idea.+Suzuki+realized+that+his+teacher+felt+very+close+to+him+and+that+he+would+take+such+a+departure+as+an+insult.+He+did+not+mention+it+to+him+again.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FShunryu_Suzuki+Source+Accessed+Nov+18+2019%5D%29u_Suzuki+Source+Accessed+Nov+18+2019%5D%29)
  • Siglinde Dietz  + (Siglinde+Dietz+PhD%2C+born+1937%2C+is+a+cl … Siglinde+Dietz+PhD%2C+born+1937%2C+is+a+classical+philologist+and+Indologist.+She+was+a+research+assistant+at+the+Academy+of+Sciences+in+G%C3%B6ttingen+from+1980-2002.+Her+areas+of+work+include+Buddhist+studies+and+lexicography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.suhrkamp.de%2Fautoren%2Fsiglinde_dietz_7404.html+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29l+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Jonathan Silk  + (Silk+%281960-%29+studied+East+Asian+Studie … Silk+%281960-%29+studied+East+Asian+Studies+at+the+Oberlin+College+in+Ohio+and+subsequently+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Michigan.+At+the+latter+university+he+obtained+his+PhD+in+1994+with+the+thesis%3A+%27%27The+Origins+and+Early+History+of+the+Mah%C4%81ratnak%C5%AB%C5%A3a+Tradition+of+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhism%2C+With+a+Study+of+the+Ratnar%C4%81%C5%9Bis%C5%ABtra+and+Related+Materials%27%27.%0A%0ADuring+his+studies%2C+Silk+spent+several+years+in+Japan.+After+his+PhD%2C+he+became+Assistant+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+Grinnell+College+in+Iowa+and+in+1995+at+the+Department+of+Comparative+Religion+of+the+Western+Michigan+University.+From+1998+until+2002+he+taught+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+Yale+University%2C+and+from+2002+in+the+Department+of+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures+of+the+University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles+%28UCLA%29.+Since+2007+he+has+been+Professor+in+the+study+of+Buddhism+at+Leiden.+In+2010+he+was+awarded+a+VICI+grant+from+the+NWO+%28Dutch+National+Science+Foundation%29+for+project%3A+%E2%80%9CBuddhism+and+Social+Justice.%E2%80%9D+In+2016+he+was+elected+as+a+member+of+the+Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+%28Koninklijke+Nederlandse+Akademie+van+Wetenschappen+%5BKNAW%5D%29.%0A%0ACurrently%2C+Silk+is+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+Leiden+University+Institute+for+Area+Studies.+He+specializes+in+Buddhism+in+its+Asian+contexts%2C+primarily+from+a+historical+point+of+view.+He+has+a+special+interest+in+Buddhist+scriptures.%0A%0AResearch%3A%0ASilk%E2%80%99s+scientific+orientation+on+Buddhism+is+very+broad%2C+in+time+as+well+as+geographically%3A+his+interest+covers+the+oldest+primary+sources+and+the+rise+of+Buddhist+communities+all+over+Asia%2C+but+he+is+equally+interested+in+the+spread+of+Buddhism+throughout+Asia.+Silk+reads+Sanskrit%2C+P%C4%81li%2C+%2C+Classic+Tibetan%2C+Classic+Chinese%2C+and+Japanese.%0A%0ARecent+publications%3A%0A2016+-+%27%27Materials+Toward+the+Study+of+Vasubandhu%E2%80%99s+Vi%E1%B9%81%C5%9Bik%C4%81+%28I%29%3A+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+Critical+Editions+of+the+Verses+and+Autocommentary%3B+An+English+Translation+and+Annotations%27%27.+Harvard+Oriental+Series+81+%28Cambridge+MA%3A+Department+of+South+Asian+Studies%2C+Harvard+University%29.%0A%0A2015+-+%27%27Buddhist+Cosmic+Unity%3A+An+Edition%2C+Translation+and+Study+of+the+An%C5%ABnatv%C4%81p%C5%ABr%E1%B9%87atva%C2%ADnirde%C5%9Baparivarta%27%27.+Hamburg+Buddhist+Studies+4+%28Hamburg%3A+Hamburg+University+Press%29.++Indian+Buddhist+Monasticism+%28Oxford%3A+Oxford+University+Press%29%0A%0A2015+-+%27%27Brill%E2%80%99s+Encyclopedia+of+Buddhism.+Volume+I%3A+Literature+and+Languages%27%27.+Handbook+of+Oriental+Studies.+Section+Two%2C+India%2C+29%2F1.+Leiden%3A+Brill.+%28editor%29%0A%0A2013+-+%27%27Buddhism+in+China%3A+Collected+Papers+of+Erik+Z%C3%BCrcher%27%27.+Sinica+Leidensia+112+%28Leiden%3A+Brill%29.+%28co-editor%29+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.universiteitleiden.nl%2Fen%2Fstaffmembers%2Fjonathan-silk%2Fpublications%23tab-2+Source+Accessed+Aug+5%2C+2020%5D%293tab-2+Source+Accessed+Aug+5%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Simon Paul James  + (Simon+Paul+James+came+to+philosophy+by+a+r … Simon+Paul+James+came+to+philosophy+by+a+roundabout+route%2C+taking+a+BSc+in+Biological+Sciences%2C+followed+by+an+MA+in+the+History+and+Philosophy+of+Science%2C+before+obtaining+a+PhD+for+a+thesis+on+environmental+ethics+in+2001.+He+is+currently+an+Associate+Professor+%28Reader%29+in+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+Durham+University+in+England.%0A%0AHis+work+engages+with+a+wide+range+of+issues+in+environmental+philosophy%2C+from+Buddhist+approaches+to+wildlife+conservation+to+our+moral+relations+with+rock+formations%2C+and+from+the+%28so-called%29+problem+of+animal+minds+to+the+virtue+ethical+question+of+whether+a+good+life+must+be+a+green+life.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dur.ac.uk%2Fdirectory%2Fprofile%2F%3Fid%3D2390+Adapted+from+Source+May+18%2C+2021%5D%290+Adapted+from+Source+May+18%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Sina Joos  + (Sina+Joos+received+her+MA+in+Tibetan+studi … Sina+Joos+received+her+MA+in+Tibetan+studies%2C+Chinese+studies%2C+and+the+History+of+Oriental+Art+in+2009+from+the+University+of+Bonn%2C+Germany.+Since+2016+she+has+been+a+PhD+candidate+at+the+Department+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan%2C+and+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Vienna%2C+Austria%2C+under+the+supervision+of+Prof.+Klaus-Dieter+Mathes.+Her+research+focuses+on+the+%27%27gzhan+stong%27%27+doctrine+of+the+Jonang+school%2C+while+her+teachers+are+mainly+from+the+bka%E2%80%99+brgyud+school+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+Apart+from+her+academic+studies%2C+she+participated+in+the+Translation+Training+Program+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Kathmandu+and+works+at+the+Kamalashila+Institute++for+Buddhist+Studies+and+Meditation%2C+interpreting+for+Tibetan+lamas+as+well+as+translating+and+editing+texts+for+the+practice+sessions+and+seminars.ts+for+the+practice+sessions+and+seminars.)
