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Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey + (The+Most+Venerable+Geshe+Ngawang+Dhargyey+ … The+Most+Venerable+Geshe+Ngawang+Dhargyey+was+born+on+the+13th+of+the+fifth+Tibetan+month+in+the+year+of+the+Iron-Bird+%281921%29+in+the+town+of+Y%C3%A4tsak+%28or+Ya+Chak%29+in+the+Trehor+district+of+Tibet%27s+eastern+province+Kham.+He+was+soon+enrolled+in+the+large+local+Dhargyey+Monastery+of+the+Gelug+tradition%2C+where+he+took+pre-novice+ordination+vows.+Although+he+was+enrolled+there+he+studied+mainly+in+the+village+Sakya+monastery%2C+Lona+Gonpa+where+he+received+instruction+in+reading%2C+writing%2C+grammar+etc%2C+and+learned+numerous+texts+and+practices+by+heart.+His+teachers+there+included+two+of+his+uncles%2C+as+well+as+Kushu+Gonp%C3%A4+Rinpoche%2C+who+was+a+master+of+all+the+five+major+fields+of+learning.%0A%0AImage+of+Gen+RinpocheAt+the+age+of+eighteen+Gen+Rinpoche+left+his+home+country+to+further+his+spiritual+education+at+Sera+Monastery%2C+the+great+monastic+university+in+Lhasa.+There+he+underwent+extensive+training+in+all+the+five+divisions+of+Buddhist+philosophical+study%3A+Logic%2C+Perfection+of+Wisdom%2C+the+Middle+View%2C+Metaphysics%2C+and+Ethical+Discipline.+This+was+interspersed+with+periods+of+intensive+retreat+at+some+of+the+many+hermitages+near+Sera.+By+the+time+he+was+nineteen+he+had+already+mastered+his+studies+sufficiently+to+become+a+scriptural+teacher%2C+and+he+began+to+have+many+students+of+his+own.+At+the+age+of+21%2C+he+took+full+ordination+vows+of+a+Bhikshu+from+the+widely+renowned+Purchog+Jamg%C3%B6n+Rinpoche.+He+also+received+numerous+teachings%2C+initiations+and+commentaries+from+the+great+Lamas+of+that+time+such+as+Kyabje+Trijang+Dorje+Chang+%28His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%27s+Tutor%29%2C+Bakri+Dorje+Chang%2C+Lhats%C3%BCn+Dorje+Chang%2C+G%C3%B6nsar+Dorje+Chang+and+others.+His+monastic+teachers+were+the+great+scholar-+practitioners+Gen+Sherab+Wangchuk%2C+Gen+Ch%C3%B6ntse%2C+and+the+now+Gyume+Kensur+Ugy%C3%A4n+Tseten.%0A%0AHe+studied+in+Sera+in+Tibet+for+twenty+years+until%2C+in+1959%2C+Chinese+oppression+forced+him+to+leave+Tibet.+Two+years+earlier+he+had+been+appointed+tutor+to+two+high+incarnate+lamas%2C+Lhag%C3%B6n+Rinpoche+and+Thupten+Rinpoche.+The+three+escaped+from+Chinese+occupied+Tibet+together+taking+a+long+and+dangerous+journey+of+nine+months+under+Chinese+gunfire+and+snowstorms+until+they+reached+the+Mustang+region+of+Nepal.+From+Mustang+it+was+a+comparatively+easy+journey+to+India%2C+where+they+joined+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+some+of+Gen+Rinpoche%27s+other+teachers.%0A%0AIn+India%2C+after+a+brief+pilgrimage+to+the+sacred+Buddhist+sites%2C+he+took+up+his+studies+once+again%2C+and+for+several+continued+tutoring+the+tulkus+%28incarnate+lamas%29.+In+the+mid+1960s%2C+he+was+chosen+along+with+fifty-five+other+scholars+to+attend+an+Acarya+course+at+Mussourie+%28north+of+Delhi%29.+During+his+year+in+Mussourie%2C+he+and+the+other+scholars+wrote+textbooks+for+the+Tibetan+refugee+schools+being+established+in+India+at+that+time.+He+then+returned+to+Dalhousie+where%2C+over+various+periods%2C+he+continued+to+teach+another+seven+incarnate+lamas.+He+also+finished+his+Geshe+studies+and%2C+in+oral+examinations+held+at+the+Buxador+refugee+camp+in+Assam+in+eastern+India+%28the+seat+of+Sera+monastery+at+that+time%29+he+gained+the+highest+grade+%28First+Class%29+Lharampa+Geshe.%0A%0AIn+1971+he+was+asked+by+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+to+start+a+teaching+program+for+westerners+at+the+newly+constructed+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+in+Dharamsala%2C+northern+India.+Two+of+his+incarnate+lama+disciples%2C+Sharpa+Rinpoche+and+Kamlung+Rinpoche%2C+acted+as+translators.+He+stayed+there%2C+teaching+very+extensively+to+thousands+of+Westerners%2C+until+1984.+During+this+time+he+himself+received+extensive+and+often+exclusive+teachings+from+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+from+both+of+the+tutors%2C+Kyabje+Trijang+Rinpoche+and+Kyabje+Ling+Rinpoche.%0A%0AIn+1982+he+travelled+to+the+West+for+the+first+time+to+take+up+a+one-semester+visiting+professorship+for+at+the+University+of+Washington+in+Seattle.+This+was+followed+by+a+year-long+extensive+tour+of+Buddhist+teaching+centres+all+over+North+America%2C+Europe+and+Australasia.%0A%0AHe+spent+six+weeks+in+New+Zealand+during+this+tour%2C+and+at+the+end+of+the+visit+he+was+requested+to+establish+a+Buddhist+centre+here.+In+1985+His+Holiness+advised+Gen+Rinpoche+to+come+to+New+Zealand%2C+initially+for+one+and+a+half+years%2C+to+establish+a+centre.+After+a+six+month+tour+of+Australia%2C+he+arrived+in+Dunedin+in+mid+1985.+Due+to+the+success+of+the+Buddhist+centre+he+remained+here%2C+occasionally+travelling+to+other+parts+of+New+Zealand+and+to+Australia+on+teaching+tours.%0A%0AGen+Rinpoche+was+a+wonderful+teacher+who+loved+to+teach+the+great+treatises%2C+as+well+as+experiential+teachings+which+distilled+their+essence.+He+gave+his+last+formal+teaching+in+February+1995+in+Dunedin.+Gen+Rinpoche+entered+into+the+death+process+on+the+11th+August+1995+%28the+16th+of+the+6th+Tibetan+month%29+remaining+in+meditation+for+of+three+days.%0A%0AHis+body+was+cremated+with+full+traditional+Tibetan+funerary+rites+at+Portobello%2C+near+Dunedin+on+17th+August+%2822nd+of+the+6th+Tibetan+month%29.+Kushu+Lhag%C3%B6n+Rinpoche%2C+one+of+Gen+Rinpoche%27s+tulku+disciples%2C+presided+over+the+Great+Offering+to+His+Holy+Body+Ceremony+at+a+specially+built+cremation+stupa.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdbc.dharmakara.net%2FGNDBiography.html+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29.html+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29)
Achan Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo + (The+Most+Venerable+Phra+Thepyanmongkol+was … The+Most+Venerable+Phra+Thepyanmongkol+was+born+on+6+March+1929.++While+he+was+a+layman%2C+he+worked+as+a+research+specialist+at+the+United+States+Information+Services+%28USIS%29+in+Bangkok.++Also%2C+he+was+a+visiting+lecturer+in+research+methodology%2C+research+and+evaluation%2C+and+public+opinion+surveys+to+various+academic+institutions+in+Thailand.++Sermchai+began+practicing+meditation+in+1970.++After+he+made+an+attainment+according+to+the+Dhammakaya+Meditation%2C+he+furthered+his+meditation+to+the+advanced+level+with+the+Most+Venerable+Master+Phrarajbrahmathera+%28Veera+Kanuttamo%29%2C+the+vice+abbot+and+head+of+Vipassana+Meditation+department+of+Wat+Paknam+in+Bangkok%2C+who+studied+the+superknowledge+of+Dhammakaya+directly+with+the+Most+Venerable+Grand+Master+Phramongkolthepmuni+%28Luang+Por+Wat+Paknam%29.++After+his+achievement+in+meditation%2C+Sermchai+entered+Buddhist+monkhood+on+6+March+1986.++As+a+Buddhist+monk%2C+he+spent+years+studying+Buddhist+doctrine+and+Pali+language+until+he+completed+the+advanced+level+of+Dhamma+study+and+level+six+of+Pali+curriculum.++In+1991%2C+he+established+Wat+Luang+Phor+Sodh+Dhammakayaram+to+be+a+center+for+Dhamma+study+and+meditation+practice+in+Rajaburi+Province.++In+1996%2C+he+became+a+certified+Buddhist+preceptor.++As+a+recognition+to+his+works+which+benefit+Buddhism+and+the+society%2C+Venerable+Sermchai+was+promoted+for+the+first+time+to+the+ecclesiastical+title+of+Phra+Bhavana+Visutthikhun+in+1998.++In+2004%2C+he+was+promoted+to+the+title+of+Phra+Rajyanvisith.++He+was+promoted+again+to+the+higher+ecclesiastical+title+of+Phra+Thepyanmongkol+in+2011.++Throughout+years+of+his+monkhood%2C+the+Most+Venerable+Sermchai+has+promoted+Dhamma+study+and+Dhammakaya+Meditation+practice+in+order+to+create+peace+among+human+societies.++With+his+qualified+knowledge+gained+from+the+modern+education+system+and+profession+as+well+as+knowledge+about+Dhamma+doctrine+and+meditation+experience%2C+the+Most+Venerable+Sermchai+has+authored+many+books+on+Buddhism+and+meditation.++In+addition%2C+as+the+abbot+of+Wat+Luang+Phor+Sodh+Dhammakayaram%2C+he+has+organized+meditation+retreat+and+training+for+both+Thais+and+foreigners.++Venerable+Master+Sermchai+initiated+many+projects+which+benefit+Buddhism+and+the+propagation+of+Dhammakaya+Meditation+which+includes+the+establishment+of+Buddhist+college+located+within+the+area+of+his+temple+in+Rajaburi+Provice.+Consequently%2C+with+his+work+achievement+and+qualification%2C+in+July+2018%2C+Venerable+Master+Sermchai+%28Phrathepyanmongkol%29+was+granted+the+title+of+%27Associate+Professor%27+by+Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya+University+%28MCU%29+which+is+the+prominent+Buddhist+University+in+Thailand.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.meditation101.org%2F14497024%2Fvenerable-master-assoc-professor-sermchai-jayamanggalo+Source+Accessed+Apr+4%2C+2022%5D%29nggalo+Source+Accessed+Apr+4%2C+2022%5D%29)
