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Professor+Emeritus+of+Anthropology+and+International+Studies%2C+University+of+Washington%2C+Seattle.+Author+of+T%27%27hailand%3A+Buddhist+Kingdom+as+Modern+Nation+State%27%27%3B+%27%27Finding+Their+Voice%3A+Northeastern+Thai+Villagers+and+the+Thai+State%27%27%3B+and+%27%27Golden+Peninsula%3A+Culture+and+Adaptation+in+Mainland+Southeast+Asia%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fcontributor%2FCharles-F-Keyes%2F4068+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29  +
Charles+Goodman+is+Professor+in+the+Philosophy+Department+and+the+Department+of+Asian+and+Asian-American+Studies+at+Binghamton+University.+His+first+book+was+%27%27Consequences+of+Compassion%3A+An+Interpretation+and+Defense+of+Buddhist+Ethics%27%27+%282009%29.+As+a+member+of+the+Cowherds+collaboration%2C+he+is+also+a+co-author+of+%27%27Moonpaths%3A+Ethics+and+Emptiness%27%27+%282016%29.+Recently+he+published+the+first+complete+translation+of+the+%27%27%C5%9Aik%E1%B9%A3%C4%81-samuccaya%27%27+in+over+ninety+years%2C+entitled+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fresearch.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FThe_Training_Anthology_of_%25C5%259A%25C4%2581ntideva+%27%27The+Training+Anthology+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27%27%5D+%282016%29.%0A%0ACharles+holds+a+BA+in+Physics+from+Harvard+University+and+a+Ph.D.+in+Philosophy+from+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+Ann+Arbor.+He+has+published+numerous+articles+and+book+chapters+on+the+works+of+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhist+philosophers%2C+including+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%2C+Bh%C4%81vaviveka%2C+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%2C+Dharmak%C4%ABrti%2C+and+Vasubandhu.+His+work+emphasizes+aspects+of+Buddhist+thought+that+can+offer+valuable+insights+for+the+philosophy+of+today.+Charles+has+also+published+several+articles+on+applied+ethics+and+political+philosophy+in+the+Western+tradition.+His+writings+on+Buddhist+philosophy+have+explored+a+range+of+topics%2C+including+ethical+theory%2C+conceptions+of+well-being%2C+free+will%2C+and+personal+identity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.binghamton.edu%2Faaas%2Ffaculty%2Fprofile.html%3Fid%3Dcgoodman+Source+Accessed+Mar+29%2C+2021%5D%29  +
Charles+Hallisey+served+on+the+Committee+on+the+Study+of+Religion+at+Harvard+from+1991+to+2000%2C+and+then+again+in+2007+when+he+joined+the+Faculty+of+Divinity.+Prior+to+returning+to+Harvard%2C+he+was+Associate+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Languages+and+Cultures+of+Asia+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin.+Since+January+2005%2C+he+had+also+been+director+of+Wisconsin%27s+Religious+Studies+Program.+His+research+centers+on+Theravada+Buddhism+in+Sri+Lanka+and+Southeast+Asia%2C+Pali+language+and+literature%2C+Buddhist+ethics%2C+literature+in+Buddhist+culture.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+book+project+entitled+%27%27Flowers+on+the+Tree+of+Poetry%3A+The+Moral+Economy+of+Literature+in+Buddhist+Sri+Lanka%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu%2Fpeople%2Fcharles-hallisey+Source+Accessed+Mar+10%2C+2021%5D%29  +
