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|bio=Alan Cole received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan in 1994. He then taught mainly at Lewis & Clark College (1994-2013). He retired early, in 2013, in order to spend more time writing, and in the hope of regaining a sense of freedom that academia had, slowly but surely, eaten into. This choice seems to have been fruitful since he recently published two new books -- Fetishizing Tradition: Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives (SUNY, 2015), and Patriarchs on Paper: A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature (UCal Press, 2016) -- both of which lay out new and creative ways to think about old problems in Buddhism and Christianity. ([https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Cole/e/B001HMTLK0?ref=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Source Accessed June 5, 2019]) | |bio=Alan Cole received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan in 1994. He then taught mainly at Lewis & Clark College (1994-2013). He retired early, in 2013, in order to spend more time writing, and in the hope of regaining a sense of freedom that academia had, slowly but surely, eaten into. This choice seems to have been fruitful since he recently published two new books -- ''Fetishizing Tradition: Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives'' (SUNY, 2015), and ''Patriarchs on Paper: A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature'' (UCal Press, 2016) -- both of which lay out new and creative ways to think about old problems in Buddhism and Christianity. ([https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Cole/e/B001HMTLK0?ref=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Source Accessed June 5, 2019]) | ||
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- University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Buddhist Studies
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Alan Cole received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan in 1994. He then taught mainly at Lewis & Clark College (1994-2013). He retired early, in 2013, in order to spend more time writing, and in the hope of regaining a sense of freedom that academia had, slowly but surely, eaten into. This choice seems to have been fruitful since he recently published two new books -- Fetishizing Tradition: Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives (SUNY, 2015), and Patriarchs on Paper: A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature (UCal Press, 2016) -- both of which lay out new and creative ways to think about old problems in Buddhism and Christianity. (Source Accessed June 5, 2019)
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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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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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