  • Preston, C.  + (Since+1994%2C+Craig+Preston+has+been+a+tea … Since+1994%2C+Craig+Preston+has+been+a+teacher+for+many%2C+teaching+classical+Tibetan+to+English+speakers+in+the+United+States+first+at+Namgyal+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies+and+Nagarjuna+Language+Institute+in+Ithaca%2C+New+York%2C+and+more+recently+at+Maitripa+College+in+Portland%2C+Oregon%2C+where+Craig+has+taught+the+Classical+Tibetan+Summer+Intensive+for+the+last+few+years.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+teaching+Tibetan%2C+Craig+also+works+as+a+translator+of+Tibetan+texts.+With+Rebecca+French+at+SUNY+Buffalo%2C+Craig+translated+Tibetan+legal+code.+Currently%2C+Craig+is+working+on+a+project+led+by+his+former+professor+at+University+of+Virginia%2C+Jeffrey+Hopkins%2C+to+translate+the+monastic+textbooks+written+by+Jamyang+Cheba.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ffpmt.org%2Fmandala%2Farchives%2Fmandala-for-2012%2Foctober%2Fan-interview-with-craig-preston%2F+Source%5D%29terview-with-craig-preston%2F+Source%5D%29)
  • Rulu  + (Since+2006%2C+Rulu%2C+a+Mahayana+Buddhist% … Since+2006%2C+Rulu%2C+a+Mahayana+Buddhist%2C+has+been+translating+texts+selected+from+the+Chinese+Buddhist+canon+into+English.+A+deep+believer+in+making+Buddhist+teachings+available+to+all%2C+Rulu+focuses+on+creating+translations+that+are+clear+to+readers+while+staying+faithful+to+the+Chinese+texts.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.authorhouse.com%2Fen%2Fbookstore%2Fbookdetails%2F727045-The-Tathagata-Store+Source+Accessed+Aug+20+2021%5D%29ta-Store+Source+Accessed+Aug+20+2021%5D%29)
  • Bodo Balsys  + (Since+the+late+1960s+Bodo+Balsys+has+dedic … Since+the+late+1960s+Bodo+Balsys+has+dedicated+his+life+to+understanding+the+nature+of+consciousness+and+sharing+his+unique+insights+with+others.+He+is+a+writer%2C+a+poet%2C+an+artist%2C+a+meditation+teacher+and+healer.+He+has+studied+extensively+across+multiple+fields+of+life.+These+include+Esoteric+science%2C+meditation%2C+healing%2C+cosmology%2C+Christianity%2C+Buddhism%2C+natural+science%2C+art%2C+politics+and+history.%0A%0ABodo+has+published+multiple+books.+His+first+series%2C+The+Revelation+%28three+volumes%29%2C+was+concerned+with+providing+insights+into+fundamental+esoteric+subjects%2C+and+specifically+providing+an+esoteric+understanding+of+the+Christian+Bible.+His+more+recent+books+focus+on+providing+new+insights+into+Buddhism+and+particularly+their+alignment+with+esoteric+science.+Bodo+also+holds+a+science+degree+from+the+University+of+Western+Sydney.+He+is+currently+teaching+at+the+School+of+Esoteric+Sciences+%28near+Sydney%29%2C+which+he+established.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.universaldharma.com%2Fabout-us%2Four-teacher-bodo-balsys%2F+Source+Accessed+July+19%2C+2023%5D%29s%2F+Source+Accessed+July+19%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Sir Aurel Stein  + (Sir+Aurel+Stein%2C+%28born+Nov.+26%2C+1862 … Sir+Aurel+Stein%2C+%28born+Nov.+26%2C+1862%2C+Budapest%2C+Hung.%E2%80%94died+Oct.+26%2C+1943%2C+Kabul%2C+Afg.%29%2C+Hungarian%E2%80%93British+archaeologist+and+geographer+whose+travels+and+research+in+central+Asia%2C+particularly+in+Chinese+Turkistan%2C+revealed+much+about+its+strategic+role+in+history.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BPrincipal+of+the+Oriental+College%2C+Lahore%2C+Punjab%2C+India+%28now+in+Pakistan%3B+1888%E2%80%9399%29%2C+in+1892+he+published+his+Sanskrit+edition+of+the+only+known+surviving+ancient+Indian+historical+work%2C+the+12th-century+%27%27R%C4%81jatara%E1%B9%85gi%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27+by+Kalha%E1%B9%87a.+His+English+translation%2C+%27%27A+Chronicle+of+the+Kings+of+Ka%C5%9Bm%C4%ABr%27%27%2C+followed+in+1900.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BIn+that+year+he+began+the+first+of+his+central+Asian+expeditions%2C+traveling+through+westernmost+China+to+Khotan.+In+the+course+of+this+and+three+other+expeditions+%281906%E2%80%9308%2C+1913%E2%80%9316%2C+and+1930%29%2C+he+traced+the+ancient+caravan+routes+between+China+and+the+West%2C+made+valuable+geographical+observations+on+little-known+regions%2C+and+collected+many+documents+and+artifacts%2C+from+Neolithic+stone+tools+to+8th-century-AD+grave+findings+and+textiles.+Near+Tun-huang+he+discovered+the+Cave+of+the+Thousand+Buddhas%2C+unknown+outside+China%2C+which%2C+with+its+extraordinary+assemblage+of+paintings%2C+temple+banners%2C+and+documents%2C+had+been+walled+up+since+the+11th+century.+Many+of+the+treasures+he+found+are+in+the+Asian+Antiquities+Museum%2C+New+Delhi.+The+results+of+his+work+of+this+period+were+published+in+%27%27Ancient+Khotan%27%27%2C+2+vol.+%281907%29%2C+%27%27Serindia%27%27%2C+5+vol.+%281921%29%2C+and+%27%27Innermost+Asia%27%27%2C+4+vol.+%281928%29.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BSuperintendent+of+the+Indian+Archaeological+Survey+%281910%E2%80%9329%29%2C+Stein+was+also+interested+in+Greco-Buddhist+remains+and+in+tracing+Alexander+the+Great%E2%80%99s+eastern+campaigns.+In+1926%2C+at+P%C4%ABr+Sar%C4%81i%2C+near+the+Indus+River%2C+he+identified+the+site+of+Alexander%E2%80%99s+storming+of+the+nearly+impregnable+Rock+of+Aornos.+Other+studies+by+Stein+added+to+the+precise+knowledge+of+Alexander%E2%80%99s+movements+in+Asia.+In+an+effort+to+elucidate+the+relationship+between+Mesopotamian+and+Indus+civilizations%2C+Stein+investigated+ancient+mounds+in+Iran+and+Baluchistan.+He+also+carried+out+an+aerial+photographic+reconnaissance+of+the+Roman+frontiers+in+Iraq.+Near+his+81st+birthday%2C+his+long-standing+wish+to+explore+in+Afghanistan+was+granted%2C+but+he+died+there+before+he+could+commence+his+work.+A+British+subject+from+1904%2C+he+was+knighted+in+1912.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FAurel-Stein+Source+Accessed+June+19%2C+2020%5D%29tein+Source+Accessed+June+19%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Harold Walter Bailey  + (Sir+Harold+Walter+Bailey%2C+FBA+%2816+Dece … Sir+Harold+Walter+Bailey%2C+FBA+%2816+December+1899%E2%80%9311+January+1996%29%2C+who+published+as+H.+W.+Bailey%2C+was+an+eminent+English+scholar+of+Khotanese%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+the+comparative+study+of+Iranian+languages.%0A%0ABailey+has+been+described+as+one+of+the+greatest+Orientalists+of+the+twentieth+century.+He+was+said+to+read+more+than+50+languages.%0A%0AIn+1929+Bailey+began+his+doctoral+dissertation%2C+a+translation+with+notes+of+the+%27%27Greater+Bundahishn%27%27%2C+a+compendium+of+Zoroastrian+writings+in+Middle+Persian+recorded+in+the+Pahlavi+scripts.+He+became+the+world%27s+leading+expert+in+the+Khotanese+dialect+of+the+Saka+language%2C+the+mediaeval+Iranian+language+of+the+Kingdom+of+Khotan+%28modern+Xinjiang%29.+His+initial+motivation+for+the+study+of+Khotanese+was+an+interest+in+the+possible+connection+with+the+%27%27Bundahishn%27%27.+He+later+passed+his+material+on+that+work+to+Kaj+Barr.%0A%0AHe+was+known+for+his+immensely+erudite+lectures%2C+and+once+confessed%3A+%22I+have+talked+for+ten+and+a+half+hours+on+the+problem+of+one+word+without+approaching+the+further+problem+of+its+meaning.%22%0A%0ABailey+was+elected+a+Fellow+of+the+British+Academy+in+1944%2C+and+subsequently+a+member+of+the+Danish%2C+Norwegian+and+Swedish+Academies.+He+received+honorary+degrees+from+four+universities+including+Oxford%3B+served+as+president+of+Philological+Society%2C+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society%2C+the+Society+for+Afghan+Studies%2C+and+the+Society+of+Mithraic+Studies%3B+and+chaired+the+Anglo-Iranian+Society+and+Ancient+India+and+Iran+Trust.+He+was+knighted+for+services+to+Oriental+studies+in+1960.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHarold_Walter_Bailey+Source+Accessed+Dec+6%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0ASee+complete+biography+in+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fbailey-harold-walter-1+Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica%5Drold-walter-1+Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica%5D)
  • Monier-Williams, M.  + (Sir+Monier+Monier-Williams++%2812+November … Sir+Monier+Monier-Williams++%2812+November+1819+%E2%80%93+11+April+1899%29+was+a+British+scholar+who+was+the+second+Boden+Professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Oxford+University%2C+England.+He+studied%2C+documented+and+taught+Asian+languages%2C+especially+Sanskrit%2C+Persian+and+Hindustani.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMonier_Monier-Williams+Source+Accessed+Aug+15%2C+2023%5D%29liams+Source+Accessed+Aug+15%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Sofia Stril-Rever  + (Sofia+Stril-Rever+has+coauthored+four+book … Sofia+Stril-Rever+has+coauthored+four+books+with+the+Dalai+Lama+%28including+his+My+Spiritual++Autobiography%2C+translated+in+some+twenty+languages%29.+With+lawyers+of+the+Paris+Bar%2C+international+climate+experts+and+renowned+scientists%2C+she+has+initiated+the+Better+We+Better+World+training+program+%28www.betterwebetterworld.org%29+to+tackle+environmental+and+societal+challenges+with+the+practices+of+compassion+and+universal+responsibility%2C+promoted+by+the+Dalai+Lama+as+keys+to+human+survival+in+the%0Atwenty-first+century.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com%2Fblogs%2Fauthors%2Fsofia-stril-rever-201882194450+HarperCollins+Publishers%5D%2901882194450+HarperCollins+Publishers%5D%29)
  • Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyaltsen  + (Sokdokpa+Lodr%C3%B6+Gyaltsen+was+a+16-17th … Sokdokpa+Lodr%C3%B6+Gyaltsen+was+a+16-17th+century+Nyingma+master+who+was+controversial+in+his+opposition+to+the+Gelug+regime+of+the+Fifth+Dalai+Lama.+He+earned+the+epithet+the+Mongol+Repeller+%28%27%27sog+bzlog+pa%27%27%29+due+to+his+efforts+to+turn+back+the+advances+of+the+Mongol+army+by+means+of+wrathful+rites.+He+was+also+a+formidable+polemicist+who+mounted+an+influential+literary+defense+of+the+Nyingma+doctrine+against+their+Sarma+detractors.+For+reasons+such+as+those%2C+his+written+works+were+at+one+point+banned+in+Tibet.n+works+were+at+one+point+banned+in+Tibet.)