Charles+has+been+a+Dharma+practitioner+and+scholar+for+over+fifty+years%2C+and+was+one+of+the+founding+members+of+Padmakara+Translation+Group.+Charles+is+one+of+our+in-house+editors+and+a+mentor+for+junior+editors+and+translators.+He+brings+both+editorial+skills+and+a+wealth+of+Dharma+knowledge+and+experience+to+his+role.+%0ACharles%E2%80%99+adventure+with+the+Dharma+started+in+1968.+He+has+had+the+great+privilege+of+receiving+teachings+from+great+masters%2C+including+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche+and+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+and+had+the+immense+fortune+to+spend+two+years+in+India+with+his+root+teacher%2C+Kyabje+Kangyur+Rinpoche.+Charles+has+completed+about+nine+years+of+retreat%2C+including+two+traditional+three-year+retreats+in+Dordogne%2C+France%2C+as+well+as+a+couple+of+shorter+retreats.+During+these+retreats+he+received+detailed+instructions+on+the+nine+y%C4%81nas+and+had+the+opportunity+to+put+them+into+practice+intensively.%0A%0ACharles+has+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Asian+languages+from+Cambridge+University%2C+where+he+studied+archaeology+and+anthropology.+He+also+studied+Sanskrit%2C+Prakrits%2C+and+P%C4%81li+under+Professor+K.R.+Norman%2C+whose+methodology+and+rigor+continue+to+inspire+his+approach+to+translation+and+mentoring.+Charles+was+cotranslator+of+the+renowned+translation+of+Patrul+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+The+Words+of+My+Perfect+Teacher%2C+which+attempts+to+reflect+the+verve+of+the+original+in+a+way+that+is+comprehensible+and+inspiring+for+modern+readers.+He+has+translated+two+books+by+his+long-time+friend+Matthieu+Ricard+from+French+into+English.+He+has+also+worked+as+an+editor+for+84000%2C+mainly+working+on+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81+texts.+%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.khyentsevision.org%2Fteam%2Fcharles-hastings%2F+Source+Accessed+May+25th%2C+2023%5D%29  +
Charles-Joseph+de+Harlez+de+Deulin+%28Li%C3%A8ge%2C+21+August+1832+%E2%80%93+Leuven%2C+14+July+1899%29+was+a+Belgian+Orientalist%2C+domestic+prelate%2C+canon+of+the+cathedral+of+Li%C3%A8ge%2C+and+member+of+the+Academie+Royale+of+Belgium%2C+who+studied+and+translated+the+Zoroastrian+holy+texts.%0A%0AThe+family+of+de+Harlez+was+an+old+and+noble+family+of+Li%C3%A8ge.+On+completing+his+ordinary+college+course+de+Harlez+devoted+himself+to+the+study+of+law+in+the+University+of+Li%C3%A8ge.+His+success+in+legal+studies+was+considerable%2C+and+a+strong+doctorate+examination+brought+his+career+at+the+law+school+to+a+close.+His+family+connections+and+his+own+ability+gave+promise+of+a+bright+future%2C+but%2C+growing+dissatisfied+with+the+law%2C+de+Harlez+soon+abandoned+the+legal+profession+altogether.%0A%0AHe+then+took+up+the+study+of+theology%2C+and+in+1858+was+ordained+priest.+After+his+ordination+he+was+appointed+director+of+the+college+of+Saint-Quirin+in+Huy.+In+1867+he+was+put+in+charge+of+a+new+arts+school+which+had+been+established+for+young+ecclesiastics+in+connection+with+the+Catholic+University+of+Louvain.+This+position+he+held+for+four+years.+An+old+predilection+for+Oriental+studies+began+then+to+make+itself+felt+again+in+him.