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Ari+Goldfield+is+a+Buddhist+teacher.+He+had+the+unique+experience+of+being+continuously+in+the+training+and+service+of+his+own+teacher%2C+Khenpo+Ts%C3%BCltrim+Gyamtso+Rinpoche%2C+for+eleven+years.++From+1998-2009%2C+Ari+served+as+Khenpo+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+translator+and+secretary%2C+accompanying+Rinpoche+on+seven+round-the-world+teaching+tours.+Ari+received+extensive+instruction+from+Rinpoche+in+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+meditation%2C+and+teaching+methods%2C+and+meditated+under+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+guidance+in+numerous+retreats.+In+2006%2C+Khenpo+Rinpoche+sent+Ari+on+his+own+tour+to+teach+philosophy%2C+meditation%2C+and+yogic+exercise+in+Europe%2C+North+America%2C+and+Asia.+In+2007%2C+Ari+moved+with+Rinpoche+to+Seattle%2C+where+he+served+and+helped+care+for+him+until+Rinpoche+moved+back+to+Nepal+in+2009.+Ari+now+teaches+in+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+Karma+Kagyu+lineage%2C+with+the+blessings+of+the+head+of+the+lineage%2C+H.H.+the+17th+Gyalwang+Karmapa%2C+and+of+Khenpo+Rinpoche.%0A%0AAri+is+also+a+published+translator+and+author+of+books%2C+articles%2C+and+numerous+songs+of+realization+and+texts+on+Buddhist+philosophy+and+meditation.+These+include+Khenpo+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+books+%27%27Stars+of+Wisdom%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Sun+of+Wisdom%27%27%2C+and+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+%27%27Song+of+the+Eight+Flashing+Lances%27%27+teaching%2C+which+appeared+in+%27%27The+Best+Buddhist+Writing%27%27+2007.+He+is+a+contributing+author+of+%27%27Freeing+the+Body%2C+Freeing+the+Mind%3A+Writings+on+the+Connections+Between+Yoga+and+Buddhism%27%27.%0A%0AAri+studied+Buddhist+texts+in+Tibetan+and+Sanskrit+at+Buddhist+monasteries+in+Nepal+and+India%2C+and+at+the+Central+Institute+for+Higher+Tibetan+Studies+in+India.+In+addition+to+translating+for+Khenpo+Rinpoche%2C+he+has+also+served+as+translator+for+H.H.+Karmapa%2C+Tenga+Rinpoche%2C+and+many+other+Tibetan+teachers.+From+2007%E2%80%9311%2C+Ari+served+as+president+of+the+Marpa+Foundation%2C+a+nonprofit+organization+initiated+by+Khenpo+Rinpoche+that+supports+Buddhist+translation%2C+nunneries+in+Bhutan+and+Nepal%2C+and+other+Buddhist+activities.+Ari+holds+a+BA+from+Harvard+College+and+a+JD+from+Harvard+Law+School%2C+both+with+honors.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Finsightla.org%2Fteacher%2Fari-goldfield-2%2F+Source+Accessed+July+22%2C+2020%5D%29
Ariana+Maki+is+an+art+historian%2C+educator%2C+and+curator.+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.arianamaki.com%2Fbio+Read+a+complete+bio+here%5D.%0A%0AAriana+is+an+art+historian+whose+research+focuses+on+the+material+and+visual+cultures+that+constitute+the+Buddhist+world%2C+particularly+in+Bhutan+and+the+broader+Himalaya.+Ariana+is+a+two-time+Fulbright+U.S.+Scholar+to+Bhutan+%282019-20%2C+2024-25%29+and+an+NEH-Mellon+Fellow+for+Digital+Publication+%282021-22%29.+She+has+also+been+a+Curatorial+Fellow+at+the+Rubin+Museum+of+Art+in+New+York+City+and+other+museums.+%0A%0A%28%27%27%27Source%3A%27%27%27+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.arianamaki.com%2F+Ariana+Maki.com%5D%29%0A%0ASee+also+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.himalayanart.org%2Fpages%2Fphotoarchives%2Farimaki%2Findex.html+Himalayan+Art+Photo+Archive%5D +