  • Solvej Hyveled Nielsen  + (Solvej+Hyveled+Nielsen+was+born+in+Denmark … Solvej+Hyveled+Nielsen+was+born+in+Denmark+in+1987.+She+mostly+translates+Tibetan-English+%28written+and+oral%29.+Her+mother+tongue+is+Danish%2C+and+she+understands+a+little+bit+of+German.%0ASolvej+has+a+B.A.+in+Buddhist+Studies+with+Himalayan+languages+rrom+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%2C+Kathmandu+University.+She+also+has+a+B.A.+and+M.A.+in+Tibetology+from+Copenhagen+University.%0AShe+studied+Drikung+texts+and+Tibetan+history+with+Dr.+Jan-Ulrich+Sobisch+and+also+worked+with+him+on++a+project+about+Tibetan+divination.+Since+2015+she+has+spent+her+summers+with+Khenchen+Nyima+Gyaltsen+and+the+Vikramashila+Translation+Group+at+the+Milarepa+Center%2C+Schneverdingen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.drikungtranslation.com%2Ftranslators%2F%23Solvej+Source+Accessed+Sep+7%2C+2022%5D%29Solvej+Source+Accessed+Sep+7%2C+2022%5D%29)
  • Somtso Bhum  + (Somtso+Bhum+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+Northwestern+University.)
  • Bsod nams dpal dren  + (Sonam+Peldren+%28bsod+nam+dpal+%27dren%29+ … Sonam+Peldren+%28bsod+nam+dpal+%27dren%29+was+born+on+the+seventeenth+day+of+the+tenth+month+of+the+earth+male-dragon+year+%28either+1268+or+1328%29.+Her+mother+was+named+Nezang+Chotso+%28gnas+bzang+chos+mtsho%29%3B+her+father+was+named+Yondak+Ngoli+%28yon+bdag+sngo+li%29+and+was+a+descendent+of+the+Tong+%28stong%29+clan.+She+was+born+in+a+place+called+Tashipa+Janggyab+%28bkra+shis+pa+byang+rgyab%29+in+Dam+Sho+%28%27dam+shod%29%2C+in+the+Nol+%28snol%29+district+of+U+%28dbus%29%2C+near+the+Nyenchen+Tanglha+mountain+range+%28gnyen+chen+thang+lha%29.+Her+birth+name+was+Gego+%28ge+god%29%3B+sometime+after+her+marriage+at+age+seventeen+she+was+renamed+Sonam+Peldren.+She+was+the+youngest+of+four+children%3A+she+had+two+elder+brothers+named+Azang+%28a+%27zang%29+and+Kunchog+Gyab+%28dkon+mchog+skyabs%29%2C+and+one+elder+sister+named+Chokyi+%28chos+skyid.%29%0A%0ALittle+is+known+of+the+years+between+Sonam+Peldren%27s+birth+and+her+marriage+at+age+sixteen+other+than+that+her+mother+passed+away%2C+her+father+remarried%2C+and+that+she+was+a+calm+child+liked+by+all.+When+Sonam+Peldren+was+seventeen+years+old%2C+her+father+arranged+her+marriage%2C+choosing+from+among+three+available+suitors%3A+Chakdor+Kyab+%28phyag+dor+skyabs%29%2C+described+simply+as+a+nomad+from+Kham%2C+and+who+is+more+commonly+known+by+the+name+Rinchen+Pel%3B+Ga+Yar+%28%27ga%27+yar%29%2C+also+described+only+as+a+nomad+from+Kham%3B+and+Pelek+%28dpal+legs%29%2C+described+as+the+chief+scribe+%28dpon+yig%29+from+a+wealthy+local+family+in+central+Tibet.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+father%2C+with+the+strong+approval+of+his+wife+and+extended+family%2C+betrothed+Sonam+Peldren+to+the+scribe+Pelek.%0A%0ASonam+Peldren%2C+however%2C+refused+to+marry+the+groom+of+her+family%27s+choice%2C+and+instead+insisted+that+she+marry+Rinchen+Pel%2C+claiming+that+her+union+with+Rinchen+Pel+was+karmically+predestined.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+father%2C+step-mother%2C+sister%2C+brothers%2C+and+several+other+relatives+questioned+Sonam+Peldren%27s+refusal+to+marry+a+wealthy+man+from+central+Tibet+to+marry+instead+a+landless+man+from+the+%22miserable+region%22+%28sdugs+sa%2C+sic%29+of+Kham.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+fianc%C3%A9+himself+was+appalled+by+the+adamant+refusal+of+his+betrothed+to+follow+her+father%27s+wishes%2C+and+eventually+withdrew+his+offer+of+marriage.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+family+reluctantly+returned+the+gifts+received+from+the+scribe+and+his+family%3B+after+Rinchen+Pel+supplied+his+own+gifts%2C+the+two+were+considered+married.+Following+her+death+it+was+Rinchen+Pel+who+would+promote+her+teachings+and+visions%2C+in+part+with+a+written+narrative+of+her+life.%0A%0AThe+biography+of+Sonam+Peldren+records+only+general+stories+about+the+events+in+Sonam+Peldren%27s+life+between+her+marriage+at+age+sixteen+and+the+final+months+of+her+life+before+her+death+at+age+forty-four.+Sonam+Peldren+lived+as+a+nomad+and+traveled+with+her+husband+and+fellow+nomads%2C+first+in+the+central+Tibetan+region+of+U-Tsang+%28dbus+gtsang%29+until+she+was+thirty+years+old%2C+and+then+in+the+%22eight+valley%22+region+%28brgyad+shod%29+of+eastern+Tibet+until+her+death.+Sonam+Peldren+and+Rinchen+Pel+had+four+children%3A+two+sons+named+Sonam+Dondrub+%28bsod+nams+don+%27grub%29+and+Tsukdor+Gyab+%28gtsug+tor+skyabs%29+and+two+daughters+named+Gumril+or+Gumrim+%28gum+ril%2Fm%29+and+Sonam+Kyi+%28bsod+nams+skyid%29+The+birth+order+of+these+children%2C+and+Sonam+Peldren%27s+age+at+their+birth%2C+is+not+known.%0A%0AThese+years+of+travel+are+described+in+the+biography+as+punctuated+by+Sonam+Peldren%27s+miracles+and+acts+of+generosity.+For+example%2C+her+biography+recounts+that+Sonam+Peldren+gave+nearly+all+of+her+clothing+to+beggars%2C+opting+to+live+in+a+simple+cotton+piece+of+clothing+without+shoes%3B+it+was+said+that+while+other+members+of+her+group+developed+frostbite+underneath+their+thick+clothing%2C+Sonam+Peldren%2C+barefoot+and+wearing+only+a+cotton+tunic%2C+walked+unimpeded+through+the+snow%2C+melting+it+with+her+feet.++%0A%0AOther+examples+of+miracles+attributed+to+Sonam+Peldren+include+the+following%3A+when+traveling+over+a+snowy+mountain+pass%2C+she+dug+a+tunnel+through+the+snow+covering+the+mountain+pass+and+traveled+straight+through+to+the+other+side%2C+shocking+the+other+nomads+who+traveled+around+the+peak+by+reaching+their+destination+first%3B+she+broke+up+a+knife+fight+by+grabbing+four+men+in+each+of+her+hands+and+holding+them+apart+until+they+ceased+quarreling%3B+when+a+bandit+stole+most+of+the+nomadic+group%27s+horses+in+the+middle+of+the+night%2C+she+leapt+onto+the+nearest+remaining+horse%2C+raced+down+the+road+after+the+fleeing+animals%2C+and%2C+grabbing+the+animals%27+manes+with+her+left+and+right+hands%2C+led+them+back+to+camp%3B+she+carried+the+carcass+of+a+fallen+yak+up+a+steep+mountainside+and+back+to+her+nomad+encampment+for+their+consumption%3B+when+the+ice+over+a+river+broke+beneath+the+feet+of+a+pack+animal%2C+she+yanked+the+yak+out+of+the+freezing+water+by+its+tail%2C+pulling+it+to+safety%3B+she+flung+a+load+of+barley+off+the+back+of+one+pack+animal+and+onto+another+when+the+animal+became+lodged+in+a+narrow+pass%3B+when+a+pack+animal+stumbled+and+fell+over+a+rocky+cliff%2C+she+reached+down+and+pulled+it+up+to+safety.%0A%0AWithout+exception%2C+the+biography+describes+these+episodes+ending+with+Sonam+Peldren+glibly+attributing+her+accomplishments+to+luck+or+fortuitous+circumstances%3B+for+example%2C+she+explained+that+a+huge+wave+had+actually+lifted+the+yak+out+of+the+freezing+river.+Also+without+exception%2C+the+biography+records+that+her+fellow+nomads+somehow+failed+to+recognize+Sonam+Peldren%27s+abilities.