Gangkar Rinpoche, 9th + (The+Ninth+Gangkar+Lama%2C+Karma+Shedrub+Ch … The+Ninth+Gangkar+Lama%2C+Karma+Shedrub+Chokyi+Sengge+%28gangs+dkar+bla+ma+09+karma+bshad+sgrub+chos+kyi+seng+ge%29+was+born+in+a+place+called+Sade+%28sa+sde%29+in+Minyak+%28mi+nyag%29.++His+father+was+named+Draknak+Trinle+%28brag+nag+%27phrin+las%29+and+his+mother+was+named+Draknak+Drolma+%28brag+nag+sgrol+ma%29.%0A%0AWhen+he+was+three+years+old%2C+the+Fifteenth+Karmapa%2C+Khakhyab+Dorje+%28karma+pa+15+mkha%27+khyab+rdo+rje%2C+1870-1921%29+sent+a+letter+from+Lhasa+recognizing+him+as+the+reincarnation+of+the+Eighth+Gangkar+Lama%2C+Karma+Tsering+Wangpo+%28gangs+dkar+bla+ma+08+karma+tshe+ring+dbang+po%2C+d.u.%29.+At+that+time%2C+Khamsum+Drakgon+Monastery%2C+the+seat+of+the+lineage%2C+was+not+able+to+accommodate+him+as+it+only+had+a+poorly+built+prayer+hall+and+a+deity+shrine%2C+so+he+was+placed+in+a+temple+near+the+monastery.%0A%0AAfter+the+recognition+procedures%2C+a+monk+named+Lama+Norbu+%28bla+ma+nor+bu%29%2C+an+expert+in+monastic+rituals%2C+was+appointed+as+his+private+tutor+to+teach+him+how+to+read+at+the+age+of+five.%0A%0ADuring+his+childhood%2C+he+listened+to+tales+told+by+the+elders+in+the+village+where+the+temple+was+situated%2C+including+those+drawn+from+the+lives+of+the+saints+such+as+Tangtong+Gyelpo+%28thang+stong+rgyal+po%2C+1361-1485%29.+He+developed+a+keen+interest+in+Kagyu+masters+and+requested+to+study+in+one+of+the+major+monasteries+of+the+tradition.+His+tutor+Lama+Norbu+also+told+the+leaders+of+the+monastery+that+the+young+lama+had+learned+all+the+things+he+had+to+teach.%0A%0AIn+1910+he+was+sent+to+Pelpung+%28dpal+spungs%29+Monastery+where+his+previous+incarnation+had+also+studied.+There+he+met+with+the+Eleventh+Situ%2C+Pema+Wangchok+Gyelpo+%28si+tu+pad+ma+dbang+mchog+rgyal+po%2C+1886-1952%29%2C+and+other+leaders+of+the+monastery.+He+received+novice+monastic+vows+from+a+lama+named+Dechen+Ngedon+Tendzin+Rabgye+%28bde+chen+nges+don+bstan+%27dzin+rab+rgyas%29+and+studied+the+Vinaya+texts+under+a+lama+named+Tsewang+Peljor+%28tshe+dbang+dpal+%27byor%29.+He+continued+his+education+with+Khenpo+Zhenga%2C+Zhenpen+Chokyi+Nangwa+%28mkhan+po+gzhan+dga+gzhan+phan+chos+kyi+snang+ba%2C+1871-1927%29%2C+who+was+then+at+Pelpung+establishing+the+monastic+college.%0A%0AAt+the+age+of+twenty-one+he+was+fully+ordained+by+Dechen+Ngedon+Tendzin+Rabgye.+He+continued+to+study+Buddhist+topics%2C+as+well+as+medicine%2C+poetry%2C+and+grammar.%0A%0AHe+then+traveled+to+U-Tsang+to+continue+his+training+at+Tsurpu+%28mtshur+phu%29+Monastery.+There+he+received+tantric+transmissions+and+teachings+from+the+Fifteenth+Karmapa%2C+Khakhyab+Dorje.%0A%0AAfter+returning+to+Pelpung+Monastery%2C+he+received+teachings+and+transmissions+from+teachers+there%2C+such+as+Situ+Pema+Wangchok+Gyelpo.+For+several+years+he+served+as+summer+retreat+master+at+Pelpung.+At+the+request+of+Pema+Wangchuk+Gyelpo+and+Khenpo+Zhenga+he+wrote+the+Exposition+of+the+Special+Praise+to+the+Buddha+%28khyad+par+%27phags+bstod+kyi+%27grel+pa%29+and+the+Answers+of+the+Scholars%27+Necklace+%28dris+lan+mkhas+pa%27i+mgul+rgyan%29+among+others+works.+These+do+not+appear+to+be+extant%2C+although+printing+blocks+for+the+first+work+are+said+to+have+been+carved.%0A%0AIn+1922%2C+at+the+age+of+thirty%2C+he+returned+to+Khamsum+Drakgon.+He+expanded+the+existing+monasteries+and+established+new+institutions.+In+1925+he+was+invited+to+Minyak+Riku+%28mi+nyag+ri+khud%29+Monastery+where+he+started+a+school+and+taught+modern+Tibetan+studies+for+three+years.+Later%2C+in+1940%2C+he+started+a+school+in+Khamsum+Drakgon+Monastery+also+for+modern+Tibetan+studies.+His+students+included+men+from+various+ethnic+backgrounds.%0A%0AIn+1930+he+was+invited+to+attend+the+enthronement+ceremony+of+the+Sixteenth+Karmapa%2C+Rangjung+Rikpai+Dorje+%28karma+pa+16+rang+byung+rig+pa%27i+rdo+rje%2C+1921-1981%29+and+be+his+private+tutor.+He+taught+the+Karmapa+for+about+a+year.+Although+he+was+asked+to+stay+and+continue+to+teach%2C+he+insisted+that+he+was+more+needed+in+Minyak+than+in+U-Tsang.+He+also+brought+many+monks+studying+in+U-Tsang+back+to+Minyak+with+him.+In+Minyak+he+worked+as+a+teacher%2C+astrologer%2C+and+a+traditional+physician.%0A%0AHe+traveled+to+China+twice+before+the+Communists+took+over.+He+first+traveled+in+China+from+1936+until+1939+and+then+again+from+1945+until+1949.+He+gave+many+teachings+in+various+places+including+Chengdu%2C+Chongqing%2C+Jiangxi%2C+and+Beijing.+In+1953+he+was+asked+to+teach+at+the+Central+Nationalities+University+%28%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%29+in+Beijing+and+he+taught+there+for+three+years+while+also+editing+official+documents+translated+into+Tibetan.+He+passed+away+in+1957.%0A%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FKarma-Shedrub-Chokyi-Sengge%2F2730+Source%3A+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29e%2F2730+Source%3A+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29)
Wilhelm Schiffer + (The+Reverend+Wilhelm+Schiffer%2C+born+in+1 … The+Reverend+Wilhelm+Schiffer%2C+born+in+1914+and+a+member+of+the+Jesuit+Order+since+1933%2C+studied+philosophy%2C+theology+and+sinology+in+Germany%2C+China+and+Japan.+Since+1950+he+taught+Chinese+philosophy+and+comparative+religious+science+at+Sophia+University+in+Tokyo.+From+1950+until+1963+he+was+editor-in-chief+of+%27%27Monumenta+Nipponica%27%27%2C+and+he+became+editor+of+%27%27Contemorary+Religions+in+Japan%27%27%2C+a+journal+published+by+the+International+Institute+for+the+Study+of+Religions%2C+of+which+he+was+also+director+of+research.+He+was+senior+vice+president+of+the+Asiatic+Society+of+Japan+and+member+of+many+learned+societies.+He+passed+away+in+1972.+%28Adapted+from+the+inside+jacket+of+%27%27My%C5%8Dh%C5%8D-Renge-Ky%C5%8D%3A+The+Sutra+of+the+Lotus+Flower+of+the+Wonderful+Law%27%27%2C+Aug+12%2C+2021%29e+Wonderful+Law%27%27%2C+Aug+12%2C+2021%29)
Sakya Pandita Translation Group + (The+Sakya+Pandita+Translation+Group+consis … The+Sakya+Pandita+Translation+Group+consists+of+the+following+translators%3A%0A%0AVen.+Khenpo+Kalsang+Gyaltsen%2C%0AVen.+Khenpo+Ngawang+Jorden%2C%0ARev.+Dr.+Ani+Kunga+Chodron%2C%0AVen.+Lama+Jampa+Losal%2C%0AYangchen+Dolkar+Tsatultsang%2C%0AVen.+Jampa+Tenzing+Bhutia%2C%0AVen.+Ngawang+Tenzin+Gurung%2C%0AChristian+Bernert%2C%0AJulia+Stenzel%2C%0ANgawang+Rinchen+Gyaltsen%2C%0ATsewang+Gyaltsen%2C%0AJamyang+Choesang%2C%0ABoyce+Teoh%2C%0ASolvej+Nielsen%2C%0APamela+Gayle+White%2C%0AVivian+Paganuzzi%2C%0AC.+Upender+Rao%2C%0AEmma+T.+Cobbuzzi%2C%0AC.+Upender+Rao%2C%0AEmma+T.+Cobb)
Study Group on Buddhist Sanskrit Literature (Taisho University) + (The+Study+Group+on+Buddhist+Sanskrit+Literature%2C+Institute+for+Comprehensive+Studies+of+Buddhism%2C+Taisho+University.)
Guntang Könchok Tenpai Drönme + (The+Third+Gungtang+Lama+Konchok+Tenpai+Dro … The+Third+Gungtang+Lama+Konchok+Tenpai+Dronme+was+identified+as+reincarnation+of+the+Second+Guntang+Ngawang+Tenpai+Gyeltsen.+He+studied+in+Drepung+Gomang+College+near+Lhasa+and+Labrang+Tashikhyil+in+Amdo%2C+and+later+he+served+as+the+twenty-first+abbot+of+the+monastery.+He+also+served+as+the+first+abbot+of+Ngawa+Gomang+Monastery.+Familiar+with+Chinese+and+Mongolian+languages%2C+he+spent+most+of+his+life+in+teaching+and+composing+texts+on+many+subjects+such+as+ethics+and+medicine+as+well+as+religion.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FKonchok-Tenpai-Dronme%2F4730+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2022%5D%292F4730+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2022%5D%29)
Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje + (The+Third+Karmapa%2C+Rangjung+Dorje%2C+was … The+Third+Karmapa%2C+Rangjung+Dorje%2C+was+a+prominent+Karma+Kagyu+hierarch+who+also+held+Nyingma+and+Chod+lineages.+He+was+likely+the+first+man+to+carry+the+title+of+Karmapa%2C+following+his+identification+by+Orgyenpa+Rinchen+Pel+as+the+reincarnation+of+Karma+Pakshi%2C+whom+Orgyenpa+posthumously+identified+as+the+reincarnation+of+Dusum+Khyenpa.+He+spent+much+of+his+life+traveling+across+Tibet+and+made+two+visits+to+the+Yuan+court+in+China.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FThird-Karmapa-Rangjung-Dorje%2F9201+Read+more+at+the+source%3A+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29e+at+the+source%3A+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29)
Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakābhivaṃsa + (The+Venerable+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+U+Janak%C4% … The+Venerable+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+U+Janak%C4%81bhiva%E1%B9%83sa%2C+%28Burmese%3A+%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B7%E1%80%86%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA+%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%87%E1%80%94%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%98%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9D%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9E%2C+pronounced+%5Bt%C9%95%CA%B0%C3%A1%C9%B0%CC%83mj%E1%B8%9B+s%CA%B0%C9%99j%C3%A0d%C9%94%CC%80+%C3%BA+za%CC%B0n%C9%99k%C3%A0b%E1%B8%ADw%CA%8A%CC%80%C9%B0%CC%83%CE%B8a%CC%B0%5D%3B+born+24+July+1928%29+is+a+Theravada+Buddhist+monk+from+Myanmar.%0A%0A%27%27%27Early+life+and+studies%27%27%27%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+Pyinma+village%2C+Taungdwingyi+Township%2C+British+Burma%2C+on+Tuesday%2C+24+July+1928.+His+parents+were+U+Phyu+Min+and+Daw+Shwe+Yee.+He+started+to+study+the+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+age+of+fifteen+as+a+novice+monk.+He+received+the+higher+upasampada+ordination+in+1947+and+continued+advanced+studies+of+Buddhist+scriptures.+He+practised+Vipassana+meditation+under+the+instruction+of+the+most+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+from+1953+to+1954.+He+was+then+invited+by+the+State+Buddha+Sasana+Organization+to+be+an+editor+of+the+Buddhist+scriptures+in+Pali+for+reciting+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+Sixth+Buddhist+Council+in+Myanmar.%0A%0AStarting+from+1957%2C+the+Venerable+Sayadaw+spent+six+years+in+Colombo%2C+Sri+Lanka%2C+where+he+continued+his+studies+of+English%2C+Sanskrit%2C+Hindi+and+Sinhalese+languages.+He+returned+to+Myanmar+in+June+1963.+At+the+invitation+of+the+state+Buddha+Sasana+Organisation%2C+he+took+up+residence+at+Kaba-Aye+where+he+edited+the+publications+of+Pali+Texts.%0A%0A%27%27%27Teaching+career%27%27%27%0A%0AIn+1967%2C+he+was+appointed+by+the+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+as+a+meditation+teacher+at+Mahasi+Sasana+Yeiktha%2C+Yangon.+In+1977+Sayadaw+Ashin+Janakabhivamsa+took+up+residence+at+Chanmyay+Yeiktha+Meditation+Center+which+was+donated+to+him+by+some+devotees+and+became+the+abbot+of+the+center.+He+has+been+since+then+well+known+as+Chanmyay+Sayadaw.%0A%0AIn+1979-1980%2C+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+accompanied+the+Mahasi+Sayadaw%27s+Dhamma+Mission+to+Europe+and+the+USA.+He+has+undertaken+many+Dhamma+missions+to+countries+in+Asia%2C+Europe%2C+and+the+United+States.+As+recently+as+July+2015%2C+at+the+age+of+87%2C+he+travelled+to+the+UK%2C+Ireland%2C+and+Canada+giving+Dhamma+Talks.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChanmyay_Sayadaw+Source+Accessed+March+17%2C+2022%5D%29daw+Source+Accessed+March+17%2C+2022%5D%29)