Arne+Schelling+studied+Western+and+Chinese+medicine+in+Germany+and+China+and+now+works+as+a+physician+in+Berlin.+From+1995++to+2001+he+worked+to+develop+the+Kagyu+Centers+Theksum+Tashi+Ch%C3%B6ling+in+Hamburg+and+Kamalashila-Institute+in+Langenfeld%2C+Germany.+He+frequently+translates+%28from+English+to+German%29+for+masters+of+all+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+traditions%2C+in+Germany+and+Switzerland.+In+2001+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche+appointed+Arne+as+president+of+Siddhartha%E2%80%99s+Intent+Europe%2C+and+he+later+became+a+country+representative+for+Khyentse+Foundation+in+Germany.+Since+2002+he+has+directed+the+film+project+%22Heart+Advice%2C%22+which+aims+to+preserve+the+essence+of+the+teachings+of+Tibetan+masters.+He+also+gives+instruction+at+several+Buddhist+centers+in+Germany. +
Born+in+Poland%2C+Arnold+Kunst+studied+first+at+the+University+of+Lw%C3%B3w.+He+later+studied+in+Vienna%2C+with+Erich+Frauwallner%2C+as+well+as+in+Warsaw%2C+with+Stanislaw+Schayer%3B+and+it+was+under+this+gifted+Warsaw+historian+of+Indian+philosophy+and+religion+that+he+took+his+doctorate.+His+thesis%2C+published+under+the+title+of+%27%27Probleme+der+buddhistischen+Logik+in+der+Darstellung+des+Tattvasa%E1%B9%85graha%27%27+%28Polska+Akademia+Umiej%C8%A9tno%C5%9Bci%2C+Prace+komisji+orientalistycznej+Nr.+33%2C+Krak%C3%B3w+1939%29%2C+was+devoted+to+an+edition+and+translation+of+the+%27%27Anum%C4%81na%27%27-chapter+in+%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita%27s+great+treatise+on+the+main+topics+of+Indian+philosophy.+Together+with+his+teacher+Stanistaw+Schayer%2C+Arnold+Kunst+was+thus+responsible+for+inaugurating+in+Europe+the+careful+study+on+both+a+philological+and+philosophical+basis+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita%27s+%27%27Tattvasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27.%0A%0AHaving+moved+to+England+just+before+the+war%2C+Arnold+Kunst+published+in+collaboration+with+E.+H.+Johnston+the+Sanskrit+text+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27s+%27%27Vigrahavy%C4%81vartan%C4%AB%27%27+%28%27%27M%C3%A9langes+chinois+et+bouddhiques%27%27+9+%5B1948-1951%5D%2C+pp.+99-152%3B+reprinted%2C+with+an+English+translation+in+Kamaleswar+Bhattacharya%2C+%27%27The+dialectical+method+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27%27%2C+Delhi+1978%29.+His+continuing+interest+in+problems+of+Indian+logic+is+reflected+in+later+articles%2C+such+as+the+one+on+the+vexed+question+of+the+excluded+middle+in+Buddhism+%28Rocznik+Orientalistyczny+21+%5B1957%5D%2C+pp.+141-7%29.+His+work+on+the+%27%27Tattvasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+and+Kamala%C5%9B%C4%ABla%27s+%27%27Pa%C3%B1jik%C4%81%27%27+on+it+also+brought+him+to+lndo-Tibetan+studies.