%0A%0AIn+the+final+year+of+her+life%2C+when+she+and+her+fellow+nomads+were+traveling+in+a+Ya+Nga+near+what+is+now+the+city+of+Chamda+%28bya+%2F+lcam+mda%27%29+in+today%27s+Driru+%28%27bri+ru%29+county+in+the+Tibet+Autonomous+Region%2C+Sonam+Peldren+gave+increasingly+explicit+religious+interpretations+of+her+actions+to+Rinchen+Pel%2C+and+described+her+dreams%2C+visions%2C+and+premonitions+of+death.%0A%0AIn+particular%2C+Sonam+Peldren+described+recurring+dreams+and+waking+visions+in+which+unnamed+various+female+figures%2C+each+with+their+own+retinue%2C+appeared+before+her.+Explaining+that+a+plague+would+erupt+in+the+nomad+community+if+Sonam+Peldren+did+not+accompany+them+by+the+fifth+month+of+that+year%2C+the+female+figures+demanded+that+Sonam+Peldren+leave+her+nomad+group+and+travel+with+them.+Sonam+Peldren+interpreted+these+dreams+and+visions+to+mean+that+she+would+die+in+the+fifth+month.%0A%0AFollowing+these+visions+and+for+the+next+several+months%2C+Sonam+Peldren+claimed+to+experience+visions%2C+gave+increasingly+lengthy+teachings+to+Rinchen+Pel+about+the+religious+nature+of+her+identity+and+daily+activities%2C+and+continued+to+express+a+conviction+that+her+death+was+imminent+and+that+relics+would+be+found+in+her+cremation+ashes.+Many+of+her+teachings%2C+which+took+the+form+of+spontaneous+songs+%28mgur%29%2C+focused+on+basic+Buddhist+doctrines+of+impermanence%2C+non-attachment%2C+and+so+forth.+Other+speeches+made+reference+to+esoteric+Buddhist+practices+and+philosophies%2C+such+as+the+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81+and+other+doctrines+typically+associated+with+the+Kagyu+school+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+These+teachings+were+noteworthy+given+the+absence+of+any+religious+training+or+practice+up+to+that+point%2C+a+topic+which+Sonam+Peldren%27s+husband%2C+family%2C+and+community+returned+to+repeatedly+in+their+criticisms+of+her+claims.%0A%0AOn+the+predicted+day+of+the+fifth+month+of+the+water+mouse+year%2C+Sonam+Peldren+declared+that+she+was+ready+to+die.+According+to+her+husband%27s+account%2C+she+first+claimed+to+see+multi-colored+ma%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dalas+of+d%C4%81kin%C4%ABs+and+tutelary+deities+in+the+sky%2C+then+conducted+an+offering+ritual%2C+and+declared+that+she+was+ready+%22to+go.%22+Crying+%22Heek%21%22+her+body+was+said+to+have+shot+into+the+sky%2C+then+to+have+come+down+and+bounced+five+times%2C+each+time+higher.+Finally%2C+her+corpse+glowed+with+white+light%3B+gods+and+goddesses+of+light+poured+from+her+body%2C+and+accompanied+her+consciousness+as+it+departed+for+a+Buddha+realm.+The+corpse+descended+slowly+to+earth+and+landed+in+a+seated+posture+on+the+ground.+A+red+drop+appeared+in+the+right+nostril+and+a+white+drop+in+the+left%3B+when+Rinchen+Pel+wiped+the+drops+away+with+a+flat+rock%2C+images+of+a+red+sow+and+a+deity+wearing+a+tiger+skin+appeared+on+the+surface+of+the+stone.+Rainbows+were+seen%2C+and+that+night+visions+of+palaces+and+various+mandalas+filled+the+sky.%0A%0AThe+date+of+her+death+given+in+her+biography+is+the+twenty-third+day+of+the+fifth+month+of+the+water+male-mouse+year+%281312+or+1372%29%2C+meaning+she+would+have+been+about+forty-four+years+old.%0A%0AUpon+cremation+Sonam+Peldren%27s+skeleton+was+said+to+be+found+covered+with+images%3A+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs+and+dharma+protectors%3B+multiple+images+of+Vajrav%C4%81rah%C4%AB+%28known+as+Dorje+Pakmo+in+Tibetan%29%2C+Vajr%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%2C+the+Buddha+%C5%9A%C4%81kyamuni%2C+T%C4%81r%C4%81%2C+Vairocana%2C+Cakrasa%E1%B9%83vara%2C+Vajrasattva%2C+Ratnasambhava%2C+Amit%C4%81bha%2C+Maitreya%2C+Vajrayogin%C4%AB%2C+D%C4%ABpa%E1%B9%83kara+and+Vajradhara.+Also+said+to+be+visible+were+the+thirty-two+print+and+cursive+letters+of+the+Tibetan+alphabet%3B+multiple+and+variously-colored+sows%3B+an+elephant%2C+vajra%2C+conch+shell%2C+fish%2C+and+bell%3B+and+the+letter+%22Ah%22+as+well+as+the+syllable+%22Tam%22.+On+her+pelvic+bone+were+signs+of+the+secret+wisdom+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%AB%2C+a+triangle%2C+the+syllable+%22Bam%2C%22+a+flower%2C+two+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs%2C+and+three+circles+of+mantras.%0A%0AFor+Rinchen+Pel%2C+Sonam+Peldren%27s+miraculous+death+vindicated+her+claims+of+religious+authority%3B+others+in+her+community+were+not+convinced.+Beginning+seven+months+after+her+passing%2C+Rinchen+Pel+claimed+to+experience+nine+posthumous+encounters+with+Sonam+Peldren.+The+nature+of+these+encounters+varied.+In+some%2C+Rinchen+Pel+asked+questions%2C+such+as+why+Sonam+Peldren%27s+body+had+been+ugly%2C+inferior%2C+and+female+during+her+lifetime%3B+what+he+was+supposed+to+do+with+the+vast+quantity+of+relics+produced+from+her+corpse%3B+how+Sonam+Peldren+had+accrued+religious+knowledge+in+her+lifetime+despite+no+visible+study+or+practice+of+religion%3B+and+what+the+meaning+had+been+of+Sonam+Peldren%27s+strange+dreams%2C+visions%2C+songs+and+religious+pronouncements+in+the+last+months+of+her+life.%0A%0AIn+another+posthumous+vision%2C+when+Rinchen+Pel+retreated+to+a+mountainside+to+petition+Sonam+Peldren+for+guidance+about+whether+he+should+ordain+as+a+monk%2C+Sonam+Peldren+appeared+and+sang+a+verse+about+emptiness+and+the+nature+of+mind.+In+two+other+visions%2C+Sonam+Peldren+chastised+Rinchen+Pel+for+neglecting+her+relics%2C+using+them+to+get+material+gain+for+himself%2C+and+for+letting+others%27+doubts+about+the+authenticity+of+the+relics+affect+his+presentation+and+explanation+of+them%2C+an+accusation+which+Rinchen+Pel+denied.+In+yet+other+visions%2C+Sonam+Peldren+simply+appeared+in+the+form+of+Dorje+Pakmo+before+Rinchen+Pel%2C+along+with+rainbows%2C+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs%2C+unusual+birds%2C+Sanskrit+letters+on+mountain+peaks.%0A%0AToday+Sonam+Peldren+is+remembered+as+an+exemplary+female+practitioner.+A+nunnery+in+Driru+named+Ya+Nga+Chamda+Ganden+Khacho+Ling+Nunnery+%28ya+nga+bya+mda%27+btsun+dgon+dga%27+ldan+mkha%27+phyod+gling%29%2C+called+either+Khacho+Ling+or+Ganden+Khacho+Ling+for+short%2C+stands+on+her+death+site%3B+this+nunnery+contains+a+large+wall+mural+depicting+events+from+the+lives+of+both+Sonam+Peldren+and+Rinchen+Pel.+Resident+nuns+perform+and+offering+ritual+to+Sonam+Peldren+three+times+a+month.%0A%0AHer+legacy+was+strong+enough+that+by+the+sixteenth+or+seventeenth+century+a+text+describing+the+history+of+Tibet%27s+only+female+reincarnation+lineage%2C+the+Samding+Dorje+Pakmo+%28bsam+lding+rdo+rje+phag+mo%29%2C+could+name+her+as+an+early+figure+in+the+lineage%2C+both+an+incarnation+of+Dorje+Pakmo+and+a+pre-incarnation+of+Chokyi+Drolma%2C+the+First+Samding+Dorje+Pakmo+%28bsam+sdings+rdo+rje+phag+mo+01+chos+kyi+sgron+ma%2C+1422-1467%2F1468%29.+However%2C+it+is+worthwhile+to+point+out+that+at+Ganden+Khacho+Ling+she+is+not+regarded+as+belonging+to+the+Samding+Dorje+Pakmo+incarnation+line%2C+nor+is+she+considered+to+have+been+an+incarnation+of+Dorje+Pakmo.%0A%0AAt+least+one+twentieth-century+woman+claimed+to+be+an+incarnation+of+Sonam+Peldren%3A+Khandro+Kunsang+%28mkha%27+%27gro+kun+bzang%2C+d.+2004%29%2C+a+woman+affiliated+with+the+Kagyu+tradition+who+gained+great+regional+fame+as+a+tantric+practitioner+and+healer.%0A%0ASource+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2Fbsod-nam-dpal-dren%2F%2F13196%5D%2Fview%2Fbsod-nam-dpal-dren%2F%2F13196%5D)
