Paul Williams

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MainNamePhon	Paul Williams
bio	Paul Williams (b. 1950) is Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy at the University of Bristol, England. Until his retirement in 2011 he was also director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies, and is a former President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. Williams studied at the University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies where he graduated with a first class BA in 1972. He then went on to study Buddhist Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he was awarded his DPhil in 1978. His main research interests are Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy, Mahayana Buddhism, and Medieval philosophical and mystical thought. Williams was a Buddhist himself for many years but has since converted to Roman Catholicism, an experience he wrote about in his book The Unexpected Way and in an article, "On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism – One Convert's Story." He is now a professed lay member of the Dominican Order. (Source accessed April 16, 2020)
YearBirth	1950
affiliation	University of Bristol, England
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Full Name

Paul Williams

Affiliation

Professor in Indian Religions at the University of Bristol, England. Director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Education

University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies, BA 1972.

Wadham College, University of Oxford, DPhil, 1978.

Other Information

Born in 1950

Selected Publications:

• Mi bskyod rdo rje: Routledge Entry
• Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Edited and with a new introduction by Paul Williams (London: Routledge, 2005). Eight volumes. ISBN 978-0415332262
• Songs of Love, Poems of Sadness: The Erotic Verse of the 6th Dalai Lama (IB Taurus, 2004). ISBN 978-1850434795
• The Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism (London: T & T Clark, 2002). ISBN 978-0567088307
• Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (London: Routledge, 2000). ISBN 978-0415207010
• Altruism and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara (Richmond: Curzon Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0700710317
• The Reflexive Nature of Awareness: A Tibetan Madhyamaka Defence (Richmond: Curzon Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0700710300
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (London: Routledge,1989). ISBN 978-0415356534

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.