+He+was+appointed+to+a+professorship+in+the+Oriental+department+of+the+Louvain+Catholic+University+in+1871+and+devoted+himself+with+energy+to+the+study+of+the+Zoroastrian+Sacred+book+-+the+Avesta+-+of+which+he+published+a+translation+%281875%E2%80%9377%29.%0A%0ASpiegel+had+already+translated+the+Avesta+into+German+and+Anqueil-Duperron+had+attempted+a+translation+into+French.+The+translation+of+de+Harlez+was+an+addition+to+Avesta+exegesis%2C+and+the+second+edition+of+the+work+appeared+in+1881.+The+relationship+between+the+Rig+Veda+and+the+Avesta+were+not+yet+fully+understood%2C+de+Harlez+set+himself+to+determine+it.+He+emphasized+the+differences%2C+in+spite+of+many+apparent+agreements%2C+between+the+two+texts.+His+view+met+with+much+opposition%2C+but+some+of+his+opponents+-+for+instance+James+Darmesteter+-+reportedly+came+round+to+his+point+of+view.%0A%0AIn+1883+Mgr+de+Harlez+turned+to+a+new+department-the+language+and+literature+of+China.+In+this+department+he+was+chiefly+attracted+by+the+problems+of+the+ancient+Chinese+religion.+He+shows+everywhere+in+his+works+this+same+taste+for+the+study+of+religious+developments%2C+and+founded+and+became+first+chief+editor+of+a+journal%2C+Mus%C3%A9on%2C+which+was+intended+to+be+devoted+to+the+objective+study+of+history+generally+and+of+religious+history+in+particular.+It+was+founded+in+1881%2C+and+many+of+the+most+important+of+its+early+articles+were+contributed+by+de+Harlez.+Though+he+was+editor+of+the+%22Mus%C3%A9on%22+and+still+a+keen+student+of+Iranian+and+Chinese%2C+de+Harlez+had+time+for+other+work.+He+was+all+the+time+professor+of+Sanskrit+in+the+university+and+produced+a+Sanskrit+manual+for+the+use+of+his+students.%0A%0AHe+also+made+himself+familiar+with+Manchu+literature%2C+and+in+1884+he+published+in+Louvain+a+handbook+of+the+Manchu+language.+Under+him+the+school+of+Louvain+Oriental+studies+flourished.+The+M%C3%A9langes+Charles+de+Harlez+%28Leyden.+1896%29%2C+a+collection+of+more+than+fifty+scientific+articles+written+by+scholars+of+all+countries+and+creeds%2C+was+presented+to+him+on+the+twenty-fifth+anniversary+of+his+Louvain+professorship.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharles-Joseph_de_Harlez_de_Deulin+Source+Accessed+Apr+18%2C+2022%5D%29  
Charles+Luk+%281898-1978%29+%28simplified+Chinese%3A+%E9%99%86%E5%AE%BD%E6%98%B1%3B+traditional+Chinese%3A+%E9%99%B8%E5%AF%AC%E6%98%B1%3B+pinyin%3A+L%C3%B9+Ku%C4%81ny%C3%B9%3B+Wade%E2%80%93Giles%3A+Lu+K%27uan+Y%C3%BC%3B+Jyutping%3A+Luhk+F%C5%ABn-Y%C5%ABk%29+was+an+early+translator+of+Chinese+Buddhist+texts+and+commentaries+into+the+English+language.+He+was+born+in+Guangdong+province%2C+and+moved+later+to+Hong+Kong%2C+where+he+wrote+most+of+his+books.%0A%0ACharles+Luk+often+used+the+title+Up%C4%81saka+%28%E5%B1%85%E5%A3%AB%29%2C+e.g.+%22Up%C4%81saka+Lu+K%27uan+Y%C3%BC%22+%28%E9%99%B8%E5%AF%AC%E6%98%B1%E5%B1%85%E5%A3%AB%29%2C+referring+to+his+role+as+a+devout+lay+follower+of+Buddhism.+His+first+Buddhist+teacher+was+a+tulku+of+Esoteric+Buddhism%2C+the+Khutuktu+of+Xikang.+Later+he+became+a+disciple+of+Hsu+Yun%2C+the+famous+inheritor+of+all+five+houses+of+the+Ch%C3%A1n+school+in+China.%5B1%5D+Master+Hsu+Yun+personally+asked+Charles+Luk+to+translate+key+Chinese+Buddhist+texts+into+English%2C+so+that+Western+Buddhists+could+have+access+to+authentic+teachings+to+assist+their+practice.