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Christoph+Baumer+is+a+Swiss+scholar+and+explorer.+From+1984+onwards%2C+he+has+conducted+explorations+in+Central+Asia%2C+China+and+Tibet%2C+the+results+of+which+have+been+published+in+numerous+books%2C+scholarly+publications+and+radio+programs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChristoph_Baumer+Wikipedia%5D%29 +
Beatrice+Lane+Suzuki+was+the+American+wife+of+D.+T.+Suzuki%2C+the+well-known+philosopher%2C+Buddhist+scholar%2C+and+Zen+popularizer+in+the+West.+Her+name+is+familiar+to+few+Theosophists%2C+yet+she+played+an+important+role+in+Japanese+Theosophy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.theosophical.org%2Fpublications%2Fquest-magazine%2F1254-beatrice-lane-suzuki-an-american-theosophist-in-japan+Source+Accessed+Sep+14%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Bella+Chao+received+her+MA+from+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+2023.+Her+thesis+is+titled+%22Sakya+Pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita%27s+%27%27Ritual+for+Generating+the+Mind+According+to+the+Madhyamaka+Tradition%27%27+%28%27%27Dbu+ma+lugs+kyi+sems+bskyed+kyi+cho+ga%27%27%29.%22+She+received+a+Study+Scholarship+from+Tsadra+Foundation+in+2021. +
Ben+Connelly+is+a+Soto+Zen+teacher+and+dharma+heir+in+the+Katagiri+lineage+based+at+Minnesota+Zen+Meditation+Center.+He+also+provides+secular+mindfulness+training+in+a+variety+of+contexts+including+police+training%2C+half-way+houses%2C+and+correctional+facilities%2C+and+is+a+professional+musician.+He+lives+in+Minneapolis%2C+Minnesota.+%28Source%3A+Amazon+Author+Page%29%0A%0ALearn+more+at+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnzencenter.org%2Fteachers.html+Minnesota+Zen+Meditation+Center+website%5D.%0A%0AWatch+a+video+of+Ben+talking+about+his+book+%27%27Vasubandhu%E2%80%99s+Three+Natures%27%27%3A+%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdBK5k17eYDw%E2%80%8B +
Benjamin+Bogin+is+an+Associate+Professor+of+Asian+Studies+at+Skidmore+College.+He+received+his+M.A.+and+Ph.D.+%28Buddhist+Studies%29+from+the+University+of+Michigan+and+spent+six+years+living+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal+where+he+directed+study-abroad+programs+in+the+Himalayas+for+American+students.+Bogin+writes+and+teaches+on+the+intersections+of+biographical+literature%2C+sacred+geography%2C+and+visual+art+in+Himalayan+cultures.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27%5B%5BThe+Illuminated+Life+of+the+Great+Yolmowa%5D%5D%27%27+%28Serindia+Publications%2C+2013%29+and+the+co-editor%2C+with+Andrew+Quintman%2C+of+%27%27%5B%5BHimalayan+Passages%3A+Tibetan+and+Newar+Studies+in+Honor+of+Hubert+Decleer%5D%5D%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2014%29.+Other+research+interests+include+Buddhism+and+agriculture%2C+death+and+dying%2C+poetry%2C+translation%2C+and+ghosts.+++%0A%0AAlso+see%3A+%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.skidmore.edu%2Fasianstudies%2Ffaculty%2Fbogin.php +
Benjamin+is+a+Belgian+national+who+holds+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Buddhist+Studies+with+Himalayan+Language+from+Kathmandu+University.+He+has+been+teaching+classical+Tibetan+at+RYI+since+2008+and+has+both+managed+and+taught+on+several+Summer+Intensive+programs.+His+research+interests+include+Mahayana+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+Indian+and+Tibetan+teachings+on+Buddha+nature%2C+and+Vajrayana+practices.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryi.org%2Ffaculty%2Fbenjamin-collet-cassart+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Ben+Ewing+is+a+member+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee+and+the+Subashita+Translation+Group.+He+completed+an+MA+thesis+from+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+entitled+%22The+Saraha+of+Tibet%3A+How+Mgur+Shaped+the+Legacy+of+Lingchen+Repa%2C+Tibetan+Siddha.%22 +