  • Khenpo Sonam Phuntsho  + (Sonam+Phuntsho+is+one+of+Dzongsar+Khyentse … Sonam+Phuntsho+is+one+of+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche%27s+senior+monks.+He+studied+classical+Buddhist+philosophy+at+Dzongsar+Institute+for+nine+years%2C+and+he+received+his+Khenpo+degree+from+Rinpoche+in+2013.++++He+has+also+completed+a+traditional+3-year+meditation+retreat+in+Bhutan.+++He+has+worked+on+many+translation+projects+under+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+including+the+Vimai+Ladrub+sadhana+with+Steve+Cline+as+well+as+being+on+the+translation+team+for+the+Chime+Phagme+Nyingthik+sadhana.++++He+also+translated+the+Ushnishavijaya+sadhana+text+into+English+with+Janine+Schulz+and+he+was+involved+in+the+translation+of+Khyentse+Chokyi+Lodro%27s+biography+by+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%3B+the+English+version+is+projected+to+come+out+next+year.+++Khenpo+currently+resides+in+New+Delhi.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.siddharthasintent.org%2Fabout-us-2%2Fnews%2F2014-2%2Fkhenpo-sonam-phuntsho-to-be-lama-in-residence-around-the-globe-2014-2015%2F+Source+Accessed+Oct+5%2C+2021%5D%29015%2F+Source+Accessed+Oct+5%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Sonam Spitz  + (Sonam+Spitz+was+born+in+1984+in+Germany.+F … Sonam+Spitz+was+born+in+1984+in+Germany.+From+2006+-+09+he+studied+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Kathmandu%2FNepal+and+graduated+with+a+BA+degree+in+Buddhist+Studies+with+Himalayan+Language.+From+2009+he+studied+Classical+Indology+at+the+university+of+Hamburg%2FGermany+and+graduated+there+with+another+BA+in+2012+and+a+MA+in+2015.+Since+2009+he+is+also+working+as+an+interpreter+for+Tibetan+speaking+Buddhist+teachers+and+as+translator+of+written+texts+of+the+Drikung+Kagyu+lineage.+Sonam+Spitz+speaks+German%2C+English+and+Tibetan+and+works+to+a+considerable+extend+with+Sanskrit+sources.+From+2016-17+he+was+employed+as+a+lecturer+for+Tibetan+and+Sanskrit+at+the+university+of+Copenhagen.+Since+2015+he+participates+in+the+Vikramashila+Translation+Commitee+under+the+guidance+of+Khenchen+Nyima+Gyaltsen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.drikungtranslation.com%2Ftranslators%2F%23Sonam+Source+Accessed+June+10%2C+2021%5D%29onam+Source+Accessed+June+10%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Sonam Thakchöe  + (Sonam+received+his+PhD+%282002%29+from+the … Sonam+received+his+PhD+%282002%29+from+the+University+of+Tasmania+as+well+as+the+Acharya+%28MA+equivalent%29+from+the+Central+University+of+Tibetan+Studies.+This+double+qualification+is+unique+in+Australia.+His+traditional+Tibetan+research+experience%2C+and+native+fluency+in+the+languages+necessary+for+this+research+are+essential+to+the+demand+of+this+type+of+project.+He+is+also+well+established+in+Western+philosophy+and+has+the+capability+to+bring+his+projects+into+dialogue+with+the+West+through+his+trans-cultural+communication+and+interpretation+skills.+He+is+an+experienced+and+productive+scholar+in+Indo-Tibetan+Buddhist+Philosophy+with+a+good+track+record+of+research%2C+including+the+preparation+of+scholarly+translations%2C+philosophical+study+of+Indo-Tibetan+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+cross-cultural+philosophy+that+brings+together+Indian%2C+Tibetan+and+Western+philosophy%2C+and+research+in+the+Indian+epistemology%2C+ethics+and+logic.+He+has+good+experience+in+long-term+scholarly+projects%2C+in+team+research%2C+and+on+projects+that+involve+collaboration+with+Western+colleagues+on+translation+and+interpretation.+He+is+also+an+experienced+postgraduate+research+supervisor+with+a+good+completion+record.+He+brings+to+this+project+research+management+skills%2C+philological+skills%2C+philosophical+skills+and+linguistic+skills+negotiating+and+crossing+the+boundaries+between+Indo-Tibetan+and+Western+philosophical+traditions.+Sonam+is+one+of+very+few+Australasian+scholars%2C+and+indeed%2C+the+only+Tibetan+philosopher%2C+with+experience+in+the+study+of+Indo-Tibetan+philosophy+and+in+collaboration+with+Western+colleagues.%0A%0ASonam+is+also+involved+with+wide+range+of+ecumenical+and+socially+engaging+services+with+the+aims+of+strengthening+the+Asian+philosophy+Programs%2C+and+fostering+a+wider+appreciation+of+Asian+thought+within+the+Tasmanian+community+through+the+school+visits%2C+public+talks%2C+and+leading+group+discussion%2Freading+groups.+Sonam+is+also+passionate+about+forging+a+closer+connection+between+mindfulness-meditation%2C+phenomenology+and+philosophy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.utas.edu.au%2Fprofiles%2Fstaff%2Fhumanities%2Fsonam-thakchoe+Source+Accessed+May+12%2C+2021%5D%29kchoe+Source+Accessed+May+12%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Songtsen Gampo  + (Songtsen+Gampo+was+the+first+of+Tibet%27s+ … Songtsen+Gampo+was+the+first+of+Tibet%27s+three+great+religious+kings+and+was+an+emanation+of+the+bodhisattva+Avalokiteshvara.+It+was+during+his+reign+that+the+first+Buddhist+temples+in+Tibet%2C+the+Rasa+Trulnang+%28future+Jokhang%29+and+the+Ramoche%2C+were+built.+He+married+the+Nepalese+princess+Bhrikuti+and+the+Chinese+princess+Wencheng.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DSongtsen_Gampo+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29%3Ftitle%3DSongtsen_Gampo+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29)
  • Sonia Sikka  + (Sonia+Sikka+is+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+ … Sonia+Sikka+is+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+the+University+of+Ottawa.+Her+primary+areas+of+research+are+German+philosophy%2C+multiculturalism%2C+secularism%2C+religion%2C+and+race.+Dr.+Sikka%27s+recent+publications+include+%27%27Heidegger%2C+Morality+and+Politics%27%27%0A%28in+press%2C+Cambridge+University+Press%29%3B+%22Heidegger%27s+Argument+for+the+Existence+of+God%3F%22+%28%27%27Sophia%27%27%2C+2016%29%3B+%22On+Translating+Religious+Reasons%3A+Rawls%2C+Habermas+and+the+Quest+for+a+Neutral+Public+Sphere%22+%28%27%27Review+of+Politics%27%27%2C+2016%29%3B+%27%27Living+with+Religious+Diversity%27%27%2C+ed.+with+Bindu+Puri+and+Lori+Beaman+%28Routledge%2C+2015%29%3B+and+%27%27Multiculturalism+%26+Religious+Identity%3A+Canada+and+India%27%27%2C+ed.+with+Lori+Beaman+%28McGill-Queen%27s+Press%2C+2014%29.%0A%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)
  • Sophie Francis Kidd  + (Sophie+Francis+Kidd+has+worked+as+a+lectur … Sophie+Francis+Kidd+has+worked+as+a+lecturer+in+the+English+department+of+the+University+of+Vienna.+She+has+translated+the+work+of+Erich+Frauwallner+in+%27%27Studies+in+Abhidharma+Literature+and+the+Origins+of+Buddhist+Philosophical+Systems%27%27+%28SUNY+1995%29.ilosophical+Systems%27%27+%28SUNY+1995%29.)