+In+this+field+he+published+not+only+an+edition+of+the+Tibetan+translation%2C+contained+in+the+Tibetan+bsTan+%27gyur%2C+of+Kamala%C5%9B%C4%ABla%27s+%27%27Pa%C3%B1jik%C4%81%27%27+on+the+%27%27Anum%C4%81na%27%27-chapter+of+the+%27%27Tattvasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+but+also+a+detailed+study+on+the+editions+of+the+bsTan+%27gyur%2C+one+of+our+main+sources+for+the+history+of+classical+Indian+philosophy+%28%27%27M%C3%A9langes+chinois+et+bouddhiques%27%27+8+%5B1947%5D%2C+pp.+106-216%29.+%0A%0AIn+1947+Arnold+Kunst+took+leave+of+absence+from+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies+%28University+of+London%29%2C+where+he+had+been+appointed+a+lecturer%2C+to+take+up+a+post+as+an+international+civil+servant+at+the+United+Nations+secretariat+in+New+York.+There+he+remained+until+1963%2C+dealing+with+non-selfgoverning+territories+in+the+Trusteeship+Department.+This+new+activity+brought+him+again%2C+if+in+a+different+way%2C+into+close+contact+with+Asia%2C+where+he+travelled+extensively%3B+and+in+carrying+out+this+work+he+was+no+doubt%0Ainspired+and+helped+by+his+training+as+an+Indologist+and+historian+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+thought.%0A%0AOn+resuming+a+lectureship+at+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies+in+1964%2C+Arnold+Kunst+turned+his+attention+to+early+and+classical+Indian+thought+in+general.+From+this+period+comes+for+example+his+study+on+the+interpretation+of+the+%27%27Svet%C4%81%C5%9Bvataropani%E1%B9%A3ad%27%27+%28%27%27Bulletin+of+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies%27%27+31+%5B1968%5D%2C+pp.+309-314%29+which+has+recently+been+reprinted+in+India+in+a+volume+of+essays+dedicated+to+Ludwik+Sternbach%2C+his+old+friend+and+colleague+both+in+Indological+studies+and+at+the+United+Nations+%28%27%27Ludwik+Sternbach+felicitation+volume%27%27%2C+Akhila+Bharatiya+Sanskrit+Parishad%2C+Lucknow+1979%2C+pp.+565-572%29.%0A%0AArnold+Kunst+gave+expression+to+his+humanistic+and+pragmatic+concerns+in+Indian+studies+in+his+article+%27Man+-+the+creator%27+published+in+this+journal+%28%27%27JIP%27%27+4+%5B1976%5D%2C+pp.+51-68%29.+Pointing+out+there+that+classical+Indian+thought+was+largely+non-theistic+%28rather+than+atheistic%29%2C+and+that+in+it+man+rather+than+God+very+often+figures+as+creator%2C+he+has+observed+that+%27the+soteriological+spark+lies+in+man%2C+the+obstacles+and+hindrances+in+creation%2C+and+the+kinetisation+of+the+spark+generated+by+the+realization+of+the+dichotomy+%5Bbetween+creation+and+%27%27puru%E1%B9%A3a%27%27%2C+etc.%5D+is+enhanced+by+such+variety+of+methods+as+each+separate+system+has+adopted+....+The+versatile+Yoga+system+as+known+from+the+Yogas%C5%ABtras+has+but+reversed+the+processes+of+the+S%C4%81%E1%B9%83khya+ontology+and+by+their+adaptation+to+the+exclusively+psychological+aspects+has+devised+a+way+to+manipulate+the+intrinsic+and+extrinsic+phenomena..%2C+to+de-create+creation+and+to+con-struct+the+absolute+by+de-struction+of+the+phenomenal%27+%28p.+57%29.