Apple, J.

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors
FirstName / namefirst	James
LastName / namelast	Apple
MainNamePhon	James Apple
SortName	Apple, James
bio	James B. Apple is full Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He received his doctorate in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His current research focuses upon the critical analysis of Mahāyāna sūtras and topics within Indian and Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism.
associatedwebsite	Faculty Page
affiliation	University of Calgary
phduniversity	University of Wisconsin-Madison
education	Doctor of Philosophy Buddhist Studies, Wisconsin - Madison, 2001 M.A. Religious Studies, Wisconsin - Madison, 2001 B.A. Religious Studies, Indiana University, 1993
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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.