  • Lotsawa Tingdzin Zangpo  + (Source+language+scholar%2C+reviser%2C+translator.)
  • Span Hanna  + (Span+Hanna+began+studying+Modern+Standard+ … Span+Hanna+began+studying+Modern+Standard+Chinese+%28Putonghua%2C+or+Mandarin%29+in+1983+at+the+University+of+Adelaide+as+part+of+a+B.A.+degree.+He+followed+this+up+with+private+study+and+lived+and+worked+in+China+on+two+occasions+for+a+total+of+four+years.+The+latter+experience+broadened+his+knowledge+of+the+language+and+gave+him+a+considerable+understanding+of+its+use+in+Chinese+society+and+culture.+Since+returning+to+Australia+in+1993+he+has+maintained+an+interest+in+Chinese+matters+while+working+primarily+as+a+schoolteacher.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fspan-hanna-99804355%2F%3ForiginalSubdomain%3Dau+Adapted+from+Source+Nov+29%2C+2023%5D%29u+Adapted+from+Source+Nov+29%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Stéphane Arguillère  + (St%C3%A9phane+Arguill%C3%A8re%2C+born+July … St%C3%A9phane+Arguill%C3%A8re%2C+born+July+10%2C+1970+in+Harfleur%2C+is+an+associate+professor+of+philosophy+in+the+history+of+religions+and+religious+anthropology%2C+a+specialist+in+Tibetan+Buddhist+philosophy+and%2C+more+particularly%2C+in+philosophy+linked+to+the+Nyingma+school%2C+to+Dzogchen%2C+and+the+thought+of+Gorampa.+He+is+a+lecturer+in+Tibetan+language+and+civilization+at+the+National+Institute+of+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+Civilizations+%28INALCO%2C+Paris%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSt%25C3%25A9phane_Arguill%25C3%25A8re+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+17%2C+2021%5D%29e+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+17%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stanislaw Schayer  + (Stanislaw+Schayer+%28born+May+8%2C+1899+in … Stanislaw+Schayer+%28born+May+8%2C+1899+in+S%C4%99dzisz%C3%B3w%2C+Poland%2C+died+December+1%2C+1941+in+Otwock%2C+Poland%29+was+a+linguist%2C+Indologist%2C+philosopher%2C+professor+at+the+University+of+Warsaw.+In+1922%2C+he+founded%2C+and+was+the+first+director%2C+of+the+Institute+of+Oriental+Studies+at+the+University+of+Warsaw.+He+was+a+member+of+the+Polish+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+and+the+Warsaw+Scientific+Society.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStanislaw_Schayer+Source+Accessed+Aug+24%2C+2023%5D%29hayer+Source+Accessed+Aug+24%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Stanley Tambiah  + (Stanley+Jeyaraja+Tambiah+%2816+January+192 … Stanley+Jeyaraja+Tambiah+%2816+January+1929%E2%80%93+19+January+2014%29+was+a+social+anthropologist+and+Esther+and+Sidney+Rabb+Professor+%28Emeritus%29+of+Anthropology+at+Harvard+University.+He+specialised+in+studies+of+Thailand%2C+Sri+Lanka%2C+and+Tamils%2C+as+well+as+the+anthropology+of+religion+and+politics.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStanley_Jeyaraja_Tambiah+Source+Accessed+Apr+17%2C+2023%5D%29mbiah+Source+Accessed+Apr+17%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Stanton Marlan  + (Stanton+Marlan%2C+Ph.D.%2C+ABPP%2C+FABP+is … Stanton+Marlan%2C+Ph.D.%2C+ABPP%2C+FABP+is+an+American+clinical+psychologist%2C+Jungian+psychoanalyst%2C+author%2C+and+educator.+Marlan+has+authored+or+edited+scores+of+publications+in+Analytical+Psychology+%28Jungian+Psychology%29+and+Archetypal+Psychology.+Three+of+his+more+well-known+publications+are+%27%27The+Black+Sun%27%27.+%27%27The+Alchemy+and+Art+of+Darkness%27%27%2C+%27%27C.+G.+Jung+and+the+Alchemical+Imagination%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Jung%27s+Alchemical+Philosophy%27%27.+Marlan+is+also+known+for+his+polemics+with+German+Jungian+psychoanalyst+Wolfgang+Giegerich.+Marlan+co-founded+the+Pittsburgh+Society+of+Jungian+Analysts+and+was+the+first+director+and+training+coordinator+of+the+C.+G.+Jung+Institute+Analyst+Training+Program+of+Pittsburgh.+Currently%2C+Marlan+is+in+private+practice+and+serves+as+adjunct+professor+of+Clinical+Psychology+at+Duquesne+University%2C+Pittsburgh%2C+Pennsylvania%2C+USA.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStanton_Marlan+Source+Accessed+June+14%2C+2023%5D%29rlan+Source+Accessed+June+14%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Starhawk  + (Starhawk+is+an+author%2C+activist%2C+perma … Starhawk+is+an+author%2C+activist%2C+permaculture+designer+and+teacher%2C+and+a+prominent+voice+in+modern+earth-based+spirituality+and+ecofeminism.+She+is+the+author+or+co-author+of+thirteen+books%2C+including+%27%27The+Spiral+Dance%3A+A+Rebirth+of+the+Ancient+Religion+of+the+Great+Goddess%27%27+and+the+ecotopian+novel+%27%27The+Fifth+Sacred+Thing%27%27%2C+and+its+sequel+%27%27City+of+Refuge%27%27.%0A%0AHer+most+recent+non-fiction+book+is+%27%27The+Empowerment+Manual%3A+A+Guide+for+Collaborative+Groups%27%27%2C+on+group+dynamics%2C+power%2C+conflict+and+communications.+%0A%0AStarhawk+founded+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthactivisttraining.org%2F+Earth+Activist+Training%5D%2C+teaching+permaculture+design+grounded+in+spirituality+and+with+a+focus+on+activism.+She+travels+internationally%2C+lecturing+and+teaching+on+earth-based+spirituality%2C+the+tools+of+ritual%2C+and+the+skills+of+activism.+%0A%0AHer+works+have+been+translated+into+Spanish%2C+French%2C+German%2C+Danish%2C+Dutch%2C+Italian%2C+Portuguese%2C+Polish%2C+Greek%2C+Japanese%2C+and+Burmese.+Her+essays+are+reprinted+across+the+world%2C+and+have+been+included+in+numerous+anthologies.+Starhawk%27s+writing+is+influential+and+has+been+quoted+by+hundreds+of+other+authors%2C+turning+up+in+magazines%2C+trade+and+academic+press%2C+and+even+inspirational+calendars.+Her+books+are+often+found+in+college+curriculums.+The+Spiral+Dance+has+been+continuously+in-print+for+over+twenty-five+years+and+revised+twice%3B+in+1999+HarperSanFrancisco+published+the+Twentieth+Anniversary+Edition.+Truth+or+Dare%3A+Encounters+with+Power%2C+Authority%2C+and+Mystery+won+the+Media+Alliance+Meritorious+Achievement+Award+for+nonfiction+in+1988.+Starhawk%27s+first+novel%2C+The+Fifth+Sacred+Thing%2C+won+the+Lambda+award+for+best+Gay+and+Lesbian+Science+Fiction+in+1994.++Many+of+Starhawk%27s+best+political+essays--credited+with+helping+the+global+justice+movement+find+and+define+itself--were+collected+into+her+book+Webs+of+Power%3A+Notes+from+the+Global+Uprising.+At+the+Book+Expo+America%2C+Webs+of+Power+won+a+2003+Nautilus+Award+from+the+trade+association+NAPRA.+For+more%2C+please+see+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fstarhawk.org%2Fabout%2Fbiography%2F+personal+website%5D.Fabout%2Fbiography%2F+personal+website%5D.)