Ven. Cheng Kuan + (The+Venerable+Cheng+Kuan+is+the+founder%2C … The+Venerable+Cheng+Kuan+is+the+founder%2C+president%2C+and+abbot+of+Americana+Buddhist+Temple+%28Michigan%29+and+Mahavairocana+Temple+%28Taiwan%29%2C+as+well+as+the+founder+and+president+of+the+Neo-carefree+Garden+Buddhist+Canon+Translation+Institute+%28Taiwan%29.%0A%0AHe+became+an+ordained+Buddhist+monk+in+1988+under+Master+Hsien-Ming+%28the+45th-generation+patriarchate+holder+of+the+Tien-Tai+sect%29.+%0A%0ABorn+in+1947+in+Taipei%2C+Taiwan%2C+he+graduated+from+the+English+department+of+Taiwan+Normal+University+%281977%E2%80%931978%29+and+attended+graduate+school+at+Texas+Christian+University+%281979%E2%80%931982%29.%0A%0AHis+publications+include+many+translations+of+Buddhist+sutras%3A+%27%27The+Sutra+of+42+Chapters%27%27+%282005%29%2C+%27%27The+Diamond+Sutra%27%27+%282005%29%2C+%27%27The+Altar+Sutra%27%27+%282005%29%2C+%27%27The+Sutra+of+Consumate+Enlightenment%27%27+%282009%29%2C+%27%27The+Sutra+of+Terra-Treasure%27%27+%282009%29%2C+%27%27The+Heart+Sutra%27%27+%282012%29%2C+and+%27%27The+Lotus+Sutra+of+Wondrous+Dharma%27%27+%282014%29.+%0A%0AHis+other+writings+in+English+include%3A+%27%27The+Sweet+Dews+of+Ch%27an%27%27+%281995%29%2C+%27%27Three+Contemplations+toward+Buddha+Nature%27%27+%282002%29%2C+and+%27%27Tapping+the+Inconceivable%27%27+%282002%29.+%28Source%3A+Adapted+from+author%27s+biography+in+%27%27Three+Contemplations+Toward+Buddha+Nature%27%27%2C+2018%29ions+Toward+Buddha+Nature%27%27%2C+2018%29)
Yangthang Rinpoche + (The+Venerable+Yangthang+Tulku+Rinpoche%2C+ … The+Venerable+Yangthang+Tulku+Rinpoche%2C+was+born+into+the+Yangthang+clan+in+Sikkim.++He+was+recognized+as+the+incarnation+of+Terton+Dorje+Dechen+Lingpa+of+Dhomang+Monastery+in+Tibet+where+he+took+his+seat+to+guide+sentient+beings.++In+1959%2C+when+the+Communist+Chinese+invaded+Tibet%2C+the+Ven.+Yangthang+Rinpoche+fled+Dhomang.++He+was+later+captured+by+the+Communists%2C+and+imprisoned+for+twenty-two+years.++Following+the+death+of+Mao+Tse+Tung+he+was+released.++He+returned+to+Dhomang+to+find+his+monastery+completely+dismantled.++He+then+obtained+permission+to+return+to+Sikkim+and+continued+his+Dharma+activities.++Yangthang+Rinpoche+is+currently+known+as+one+of+the+principle+lineage+holders+of+the+Nyingmapa+Lineage+and+is+widely+recognized+for+the+quality+and+depth+of+his+realization%2C+the+power+of+his+attainment%2C+and+the+purity+of+his+transmissions.++In+recent+times+he+has+come+to+the+United+States+several+times+and+often+travels+to+Taiwan+where+he+has+many+devoted+students.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fvimalatreasures.org%2Fyangthang.aspx+Source+Accessed+April+4%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lotsawahouse.org%2Ftibetan-masters%2Fyangthang-rinpoche%2F+Lotsawa+House+Master+Series+for+Yangthang+Rinpoche%5D%0A%0A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DYangthang_Rinpoche+Rigpa+Wiki+Entry+for+Yangthang+Rinpoche%5DRigpa+Wiki+Entry+for+Yangthang+Rinpoche%5D)
The Yakherds + (The+Yakherds+are+a+collective+of+Western+a … The+Yakherds+are+a+collective+of+Western+and+Tibetan+scholars+in+Philosophy+and+Buddhist+Studies+based+in+the+USA%2C+India%2C+Australia%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Germany.+Between+them%2C+they+have+translated%2C+edited%2C+and+written+over+70+books+and+several+hundred+articles+and+reviews%2C+including+important+translations+of+Tibetan+philosophical+texts.+%0A%0AThey+are%3A+Jos%C3%A9+Ignacio+Cabez%C3%B3n%2C+Ryan+Conlon%2C+Thomas+Doctor%2C+Douglas+Duckworth%2C+Jed+Forman%2C+Jay+L.++Garfield%2C+John+Powers%2C+Sonam+Thakch%C3%B6e%2C+Yeshes+Thabkhas%2C+and+Tashi+Tsering.e%2C+Yeshes+Thabkhas%2C+and+Tashi+Tsering.)
Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje + (The+eighth+member+of+the+incarnation+linea … The+eighth+member+of+the+incarnation+lineage+of+the+Karmapas%2C+Miky%C3%B6+Dorje%2C+was+a+prolific+scholar+and+an+acclaimed+artist%2C+often+credited+with+the+development+of+the+Karma+Gadri+style+of+painting.+Though+he+only+lived+into+his+mid-40%27s+his+contributions+to+the+Karma+Kagyu+and+Tibetan+tradition%2C+in+general%2C+were+immense.+His+collected+works+are+said+to+have+originally+filled+thirty+volumes+and+he+is+widely+held+to+be+one+of+the+most+significant+of+the+Karmapa+incarnations.%0A%0AFor+a+detailed+discussion+of+The+Eighth+Karmapa%27s+life%2C+with+interesting+reference+to+source+texts%2C+see+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkagyuoffice.org%2Flife-of-mikyo-dorje%2F+17th+Karmapa%27s+teachings+from+February+2021%5D.%0A%0A%27%27%27From+the+book%2C+%27%27Karmapa%3A+900+Years%27%27+%28KTD+Publications%2C+2016%2C+revised+3rd+edition%29%3A%27%27%27%0A%0AMiky%C3%B6+Dorje+is+among+the+greatest+scholars+Tibet+has+ever+produced.+He+was+an+active+participant+in+the+rigorous+intellectual+debates+of+his+day%2C+making+major+contributions+in+virtually+all+areas+of+textual+study.+He+was+an+accomplished+Sanskritist%2C+and+wrote+Sanskrit+grammars+alongside+works+ranging+from+poetry+to+art+to+tantra.+The+Eighth+Karmapa%E2%80%99s+voluminous+writings+include+substantial+commentaries+on+all+the+principal+Sanskrit+texts%2C+clarifying+points+of+confusion+and+deeply+engaging+with+their+inner+meaning.+The+act+of+composing+philosophical+texts+within+the+Karma+Kagyu%E2%80%94a+lineage+so+fully+devoted+to+attaining+realization+through+practice%E2%80%94is+wholly+unlike+the+act+of+producing+philosophical+texts+in+a+modern+academic+or+scholastic+setting.+Rather%2C+the+philosophical+works+of+Miky%C3%B6+Dorje+point+out+the+way+to+view+reality+in+order+to+be+liberated+from+the+cycles+of+samsaric+suffering.+As+such%2C+his+compositions+are+a+supreme+act+of+kindness.+It+is+said+that+Miky%C3%B6+Dorje%E2%80%99s+deeds+in+recording+his+insight+and+understanding+in+his+commentaries+had+the+effect+of+doubling+or+tripling+the+lifespan+of+the+Karma+Kagyu+lineage.%28Source%3A+Page+73%2C+%27%27Karmapa%3A+900+Years%27%27+%28KTD+Publications%2C+2016%2C+revised+3rd+edition%29.+E-Book+available+online+here%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktdpublications.com%2Fkarmapa-900-third-edition-e-book%2F+.%0A%0AMiky%C3%B6+Dorje+left+numerous+Buddhist+writings+on+all+major+and+minor+topics%2C+including+a+biography+of+Bodong+Chogle+Namgyal+%281376%E2%80%931451%29%2C+entitled+%27%27Ocean+of+Miracles%27%27+%28ngo+mtshar+gyi+rgya+mtsho%29%2C+a+Gongchik+commentary%2C+and+he+introduced+a+special+guru+yoga+in+four+sessions%2C+which+is+the+basis+for+contemporary+Karma+Kagyu+practice.+See+a+list+of+Tibetan+works+by+the+8th+Karmapa+available+as+free+ePubs+on+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdharmacloud.tsadra.org%2Fbook-author%2Feighth-karmapa-mikyo-dorje%2F+Tsadra+Foundation%27s+DharmaCloud+website%5D.%0A%0A%27%27%27For+more+biographical+information+see+the+following+sources%3A%27%27%27%0A%2ARheingans%2C+Jim.+2017.+%27%27The+Eighth+Karmapa%27s+Life+and+His+Interpretation+of+the+Great+Seal%3A+A+Religious+Life+and+Instructional+Texts+in+Historical+and+Doctrinal+Contexts%27%27.+Bochum%2C+Germany%3A+Projekt+Verlag.+%0A%2A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Flibrary.bdrc.io%2Fshow%2Fbdr%3AP385+BDRC+Person+page+for+The+8th+Karmapa%2C+Mikyo+Dorje%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ1335480+WikiData+entry+for+The+8th+Karmapa%2C+Mikyo+Dorje%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.himalayanart.org%2Fitems%2F560+Himalayan+Art+Resource+page+for+The+8th+Karmapa%2C+Mikyo+Dorje%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhanature.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FPeople%2FKarmapa%2C_8th+Tsadra+Foundation+person+page+for+The+8th+Karmapa%2C+Mikyo+Dorje%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkagyuoffice.org%2Flife-of-mikyo-dorje%2F+Official+Karmapa+Office+Page+on+the+8th+Karmapa%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftsurphu.org%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D19%3Athe-eighth-karmapa-mikyo-dorje-1507-1554%26catid%3D10%26Itemid%3D280%26lang%3Den+Tsurphu+Monastery+Page+on+the+8th+Karmapa%5Durphu+Monastery+Page+on+the+8th+Karmapa%5D)
Yen Fo-t'iao + (The+first+known+Chinese+monk%2C+Yen+Fo-t%27iao%2C+was+from+Lin-huai.+He+regarded+himself+as+a+disciple+of+An+Shih-kao.+Together+with+An+Hs%C3%BCan%2C+he+translated+the+%27%27Ugradattaparip%E1%B9%9Bccha%27%27+%28T322%2C+%27%27Fa-ching+ching%27%27%29.)