+Upon+his+death+in+1978%2C+this+task+was+taken+on+by+his+British+disciple+Richard+Hunn+%281949%E2%80%932006%29%2C+also+known+as+Upasaka+Wen+Shu+-+who+edited+the+1988+Element+edition+of+Charles+Luk%27s+book+entitled+%27%27Empty+Cloud%3A+The+Autobiography+of+the+Chinese+Zen+Master+Xu+Yun%27%27.%0A%0ACharles+Luk+contributed+broadly+to+Buddhist+publications+in+India%2C+London%2C+Paris%2C+and+New+York.%0A%0ATranslations%3A%0A%0A%2A%27%27Shurangama+Sutra%27%27+%281966%29%0A%2A%27%27Platform+Sutra%27%27%0A%2A%27%27Vimalakirti+Sutra%27%27+%281972%29%0A%2ASome+works+on+Daoist+Neidan+meditation.%0A%0AOther+works%3A%0A%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+First+Series%27%27+%281960%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Secrets+of+Chinese+Meditation%27%27+%281964%29%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+Second+Series%27%27+%281971%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Practical+Buddhism%27%27%2C+Rider%2C+%281971%29%0A%2A%27%27Ch%27an+and+Zen+Teachings%2C+Third+Series%27%27+%281973%29%2C%0A%2A%27%27Taoist+Yoga%3A+Alchemy+And+Immortality%27%27+%281973%29%0A%2A%27%27Empty+Cloud%3A+The+Autobiography+of+the+Chinese+Zen+Master+Xu+Yun%27%27+%281974%29%0A%2A%27%27The+Transmission+of+the+Mind%3A+Outside+the+Teaching%27%27+%281974%29%0A%2A%27%27Master+Hsu+Yun%27s+Discourses+and+Dharma+Words%27%27+%281996%29+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharles_Luk+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2022%5D%29  
Charles+Manson+lived+at+Samyeling+in+the+UK+and+studied+and+practiced+Buddhism+extensively+there%2C+later+traveling+in+Tibet+and+studying+the+second+Karmapa%2C+Karma+Pakshi+in+particular.+He+received+his+BA+degree+from+SOAS%2C+and+MTS+degree+from+Harvard+Divinity+School+%28Tibetan+Buddhism%29.+In+addition+to+teaching+at+SOAS%2C+he+is+currently+Tibetan+Subject+Librarian+for+the+Bodleian+Library%2C+Oxford.+He+maintains+%27%27Bod+Blog%27%27+%28yeshiuk.blogspot.com%29%2C+a+blog+relating+to+the+Tibetan+Collection+at+the+Bodleian.+He+also+writes+for+BDRC+regularly+and+maintains+the+Facebook+page%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftibetanoxford  +
Charles+Prebish+came+to+Utah+State+University+in+January+2007+following+more+than+thirty-five+years+on+the+faculty+of+the+Pennsylvania+State+University.+During+his+tenure+at+Utah+State+University%2C+he+was+the+first+holder+of+the+Charles+Redd+Endowed+Chair+in+Religious+Studies+and+served+as+Director+of+the+Religious+Studies+Program.+During+his+career%2C+Dr.+Prebish+published+more+than+twenty+books+and+nearly+one+hundred+scholarly+articles+and+chapters.+His+books+Buddhist+Monastic+Discipline+%281975%29+and+Luminous+Passage%3A+The+Practice+and+Study+of+Buddhism+in+America+%281999%29+are+considered+classic+volumes+in+Buddhist+Studies.+Dr.+Prebish+remains+the+leading+pioneer+in+the+establishment+of+the+study+of+Western+Buddhism+as+a+sub-discipline+in+Buddhist+Studies.+In+1993+he+held+the+Visiting+Numata+Chair+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Calgary%2C+and+in+1997+was+awarded+a+Rockefeller+Foundation+National+Humanities+Fellowship+for+research+at+the+University+of+Toronto.+Dr.