+%27To+those+to+whom+God+is+the+maker+and+creator%2C+a+man-made+creation%2C+acquitting+God+of+his+creatures%27+good+and+bad+experiences+and+actions%2C+may+be+heresy+and+offence+....+It+was+gnosticism+that+was+the+rule+and+orthodoxy+rather+than+exception+and+heresy+in+post-Vedic+thinking+in+India%2C+while+it+was+except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Artemus+B.+Engle+began+studying+the+Tibetan+language+in+Howell%2C+New+Jersey+in+early+1971+at+Labsum+Shedrup+Ling%2C+the+precursor+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Learning+Center.+In+1972+he+became+a+student+of+Sera+Mey+Khensur+Lobsang+Tharchin+Rinpoche%2C+a+relationship+that+spanned+more+than+thirty+years.+In+1975+he+enrolled+in+the+Buddhist+Studies+program+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin+in+Madison+and+received+a+PhD+in+1983.+Since+the+mid-1980s+he+taught+Tibetan+language+and+Buddhist+doctrine+at+the+Mahayana+Sutra+and+Tantra+Center+in+Howell%2C+New+Jersey.+In+2005+he+became+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Translation+Fellow+and+has+worked+primarily+on+the+%27%27Pa%C3%B1caskandhaprakarana%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bodhisattvabh%C5%ABmi%27%27. +
Arthur+Llewellyn+Basham+FAHA+%2824+May+1914+%E2%80%93+27+January+1986%29+was+a+noted+historian%2C+Indologist+and+author+of+a+number+of+books.+As+a+Professor+at+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies%2C+London+in+the+1950s+and+the+1960s%2C+he+taught+a+number+of+famous+historians+of+India%2C+including+professors+Ram+Sharan+Sharma%2C+Romila+Thapar%2C+and+V.+S.+Pathak+and+Thomas+R.+Trautmann+and+David+Lorenzen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArthur_Llewellyn_Basham+Source+Accessed+Feb+5%2C+2025%5D%29 +
Arthur+David+Waley+%28born+Arthur+David+Schloss%2C+19+August+1889+%E2%80%93+27+June+1966%29+was+an+English+orientalist+and+sinologist+who+achieved+both+popular+and+scholarly+acclaim+for+his+translations+of+Chinese+and+Japanese+poetry.+Among+his+honours+were+the+CBE+in+1952%2C+the+Queen%27s+Gold+Medal+for+Poetry+in+1953%2C+and+he+was+invested+as+a+Companion+of+Honour+in+1956.%0A%0AAlthough+highly+learned%2C+Waley+avoided+academic+posts+and+most+often+wrote+for+a+general+audience.+He+chose+not+to+be+a+specialist+but+to+translate+a+wide+and+personal+range+of+classical+literature.+Starting+in+the+1910s+and+continuing+steadily+almost+until+his+death+in+1966%2C+these+translations+started+with+poetry%2C+such+as+%27%27A+Hundred+and+Seventy+Chinese+Poems%27%27+%281918%29+and+%27%27Japanese+Poetry%3A+The+Uta%27%27+%281919%29%2C+then+an+equally+wide+range+of+novels%2C+such+as+%27%27The+Tale+of+Genji%27%27+%281925%E2%80%9326%29%2C+an+11th-century+Japanese+work%2C+and+%27%27Monkey%27%27%2C+from+16th-century+China.+Waley+also+presented+and+translated+Chinese+philosophy%2C+wrote+biographies+of+literary+figures%2C+and+maintained+a+lifelong+interest+in+both+Asian+and+Western+paintings.%0A%0AA+recent+evaluation+called+Waley+%22the+great+transmitter+of+the+high+literary+cultures+of+China+and+Japan+to+the+English-reading+general+public%3B+the+ambassador+from+East+to+West+in+the+first+half+of+the+20th+century%22%2C+and+went+on+to+say+that+he+was+%22self-taught%2C+but+reached+remarkable+levels+of+fluency%2C+even+erudition%2C+in+both+languages.