Getse Mahāpaṇḍita Tsewang Chokdrup + (The+first+of+the+Katok+Getse+%28kaH+thog+d … The+first+of+the+Katok+Getse+%28kaH+thog+dge+rtse%29+incarnations%2C+Gyurme+Tsewang+Chokdrup%2C+Katok+Getse+Mahapandita+%281761-1829%29+was+an+important+Nyingma+scholar+from+Katok+Monastery+who+famously+wrote+a+catalogue+to+the+Nyingma+Gy%C3%BCbum.%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+the+Iron+Snake+year+of+the+thirteenth+calendrical+cycle+%281761%29+and+recognized+as+an+incarnation+of+Tsewang+Trinl%C3%A9%2C+the+nephew+of+Longsal+Nyingpo+%281625-1692%29.+His+teachers+included+Dodrupchen+Kunzang+Shenpen%2C+Ngor+Khenchen+Palden+Ch%C3%B6kyong%2C+Changkya+Rolp%C3%A9+Dorje+and+Dzogchenpa+Ati+Tenp%C3%A9+Gyaltsen.+Through+his+connection+with+the+Derge+royal+family%2C+he+arranged+for+the+printing+of+the+%27%27Collection+of+Nyingma+Tantras%27%27+%28%27%27Nyingma+Gy%C3%BCbum%27%27%29+and+the+writings+of+Longchenpa+and+Jikm%C3%A9+Lingpa%2C+and+took+responsibility+for+proofreading.+Among+his+students+were+the+Third+Dzogchen+Rinpoche+and+the+Third+Shechen+Rabjam%2C+Rigdzin+Paljor+Gyatso+%281770-1809%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DGyurme_Tsewang_Chokdrup+Source+Accessed+Feb+18%2C+2022%5D%29%0A%0ASee+also%3A%3Cbr%3E%0A%2A%5B%5BDeity%2C+Mantra+and+Wisdom%5D%5D%3A+Development+Stage+Meditation+in+Tibetan+Buddhist+Tantra%2C+translated+by+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+Snow+Lion%2C+2007.%0A%2A%2ARonis%2C+Jann+M.+%E2%80%9CCelibacy%2C+Revelations%2C+and+Reincarnated+Lamas%3A+Contestation+and+Synthesis+in+the+Growth+of+Monasticism+at+Katok+Monastery+from+the+17th+through+19th+Centuries%E2%80%9D.+Available+from+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Flibraetd.lib.virginia.edu%2Fdownloads%2Fhq37vp052%3Ffilename%3D1_Ronis_Jann_2009_PHD.pdf+the+University+of+Virginia%2C+here%5D.%0A%2ATomoko+Makidono%2C+%22Kah+thog+Dge+rtse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita%E2%80%99s+Doxographical+Position%3A+The+Great+Madhyamaka+of+Other-Emptiness+%28gzhan+stong+dbu+ma+chen+po%29%22+in+Indian+International+Journal+of+Buddhist+Studies+%28IIJBS%29+vol.+12+%282011%29%2C+pp.+77-119%0A%2ATomoko+Makidono%2C+%22The+Turning+of+the+Wheel+of+Mantray%C4%81na+Teachings+in+the+Rnying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum+dkar+chag+lha%E2%80%99i+rnga+bo+che+by+Ka%E1%B8%A5+thog+Dge+rtse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita+%E2%80%99Gyur+med+tshe+dbang+mchog+grub+%28149-186%29%22+in+IIJBS+vol.+13+%282012%29%2C+pp.+149-186in+IIJBS+vol.+13+%282012%29%2C+pp.+149-186)
The Second Bardor Rinpoche + (The+first+rebirth+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+ … The+first+rebirth+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+was+recognized+by+the+15th+Karmapa%2C+but+lived+only+a+short+time+and%2C+in+fact%2C+died+before+he+was+reached+by+the+search+party+seeking+him.+The+Karmapa+later+explained+what+happened%3A+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+had+promised+a+great+sinner+named+Changkyi+Mingyur+that+he+would+not+be+reborn+in+a+lower+state.+Changkyi+Mingyur+died+shortly+before+the+new+incarnation+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+was+discovered+and+was+about+to+be+reborn+in+a+lower+state.+In+desperation%2C+he+called+on+Barway+Dorje+and+it+was+therefore+necessary+for+Bardor+Rinpoche+to+depart+his+new+body+in+order+to+fulfill+his+promise.%0A%0AThe+15th+Karmapa+decided+to+perform+another+recognition+of+the+2nd+Barway+Dorje%2C+but+before+the+time+for+recognition+arrived%2C+the+15th+Gyalwang+Karmapa+departed+this+realm+for+the+benefit+of+beings+in+other+places.%0A%0AFor+this+reason%2C+the+rebirth+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje%E2%80%94the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%94was+recognized+by+the+11th+Tai+Situ+Rinpoche%2C+Padma+Wangchok+Gyalpo.%0A%0AThe+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+was+born+at+the+end+of+1920+and+many+auspicious+signs+accompanied+his+birth.+He+was+enthroned+at+Raktrul+Monastery+at+the+age+of+five+but+received+his+training+and+transmissions+at+Surmang+and+Kyodrak+monasteries.%0A%0AIn+his+thirteenth+year%2C+the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+met+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa.+Because+the+Gyalwang+Karmapa+had+been+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+karmically+destined+guru+in+many+lives%2C+Bardor+Rinpoche+felt+great+devotion+for+the+Karmapa+upon+meeting+him.%0A%0AThe+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+spent+much+of+his+life+serving+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa%2C+although+he+occasionally+traveled+back+to+Raktrul+Monastery+to+look+after+its+needs.+Toward+the+end+of+his+life%2C+he+made+an+aspiration+to+be+able+to+serve+both+the+Karmapa+and+Raktrul+Monastery+in+his+future+lives.+As+a+result+of+that+aspiration+we+now+have+two+incarnations+of+the+3rd+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%94one+who+has+devoted+most+of+his+life+to+the+service+of+both+the+16th+and+17th+Karmapas+and+has+founded+Kunzang+Palchen+Ling+in+the+US%2C+and+one+who+remains+in+Tibet+and+looks+after+Raktrul+Monastery.%0A%0AA+detailed+account+of+the+life+of+the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+is+available+in+English+translation+as+%27%27The+Light+of+Dawn%27%27+composed+by+Karma+Tupten.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kunzang.org%2Ftreasure-lineage%2F2nd-bardor-rinpoche%2F+Source+Accessed+June+28%2C+2023%5D%29e%2F+Source+Accessed+June+28%2C+2023%5D%29)
Geshe Lobsang Dargyay + (The+late+Geshe+Lobsang+Dargyay+was+trained … The+late+Geshe+Lobsang+Dargyay+was+trained+at+Drepung+Monastery+in+Tibet.+He+got+his+doctorate+in+Buddhist+and+Tibetan+Studies+from+the+Ludwig+Maximilians+Universit%C3%A4t+and+held+teaching+and+research+positions+in+Vienna%2C+Hamburg%2C+and+Calgary.+Geshe-la+was+the+first+Tibetan+to+receive+a+doctorate+from+a+Western+university.+He+passed+away+in+1994.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fgeshe-lobsang-dargyay%2F+Source+Accessed+Sept+23%2C+2020%5D%29%0A%0AFor+a+more+complete+biography%2C+see+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXzc6AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT11%26lpg%3DPT11%26dq%3DFreedom%2BFrom%2BExtremes%2FIn%2BMemoriam%3A%2BGeshe%2BLobsang%2BDargyay%2B%281935-94%29by%2BEva%2BNeumaier%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3Da2vMqwcDeb%26sig%3DACfU3U1uAhLezrS11HGmbnKtWcEX30VAsQ%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwi4m_PKy4jnAhUJGc0KHXxeDagQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DFreedom%2520From%2520Extremes%252FIn%2520Memoriam%253A%2520Geshe%2520Lobsang%2520Dargyay%2520%281935-94%29by%2520Eva%2520Neumaier%26f%3Dfalse+%22In+Memoriam%3A+Geshe+Lobsang+Dargyay+%281935%E2%80%9394%29%22%5D+by+Eva+Neumaier%2C+in+%27%27Freedom+from+Extremes%3A+Gorampa%27s+%22Distinguishing+the+Views%22+and+the+Polemics+of+Emptiness%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2007%29%2C+xi%E2%80%93xiv.Publications%2C+2007%29%2C+xi%E2%80%93xiv.)
Bunnō Katō + (The+late+Reverend+Bunn%C5%8D+Kat%C5%8D%2C+ … The+late+Reverend+Bunn%C5%8D+Kat%C5%8D%2C+born+in+1888%2C+the+translator+of+%27%27My%C5%8Dh%C5%8D-Renge-Ky%C5%8D%2C+The+Sutra+of+the+Lotus+Flower+of+the+Wonderful+Law%27%27%2C+was+a+priest-scholar+of+the+Nichiren+Sect+of+Japanese+Buddhism.+He+completed+this+translation+after+three+years+of+devoted+work%2C+when+he+was+studying+at+Oxford+University+since+1922%2C+with+the+help+of+Rev.+William+Soothill%2C+professor+of+Chinese.+On+returning+to+Japan+in+1925%2C+he+soon+became+a+lecturer+at+Rissh%C5%8D+University+and+editor+of+the+%27%27Nissh%C5%AB+Shimp%C5%8D%27%27%2C+then+a+mnthly+bulletin+of+the+Nichiren+Sect.+Afterwards+he+was+appointed+head+of+the+doctrinal+department+at+the+headquarters+of+the+Sect.+Kat%C5%8D%27s+hopes+of+having+his+English+translation+of+the+Lotus+Sutra+published+failed+to+materialize+several+times+because+of+the+costs+involved.+After+his+death%2C+the+manuscript+was+donated+by+his+widow+to+the+library+of+Rissh%C5%8D+University%2C+where+it+was+kept+for+35+years+until+turned+over+to+Dr.+Wilhelm+Schiffer%2C+professor+at+Sophia+University+and+director+of+the+International+Institute+of+the+Study+of+Religions%2C+in+1967+for+further+revision.+His+translation%2C+indeed%2C+saw+the+light+of+day+after+an+elapse+of+46+years+since+he+completed+the+translation+in+Oxford.+%28Source%3A+book+jacket%2C+%27%27My%C5%8Dh%C5%8D-Renge-Ky%C5%8D%2C+The+Sutra+of+the+Lotus+Flower+of+the+Wonderful+Law%27%27%29Lotus+Flower+of+the+Wonderful+Law%27%27%29)
Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso + (The+life+of+the+Seventh+Dalai+Lama+Kelzang … The+life+of+the+Seventh+Dalai+Lama+Kelzang+Gyatso+spanned+a+troubled+period+in+Tibetan+history%2C+during+which+the+Land+of+Snows+was+transformed+from+the+battleground+of+competing+Mongol+factions+into+a+protectorate+of+the+Manchu+Qing+dynasty.+Trained+as+a+monk-scholar%2C+the+turmoil+that+surrounded+his+youth+and+early+adulthood+had+effectively+excluded+him+from+an+active+political+role+until+the+events+of+1747-1750+propelled+him+to+head+the+Tibetan+government+at+the+age+of+forty-three.+It+may+be+said+that+the+institution+of+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+given+its+characteristic+religio-political+foundations+under+the+leadership+of+the+Great+Fifth%2C+assumed+its+mature+form+under+the+Seventh%2C+whose+relations+with+the+Manchus+set+the+pattern+for+Sino-Tibetan+affairs+throughout+the+remainder+of+the+Qing+dynasty.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FSeventh-Dalai-Lama-Kelzang-Gyatso%2F3107+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2022%5D%292F3107+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2022%5D%29)