+Prebish+has+been+an+officer+in+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%2C+and+was+co-founder+of+the+Buddhism+Section+of+the+American+Academy+of+Religion.+In+1994%2C+he+co-founded+the+Journal+of+Buddhist+Ethics%2C+which+was+the+first+online+peer-reviewed+journal+in+the+field+of+Buddhist+Studies%3B+and+in+1996%2C+co-founded+the+Routledge+%22Critical+Studies+in+Buddhism%22+series.+He+has+also+served+as+editor+of+the+Journal+of+Global+Buddhism+and+Critical+Review+of+Books+in+Religion.+In+2005%2C+he+was+honored+with+a+%22festschrift%22+volume+by+his+colleagues+titled+Buddhist+Studies+from+India+to+America%3A+Essays+in+Honor+of+Charles+S.+Prebish.+Dr.+Prebish+retired+from+Utah+State+University+on+December+31%2C+2010%2C+and+was+awarded+emeritus+status.+He+currently+resides+in+State+College%2C+Pennsylvania.%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCharles-S.-Prebish%2Fe%2FB001IXTTO6%2Fref%3Dntt_dp_epwbk_0+Source+Accessed+Oct+21%2C+2015%5D%29  +
Charlotte+Freeman%2C+a+SOAS+PhD+student%2C+has+for+the+past+five+or+more+years+been+working+under+the+supervision+of+Dr+Piatigorsky+on+the+%27%27Ak%E1%B9%A3yamatinirde%C5%9Ba-s%C5%ABtra%27%27+and+its+commentary+by+Vasubandhu.+%28Source%3A+The+Buddhist+Forum%2C+Vol.+2%29  +
Charlotte+Davis+Furth+%28January+22%2C+1934+%E2%80%93+June+19%2C+2022%29+was+an+American+scholar+of+Chinese+history.+She+was+a+professor+at+California+State+University%2C+Long+Beach%2C+and+at+the+University+of+Southern+California.+She+was+awarded+a+Guggenheim+Fellowship+and+a+Fulbright+fellowship+for+her+research%2C+and+published+several+books.%0A%0AFurth+taught+history+for+23+years+at+the+California+State+University%2C+Long+Beach+%28CSULB%29%2C+until+1989%2C+and+then+for+18+more+years+at+the+University+of+Southern+California+%28USC%29.+In+1972+she+was+awarded+a+Guggenheim+Fellowship.+She+taught+at+Beijing+University+in+1981+and+1982%2C+one+of+the+first+American+Fulbright+fellows+admitted+to+teach+in+China+after+the+Cultural+Revolution.+She+retired+with+emeritus+status+from+USC+in+2008.+In+2012+she+was+honored+by+the+Association+for+Asian+Studies+with+an+award+for+her+%22distinguished+contributions+to+Asian+Studies.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharlotte_Furth+Source+Accessed+June+19%2C+2023%5D%29  +
Charlotte+Mandell+%28born+1968%29+is+an+American+literary+translator.+She+has+translated+many+works+of+poetry%2C+fiction+and+philosophy+from+French+to+English%2C+including+work+by+Honor%C3%A9+de+Balzac%2C+Gustave+Flaubert%2C+Jules+Verne%2C+Guy+de+Maupassant%2C+Marcel+Proust%2C+Maurice+Blanchot%2C+Antoine+de+Baecque%2C+Abdelwahab+Meddeb%2C+Bernard-Henri+L%C3%A9vy%2C+Jean-Luc+Nancy%2C+Mathias+%C3%89nard+and+Jonathan+Littell.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharlotte_Mandell+Source+Accessed+Apr+4%2C+2025%5D%29  +