Born+on+6+January+1897+in+a+family+devoted+to+Sanskrit+learning%2C+Bhattacharyya+had+his+first+lessons+in+Sanskrit+with+his+father+Maha-mahopadhyaya+Haraprasad+Shastri-a+great+scholar+in+different+branches+of+Sanskrit+literature+and+an+ar%2Ctiquarian.+In+1919+he+took+a+first+class+M.A.+in+Sanskrit+from+Calcutta+University+and+in+1925+Ph.+D.%2C+the+first+such.+from+Dacca+University.+While+his+father+had+guided+him+through+the+different+branches+of+Sanskrit+literature%2C+young+Bhattacharyya+had+in+Professor+Alfred+Foucher+his+preceptor+in+matters+relating+to+ancient+art+forms+and+archaeology+of+India.+He+spent+some+years+studying+Sanskrit+manuscripts+in+Nepal.+While+just+thirty+he+made+his+mark+as+a+scholar+of+Tantra+and+Pratima.%0A%0AIn+1924+Maharaja+Sayaji+Rao+Gaekwad%2C+a+great+patron+of+learning+and+scholarship%2C+took+Bhattacharyya+to+Baroda+to+be+the+General+Editor+of+Gaekwad%27s+Oriental+Series+and+after+three+years+made+him+the+Director+of+Oriental+Institute.+Baroda.+As+the+General+Editor+of+the+Oriental+Series+and+the+Director+of+the+Oriental+Institute%2C+Bhattacharyya+showed+extraordinary+organizing+abilities+as+well+as+erudition.+Part+of+his+time+was+devoted+to+lectures+to+degree+students.+The+Gaekwad+recognized+his+merits+by+conferring+on+him+the+titles+of+Rajya+Ratna+and+Jnana+Jyoti.+He+retired+in+1952.%0A+%0AAmong+his+publications+are%3A+%27%27The+Indian+Buddhist+Iconography%27%27+%28Oxford+1924%3B+revised+edition+Calcutta+1958%29%3B+%27%27Sadhanamala%27%27+%28Vol.+I+Baroda+1925+and+Vol.+II+Baroda+1928%29%3B+%27%27Twn+Vajrayana+Works%27%27+%28Baroda+1929%29%3B+%27%27Guhyasamaja+Tantra%27%27+%28Baroda+1931%7D%3B+%27%27An+Introduction+to+Buddhist+Esoterism%27%27+%28Oxford+1932%29%3B+and+%27%27Nispannayogavali%27%27+%28Baroda+1949%29.%0A%0AIn+his+study+of+the+Tantras+Bhattacharyya+began+with+no+particular+sympathy+for+the+mystic+practices+and+rituals+as+is+evident+from+his+earlier+writings.+With+the+progress+of+his+studies+in+Brahmanical.+Jain+and+Buddhist+sources+he+came+to+an+acceptance+of+the+higher+values+of+the+Tantras.+While+he+was+among+the+first+to+assert+that+the+Hindu+Tantra+borrowed+much+from+the+Vajrayana+and+even+debased+many+Vajrayana+practices.+Bhattacharyya+very+firmly+held+that+later+Mahayana+pantheon+deliberately+and+consciously+incorporated+a+number+of+Hindu+deities.+From+medieval+Hindu+tradition+he+identified+the+Mahayana+deity+Prajna+with+the+Hindu+deity+Sakti.+He+was+as+firm+on+this+as+about+the+nomenclature+Ohyani+Buddha+being+ancient+and+correct.+%0A%0AThe+symposium+on+Tantras+opened+in+this+number+of+the+Bulletin+will+no+doubt+be+poorer+because+Bhattacharyya+can+no+longer+join+issue.+He+had+also+advised+us+to+organize+in+our+pages+a+probe+into+the+nomenclature+Dhyani+Buddha.+Namgyal+Institute+of+Tibetology+benefited+much+from+his+advice+regarding+identification+of+images+and+figures+on+scrolls.+The+publication+RGYAN-DRUG+MCHOG-GNYIS+had+his+guidance+as+our+next+publication+on+iconography+was+to+have+the+same.+%0A%0AIn+retirement+that+is+since+1+952+Bhattacharyya+spent+his+time+on+finding+remedies+and+systematic+cure+for+physical+and+mental+ailments+in+the+Tantric+lore.