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Carmen+Dragonetti+%28born+in+Argentina%2C+1937%29+and+Fernando+Tola+%28born+in+Peru%2C+1915%29+are+the+most+prestigious+Indologists+in+the+Spanish-speaking+world%2C+both+being+researchers+from+the+National+Council+for+Scientific+and+Technical+Research%2C+Argentina.+They+were+President+and+Vice-President%2C+respectively%2C+of+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies+Foundation+%28FIEB%29.%0A%0ABoth+were+professors+at+universities+in+Peru+and+Argentina.+Dedicated+to+Indology+and+the+study+of+Buddhism%2C+they+published+a+large+number+of+books+and+articles+in+Spanish+and+English%2C+containing+highly+reliable+translations+of+Sanskrit%2C+Pali%2C+Chinese+and%2For+Tibetan+texts%2C+such+as+the+unsurpassed+Tola+versions+of+the+%27%27Gita+Govinda%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhagavad+Gita%27%27%2C+and+Dragonetti%27s+%27%27Dhammapada%27%27%2C+which+are+remarkable+for+their+beauty+and+clarity%2C+one+of+the+most+relevant+qualities+of+these+authors+as+writers.%0A%0AOther+translations+by+the+same+authors+include+%27%27Five+Mahayana+Sutras%27%27%2C+also+published+by+Primorda+Media%2C+the+%27%27Udana%27%27+and+%27%27The+Sutra+of+Infinite+Meanings%27%27%2C+%27%27Wu+liang+i+ching%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww-librosbudistas-com.translate.goog%2Fautor%2Fcarmen-dragonetti-fernando-tola%3F_x_tr_sch%3Dhttp%26_x_tr_sl%3Des%26_x_tr_tl%3Den%26_x_tr_hl%3Den+Adapted+from+Source+Oct+4%2C+2022%5D%29 +
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Catherine+Dalton+is+an+oral+interpreter+and+a+translator+for+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee.+She+has+published+a+number+of+translations+with+Dharmachakra%2C+including+several+for+84000.+Catherine+studied+and+taught+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Nepal+for+a+number+of+years%2C+and+is+the+co-director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Center+for+Translation+and+Translation+Studies+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Gomde%2C+CA.+She+holds+an+MA+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+Kathmandu+University%2C+and+is+currently+a+doctoral+student+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+UC+Berkeley.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fpast-event%2Fthe-2014-tt-conference%2F+2014+Translation+%26+Transmission+Conference+Program%5D%29 +
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The+Venerable+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+U+Janak%C4%81bhiva%E1%B9%83sa%2C+%28Burmese%3A+%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B7%E1%80%86%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA+%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%87%E1%80%94%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%98%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9D%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9E%2C+pronounced+%5Bt%C9%95%CA%B0%C3%A1%C9%B0%CC%83mj%E1%B8%9B+s%CA%B0%C9%99j%C3%A0d%C9%94%CC%80+%C3%BA+za%CC%B0n%C9%99k%C3%A0b%E1%B8%ADw%CA%8A%CC%80%C9%B0%CC%83%CE%B8a%CC%B0%5D%3B+born+24+July+1928%29+is+a+Theravada+Buddhist+monk+from+Myanmar.%0A%0A%27%27%27Early+life+and+studies%27%27%27%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+Pyinma+village%2C+Taungdwingyi+Township%2C+British+Burma%2C+on+Tuesday%2C+24+July+1928.+His+parents+were+U+Phyu+Min+and+Daw+Shwe+Yee.+He+started+to+study+the+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+age+of+fifteen+as+a+novice+monk.+He+received+the+higher+upasampada+ordination+in+1947+and+continued+advanced+studies+of+Buddhist+scriptures.+He+practised+Vipassana+meditation+under+the+instruction+of+the+most+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+from+1953+to+1954.+He+was+then+invited+by+the+State+Buddha+Sasana+Organization+to+be+an+editor+of+the+Buddhist+scriptures+in+Pali+for+reciting+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+Sixth+Buddhist+Council+in+Myanmar.%0A%0AStarting+from+1957%2C+the+Venerable+Sayadaw+spent+six+years+in+Colombo%2C+Sri+Lanka%2C+where+he+continued+his+studies+of+English%2C+Sanskrit%2C+Hindi+and+Sinhalese+languages.+He+returned+to+Myanmar+in+June+1963.+At+the+invitation+of+the+state+Buddha+Sasana+Organisation%2C+he+took+up+residence+at+Kaba-Aye+where+he+edited+the+publications+of+Pali+Texts.%0A%0A%27%27%27Teaching+career%27%27%27%0A%0AIn+1967%2C+he+was+appointed+by+the+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+as+a+meditation+teacher+at+Mahasi+Sasana+Yeiktha%2C+Yangon.+In+1977+Sayadaw+Ashin+Janakabhivamsa+took+up+residence+at+Chanmyay+Yeiktha+Meditation+Center+which+was+donated+to+him+by+some+devotees+and+became+the+abbot+of+the+center.+He+has+been+since+then+well+known+as+Chanmyay+Sayadaw.%0A%0AIn+1979-1980%2C+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+accompanied+the+Mahasi+Sayadaw%27s+Dhamma+Mission+to+Europe+and+the+USA.+He+has+undertaken+many+Dhamma+missions+to+countries+in+Asia%2C+Europe%2C+and+the+United+States.+As+recently+as+July+2015%2C+at+the+age+of+87%2C+he+travelled+to+the+UK%2C+Ireland%2C+and+Canada+giving+Dhamma+Talks.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChanmyay_Sayadaw+Source+Accessed+March+17%2C+2022%5D%29