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche + (The+present+Dzongsar+Jamyang+Khyentse+Rinp … The+present+Dzongsar+Jamyang+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+Thubten+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Gyamtso%2C+was+born+in+1961+in+eastern+Bhutan.+He+was+recognized+as+a+tulku+by+H.H.+Sakya+Trizin%2C+and+received+empowerments+and+teachings+from+many+of+the+greatest+masters+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+including+H.H.+the+16th+Karmapa%3B+H.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche+and+Lama+Sonam+Zangpo+%28his+paternal+and+maternal+grandfathers%29%3B+Chatral+Rinpoche%3B+Nyoshul+Khen+Rinpoche%2C+Khenpo+Appey%2C+and+many+others.+His+root+guru+was+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+who+began+training+Rinpoche+from+the+age+of+7.%0A%0AWhile+still+a+teenager%2C+Rinpoche+built+a+small+retreat+center+in+Ghezing%2C+Sikkim+and+soon+began+traveling+and+teaching+around+the+world.+In+the+1980s%2C+he+began+the+restoration+of+Dzongsar+Monastery+in+Derge%2C+the+responsibility+of+which+he+had+inherited+from+his+previous+incarnation%2C+Jamyang+Khyentse+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Lodr%C3%B6.+He+established+Dzongsar+Institute+in+Bir%2C+India%2C+%28now+DKCLI+in+Chauntra%29%2C+which+has+grown+to+be+one+of+the+most+respected+institutions+for+advanced+dialectical+study.+He+also+oversees+two+monasteries+in+Bhutan+and+has+established+dharma+centres+in+Australia%2C+Europe%2C+North+America%2C+and+Asia.+He+has+written+several+books+and+made+award-winning+films.+Rinpoche+continuously+travels+all+over+the+world%2C+practicing+and+teaching+the+Dharma.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkhyentsefoundation.org%2Fabout-dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche%2F+Khyentse+Foundation.org%5D%29-rinpoche%2F+Khyentse+Foundation.org%5D%29)
Luis Óscar Gómez + (The+son+of+a+physician%2C+Luis+G%C3%B3mez+ … The+son+of+a+physician%2C+Luis+G%C3%B3mez+was+born+in+Puerto+Rico+on+April+7+1943%2C+growing+up+in+the+town+of+Guayanilla.+He+received+his+B.A.+degree+in+1963+from+Universidad+de+Puerto+Rico%2C+enrolling+there+at+age+sixteen.+He+received+his+Ph.D.+degree+in+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Indic+Philology%2C+and+Japanese+Language+and+Literature+from+Yale+University+in+1967.+His+first+academic+position+was+at+the+University+of+Washington.+After+that%2C+he+returned+to+Puerto+Rico+for+four+years%2C+serving+as+chair+of+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+the+Universidad+de+Puerto+Rico.%0A%0AHe+joined+the+University+of+Michigan+faculty+as+an+Associate+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+in+1973+and+was+promoted+to+full+professor+in+1979.+In+1986%2C+he+was+named+a+%E2%80%9CCollegiate+Professor%2C%E2%80%9D+the+highest+faculty+rank+in+the+College+of+Literature%2C+Science%2C+and+the+Arts+at+Michigan%2C+naming+his+professorship+after+his+former+colleague+and+mentor%2C+the+distinguished+Chinese+historian+Charles+Hucker.%0A%0ALuis+G%C3%B3mez%E2%80%99s+contributions+to+Buddhist+Studies+during+his+thirty-five+years+at+Michigan+spanned+the+areas+of+graduate+training%2C+undergraduate+teaching%2C+and+scholarship.+He+founded+Michigan%E2%80%99s+highly+regarded+Ph.D.+program+in+Buddhist+Studies%2C+which+has+produced+several+generations+of+outstanding+scholars.+That+his+students+specialized+in+Chinese%2C+Japanese%2C+Tibetan%2C+Indian%2C+Thai%2C+and+Burmese+Buddhism+testifies+to+his+wide-ranging+knowledge%2C+as+well+as+his+high+level+of+proficiency+in+Sanskrit%2C+Pali%2C+Tibetan%2C+Chinese%2C+and+Japanese%2C+as+well+as+Latin%2C+French%2C+German%2C+and+Italian+%28in+addition+to+his+native+Spanish%29.+His+work+as+a+graduate+mentor+was+honored+in+1995%2C+when+he+received+the+John+H.+D%E2%80%99Arms+Award+for+Distinguished+Graduate+Mentoring+in+the+Humanities.+In+recognition+of+his+outstanding+undergraduate+teaching%2C+he+was+named+Arthur+F.+Thurnau+Professor+in+1997.+A+dedicated+administrator%2C+he+chaired+the+Department+of+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures+for+a+decade.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fiabsinfo.net%2F2017%2F09%2Fobituary-tribute-to-luis-oscar-gomez%2F+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2020%5D%29ez%2F+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2020%5D%29)
The Eighth Dalai Lama, Jampal Gyatso + (The+tenure+of+the+Eighth+Dalai+Lama%2C+Jam … The+tenure+of+the+Eighth+Dalai+Lama%2C+Jampel+Gyatso%2C+was+a+tumultuous+era+in+the+Himalayan+region%2C+filled+with+battles+and+intrigues.+This+period+saw+the+emergence+of+the+first+contacts+between+Tibet+and+the+British%2C+and+the+Manchurian+representatives+of+the+Qing+Empire+also+managed+to+enhance+its+position+in+Tibet+when+it+was+called+upon+to+eject+the+invading+Gurkhas.+The+Eighth+Dalai+Lama+was+an+active+leader+in+the+midst+of+all+of+this%2C+despite+being+disinclined+to+rule.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FEighth-Dalai-Lama-Jampel-Gyatso%2F2339+Source+Accessed+Sep+27%2C+2022%5D%29F2339+Source+Accessed+Sep+27%2C+2022%5D%29)
Fourteenth Karmapa Tekchok Dorje + (Theckchok+Dorje+was+born+in+the+village+of … Theckchok+Dorje+was+born+in+the+village+of+Danang+in+the+Kham+region+of+eastern+Tibet.+He+was+born+in+mid-winter%2C+and+the+histories+say+that+flowers+spontaneously+blossomed+and+many+rainbows+appeared.+The+baby+recited+the+Sanskrit+alphabet.+He+was+recognized+by+Drukchen+Kunzig+Chokyi+Nangwa%2C+the+holder+of+the+thirteenth+Karmapa%E2%80%99s+letter+giving+the+details+of+his+forthcoming+reincarnation.+He+was+enthroned+and+later+ordained+by+the+ninth+Tai+Situpa.+The+Karmapa+received+teachings+and+the+lineage+transmissions+from+Situ+Pema+Nyinche+Wangpo+and+Drukchen+Kunzig+Chokyi+Nangwa.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkagyuoffice.org%2Fkagyu-lineage%2Fthe-golden-rosary%2Fthe-14th-karmapa-theckchok-dorje%2F+Kagyu+Office%5D%29mapa-theckchok-dorje%2F+Kagyu+Office%5D%29)
Vairocanarakṣita + (There+are+at+least+two+Indian+authors+know … There+are+at+least+two+Indian+authors+known+by+the+name+Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita%2C+as+well+as+being+the+full+ordination+name+of+the+famous+Tibetan+translator+Vairocana+%28bai+ro+tsa+na%29.+Of+the+two+Indians%2C+the+first+was+an+11th+century+scholar+from+Vikrama%C5%9B%C4%ABla%2C+while+the+second%2C+known+also+as+Vairocanavajra%2C+lived+about+a+century+later+and+spent+time+in+Tibet+in+the+mid-12th+century.+Based+on+the+literary+output+of+these+two+figures%2C+with+the+former+producing+works+on+s%C5%ABtra+and+the+latter+more+focused+on+tantra+and+mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81%2C+Brunnh%C3%B6lzl+suggests+the+11th+century+Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita+as+the+most+likely+candidate+for+the+authorship+of+the+%27%27Mah%C4%81y%C4%81nottaratantra%C5%9B%C4%81stra%E1%B9%ADippan%C4%AB%27%27.+However%2C+BDRC+seems+to+conflate+these+two+figures%2C+perhaps+even+all+three%2C+with+attributions+of+their+individual+works+and+translations+included+in+the+Tibetan+canon+linking+to+a+single+page.+Though%2C+it+is+clear+that+some+of+these+texts%2C+such+as+the+commentaries+on+the+works+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva+belong+to+the+11th+century+Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita%2C+as+they+were+translated+by+Ngok+Lots%C4%81wa+who+predates+the+12th+century+Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita.+While%2C+others+works+linked+to+the+same+page+should+certainly+be+attributed+to+this+second+Vairocanarak%E1%B9%A3ita%2C+a.k.a.+Vairocanavajra%2C+as+he+was+well+known+among+early+Kagyu+masters+for+his+teaching+activities+and+his+translations+of+several+crucial+%27%27dohas%27%27+that+helped+form+the+basis+of+the+Kagyu+mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81+tradition.f+the+Kagyu+mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81+tradition.)
Dudjom Rolpa Tsal + (There+seems+to+be+some+confusion+regarding … There+seems+to+be+some+confusion+regarding+this+figure%2C+and+he+is+likely+conflated+with+a+later+figure+of+the+same+name+on+his+BDRC+page%2C+namely+the+Tert%C3%B6n+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+that+was+a+student+of+Dzogchen+Khenpo+Padma+Vajra+and+teacher+to+Kathok+Situ+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Gyamtso+and+others.+The+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+whose+Red+Garuda+treasure+is+included+in+the+Terdz%C3%B6%2C+seems+to+have+lived+circa+the+17th-18th+centuries.+Kongtrul+doesn%27t+give+much+details+in+his+brief+biography+of+him%2C+other+than+that+Kathok+Rigdzin+seems+to+have+met+him+in+his+younger+years.+However%2C+in+the+addendum+included+by+Kongtrul+in+the+text+found+in+the+Terdz%C3%B6%2C+which+delineates+the+lineage+from+which+he+received+this+particular+treasure%2C+it+is+clear+that+this+figure+lived+a+couple+generations+before+Kongtrul.+The+text+in+question+comes+from+the+Tert%C3%B6n%27s+student+Drime+Zhingkyong+%28b.+1724%29%2C+whom+was+the+son+of+Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa+and+the+teacher+of+several+prominent+lamas%2C+such+as+Kunzang+Nged%C3%B6n+Wangpo+and+Getse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita%2C+that+lived+toward+the+second+half+of+the+18th+century.+Therefore%2C+the+BDRC+page+in+which+we+find+the+Tert%C3%B6n%27s+collected+works+is+inaccurate+in+its+biographical+details+and+subsequently+in+the+associated+persons%2C+all+of+which+are+related+to+the+later+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+that+lived+in+the+18-19th+centuries.+However%2C+Jeff+Watt%27s+description+on+HAR+of+the+image+included+here+does+seem+to+reference+the+correct+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal%2C+a.k.a.+Pema+Ch%C3%B6gyal.+In+this+image+we+find+Drime+Zhingkyong+depicted+as+a+disciple+of+the+Tert%C3%B6n.depicted+as+a+disciple+of+the+Tert%C3%B6n.)

Dev Test + (This+is+a+development+test%2C+please+ignore.+TATATA+-+Marcus+says+hi.)