+A+large+number+of+difficult+cases+were+cured.+Bhattacharyya+c%21aimed+to+have+freely+used+Hindu+and+Buddhist.+Indian+and+Tibetan%2C+formulae+and+spells+He+published+some+books+on+tele-therapy%3A+The+Science+of+Tridosha+%28New+York+1951%29%2C+Gem+Therapy+%28Calcutta+1958%3A+1963%29.+and+Magnet+Dowsing+%28Calcutta+1960%29%2C+For+strictly+academic+class+he+wrote+a+paper+entitled+%22Scientific+Background+of+the+Buddhist+Tantras%22+in+Buddha+Jayanti+Special+Number+of+the+%27%27Indian+Historical+Quarterly%27%27+%28Calcutta+1956%29.%0A%0AAs+an+academician+of+highest+discipline+and+as+an+authority+on+Indian+esoteric+systems+and+iconography+Bhattacharyya+was+held+in+esteem+in+connected+circles+all+over+the+world.+Those+who+came+into+intimate+contact+with+him+found+him+more+a+Bodhisattva+than+a+Pandita.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fhimalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk%2Fcollections%2Fjournals%2Fbot%2Fpdf%2Fbot_01_02_obituary.pdf+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2024%5D%29
Yael+Bentor+is+a+senior+lecturer+of+Indian+and+Tibetan+Studies+in+the+departments+of+Comparative+Religion+and+Asian+Studies+at+The+Hebrew+University+of+Jerusalem.++Her+current+research+interests+are+the+dynamics+of+the+evolution+of+tantric+traditions+in+Tibet+during+the+fourteenth+to+sixteenth+centuries%2C+focusing+on+the+creation+stage+of+the+Guhyasam%C4%81ja+Tantra.++She+is+the+author+%28with+Penpa+Dorjee%29+of+%5B%5BThe+Essence+of+the+Ocean+of+Attainments%5D%5D%3A+Explanation+of+the+Creation+Stage+of+the+Guhyasam%C4%81ja%2C+King+of+All+Tantras+%28AIBS%2C+2013%29+and+%5B%5BA+Classical+Tibetan+Reader%5D%5D%3A+Selections+from+Renowned+Works+with+Custom+Glossaries+%28Wisdom%2C+2013%29.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.as.huji.ac.il%2Fuser%2F287+Source%5D%29 +
AY%5CE-SOPHIE+BENTZ+is+a+teaching+assistant+at+the+Graduate+Institute+of+International%0Aand+Development+Studies+in+Geneva.+Her+research+focuses+on+the+politics+of+the%0ATibetan+diaspora. +
Bernard+Faure%2C+Kao+Professor+in+Japanese+Religion%2C+received+his+Ph.D.+%28Doctorat+d%E2%80%99Etat%29+from+Paris+University+%281984%29.+He+is+interested+in+various+aspects+of+East+Asian+Buddhism%2C+with+an+emphasis+on+Chan%2FZen+and+Tantric+or+esoteric+Buddhism.+His+work%2C+influenced+by+anthropological+history+and+cultural+theory%2C+has+focused+on+topics+such+as+the+construction+of+orthodoxy+and+heterodoxy%2C+the+Buddhist+cult+of+relics%2C+iconography%2C+sexuality+and+gender.+His+current+research+deals+with+the+mythico-ritual+system+of+esoteric+Buddhism+and+its+relationships+with+medieval+Japanese+religion.+He+has+published+a+number+of+books+in+French+and+English.+His+English+publications+include%3A+%27%27The+Rhetoric+of+Immediacy%3A+A+Cultural+Critique+of+Chan%2FZen+Buddhism%27%27+%28Princeton+1991%29%2C+%27%27Chan+Insights+and+Oversights%3A+An+Epistemological+Critique+of+the+Chan+Tradition%27%27+%28Princeton+1993%29%2C+%27%27Visions+of+Power%3A+Imagining+Medieval+Japanese+Buddhism%27%27+%28Princeton+1996%29%2C+%27%27The+Red+Thread%3A+Buddhist+Approaches+to+Sexuality%27%27+%28Princeton+1998%29%2C+%27%27The+Power+of+Denial%3A+Buddhism%2C+Purity%2C+and+Gender%27%27+%28Princeton+2003%29%2C+and+%27%27Double+Exposure%27%27+%28Stanford+2004%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.columbia.edu%2Fcontent%2Fbernard-r-faure+Source+Accessed+Jun+10%2C+2019%5D%29.%0A%0AHe+recently+completed+a+two-volume+work+on+Japanese+Gods+and+Demons%3A+%27%27The+Fluid+Pantheon%3A+Medieval+Japanese+Gods%2C+Volume+I%27%27+and+%27%27Protectors+and+Predators%3A+Medieval+Japanese+Gods%2C+Volume+2%27%27+%28Both+volumes+by+University+of+Hawai%27i+Press%2C+2015%29. +