  • Stefan Anacker  + (Stefan+Anacker+born+in+the+USA+of+Swiss+pa … Stefan+Anacker+born+in+the+USA+of+Swiss+parents+received+his+doctorate+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin+in+Buddhist+studies.+He+has+also+studied+Sankrit+and+Old+Kannada+at+the+University+of+Mysore.+At+present+he+is+a+research+scholar+living+in+Lausanne+Switzerland.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.namsebangdzo.com%2FSeven-Works-of-Vasubandhu-Anacker-p%2F11903.htm+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%293.htm+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Stefan Mang  + (Stefan+Mang%2C+a+student+of+Tibetan+Buddhi … Stefan+Mang%2C+a+student+of+Tibetan+Buddhism+since+2004%2C+has+been+studying+Buddhist+philosophy+and+literary+Tibetan+since+2010+at+Rigpa+Shedra+East+in+Nepal.+From+2011+until+2018+he+studied+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Kathmandu%2C+where+he+completed+his+BA+and+MA+degrees.+He+works+with+Lhasey+Lotsawa+Translations+and+Publications%2C+their+Nekhor+project%2C+Lotsawa+House%2C+and+84000.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsamyeinstitute.org%2Finstructors%2Fstefan-mang%2F+Samye+Institute%2C+Accessed+August+28%2C+2023%5D.%29itute%2C+Accessed+August+28%2C+2023%5D.%29)
  • Stefano Zacchetti  + (Stefano+Zacchetti+%281968+%E2%80%93+April+ … Stefano+Zacchetti+%281968+%E2%80%93+April+29%2C+2020%29+was+an+Italian+academic+specialising+in+Buddhist+studies.+From+2012+until+his+death+in+2020+he+was+Yehan+Numata+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Oxford+and+a+professorial+fellow+of+Balliol+College%2C+Oxford.%0A%0ABorn+in+1968%2C+Zacchetti+studied+Chinese+and+Sanskrit+at+Ca%27+Foscari+University+of+Venice+from+1986+to+1994%2C+graduating+with+a+Bachelor+of+Arts+degree%3B+this+included+two+years+of+study+abroad%2C+at+Sichuan+University+%281990%E2%80%9392%29.+He+then+carried+out+doctoral+studies+at+Venice+and+spent+time+studying+at+the+Sinologisch+Instituut+and+the+Kern+Institute+at+Leiden+University.+Ca%27+Foscari+University+of+Venice+awarded+him+a+PhD+in+Asian+Studies+in+1999.%0A%0AZacchetti+taught+Sinology+at+University+of+Padua+for+the+1999%E2%80%932000+academic+year.+In+2001%2C+he+was+appointed+an+associate+professor+at+the+International+Research+Institute+for+Advanced+Buddhology+at+S%C5%8Dka+University+in+Tokyo.+He+returned+to+Ca%27+Foscari+University+of+Venice+in+2005+to+take+up+a+tenured+lectureship+in+the+Department+of+Asian+and+North+African+Studies.+In+the+autumn+of+2011+he+was+a+visiting+professor+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+In+2012%2C+he+was+appointed+Yehan+Numata+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Oxford+and+a+professorial+fellow+of+Balliol+College%2C+Oxford.%0A%0AZacchetti+died+on+29+April+2020+from+COVID-19.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStefano_Zacchetti+Source+Accessed+Aug+11%2C+2023%5D%29hetti+Source+Accessed+Aug+11%2C+2023%5D%29)
  • Sten Konow  + (Sten+Konow+%2817+April+1867+%E2%80%93+29+J … Sten+Konow+%2817+April+1867+%E2%80%93+29+June+1948%29+was+a+Norwegian+Indologist.+He+was+professor+of+Indic+philology+at+the+Christiania+University%2C+Oslo%2C+from+1910%2C+moving+to+Hamburg+University+in+1914%2C+where+he+was+professor+for+Indian+history+and+culture.+He+returned+to+Oslo+as+professor+for+Indian+languages+and+history+in+1919.%0A%0AHe+translated+Rajasekhara%27s+%27%27Karpuramanjari%27%27%2C+which+was+published+as+volume+4+of+the+Harvard+Oriental+Series+in+1901.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSten_Konow+Source+Accessed+Aug+17%2C+2021%5D%29Konow+Source+Accessed+Aug+17%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stephan V. Beyer  + (Stephan+V.+Beyer%2C+Ph.D.%2C+J.D.%2C+is+a+ … Stephan+V.+Beyer%2C+Ph.D.%2C+J.D.%2C+is+a+well-known+writer+and+speaker+on+shamanism+and+spirituality.+He+is+also+a+community+builder%2C+peacemaker%2C+and+carrier+of+council.+He+has+been+trained+and+certified+in+many+areas+of+circle+processes%2C+mediation%2C+and+nonviolence+and+has+offered+peacemaking+workshops+to+a+wide+variety+of+audiences%2C+from+therapists+to+theologians%2C+and+at+Montessori%2C+charter%2C+alternative%2C+and+public+schools.+He+has+served+as+a+Lecturer+in+the+Department+of+Criminal+Justice+at+Chicago+State+University%2C+teaching+undergraduate+courses+and+graduate+seminars+in+restorative+justice+and+in+the+theory+and+practice+of+nonviolent+resistance.+He+lives+in+Chicago.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonandschuster.com%2Fauthors%2FStephan-V-Beyer%2F1382842937+Source+Accessed+May+11%2C+2021%5D%2942937+Source+Accessed+May+11%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stephanie W. Jamison  + (Stephanie+Wroth+Jamison+%28born+July+17%2C … Stephanie+Wroth+Jamison+%28born+July+17%2C+1948%29+is+an+American+linguist%2C+currently+at+University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles+and+an+Elected+Fellow+of+the+American+Academy+of+Arts+%26+Sciences.+She+did+her+doctoral+work+at+Yale+University+as+a+student+of+Stanley+Insler%2C+and+is+trained+as+a+historical+linguist+and+Indo-Europeanist.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStephanie_W._Jamison+Source+Acessed+Mar+11%2C+2021%5D%29amison+Source+Acessed+Mar+11%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stephen Batchelor  + (Stephen+Batchelor+is+a+contemporary+Buddhi … Stephen+Batchelor+is+a+contemporary+Buddhist+teacher+and+writer%2C+best+known+for+his+secular+or+agnostic+approach+to+Buddhism.+Stephen+considers+Buddhism+to+be+a+constantly+evolving+culture+of+awakening+rather+than+a+religious+system+based+on+immutable+dogmas+and+beliefs.+In+particular%2C+he+regards+the+doctrines+of+karma+and+rebirth+to+be+features+of+ancient+Indian+civilisation+and+not+intrinsic+to+what+the+Buddha+taught.+Buddhism+has+survived+for+the+past+2%2C500+years+because+of+its+capacity+to+reinvent+itself+in+accord+with+the+needs+of+the+different+Asian+societies+with+which+it+has+creatively+interacted+throughout+its+history.+As+Buddhism+encounters+modernity%2C+it+enters+a+vital+new+phase+of+its+development.+Through+his+writings%2C+translations+and+teaching%2C+Stephen+engages+in+a+critical+exploration+of+Buddhism%27s+role+in+the+modern+world%2C+which+has+earned+him+both+condemnation+as+a+heretic+and+praise+as+a+reformer.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephenbatchelor.org%2Findex.php%2Fen%2Fstephen+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29ephen+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stephen F. Teiser  + (Stephen+F.+Teiser+is+D.+T.+Suzuki+Professo … Stephen+F.+Teiser+is+D.+T.+Suzuki+Professor+in+Buddhist+Studies+and+Professor+of+Religion+in+the+Department+of+Religion+at+Princeton+University.+His+work+traces+the+interaction+between+cultures+using+textual%2C+artistic%2C+and+material+remains+from+the+Silk+Road%2C+specializing+in+Buddhism+and+Chinese+religions.+His+forthcoming+monograph+from+Sanlian+Publishers%2C+based+on+the+2014+Guanghua+Lectures+in+the+Humanities+at+Fudan+University%2C+is+entitled+%E5%84%80%E7%A6%AE%E8%88%87%E4%BD%9B%E6%95%99%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6+%28Ritual+and+the+Study+of+Buddhism%29.