+It+was+a+unique+achievement%2C+possible+%28as+he+himself+later+noted%29+only+in+that+time%2C+and+unlikely+to+be+repeated.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArthur_Waley+Source+Accessed+Apr+22%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Adjunct+Professor+chez+ESSEC+Business+School.+Geshe+Khunawa%2C+recognized+by+the+14th+Dalai+Lama%3B+Discovered+by+Geshe+Pema+Gyaltsen.+%0AElijah+Sacvan+Ary+was+born+in+Vancouver%2C+Canada.+In+1979%2C+at+age+seven%2C+he+was+recognized+as+the+reincarnation%2C+or+tulku%2C+of+a+Tibetan+scholar+and+spent+his+teenage+years+as+a+monk+at+Sera+Monastery+in+South+India.+He+went+on+to+study+at+the+University+of+Quebec+in+Montreal+and+the+National+Institute+for+Eastern+Languages+and+Civilizations+%28Inalco%29+in+Paris%2C+and+he+earned+his+PhD+in+the+Study+of+Religion+from+Harvard+University.+His+writings+have+appeared+in+the+books+Little+Buddhas%3A+Children+and+Childhoods+in+Buddhist+Texts+and+Traditions%2C+Oxford+Bibliographies+Online%3A+Buddhism%2C+Contemporary+Visions+in+Tibetan+Studies%2C+and+Blue+Jean+Buddha%3A+Voices+of+Young+Buddhists.+He+lives+in+Paris+with+his+wife+and+teaches+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+religious+history+at+several+institutions.+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisdompubs.org%2Fauthor%2Felijah-s-ary+Source+Accessed+Jun+12%2C+2015%5D +
Mahamahopadhyaya+Yogacharya+Dr+Ashoke+Kumar+Chatterjee+.+.+.++was+born+in+1933+in+West+Bengal.+.+.+.+He+received+initiation+in+Kriyayoga+in+April+1961.+He+reached+the+pinnacle+of+Kriyayoga+within+a+short+span.%0A%0AHis+three+Gurus+were+stalwarts+in+this+discipline.+His+first+Guru+was+Sri+Annada+Charan+Shastri+%28Bhattacharya%29+disciple+of+Panchanan+Bhattacharya%2C+an+elevated+disciple+of+Yogiraj+Sri+Shama+Churn+Lahiree.+After+Sastriji%E2%80%99s+demise%2C+Dr+Chatterjee+obtained+initiation+from+Sundarlal+Lalaji+of+Varanasi%2C+disciple+of+Harinarayan+Paladhi%2C+who+was+the+disciple+of+Yogiraj+and+later+from+Sri+Satyacharan+Lahiri%2C+grandson+of+Yogiraj.%0A%0AToday+Mahamahopadhyaya+Yogacharya+Dr+Ashoke+Kumar+Chatterjee+is+acknowledged+as+a+World+Kriyayoga+Master.+Being+an+ardent+devotee+of+Sanatana+Dharma+Polestar%2C+Yogiraj+Shama+Churn+Lahiree+and+to+propagate+His+ideals+and+tenets+before+the+masses+so+that+they+derive+the+right+path%2C+the+right+enlightenment%2C+he+has+penned+many+books+in+Bengali%2C+illustrating+the+science+of+Kriyayoga.+Most+of+his+books+have+been+published+in+Indian+languages+like+Hindi%2C+Oriya%2C+Telugu%2C+Marathi%2C+Gujarati%2C+Tamil%2C+and+Malayalam.+%E2%80%98Purana+Purusha+Yogiraj+Sri+Shama+Churn+Lahiree%E2%80%99+has+been+published+in+French+also.+His+other+book+%E2%80%98Who+is+this+Shama+Churn%3F%E2%80%99+is+published+in+English.+He+has+authored+quite+a+number+of+articles+delineating+the+science+hence+rationality+of+Kriyayoga.%0A%0AHe+has+authored+several+books%2C+poems%2C+detailing+the+life%2C+ideals%2C+precepts%2C+sadhana+realisations+of+Yogiraj+and+expounded+the+innate+significance+of+Prana%2C+dharma+and+God+concept.