Kyabj%C3%A9+Chatral+Rinpoche%2C+Sangye+Dorje+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%84%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%2C+Wyl.+bya+bral+sangs+rgyas+rdo+rje%29+%281913%E2%80%932015%29+was+a+renowned+Dzogchen+master%2C+a+reclusive+yogin+famous+for+his+great+realization+and+strict+discipline.+A+disciple+of+the+great+master+Khenpo+Ngakchung%2C+he+was+widely+regarded+as+one+of+the+most+highly+realized+Dzogchen+yogins+of+recent+times.+In+addition+to+his+relationship+with+Khenpo+Ngakchung%2C+Chatral+Rinpoche+also+studied+with+some+of+the+last+century%27s+most+renowned+masters%2C+including+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Jamyang+Khyentse+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Lodr%C3%B6%2C+and+the+famed+dakini%2C+Sera+Khandro.+Rinpoche+was+one+of+the+primary+lineage+holders+of+the+Longchen+Nyingtik%2C+and+in+particular+the+lineage+that+descends+through+Jigme+Lingpa%27s+heart+son+Jikm%C3%A9+Gyalw%C3%A9+Nyugu+and+then+on+to+Patrul+Rinpoche.%0A%0AThough+his+main+lineage+is+the+Longchen+Nyingtik%2C+Chatral+Rinpoche+was+also+closely+associated+with+the+Dudjom+Tersar+lineage.+He+was+empowered+as+the+regent+of+Kyabj%C3%A9+Dudjom+Rinpoche+and+passed+on+this+lineage+to+this+master%27s+reincarnation%2C+who+lives+primarily+in+central+Tibet.%0A%0AChatral+Rinpoche+in+his+youth%2C+courtesy+of+Matthew+Pistono+%28photographer+unknown%29%0AChatral+Rinpoche+shunned+institutional+and+political+involvement+his+whole+life%2C+choosing+instead+to+live+the+life+of+a+wandering+yogin.+A+lay+yogin%2C+he+was+also+greatly+concerned+with+maintaining+strict+discipline+in+the+context+of+the+Dzogchen+view.+He+was+especially+well+known+for+his+advocacy+of+vegetarianism+and+his+yearly+practice+of+ransoming+the+lives+of+thousands+of+animals+in+India.+In+addition+to+his+emphasis+on+the+union+of+view+and+conduct%2C+Rinpoche+also+stressed+the+practice+of+retreat.+He+established+numerous+retreat+centers+throughout+the+Himalayas%2C+including+in+Pharping%2C+Yolmo+and+Darjeeling.%0A%0AHe+passed+into+parinirvana+in+Yanglesh%C3%B6+in+Nepal+on+December+30th%2C+2015%2C+at+the+age+of+102.+He+had+two+daughters%2C+Tara+Devi+and+Saraswati+%28recognised+as+a+tulku+of+Sera+Khandro%29%2C+with+his+wife+Sangyum+Kamala.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DChatral_Sangye_Dorje+Source+Accessed+Feb+11%2C+2025%5D%29  
Anne+Chayet+donated+her+personal+library+to+Tsadra+Foundation+when+she+passed+in+2015.+See+the+collection+here%3A+%5B%5BCategory%3AAnne+Chayet+Donation+2017%7CDonations+from+Anne+Chayet%5D%5D.+Thank+you+Anne%21+%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnne_Chayet%0A%0AWe+are+deeply+saddened+to+inform+you+of+the+passing+away+of+our+colleague+and+friend+Anne+Chayet%2C+struck+down+by+a+heart+attack+during+the+night+of+the+4th+to+the+5th+of+May+2015.+Her+disappearance%2C+totally+unexpected%2C+shatters+all+those+who+had+the+chance+to+work+closely+with+her.%0A%0ARenowned+historian+of+Tibet%2C+especially+its+art+and+society%2C+wielding+both+Tibetan+and+Chinese+sources%2C+Anne+Chayet+largely+contributed+to+the+broad+reach+of+Tibetology.%0A%0ALongtime+Director+of+the+Research+Team+on+the+history+and+society+of+the+Tibetan+cultural+areas+at+the+CNRS%2C+Director+of+the+Institute+of+Tibetan+Studies+of+the+College+de+France+until+recently%2C+a+member+of+the+National+Committee+of+the+CNRS%2C+Anne+Chayet+has+played+a+leading+role+in+the+development+of+Asian+Studies.+Associate+Director+of+the+UMR+8155+created+in+2006%2C+she+devoted+herself+tirelessly+to+ensure+the+success+of+the+scientific+projects+of+our+team.%0A%0ATo+one+degree+or+another%2C+many+researchers+have+benefited+from+her+judicious+guidance%2C+from+her+involvement+in+the+life+of+our+laboratory%2C+and+from+the+help+she+brought+to+all+with+great+generosity%2C+without+sparing+time+and+asking+nothing+in+return.