+He+also+serves+as+Director+of+Princeton%E2%80%99s+interdepartmental+Program+in+East+Asian+Studies%2C+and+in+2014+he+received+the+Graduate+Mentoring+Award+in+the+Humanities+from+Princeton+University%E2%80%99s+McGraw+Center+for+Teaching+and+Learning%2C%0A%0ATeiser%E2%80%99s+previous+work+appeared+in+three+monographs%3A+%27%27Reinventing+the+Wheel%3A+Paintings+of+Rebirth+in+Medieval+Buddhist+Temples%27%27+%282006%29%2C+awarded+the+Prix+Stanislas+Julien+by+the+Acad%C3%A9mie+des+Inscriptions+et+Belles+Lettres%2C+Institut+de+France%3B+%27%27%22The+Scripture+on+the+Ten+Kings%22+and+the+Making+of+Purgatory+in+Medieval+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27+%281994%29%2C+awarded+the+Joseph+Levenson+Book+Prize+%28pre-twentieth+century%29+in+Chinese+Studies+by+the+AAS%3B+and+%27%27The+Ghost+Festival+in+Medieval+China%27%27+%281988%29%2C+awarded+the+prize+in+History+of+Religions+by+the+ACLS.+He+has+also+edited+several+books%2C+including+%27%27Readings+of+the+Platform+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+%282012%29+and+%27%27Readings+of+the+Lotus+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+%282009%29.%0A%0AHe+is+currently+Co-Principal+Investigator+on+%E2%80%9CDunhuang+Art+and+Manuscripts%2C%E2%80%9D+a+four-year+project+of+conferences+and+publications+on+Buddhist+art+and+manuscripts+of+the+Silk+Road%2C+with+primary+funding+from+the+Henry+Luce+Foundation%2C+and+he+serves+on+the+Steering+Committee+of+%E2%80%9CFrom+the+Ground+Up%3A+East+Asian+Religions+through+Multi-media+Sources+and+Interdisciplinary+Perspectives%2C%E2%80%9D+a+SSHRC%2FCanada+partnership+grant+based+at+University+of+British+Columbia.+From+2005+to+2008+he+was+Director+of+the+Tibet+Site+Seminar%2C+an+interdisciplinary+project+for+teaching+Ph.D.+students+in+the+fields+of+Art+History+and+Buddhist+Studies.+Prior+to+that+he+was+a+member+of+the+research+project+on+%E2%80%9CMerit%2C+Opulence%2C+and+the+Buddhist+Network+of+Wealth%2C%E2%80%9D+sponsored+by+Northwestern+University+and+the+Dunhuang+Research+Academy+in+1999-2001%3B+and+a+member+of+the+research+group+on+Buddhist+texts%2C+Centre+de+Recherche+sur+les+Manuscrits%2C+Inscriptions%2C+et+Documents+Iconographiques+de+Chine%2C+sponsored+by+CNRS%2C+Paris%2C+1996-2005.%0A%0AStephen+F.+Teiser+studied+for+his+A.B.+at+Oberlin+College+%28Ohio%29+and+received+his+M.A.+and+Ph.D.+degrees+from+Princeton+University.+He+has+held+teaching+appointments+at+Middlebury+College+and+University+of+Southern+California%2C+and+has+been+visiting+professor+at+%C3%89cole+pratique+des+Hautes+%C3%89tudes+%28Paris%29%2C+Heidelberger+Akadamie+der+Wissenschaften%2C+and+Capital+Normal+University+%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%AB%E7%AF%84%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8+%28Beijing%29.+He+has+received+fellowships+and+grants+from+American+Council+of+Learned+Societies%2C+E.+Rhodes+and+Leona+B.+Carpenter+Foundation%2C+Chiang+Ching-Kuo+Foundation%2C+Robert+H.N.+Ho+Family+Foundation%2C+Henry+Luce+Foundation%2C+Andrew+Mellon+Foundation%2C+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities%2C+Silkroad+Foundation%2C+Social+Science+and+Humanities+Research+Council+of+Canada%2C+and+Social+Science+Research+Council.da%2C+and+Social+Science+Research+Council.)
  • Stephen Gethin  + (Stephen+Gethin+studied+veterinary+medicine … Stephen+Gethin+studied+veterinary+medicine+at+Cambridge+University%2C+where+he+was+also+awarded+a+choral+exhibition.+After+a+number+of+years+in+professional+practice%2C+he+spent+much+of+the+1980s+undertaking+two+three-year+retreats+in+France%2C+where+he+now+lives+and%2C+as+a+founding+member+of+the+Padmakara+Translation+Group%2C+continues+to+translate.+He+became+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Translation+Fellow+in+2005.+His+published+translations+include+Nagarjuna%E2%80%99s+%27%27Letter+to+a+Friend%27%27%2C+%27%27Zurchungpa%E2%80%99s+Testament%27%27%2C+Dudjom+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+%27%27A+Torch+Lighting+the+Way+to+Freedom%27%27%2C+and+Jamg%C3%B6n+Mipham%E2%80%99s+commentaries+on+Padmasambhava%E2%80%99s+%27%27Garland+of+Views%27%27+and+the+%27%27Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na-s%C5%ABtr%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra%27%27.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+detailed+preliminary+practice+commentary+by+Shechen+Gyaltsap+and+on+a+volume+of+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%E2%80%99s+%27%27Treasury+of+Precious+Instructions%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.colorado.edu%2Fevent%2Flotsawa%2Fpresenters%2Fstephen-gethin+Source+Accessed+Sept+18%2C+2020%5D%29thin+Source+Accessed+Sept+18%2C+2020%5D%29)
  • Stephen Harris  + (Stephen+Harris+is+a+Lecturer+at+the+Instit … Stephen+Harris+is+a+Lecturer+at+the+Institute+for+Philosophy%2C+at+the+University+of+Leiden%2C+Netherlands.+His+research+focuses+on+Indian+philosophical+texts%2C+in+particular+Buddhist+moral+philosophy%2C+and+their+conceptual+relationship+to+issues+investigated+in+contemporary+philosophy.+Current+interests+include+moral+demandingness+in+the+writing+of+the+8th+century+Indian+Buddhist+philosopher+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%2C+and+cross-cultural+study+of+well-being.%0A%0AOther+interests+include+comparative+virtue+theory%2C+the+role+of+suffering+in+ethical+theory+and+the+relation+between+personal+identity+and+ethics.+His+research+is+also+influenced+by+phenomenology%2C+as+well+as+ancient+philosophy%2C+including+Chinese+and+Greek+thought.%0A%0AHe+teaches+courses+on+comparative+and+Asian+philosophy%2C+as+well+as+ethics+and+the+history+of+philosophy%2C+at+the+Institute+for+Philosophy+in+Leiden%2C+as+well+as+Leiden+University+College+and+the+International+B.A.+program%2C+both+located+in+The+Hague.%0A%0ADr.+Harris+received+his+PhD+from+the+philosophy+department+at+the+University+of+New+Mexico+in+the+U.S.+Before+coming+to+Leiden+University%2C+he+was+a+pre-doctoral+fellow+at+the+Illinois+Institute+of+Technology+in+Chicago.+He+has+articles+published+or+forthcoming+by+the+journals+Contemporary+Pragmatism%2C+The+Journal+of+Buddhist+Ethics%2C+Philosophy+East+and+West%2C+Asian+Philosophy+and+Sophia.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.universiteitleiden.nl%2Fen%2Fstaffmembers%2Fstephen-harris%2Fpublications%23tab-3+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+13%2C+2021%5D%293+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+13%2C+2021%5D%29)
  • Stephen Jenkins  + (Stephen+Jenkins%2C+Professor+of+Religion+a … Stephen+Jenkins%2C+Professor+of+Religion+at+Humboldt+State+University%2C+received+his+doctorate+from+Harvard.+His+research+is+focused+on+Buddhist+ethics+and+the+origins+of+Indian+pure+lands.+Most+recently%2C+he+has+done+a+series+of+talks+arguing+for+the+importance+of+heavenly+attainment+in+early+Indian+Buddhist+soteriology+and+the+significance+of+the+devalokas+as+precedents+for+the+pure+lands.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstephenjenkins.academia.edu%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+10%2C+2021%5D%29du%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+10%2C+2021%5D%29)
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