Sur, D.

PersonType	Category:Professors Category:Translators Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Dominic
LastName / namelast	Sur
MainNamePhon	Dominic Sur
bio	Dominic D. Z. Sur is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, teaching courses in world religions and Buddhism. Dr. Sur's recent publications include Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle: Dzogchen as the Culmination of the Mahāyāna (2017). He is presently working on a study of the rise of scholasticism and sectarian identity in eleventh century Tibet. (Source Accessed Jan 27, 2020) Recent Publications: Constituting Canon and Community in Eleventh Century Tibet: The Extant Writings of Rongzom and His Charter of Mantrins (sngags pa’i bca’ yig). Religions (2017) 8, 40. doi:10.3390/rel8030040
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Utah State University
phduniversity	University of Virginia
education	PhD, History of Religions, The University of Virginia, 2015 MTS, Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 2009 BA, Religion, Sarah Lawrence College, 2007
cv	Dominic Sur CV
publications	Recent Publications: Constituting Canon and Community in Eleventh Century Tibet: The Extant Writings of Rongzom and His Charter of Mantrins (sngags pa’i bca’ yig). Religions (2017) 8, 40. doi:10.3390/rel8030040
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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.

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