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|BnwShortPersonBio=John P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and vicar of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Scarborough, Maine. He has published translations and studies in Yogācāra Buddhism, and has employed Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy in works including ''The Meaning of Christ: A Mahayana Theology'' and ''The Letter of James: Everyday Practice for Everyday Christians''. | |||
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John P. Keenan
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Tibetan calendar dates
About
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Middlebury College, Vermont
PhD University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
- John P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and vicar of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Scarborough, Maine. He has published translations and studies in Yogācāra Buddhism, and has employed Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy in works including The Meaning of Christ: A Mahayana Theology and The Letter of James: Everyday Practice for Everyday Christians.
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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Full Name
John Peter Keenan
John P. Keenan
Affiliation
Associate Professor of Religion at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.
Other Information
His studies have focused on Indian Mahāyāna and its translation into China.
Publications
He is the translator of several major Yogācāra texts: Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra, Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Buddhabhūmyupadeśa, and Karmasiddhiprakarana. His publications include The Realm of Awakening and The Meaning of Christ: A Mahāyāna Theology.