Tcheuky Sèngué + (This+is+the+Dharma+name+and+pen+name+of+Fr … This+is+the+Dharma+name+and+pen+name+of+Fran%C3%A7ois+Jacquemart.%0A%0ALama+Cheuky+S%C3%A8ngu%C3%A9+%28Fran%C3%A7ois+Jacquemart%29+was+born+in+1949+and+had+his+first+encounter+with+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+1976.+He+accomplished+a+3-year+Buddhist+retreat+in+France+in+the+beginning+of+the+eighties.+He+became+a+close+student+of+the+late+Bokar+Rinpoche+and+served+him+as+an+interpreter+for+a+long+period.%0A%0AIn+1985%2C+he+founded+%28and+still+directs%29+Claire+Lumi%C3%A8re+publications+dedicated+to+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+translating%2C+editing%2C+and+publishing+a+considerable+number+of+books+in+French%2C+mainly+for+the+Kagyu+Lineage.%0A%0AHe+is+also+in+charge+of+a+few+small+Dharma+centres+%28Aix-en-Provence%2C+Avignon%2C+and+Grenoble%29+and+teaches+in+France+and+Spain.%0A%0AHis+Holiness+the+Karmapa+requested+him+to+translate+into+French+the+Kagyu+Monlam+Books%2C+a+task+which+was+completed+under+His+direction+at+the+Gyut%C3%B6+Monastery.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkarmapafoundation.eu%2Fthe-board%2Ffrancois-jacquemart%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29rt%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29)
Thomas Cleary + (Thomas+Cleary+passed+away+on+June+20%2C+20 … Thomas+Cleary+passed+away+on+June+20%2C+2021.+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fremembering-thomas-cleary+%0A%3AOf+his+passing%2C+renowned+Buddhist+scholar+Robert+Thurman+wrote+on+Facebook%3A%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9CThere+is+no+doubt+in+my+mind+that+Thomas+Cleary+is+the+greatest+translator+of+Buddhist+texts+from+Chinese+or+Japanese+into+English+of+our+generation%2C+and+that+he+will+be+so+known+by+grateful+Buddhist+practitioners+and+scholars+in+future+centuries.+Single-handedly+he+has+gone+a+long+way+toward+building+the+beginnings+of+a+Buddhist+canon+in+English.%E2%80%9D%0A%0ACleary+became+interested+in+Buddhism+when+he+was+a+teenager%3B+his+researches+into+Buddhist+thought+began+with+a+desire+to+learn+during+this+time+of+his+life.+When+he+began+translating%2C+he+chose+either+untranslated+works+or%E2%80%94as+in+the+case+of+Sun+Tzu%27s+%27%27The+Art+of+War%27%27%E2%80%94books+whose+extant+translations+were+%22too+limited%22.%0A%0ACleary+earned+a+Ph.D+in+East+Asian+Languages+and+Civilizations+from+Harvard+University+and+a+JD+from+the+Boalt+Hall+School+of+Law+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+Since+completing+his+doctoral+studies%2C+Cleary+has+had+little+involvement+with+the+academic+world.+In+a+rare+interview%2C+Cleary+stated%3A+%22There+is+too+much+oppression+in+a+university+setting+.+.+.+I+want+to+stay+independent+and+reach+those+who+want+to+learn+directly+through+my+books.%22%0A%0ACleary%27s+brother+Jonathon+also+completed+his+doctoral+work+in+EALC+at+Harvard.+The+two+brothers+worked+together+to+translate+the+koan+collection+%27%27The+Blue+Cliff+Record%27%27%3B+Shambhala+published+the+translation+in+1977.%0A%0AThomas+Cleary%27s+most+widely+disseminated+translation+has+been+of+Sun+Tzu%27s+%27%27The+Art+of+War%27%27+%28%27%27Sunzi+Bingfa%27%27%29.%0A%0AHe+also+translated+the+monumental+%27%27Avatamsaka+Sutra%27%27+%28also+called+%27%27Huayan+Jing%27%27%2C+or+the+%27%27Flower+Ornament+Scripture%27%27%29.%0A%0AAnother+major+translation+was+of+the+commentaries+of+the+18th+century+Taoist+sage+Liu+Yiming%2C+who+explains+the+metaphoric+coding+of+the+main+Taoist+texts+dealing+with+the+transformation+of+consciousness%2C+and+the+fusion+of+the+human+mind+with+the+mind+of+Tao.%0A%0AIn+2000%2C+Cleary%27s+various+translations+of+Taoist+texts+were+collected+into+four+volumes+by+Shambhala+Publications+as+%27%27The+Taoist+Classics%27%27.+Following+the+success+of+these+publications%2C+a+five-volume+collection+of+Buddhist+translations+was+collected+as+%27%27Classics+of+Buddhism+and+Zen%27%27.+Another+translation+from+the+Muslim+wisdom+tradition+is+%27%27Living+and+Dying+with+Grace%27%27.+In+1993+Cleary+published+a+translation+of+Miyamoto+Musashi%27s+%27%27Book+of+Five+Rings%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThomas_Cleary+Source+Accessed+Sept+18%2C+2020%5D%29eary+Source+Accessed+Sept+18%2C+2020%5D%29)
Thomas Doctor + (Thomas+Doctor+received+his+BA+and+MA+degre … Thomas+Doctor+received+his+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Tibetan+Studies+from+the+University+of+Copenhagen+and+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Lausanne.+He+has+studied+Buddhist+philosophy+at+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery+since+the+late+1980s+and+serves+as+a+senior+translator+for+the+lamas+and+scholars+there.+Thomas%E2%80%99+main+research+interests+are+the+p%C4%81ramit%C4%81+and+mantra+views+and+practices+of+Buddhism+in+India+and+Tibet.+He+has+translated+several+classics+of+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+including+Speech+of+Delight+%28Ju+Mipham%27s+commentary+to+the+Madhyamak%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra%29+and+Ornament+of+Reason+%28Mabja+Jangchub+Ts%C3%B6ndr%C3%BC%27s+commentary+to+the+M%C5%ABlamadhyamakak%C4%81rik%C4%81%29.+Thomas+contributes+to+the+84000%2C+an+ongoing+project+to+translate+the+Tibetan+collection+of+the+Buddha%27s+words+and+associated+treaties+into+English.+He+is+currently+teaching+several+courses+on+the+MA+program+at+RYI.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryi.org%2Ffaculty+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%5D%29g%2Ffaculty+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%5D%29)
Pawo Ösel + (Though+the+names+V%C4%ABraprak%C4%81%C5%9B … Though+the+names+V%C4%ABraprak%C4%81%C5%9Ba+or+V%C4%ABraprabh%C4%81svara+are+unattested+in+Sanskrit+sources%2C+this+author+is+known+to+Tibetans+as+Pawo+%C3%96sel+and+is+associated+with+a+cycle+of+spiritual+songs+related+to+the+famed+Eighty-four+Mah%C4%81siddhas+of+India.med+Eighty-four+Mah%C4%81siddhas+of+India.)
Venerable Thubten Losang + (Thubten+Losang+became+interested+in+Buddhi … Thubten+Losang+became+interested+in+Buddhism+during+the+1990s+and+sporadically+read+books+on+Buddhism+and+practiced+sitting+meditation.+He+first+came+to+Sravasti+Abbey+in+April+2013+for+a+Sharing+the+Dharma+Day.+After+that%2C+he+began+to+visit+the+Abbey+almost+every+month.%0A%0AIn+the+summer+of+2014%2C+he+spent+10+days+of+every+month+at+the+Abbey+to+work+in+the+forest+and+joined+in+the+Exploring+Monastic+Life+program.+Receiving+teachings+from+a+qualified+teacher+%28Ven.+Chodron%29%2C+being+around+other+practitioners%2C+being+guided+and+inspired+by+the+monastic+community%2C+and+establishing+a+regular+meditation+schedule+turned+his+sporadic+and+confused+spiritual+seeking+into+a+serious+and+consistent+practice.%0A%0AVen.+Losang+moved+to+the+Abbey+in+December+2014+and+took+the+anagarika+precepts+the+following+month.+He+received+%C5%9Br%C4%81ma%E1%B9%87era+%28novice%29+ordination+on+August+10%2C+2015.+See+his+ordination+photos.+He+received+full+ordination+in+Taiwan+in+2017.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsravastiabbey.org%2Fcommunity-member%2Fsramanera-thubten-losang%2F+Source+Accessed+May+17%2C+2023%5D%29ng%2F+Source+Accessed+May+17%2C+2023%5D%29)
Thupten Jinpa + (Thupten+Jinpa+Langri+%28b.+1958%29+is+a+fo … Thupten+Jinpa+Langri+%28b.+1958%29+is+a+former+Tibetan+monk+and+a+Geshe+Lharampa+with+B.A.+in+philosophy+and+a+Ph.D.+in+religious+studies%2C+both+from+Cambridge+University.+Since+1985%2C+he+has+been+the+principal+English+translator+to+H.H.+the+Dalai+Lama+and+has+translated+and+edited+numerous+books+by+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+including+the+New+York+Times+Bestsellers+%27%27Ethics+for+the+New+Millennium%27%27+and+%27%27The+Art+of+Happiness%27%27.+Jinpa%E2%80%99s+own+publications+include+works+in+Tibetan%2C+English+translations+as+well+as+books%2C+the+latest+being+%27%27Tsongkhapa%3A+A+Buddha+in+the+Land+of+Snows%27%27+and+%27%27Illuminating+the+Intent%27%27%2C+a+translation+of+Je+Tsongkhapa%27s+commentary+on+%27%27Entering+the+Middle+Way%27%27.+Jinpa+is+the+general+series+editor+of+the+32-volume+%27%27Bod+kyi+tsug+lag+gces+btus%27%27+series%2C+whose+translations+are+published+in+English+as+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftibetanclassics.org%2F+The+Library+of+Tibetan+Classics%5D.+His+current+projects+include+the+editing+of+classical+Indian+Buddhist+texts+from+Tengyur+for+a+special+anthology+known+as+Rgya+gzhung+gnad+che+bdam+bsgrigs+%28Selected+Indian+Buddhist+treaties%29.+He+is+the+main+author+of+CCT+%28Compassion+Cultivation+Training%29%2C+an+eight-week+formal+program+developed+at+Stanford+University%2C+and+co-founder+and+president+of+the+Compassion+Institute.+He+is+the+Chair+of+Mind+and+Life+Institute%2C+founder+of+the+Institute+of+Tibetan+Classics%2C+and+an+adjunct+professor+at+the+School+of+Religious+Studies+at+McGill+University.+Jinpa+lives+in+Montreal+and+is+married+with+two+daughters.+%28Source%3A+Thupten+Jinpa%29o+daughters.+%28Source%3A+Thupten+Jinpa%29)
Tiān Xīzāi + (Ti%C4%81n+X%C4%ABz%C4%81i+%28%E5%A4%A9%E6% … Ti%C4%81n+X%C4%ABz%C4%81i+%28%E5%A4%A9%E6%81%AF%E7%81%BD%29+was+a+translator+in+the+10th+century+A.D.%2C+%E5%8C%97%E5%AE%8B+Northern+S%C3%B2ng+Dynasty.+In+985+A.D.+he+produced+a+Chinese+translation+of+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+%28T.1662%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww2.hf.uio.no%2Fpolyglotta%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dperson%26bid%3D2%26vid%3D24%26entity%3D117%26kid%3D117+Adapted+from+Source+Apr+20%2C+2021%5D%297+Adapted+from+Source+Apr+20%2C+2021%5D%29)
Tiān Xīzāi + (Tianxizai.+%28J.+Tensokusai%3B+K.+Ch%27%C7 … Tianxizai.+%28J.+Tensokusai%3B+K.+Ch%27%C7%92nsikchae+%E5%A4%A9%E6%81%AF%E7%81%BD+%28d.+1000%29.+Kashmiri+monk-translator%2C+who+arrived+in+China+in+980.+While+residing+at+a+cloister+to+the+west+of+the+imperial+monastery+of+Taiping-Xingguosi+in+Yuanzhou+%28present-day+Jiangxi+province%29%2C+he+translated+%28sometimes+working+in+collaboration+with+D%C4%81nap%C4%81la+and+Fatian%29+seventeen+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+and+prototantric+scriptures+into+Chinese%2C+including+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27%2C+%27%27K%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Davy%C5%ABha%27%27%2C+%27%27Alp%C4%81k%E1%B9%A3ar%C4%81praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81s%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+%27%27%C4%80yu%E1%B9%A3paryantas%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+%28%27%27%C4%80rya%27%27%29+%27%27T%C4%81r%C4%81bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADarik%C4%81yan%C4%81m%C4%81%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADottara%C5%9Bataka%27%27%2C+%27%27M%C4%81ric%C4%ABdh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27%2C+and+the+%27%27Ma%C3%B1ju%C5%9Br%C4%ABm%C5%ABlakalpa%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Tianxizai.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+913.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)