+His+writings+have+unfolded+a+new+chapter+on+Indology.%0A%0AHe+has+founded+Spiritual+Centres+for+Kriyayoga+revived+by+Yogiraj+Shamachurn+%E2%80%93+at+Kakdwip+%26+Bankura+%28in+West+Bengal%29%2C+Degaon+%28Near+Pune%2C+in+Maharashtra%29%2C+Hyderabad+with+the+objective+that+mankind+can+derive+the+Kriyayoga+revived+by+Yogiraj.%0A%0AHe+has+organized+philanthropic+activities+through+this+Mission.+To+further+Yogiraj-consciousness+he+has+travelled+throughout+India+and+many+places+in+Orient+and+Occident.+People+irrespective+of+caste%2C+creed%2C+colour%2C+nation%2C+language%2C+Hindus%2C+Muslims%2C+Christians%2C+Buddhists%2C+Jains%2C+untouchables%2C+renouncers%2C+are+all+coming+under+his+aegis+and+are+finding+in+him+their+haven+and+panacea+for+all+evils.+He+has+large+following+throughout+India+and+abroad+like+USA%2C+England%2C+France%2C+Spain%2C+Canada%2C+Australia%2C+South+Korea%2C+Bangladesh+etc.%0A%0AMahamahopadhyaya+Yogacharya+Dr.+Ashoke+Kumar+Chatterjee+was+invited+as+sole+representative+from+India+to+participate+and+mediate+in+the+Parliament+of+World+Religions+held+at+Val+St.+Hugon%2C+France+in+1997+convened+by+Dalai+Lama+and+sponsored+by+UNO%2C+UNESCO%2C+UNCHR.+At+this+Parliament+of+World+Religions%2C+he+upheld+the+tenets+of+Sanatana+yogadharma+to+the+world+with+a+clarion+voice.+His+brilliant+exegesis+on+the+subject+of+love%2C+peace+and+solidarity+%E2%80%93+%E2%80%98ONE+GOD%2C+ONE+RELIGION%2C+ONE+WORLD%2C+ONE+MAN%E2%80%99+at+The+Parliament+of+World+Religions+received+tumultuous+applause.+French+newspapers+commented+on+him+to+be+%E2%80%98wise+worthy+dignified+sage%E2%80%99+%E2%80%98a+seer%E2%80%99+a+visionary%E2%80%99+etc.%0A%0AMoreover%2C+he+has+been+conferred+the+prestigious+Honoris+Causa+%28MAHAMAHOPADHYAYA%29+by+Tirupati+Sanskrit+University%2C+Tirupati+at+their+16th+Annual+Convocation+for+His+inimitable+contribution+to+Indology+for+six+decades.+In+addition+in+December+2012%2C+he+was+conferred+the+Lifetime+Achievement+Award+at+the+1st+World+Parliament+of+Spirituality+held+in+Hyderabad.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkriyayogablogs.wordpress.com%2Fdrakc%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+9%2C+2021%5D%29
Ashwani+Peetush+is+Associate+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+Wilfrid+Laurier+University+in+Waterloo%2C+Ontario.+His+research+areas+encompass+ethics%2C+political+philosophy%2C+and+Indian+philosophy%3B+particular+themes+of+interest+include+human+rights%2C+pluralism%2C%0Aand+the+metaphysics+of+the+self+and+consciousness+in+Advaita+Ved%C4%81nta+and+Buddhism.+His+recent+publications+include+%27%27Human+Rights%3A+India+and+the+West%27%27+%28edited+with+Jay+Drydyk%2C+OUP%2C+2015%29%3B+%22Justice%2C+Diversity%2C+and+Dialogue%3A+Rawlsian+Multiculturalism%22%0Ain+%27%27Multiculturalism+and+Religious+Identity%27%27%2C+ed.+S.+Sikka+and+L.+Beaman+%28McGill-Queens+Press%2C+2014%29%3B+and+%22The+Ethics+of+Radical+Equality%22+in+%27%27The+Bloomsbury+Research+Handbook+of+Indian+Ethics%27%27%2C+ed.+S.+Ranganathan+%28Bloomsbury%2C+2017%29.+%28Source%3A+%5B%5BEthics+without+Self%2C+Dharma+without+Atman%5D%5D%29 +