Bernhard+K%C3%B6lver+%281938+%E2%80%93+2001%29+was+a+German+Indologist%2C+specializing+for+most+of+his+career+in+the+study+of+Nepal.%0A%0AK%C3%B6lver+was+born+in+Cologne%2C+Germany.+He+received+his+PhD+with+a+dissertation+on+Tokharian+nominal+morphology+from+Cologne+University+in+1965.+He+was+professor+of+Indology+in+Kiel%2C+Germany+%281974-1993%29+and+Leipzig%2C+Germany+%281993-%29.%0A%0AAfter+a+trip+to+Nepal+K%C3%B6lver+specialized+in+the+study+of+this+country%2C+especially+the+Newar+language.+In+1995+he+was+elected+to+the+Saxon+Academy+of+Sciences+in+Leipzi%5D.+He+was+also+awarded+the+Tri%C5%9Baktipa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADabh%C5%AB%E1%B9%A3a%E1%B9%87a+by+King+Birendra+of+Nepal+in+honor+of+his+service+to+scholarship.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBernhard_K%25C3%25B6lver+Source+Accessed+Aug+21%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Professor+Bessenger+earned+her+masters+and+doctorate+degrees+from+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+the+University+of+Virginia.%0A%0AAs+an+undergraduate+she+designed+a+major+in+Anthropology+and+Asian+studies+to+complete+her+degree+at+Mills+College+in+Oakland%2C+California%2C+during+which+time+she+also+participated+in+the+School+for+International+Training%27s+Tibetan+Studies+study+abroad+program.+Her+doctoral+training+is+in+the+History+of+Religions%2C+with+areas+of+expertise+in+Buddhist+Studies%2C+particularly+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+as+well+as+Hinduism+and+Chinese+religions.%0A%0ADr.+Bessenger+lived+for+a+year+at+Tibet+University+in+Lhasa%2C+Tibet%2C+and+received+a+Fulbright-Hayes+to+conduct+research+among+Tibetan+exile+communities+in+India+and+Nepal.+Her+current+research+is+on+the+Tibetan+saint+Sonam+Peldren%3B+this+research+is+culminating+in+a+book%2C+tentatively+titled+Echoes+of+Enlightenment%3A+The+Lives+of+Sonam+Peldren%2C+under+contract+with+Oxford+University+Press.%0A%0AAt+Randolph+College+Dr.+Bessenger+teaches+courses+in+the+history+and+the+auto%2Fbiographical+culture+of+Buddhism%2C+gender+and+Buddhism%2C+the+history+and+visual+culture+of+Hinduism%2C+Tibetan+Buddhist+culture%2C+and+Chinese+religions.+She+enjoys+exposing+Randolph+students+to+Asian+religious+thought%2C+and+is+fascinated+by+the+many+ways+human+beings+publicly+and+privately+think+about+and+negotiate+this+thing+called+%22religion.%22+%0A%0ASource+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fweb.randolphcollege.edu%2Facademics%2Fmajors%2Fview_faculty.asp%3Fdepartment%3Drelg%5D +
Beth+Newman+received+her+PhD+in+South+Asian+Languages+and+Literature+from+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison.+She+teaches+at+Ringling+School+of+Art+and+Design+in+Sarasota%2C+Florida%2C+and+is+the+translator+of+%27%27The+Tale+of+the+Incomparable+Prince%27%27+and+worked+on+%27%27Steps+on+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Vol.+1%27%27%2C+%27%27Steps+on+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Vol.+3%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Steps+on+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+Vol.+4%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisdompubs.org%2Fauthor%2Fbeth-newman+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