Thonden, Lobsang + (Tibetan+Scholar%2C+Calligrapher%2C+Governm … Tibetan+Scholar%2C+Calligrapher%2C+Government+Official%2C+and+Author+who+appeared+in+Seven+Years+in+Tibet+and+several+other+films.+He+published+the+early+and+popular+Modern+Tibetan+Language+books+in+the+1980s%2C+as+well+as+%27%27Learn+to+Speak+Tibetan+and+Hindi%27%27+and+%27%27English+for+Beginners%27%27+%28%27%27dbyin+ji%27i+skad+yig+slob+tshul+gom+pa+dang+po%27%27%29.+He+spent+time+as+a+resident+scholar+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+and+interacted+with+western+scholars+and+translators+there.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLosang_Thonden+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2020%5D%29onden+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2020%5D%29)
Tilmann Vetter + (Tilmann+Ernst+Vetter+%28Pforzheim%2C+March … Tilmann+Ernst+Vetter+%28Pforzheim%2C+March+2%2C+1937+-+Wassenaar%2C+December+20%2C+2012%29+was+a+Dutch+Indian+scholar%2C+Tibetologist%2C+and+Buddhist+scholar+of+German+descent.%0A%0AVetter+was+a+professor+at+Leiden+University+in+the+Department+of+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+Cultures+of+South+and+Central+Asia.+His+predecessor+was+David+Seyfort+Ruegg.+He+previously+worked+for+the+Institute+for+Tibetology+and+Buddhism%2C+at+the+University+of+Vienna+and+for+the+University+of+Utrecht.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTilmann_Vetter+Source+Accessed+Jan+27%2C+2024%5D%29etter+Source+Accessed+Jan+27%2C+2024%5D%29)
Tilopa + (Tilopa.+%28T.+Ti+lo+pa%29+%28988%E2%80%931 … Tilopa.+%28T.+Ti+lo+pa%29+%28988%E2%80%931069%29.+An+Indian+tantric+adept+counted+among+the+eighty-four+mah%C4%81siddhas+and+venerated+in+Tibet+as+an+important+source+of+tantric+instruction+and+a+founder+of+the+Bka%27+brgyud+sect.+Little+historical+information+exists+regarding+Tilopa%27s+life.+According+to+his+traditional+biographies%2C+Tilopa+was+born+a+br%C4%81hma%E1%B9%87a+in+northeast+India.+As+a+young+man+he+took+the+vows+of+a+Buddhist+monk%2C+but+later+was+compelled+by+the+prophecies+of+a+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%AB+messenger+to+study+with+a+host+of+tantric+masters.+He+lived+as+a+wandering+yogin%2C+practicing+tantra+in+secret+while+outwardly+leading+a+life+of+transgressive+behavior.+For+many+years+Tilopa+acted+as+the+servant+for+the+prostitute+Barima+%28in+truth+a+wisdom+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%AB+in+disguise%29+by+night+while+grinding+sesame+seeds+for+oil+by+day.+The+name+Tilopa%2C+literally+%22Sesame+Man%2C%22+derives+from+the+Sanskrit+word+for+sesamum.+Finally%2C+Tilopa+is+said+to+have+received+instructions+in+the+form+of+a+direct+transmission+from+the+primordial+buddha+Vajradhara.+Tilopa+instructed+numerous+disciples%2C+including+the+renowned+Bengali+master+N%C4%81ropa%2C+who+is+said+to+have+abandoned+his+prestigious+monastic+position+to+become+Tilopa%27s+disciple%2C+undergoing+many+difficult+trials+before+receiving+his+teachings.+Those+teachings+were+later+received+by+Marpa+Chos+kyi+blo+gros%2C+who+brought+Tilopa%27s+teachings+to+Tibet.+As+with+many+Indian+siddhas%2C+Tilopa%27s+main+instructions+are+found+in+the+form+of+doh%C4%81%2C+or+songs+of+realization.+Many+of+his+songs%2C+together+with+several+tantric+commentaries+and+liturgical+texts%2C+are+included+in+the+Tibetan+canon.+Among+the+teachings+attributed+to+him+are+the+bka%E2%80%99+%E2%80%99babs+bzhi+%28%22four+transmissions%22%29%2C+the+lus+med+mkha%E2%80%99+%E2%80%99gro+snyan+rgyud+chos+skor+dgu+%28%22nine+aural+lineage+cycles+of+the+formless+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs%22%29%2C+and+the+Mah%C4%81mudropade%C5%9Ba.+%28Source%3A+%22Tilopa.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+914.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29ww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29)
Timothy S. Lee + (Tim+Lee+has+a+wide-ranging+interest+in+the … Tim+Lee+has+a+wide-ranging+interest+in+the+history+of+Christianity%2C+particularly+in+Asia+and+Asian-America.+He+teaches+introductory+courses+in+Christian+History+and+more+specialized+ones+in+Asian%2FAsian-American+Christian+History.+His+current+research+focuses+on+the+history+of+Christianity+in+Korea%2C+a+topic+about+which+he+has+published+a+number+of+works%2C+including+a+book+and+a+coedited+volume.+He+also+directs+Brite%E2%80%99s+Asian+%2F+Asian+American+and+Pacific+Islander+Church+Studies+Program.+Before+coming+to+Brite+in+2002%2C+he+had+taught+at+the+University+of+Chicago+and+the+University+of+California+at+Los+Angeles.+Tim+serves+as+co+chair+of+the+Korean+Religions+Group+of+the+American+Academy+of+Religion.+An+ordained+minister+of+the+Christian+Church+%28Disciples+of+Christ%29%2C+Tim+has+served+as+moderator+of+North+American+Pacific+Asian+Disciples.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbrite.edu%2Fstaff%2Ftimothy-s-lee+Source+Accessed+Aug+11%2C+2023%5D%29s-lee+Source+Accessed+Aug+11%2C+2023%5D%29)
Timothy Hinkle + (Timothy+Hinkle+spent+three+years+studying+ … Timothy+Hinkle+spent+three+years+studying+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+and+has+traveled+twice+to+the+eastern+Tibetan+region+of+Golok.+He+has+served+as+an+oral+interpreter+for+Katog+Choling+USA%2C+and+is+now+studying+somatic+psychology+in+Oakland%2C+California.+He+works+with+Light+of+Berotsana+and+84000+under+the+auspices+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lotsawahouse.org%2Ftranslators%2Ftimothy-hinkle%2F+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2021%5D%29le%2F+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2021%5D%29)
Tirupattur Ramaseshayyer Venkatachala Murti + (Tirupattur+Ramaseshayyer+Venkatachala+Murt … Tirupattur+Ramaseshayyer+Venkatachala+Murti+%28June+15%2C+1902+%E2%80%93+March+1986%29+was+an+Indian+academic%2C+philosopher%2C+writer+and+translator.+He+wrote+several+books+on+Oriental+philosophy%2C+particularly+Indian+philosophy+and+his+works+included+commentaries+and+translations+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+texts.+He+was+an+elected+honorary+member+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies+%28IABS%29%2C+a+society+promoting+scholarship+in+Buddhist+studies.+%27%27Studies+in+Indian+Thought%3A+Collected+Papers%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Central+Philosophy+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+and+%27%27A+Study+of+the+Madhyamika+System%27%27+are+some+of+his+notable+works.+The+Government+of+India+awarded+him+the+third+highest+civilian+honour+of+the+Padma+Bhushan%2C+in+1959%2C+for+his+contributions+to+education+and+literature.%0A%0AMurti+dedicates+his+1955+work%2C+%27%27The+Central+Philosophy+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+as+follows%3A+%22To+my+revered+teacher+Professor+S.+Radhakrishnan%22.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTiruppattur_R._Venkatachala_Murti+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29%0A%0AT.+R.+V+Murti+was+an+original+and+leading+thinker+among+the+Indian+philosophers+of+the+twentieth+century.+He+had+a+brilliant+philosophical+mind%2C+a+love+of+analysis+and+argument%2C+and+a+respect+for+texts%2C+especially+the+ones+with+which+he+disagreed%2C+as+seen+in+his+most+important+book%2C+%27%27The+Central+Philosophy+of+Buddhism%27%27.+With+both+traditional+%22Shastri%22+training+and+a+Western+style+Ph.D.%2C+Murti+was+able+to+bring+both+strengths+to+his+writing+and+teaching.+Murti+knew+everything+by+heart%2C+all+the+Sutra+texts%2C+the+Upanisads+and+other+philosophical+classics%2C+Panini%27s+grammar%2C+and+Patanjali%27s+%22Great+Commentary%22+and+other+core+texts.+Upon+that+foundation%2C+he+evaluated+doctrines+and+ideas.+Though+a+philosopher+of+the+classical+type%2C+he+was+also+alive+to+the+latest+philosophical+currents+of+his+day+and+effectively+related+the+wisdom+of+traditional+teaching+to+contemporary+questions.+It+was+this+last+quality+that+made+him+a+most+sought+after+teacher+by+students+from+around+the+globe.+Murti+spoke+with+such+eloquence+and+authority+that+few+would+dare+to+interrupt+him.+He+represented+the+best+of+the+Indian+philosophical+tradition+to+the+world+through+his+teaching+at+places+such+as+Oxford%2C+Copenhagen%2C+Harvard%2C+Hawaii%2C+and+McMaster+University+in+Canada.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.coronetbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Ft%2Ftrvm0775.htm+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%295.htm+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29)
Nancy G. Lin + (Title%3A+Associate+Professor+of+Tibetan+an … Title%3A+Associate+Professor+of+Tibetan+and+South+Asian+Studies+at+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Berkeley%2C+CA.%0A%0ANancy+Lin+joined+the+faculty+in+2021+after+previously+teaching+at+Vanderbilt+University%2C+Dartmouth+College%2C+and+the+University+of+California%2C+Santa+Cruz.+Her+research+focuses+on+how+literary+and+visual+cultures+have+shaped+Buddhist+traditions+of+Tibet+and+the+Himalaya.+Her+current+book+project+is+a+study+of+worldly+Buddhists+and+courtly+cultures+of+Tibet+in+the+seventeenth+and+eighteenth+centuries.+Her+teaching+emphasizes+how+people+draw+from+the+resources+of+their+historical+and+living+traditions%2C+including+rituals%2C+narratives%2C+values%2C+objects%2C+environments%2C+and+cosmologies.%0A%0A%3ADegrees%0A%3A%3APh.D.%2C+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley%0A%3A%3AMA%2C+Columbia+University%0A%3A%3AAB%2C+Harvard+University%0A%0A%3AResearch+and+Teaching+Interests%0A%3A%3ABuddhism+in+Tibet+and+the+Himalaya%2C+South+Asia%2C+and+Inner+Asia%0A%3A%3AWorld-engaging+and+world-renouncing+aspects+of+Buddhist+thought+and+practice%0A%3A%3AKarma+and+rebirth%0A%3A%3APoetic+language%2C+rhetoric%2C+and+narrative%0A%3A%3ABuddhist+visual+and+material+culture%0A%3A%3ATranslation+and+circulation+of+words+and+images%0A%3A%3ACourtly+cultures+and+networks%0A%0A%3ASelected+Publications%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9COrnaments+of+This+World%3A+Materiality+and+Poetics+of+the+Fifth+Dalai+Lama%E2%80%99s+Reliquary+St%C5%ABpa.%E2%80%9D+In+Jewels%2C+Jewelry%2C+and+Other+Shiny+Things+in+the+Buddhist+Imaginary%2C+edited+by+Vanessa+R.+Sasson.+Honolulu%3A+University+of+Hawai%E2%80%98i+Press%2C+forthcoming.%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9CRecounting+the+Fifth+Dalai+Lama%E2%80%99s+Rebirth+Lineage.%E2%80%9D+Revue+d%E2%80%99Etudes+Tib%C3%A9taines+38+%28February+2017%29%3A+119%E2%80%93156.%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9CPurity+in+the+Pudding+and+Seclusion+in+the+Forest%3A+Si+tu+pa%E1%B9%87+chen%2C+Monastic+Ideals%2C+and+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Biographies.%E2%80%9D+Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Tibetan+Studies+7+%28August+2013%29%3A+86%E2%80%93124.%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9CD%C3%B6ndrup+Gyel+and+the+Remaking+of+the+Tibetan+Ramayana.%E2%80%9D+In+Modern+Tibetan+Literature+and+Social+Change%2C+edited+by+Lauran+R.+Hartley+and+Patricia+Schiaffini-Vedani%2C+86%E2%80%93111.+Durham%3A+Duke+University+Press%2C+2008.%0A%0A%3ACourses+Taught%0A%3A%3ABuddhism+and+World+Religions%0A%3A%3ABuddhist+Pastoral+Cared+Religions%0A%3A%3ABuddhist+Pastoral+Care)
