Jones, Richard

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Richard
LastName / namelast	Jones
namemiddle	H.
MainNamePhon	Richard H. Jones
SortName	Jones, Richard
bio	Richard H. Jones is the author of over a dozen books on science and religion and on Eastern mystical traditions. He has an A.B. from Brown University, Ph.D. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in New York City. His interests include science and religion, the history of science, philosophy of mysticism, the scientific study of religious experiences, Asian religions (in particular Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta), Constitutional law (especially the Establishment Clause), and even Harry Potter.
associatedwebsite	http://richardjonesbooks.com/index.html
phduniversity	Columbia University
education	Ph.D. from Columbia University J.D., University of California, Berkeley A.B., Brown University
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Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.