Beth+Halford+is+the+Centre+Director+for+Land+of+Joy.+Beth+has+been+involved+with+FPMT+for+many+years+and+has+been+a+friend+and+supporter+of+Land+of+Joy+since+2017.+Since+then+she+has+offered+service+in+a+number+of+roles+including+general+manager%2C+SPC%2C+a+Board+Member+and+Treasurer+followed+by+co-acting+director+from+October+2023+and+then+solo+acting+director+from+January+2025. +
Be%C3%A1ta+is+both+an+indologist+and+orientalist.+Her+research+area+is+Tibetan+Buddhism.+Her+writings+are+for+both+popular+and+professional+audiences.+Recently+she+has+done+interpreting+and+teaching+in+Tibetan+and+Sanskrit+languages.+She+is+also+keen+on+translating+Tibetan+texts%2C+interested+in+all+things+related+to+Tibetan+and+Indian+culture%2C+lifestyle+and+Himalayan+people.+Be%C3%A1ta+lived+in+India+for+a+year%2C+and+she+returns+there+from+time+to+time%2C+visiting+places+such+as+cedar+woods+and+wonderful+mountain+villages+.+.+.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fviewriter.hu%2Fwhohelped.html+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+23%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Bhadrapa%E1%B9%87a+is+listed+as+the+author+of+one+of+the+main+commentaries+of+the+%27%27Bhadracary%C4%81pra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81nar%C4%81ja%27%27+titled+%27%27Bhadracary%C4%81pra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81nar%C4%81ja%E1%B9%AD%C4%ABk%C4%81%27%27.+He+also+appears+to+go+by+the+name+of+Slob+dpon+rgyan+bzang+po+%28or+simply+Rgyan+bzang+po%29+as+well+as+Subh%C5%AB%E1%B9%A3ita.+Columbia+AIBS+lists+the+author+of+the+%27%27Bhadracary%C4%81pra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81nar%C4%81ja%E1%B9%AD%C4%ABk%C4%81%27%27+as+Ala%E1%B9%81k%C4%81rabhadra%2C+which+could+also+refer+to+Bhadrapa%E1%B9%87a.+However%2C+this+is+uncertain. +
Bhikkhu+An%C4%81layo+was+born+in+Germany+in+1962+and+ordained+in+Sri+Lanka+in+1995.+In+the+year+2000+he+completed+a+Ph.D.+thesis+on+the+%27%27Satipatthana-sutta%27%27+at+the+University+of+Peradeniya+%28published+by+Windhorse+in+the+UK%29.+In+the+year+2007+he+completed+a+habilitation+research+at+the+University+of+Marburg%2C+in+which+he+compared+the+%27%27Majjhima-nikaya%27%27+discourses+with+their+Chinese%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+Tibetan+counterparts.+At+present%2C+he+is+a+member+of+the+Numata+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+University+of+Hamburg%2C+as+a+professor%2C+and+works+as+a+researcher+at+Dharma+Drum+Institue+of+Liberal+Arts%2C+Taiwan.+Besides+his+academic+activities%2C+he+regularly+teaches+meditation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpersonen%2Fanalayo.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+22%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0A%2A+For+a+substantial+list+of+Bhikkhu+An%C4%81layo%27s+publications%2C+visit+his+faculty+page+at+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpersonen%2Fanalayo.html+University+of+Hamburg%5D +
Bhikkhu+Bodhi+%28born+December+10%2C+1944%29%2C+born+Jeffrey+Block%2C+is+an+American+Theravada+Buddhist+monk%2C+ordained+in+Sri+Lanka+and+currently+teaching+in+the+New+York+and+New+Jersey+area.+He+was+appointed+the+second+president+of+the+Buddhist+Publication+Society+and+has+edited+and+authored+several+publications+grounded+in+the+Theravada+Buddhist+tradition.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBhikkhu_Bodhi+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29 +