Phywa+pa+%5Balt.+Cha+pa%5D+Chos+kyi+Seng+ge.+%28Chapa+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Senge%29+%281109%E2%80%931169%29.+The+sixth+abbot+of+Gsang+phu+ne%E2%80%99u+thog%2C+a+Bka%27+gdams+monastery+founded+in+1073+by+Rngog+Legs+pa%27i+shes+rab.+Among+his+students+are+included+the+first+Karma+pa%2C+Dus+gsum+mkhyen+pa+and+the+Sa+skya+hierarch+Bsod+nams+rtse+mo.+His+collected+works+include+explanations+of+Madhyamaka+and+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81.+With+his+influential+%27%27Tshad+ma%27i+bsdus+pa+yid+kyi+mun+sel+rtsa+%27grel%27%27+he+continued+the+line+of+%27%27pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%27%27+scholarship+started+by+Rngog+Blo+ldan+shes+rab%2C+one+that+would+later+be+challenged+by+Sa+skya+Pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita.+He+is+credited+with+originating+the+distinctively+Tibetan+%27%27bsdus+grwa%27%27+genre+of+textbook+%28used+widely+in+Dge+lugs+monasteries%29+that+introduces+beginners+to+the+main+topics+in+abhidharma+in+a+peculiar+dialectical+form+that+strings+together+a+chain+of+consequences+linked+by+a+chain+of+reasons.+He+also+played+an+important+role+in+the+formation+of+the+%27%27bstan+rim%27%27+genre+of+Tibetan+Buddhist+literature%2C+the+forerunner+of+the+more+famous+%27%27lam+rim%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Phywa+pa+Chos+kyi+Seng+ge.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+644.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27%29 +
An+eminent+scholar%2C+also+known+as+%27Jam+dpal%2C+cha+%27gab+tshang.+He+has+as+also+written+on+Tibetan+language+and+literature. +
Charles+B.+Jones+is+an+associate+professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+The+Catholic+University+of+America+in+Washington%2C+DC.+He+earned+a+PhD+at+the+University+of+Virginia+in+1996+and+specializes+in+Pure+Land+Buddhism+in+China.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fauthors%2Fg-n%2Fcharles-jones.html+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29 +
Charles+D.+Orzech+is+Professor+Emeritus+at+University+of+North+Carolina%2C+Greensboro.+He+received+is+PhD+from+the+University+of+Chicago.+His+primary+interests+are+in+cultural+contact+and+interaction+and+in+the+fundamental+hybridity+of+human+cultural+activity.+He+explores+those+interests+primarily+through+research+on+the+appropriation+and+transformation+of+late+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhism+in+eighth-+through+thirteenth-+century+China.+he+teaches+a+variety+of+courses%2C+from+introductory+Buddhism+and+Chinese+religion+to+seminars+on+theories+of+myth+and+on+semiotics+and+religious+images.%0A%0AHis+articles+and+translations+have+appeared+in+%27%27History+of+Religions%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+the+American+Oriental+Society%27%27%2C+%27%27Cahiers+d%E2%80%99Extreme-Asie%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Buddhist+Studies+Association%27%27%2C+%27%27Journal+of+Chinese+Religions%27%27%2C+and+elsewhere.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27Politics+and+Transcendent+Wisdom%3A+The+Scripture+for+Humane+Kings+in+the+Creation+of+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27+%28Pennsylvania+State+University+Press%2C+Hermeneutics+Series%2C+1998%29.+More+recently%2C+he+was+the+general+editor+of+%27%27Esoteric+Buddhism+and+the+Tantras+in+East+Asia%27%27+%281200+pages%2C+E.+J.+Brill%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frel.uncg.edu%2Ffaculty%2Forzech%2F+Adapted+from+Source+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Charles+DiSimone%27s+research+interests+include+the+applications+of+philological+and+critical+analysis+of+Buddhist+s%C5%ABtra+manuscripts+and+literature%2C+both+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+and+Mainstream%2C+in+order+to+explore+issues+of+intertextuality%2C+translation%2C+and+canonicity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fugent.academia.edu%2FCharlesDiSimone+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29 +