+In+her+commitment+to+research%2C+Anne+was+a+woman+of+ideas+and+passion%2C+while+remaining+very+modest.+May+her+example+remain+alive+in+our+memories.%0A%0AHer+funerals+were+held+yesterday+morning+%28Tuesday+13th%2C+May+2015%29+in+the+strictest+privacy+according+to+her+wish.+Homage+will+soon+be+paid+to+her+in+several+scientific+journals.%0A%0ANicolas+Fi%C3%A9v%C3%A9+and+Alain+Thote%0A%0AEcole+Pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes+%28EPHE%29%2C+Paris%0A%0ACentre+de+recherche+sur+les+Civilisations+de+l%E2%80%99Asie+Orientale+%28CRCAO%29%0A%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftibetanstudies.forumprod.com%2Fanne-chayet-1943-2015-t219.html+Source%5D+Accessed+February+26%2C+2018%29%0A%0A%2A%27%27%27Recent+Publication%3A%27%27%27+%5B%5BEdition%2C+%C3%A9ditions%3A+l%E2%80%99%C3%A9crit+au+Tibet%2C+%C3%A9volution+et+devenir%5D%5D.+Collectanea+Himalayica+3.+%5B%5BIndus+Verlag%5D%5D%2C+2010.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indus-verlag.de%2Fbooks-edition.html+-+PDF%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fepub.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F18011%2F1%2FChayet_et_al_2010.pdf  
Chen-kuo+Lin+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Buddhist+Philosophy+at+National+Chengchi+University.+He+also+serves+as+Director+of+the+Sheng+Yen+Center+for+Chinese+Buddhist+Studies.+Currently+there+are+four+research+projects+under+his+supervision%3A+%281%29+%22An+Annotated+Translation+of+Dharmap%C4%81la%E2%80%99s+Cheng+weishi+baosheng+lun%2C%22+%282%29+%22Exploring+Buddhism+in+Early+Modern+East+Asia+through+the+Manuscripts+and+Rare+Copies%2C%22+%283%29+%22Mapping+the+Buddhist+Scholasticism+during+the+Edo+Period%2C%22+and+%284%29+%22Re-examining+the+Philosophical+Debate+between+Bh%C4%81viveka+and+Dharmap%C4%81la+in+the+Sino-Indic+Buddhist+Context.%22+His+recent+research+focuses+on+epistemology+in+Chinese+Buddhism+and+application+of+syllogism+in+Buddhist+hermeneutics.+He+is+the+author+of+three+books%3A+%27%27Emptiness+and+Method%3A+Explorations+in+Cross-Cultural+Buddhist+Philosophy%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+The+NCCU+Press%2C+2012%29%2C+%27%27Emptiness+and+Modernity%3A+From+the+Kyoto+School%2C+Modern+Neo-Confucianism+to+Multivocal+Hermeneutics%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+New+Century+Publication%2C+1999%29%2C+%27%27A+Passage+of+Dialectics%27%27+%28Taipei%3A+New+Century+Publication%2C+2002%29%2C+and+several+articles+in+Journal+of+Chinese+Philosophy%2C+Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%2C+Dao%3A+A+Journal+of+Comparative+Philosophy+and+Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies.+His+recent+edited+volumes+include+%281%29+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%3A+Articulating+Indic+Ideas+in+Sixth+and+Seventh+Century+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27%2C+co-edited+with+Michael+Radich+%28Hamburg%3A+University+of+Hamburg+Press%2C+2014%29%2C+%282%29+%27%27A+Collection+of+the+Rare+Manuscripts+of+the+Commentaries+on+Dign%C4%81ga%E2%80%99s+%C4%80lamabanapar%C4%ABk%E1%B9%A3%C4%81+in+Early+Modern+East+Asia%27%27%2C+co-edited+with+Kaiting+Jien+%28Kaohsiung%3A+Fo+Guang+Publishing+Co.%2C+2018%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhica.nccu.edu.tw%2Fpeople%2Fcklin+Source+Accessed+July+23%2C+2020%5D%29  +