Piatigorsky, A. + (To+present+Alexander+Piatigorsky+in+the+co … To+present+Alexander+Piatigorsky+in+the+conventional+format+of+biography+would+be+not+only+an+extremely+difficult+but+also+an+entirely+futile+enterprise.+Piatigorsky+himself+wrote+about+people+without+a+%E2%80%9Cbiography%E2%80%9D%2C+that+is+those+who+do+not+set+themselves+any+goals+and+thus+could+not+be+said+to+march+victoriously+%28or+ingloriously%29+from+one+milestone+of+their+life+to+another%3B+those+who+do+not+bear+on+their+weary+shoulders+the+burden+of+their+achievements+or+newly+exposed+and+fossilised+truths+to+be+recorded+in+the+annals+of+history.+Such+people+Piatigorsky+characterised+as+%E2%80%9Cfreely+passing%E2%80%9D+since+at+no+point+could+they+be+pinned+down+or+drawn+over+to+a+particular+standpoint+or+world+view+to+be+exploited+as+its+advocates.+Piatigorsky+himself+can+be+reckoned+among+these+%E2%80%9Cfreely+passing%E2%80%9D+individuals.+So+he+lived+his+life+and+so+he+travelled%2C+always+light-handed%2C+with+two+mantra+books+%28which+he+knew+off+by+heart+anyway%29+and+a+packet+of+cigarettes+in+his+pocket.+His+lightness+was+often+taken+for+light-mindedness%2C+and+his+fluidity+of+thought+for+scientific+frivolity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Falexanderpiatigorsky.com+Alexander+Piatigorsky%5D%29iatigorsky.com+Alexander+Piatigorsky%5D%29)
Todd Lewis + (Todd+Lewis+has+taught+at+the+College+of+th … Todd+Lewis+has+taught+at+the+College+of+the+Holy+Cross+since+1990.+In+1996%2C+he+was+promoted+to+Associate+Professor+in+the+Religious+Studies+Department+and+in+2003+was+promoted+to+the+rank+of+Professor.+In+2015%2C+Lewis+was+named+the+Monsignor+Edward+G.+Murray+Professor+in+the+Arts+and+Humanities.%0A%0AHe+has+also+been+a+Research+Associate+in+the+Department+of+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Studies+at+Harvard+University%2C+and+is+currently+involved+in+the+Nepal+Studies+initiative+there.++%0A%0ABeginning+with+his+scholarly+training+at+Columbia+University+%28where+he+earned+his+Ph.D.+in+Religion+1984%29%2C+Professor+Lewis%27+research+and+teaching+has+been+interdisciplinary%2C+linking+anthropology%2C+the+history+of+religions%2C+and+Indology.+His+area+of+special+expertise+is+Newar+Buddhism+in+the+Kathmandu+Valley%2C+Nepal%2C+and+he+has+written+extensively+about+Buddhist+narratives%2C+their+depiction+in+popular+art%2C+and+the+role+of+merchants+in+Buddhist+history.+Professor+Lewis+is+also+one+of+the+world%27s+leading+authorities+on+the+religions+of+the+mid-montane+Himalayan+region+and+the+social+history+of+Buddhism.%0A%0AMost+of+his+research+focus+for+over+thirty+years+has+been+Buddhism+in+the+Kathmandu+Valley%2C+particularly+the+traditions+found+among+the+Newars%2C+the+indigenous+population+of+Nepal+%27s+capital.+He+has+resided+in+the+Asan+Tol+neighborhood+in+the+city+of+Kathmandu+for+his+dissertation+research+%281979-1982%29%2C+and+for+three+postdoctoral+fellowships+%281987-8%2C+2012%29%2C+all+supported+by+the+Fulbright-Hayes+program+in+the+Department+of+Education.+Professor+Lewis+has+been+awarded+many+other+fellowships+to+support+his+research+and+writing%3A+he+has+received+awards+from+the+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities%2C+the+American+Academy+of+Religion%2C+the+American+Philosophical+Society%2C+the+Social+Science+Research+Council%2C+and+the+Wenner-Gren+Foundation+for+Anthropological+Research.+In+2011%2C+he+was+awarded+a+fellowship+by+the+Simon+Guggenheim+Foundation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcollege.holycross.edu%2Ffaculty%2Ftlewis%2FAcademicBio.htm+Source+Accessed+Apr+23%2C+2021%5D%29o.htm+Source+Accessed+Apr+23%2C+2021%5D%29)
Gishin Tokiwa + (Tokiwa+Gishin+began+studying+Buddhism+in+1 … Tokiwa+Gishin+began+studying+Buddhism+in+1944%2C+becoming+a+member+of+the+forerunner+of+the+F.A.S.+Society.+After+graduation+he+taught+English+as+a+second+language+for+students+while+studying+Buddhism.+He+has+translated+into+English+%27%27Zen+and+the+Fine+Arts%27%27+and+%27%27Jueguan-lun%27%27%2C+and+into+modern+Japanese+both+a+work+by+Hakuin+and+the+%27%27Lankavatara+sutra%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.in%2FCritical-Sermons-Zen-Tradition-Hisamatsus%2Fdp%2F0333962710%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fdchild%3D1%26qid%3D1610744821%26refinements%3Dp_27%253AGishin%2BTokiwa%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-2+Source+Accessed+Jan+15%2C+2021%5D%293D1-2+Source+Accessed+Jan+15%2C+2021%5D%29)
Thomas Pynn + (Tom+Pynn+is+a+senior+lecturer+in+Interdisciplinary+studies+at+Kennesaw+State+University.)
Tom Tillemans + (Tom+Tillemans+%28born+Haarlem%2C+December+ … Tom+Tillemans+%28born+Haarlem%2C+December+21%2C+1950%29+is+a+Dutch-Canadian+Buddhologist%2C+Indologist+and+Tibetologist.+Since+1992%2C+Tillemans+has+been+Professor+of+Buddhology+in+the+Faculty+of+Oriental+Languages+and+Civilizations+at+the+University+of+Lausanne+in+Switzerland.%0A%0ATom+Tillemans+received+his+bachelor%27s+degree+at+the+University+of+British+Columbia+in+Vancouver%2C+British+Columbia%2C+Canada.+His+masters%2C+in+Sanskrit%2C+Chinese+and+philosophy%2C+he+received+at+the+Universities+of+Lausanne+and+Geneva+and+his+doctorate+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+Lausanne.%0A%0AAfter+his+studies+he+did+research+at+Hiroshima+University+in+Japan+and+was+invited+to+several+universities+as+a+visiting+professor.+In+addition+to+his+professorship+in+Lausanne+as+head+of+the+department+of+Oriental+Studies+and+Associate+Dean+for+the+Faculty+of+Arts%2C+Tillemans+does+research+on+Indian+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+logic+and+epistemology%2C+Madhyamaka+philosophy%2C+indigenous+Tibetan+literature%2C+and+Tibetan+grammar+and+poetry.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTom_Tillemans+Source+Accessed+Feb+25%2C+2021%5D%29emans+Source+Accessed+Feb+25%2C+2021%5D%29)
Tomislav Spiranec + (Tomislav+Spiranec+is+a+faculty+member+of+P … Tomislav+Spiranec+is+a+faculty+member+of+Philosophy+and+Religious+Sciences+at+the+University+of+Zagreb%2C+Croatia.+He+teaches+courses+on+Buddhist-Christian+dialogue+and+introduction+to+Buddhist+traditions.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ffrz.unizg.hr%2Findex.php%2F2020%2F06%2F19%2Fdr-sc-tomislav-spiranec%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+14%2C+2021%5D%29ec%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+14%2C+2021%5D%29)
Tone Lie Bøttinger + (Tone+Gleditsch+Stabell+%28born+31+May+1966 … Tone+Gleditsch+Stabell+%28born+31+May+1966+in+T%C3%B8nsberg%29+is+a+Norwegian+author+who+has+especially+written+poetry+and+children%27s+books+.+She+grew+up+as+Tone+Lie+and+published+books+under+the+name+Tone+Lie+B%C3%B8ttinger+from+1991+to+2004.+As+an+adult%2C+she+studied+teacher+training+at+Vestfold+University+College+.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftranslate.google.com%2Ftranslate%3Fhl%3Den%26sl%3Dno%26u%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fno.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTone_Gleditsch_Stabell%26prev%3Dsearch%26pto%3Daue+Source+Accesed+Mar+23%2C+2021%5D%29%3Daue+Source+Accesed+Mar+23%2C+2021%5D%29)
Toni Huber + (Toni+Huber+has+been+Professor+of+Tibetan+S … Toni+Huber+has+been+Professor+of+Tibetan+Studies+at+the+Humboldt+University+in+Berlin%2C+Germany%2C+since+2003.+His+research+interests+and+published+oeuvre+focus+on+ethnography+and+cultural+history+of+Tibetan+Plateau+and+eastern+Himalayan+highland+societies%2C+environment+and+society%2C+ritual+and+religion%2C+and+nomadic+pastoralism.+His+major+monographs+include+%27%27Source+of+Life.+Revitalisation+Rites+and+Bon+Shamans+in+Bhutan+and+the+Eastern+Himalayas%27%27+%28Vienna%2C+In+Press%29%2C+%27%27The+Holy+Land+Reborn.+Pilgrimage+and+the+Tibetan+Reinvention+of+Buddhist+India%27%27+%28Chicago%2C+2008%29%2C+and+%27%27The+Cult+of+Pure+Crystal+Mountain.+Popular+Pilgrimage+%26+Visionary+Landscape+in+Southeast+Tibet%27%27+%28New+York+%26+Oxford%2C+1999%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhiststudies.berkeley.edu%2Fnews%2F2019-khyentse-lecture-toni-huber-humboldt-university-berlin-recently-discovered-ancient-tibetan+Source+Accessed+Nov+21%2C+2023%5D%29betan+Source+Accessed+Nov+21%2C+2023%5D%29)
Tony Sin-Heng See + (Tony+See+is+currently+teaching+in+the+Nati … Tony+See+is+currently+teaching+in+the+National+University+of+Singapore+%28NUS%29.+His+research+interests+include+philosophy%2C+critical+theory+and+media+studies.+His+current+research+interest+is+in+exploring+theories+of+subjectivity%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+intersections+between+Deleuze%E2%80%99s+idea+of+immanence+and+desire%2C+and+its+resonances+with+the+idea+of+Buddha-nature+in+Mahayana+Buddhism.+His+previous+publications+include+the+book+%27%27Community+Without+Identity%3A+The+Ontology+and+Politics+of+Heidegger%27%27+%282009%29%2C+and+a+number+of+articles+such+as+%22Deleuze+and+Mahayana+Buddhism%22+%282014%29%2C+%22Deleuze+and+Ikeda%22+%282015%29+and+%22Deleuze%2C+Religion+and+Education%22+%282016%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.palgrave.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9781137567055%23aboutAuthors+Source+Accessed+May+22%2C+2020%5D%29thors+Source+Accessed+May+22%2C+2020%5D%29)
Torkel Brekke + (Torkel+Brekke+works+part-time+as+a+religio … Torkel+Brekke+works+part-time+as+a+religious+historian+in+Civita+and+head+of+the+Civita+Academy.+Brekke+is+professor+of+cultural+and+religious+diversity+at+the+Institute+for+International+Studies+and+Interpreter+Education+at+OsloMet.+Brekke+is+also+associated+with+the+Institute+for+Peace+Research+%28PRIO%29.+In+2007%2C+Brekke+became+professor+of+religious+history+and+South+Asian+area+studies+at+the+Department+of+Cultural+Studies+and+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bat+the+University+of+Oslo.+He+has+a+PhD+from+the+University+of+Oxford%2C+and+has+written+and+edited+a+number+of+books+and+articles+on+the+relationship+between+culture+and+politics.+He+has+worked+as+an+adviser+in+the+Ministry+of+Defence%2C+and+has+had+several+types+of+engagements+for+the+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs.+He+is+a+regular+writer+for+Dagbladet%2C+and+sits+on+the+Swedish+Science+Council.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcivita.no%2Fperson%2Ftorkel-brekke%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2023%5D%29ke%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2023%5D%29)