Roloff, C.

PersonType	Category:Professors Category:Western Buddhist Teachers Category:Translators Category:Authors of German Works Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Carola
LastName / namelast	Roloff
namealt	Venerable Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen
bio	Carola Roloff (born 1959 in Holzminden, West Germany) is a German Buddhist nun. Her monastic name is Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen. An active teacher, translator, author, and speaker, she is instrumental in campaigning for equal rights for Buddhist nuns. (Source Accessed July 23, 2018). Dr. Roloff is Visiting Professor for Buddhism (endowed docentship until 31.03.2025) in the Academy of World Religions of the University of Hamburg. From 1981-1996 she studied Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice with Geshe Thubten Ngawang in the Tibetan Centre e.V. and then Tibetology and Classical Indology with a focus on Buddhist Studies in the Asia-Africa-Institute of the University of Hamburg (M.A. 2003, PhD in 2009). Her current focus in research and teaching is "Buddhism and Dialogue in Modern Societies". Other research topics include: Interreligious dialogue, Buddhism between tradition and modernity, Mindfulness and other meditative techniques, Socially engaged Buddhism, and Gender-religion interactions in Buddhism and their significance in social dialogue processes (including in relation to their countries of origin). (Source Accessed July 23, 2018)
YearBirth	1959
associatedwebsite	http://www.carolaroloff.de/
languageprimary	German; English
languagetranslation	Tibetan; Sanskrit; Pāli
languagetarget	German; English
affiliation	University of Hamburg
affiliationsecondary	Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
religiousaffiliation	Tibetan Buddhism; Geluk
StudentOf	Geshe Thubten Ngawang  ·  David P. Jackson  ·  Lambert Schmithausen
phduniversity	University of Hamburg
education	2009 - Ph.D., Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, Dissertation summa cum laude: "Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi Scholar of the Fourteenth Century. The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet."
IsInGyatsa	No
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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.