Mario+Poceski+received+both+his+MA+%281995%2C+Chinese+Language+and+Culture%29+and+PhD+%282000%2C+Buddhist+Studies%29+at+UCLA.+His+main+research+areas+include+Chinese+Buddhist+history%2C+literature%2C+and+philosophy%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+Tang+period+%28618%E2%80%93907%29.+He+also+has+research+and+teaching+interests+in+medieval+Chinese+history%2C+Chan%2FZen+Buddhism%2C+Korean+and+Japanese+Buddhism%2C+monastic+culture+and+institutions%2C+religious+pluralism%2C+and+globalization+of+Buddhism.+He+has+published+extensively%2C+including+four+books%3A+%27%27Introducing+Chinese+Religions%27%27+%282009%29%2C+%27%27Ordinary+Mind+as+the+Way%3A+The+Hongzhou+School+and+the+Growth+of+Chan+Buddhism%27%27+%282007%29%2C+%27%27Manifestation+of+the+Tath%C4%81gata%3A+Buddhahood+According+to+the+Avatamsaka+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+%281993%29%2C+and+%27%27Sun-Face+Buddha%3A+The+Teachings+of+Ma-tsu+and+the+Hung-chou+School+of+Ch%27an%27%27+%281993%2C+2000%29+%28the+latter+two+of+which+are+published+under+the+name%2C+Cheng+Chien+Bhikshu%29.+Dr.+Poceski+is+currently+Associate+Professor+in+the+Religion+Department+of+University+of+Florida.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fterebess.hu%2Fzen%2Fmesterek%2FMarioPoceski.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+23%2C+2020%5D%29  +
C.+D.+Sebastian+%28PhD%2C+Banaras+Hindu+University%29+is+Professor+of+Indian+Philosophy+in+the+Department+of+Humanities+and+Social+Sciences%2C+Indian+Institute+of+Technology+%28IIT%29+Bombay%2C+Mumbai%2C+India.+He+is+an+established+Indian+Buddhist+scholar+and+has+expertise+in+philosophy%2C+theology+and+religious+studies.+Among+his+works+are+%27%27Metaphysics+and+Mysticism+in+Mahayana+Buddhism%27%27+%282005%2C+Bibliotheca+Indo-Buddhica+Series+%E2%80%93+238%29+and+%27%27Recent+Researches+in+Buddhist+Studies%27%27+%282008%2C+Bibliotheca+Indo-Buddhica+Series+%E2%80%93+248%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fus%2Fbook%2F9788132236443%3Futm_campaign%3Dbookpage_about_buyonpublisherssite%26utm_medium%3Dreferral%26utm_source%3Dspringerlink%23aboutAuthors+Source+Accessed+May+21%2C+2020%5D%29  +
Chi-chiang+Huang%2C+professor+of+Chinese+studies+at+Hobart+and+William+Smith+Colleges%2C+is+one+of+the+preeminent+specialists+on+Buddhism+during+the+Sung+Dynasty.+His+publications+include+%27%27Studies+in+Northern+Sung+Buddhism%27%27+%28in+Chinese%29+as+well+as+numerous+articles+in+English+on+Sung+society+and+Buddhism.+%28Source%3A+Robert+E.+Buswell+Jr.%2C+%22About+the+Contributors%22%2C+in+%27%27Currents+and+Countercurrents%3A+Korean+Influences+on+the+East+Asian+Buddhist+Traditions%27%27%2C+University+of+Hawai%27i+Press%2C+2005%2C+277%29  +
Chien-hsing+Ho+%E4%BD%95%E5%BB%BA%E8%88%88+is+an+Associate+Professor+in+the+Graduate+Institute+of+Religious+Studies+at+Nanhua+University%2C+Taiwan.+He+received+his+doctorate+in+philosophy+from+the+University+of+Delhi%2C+India+in+1999.+He+specializes+in+Indian+and+Chinese+Madhyamaka%2C+Buddhist+epistemology%2C+and+the+Buddhist+philosophy+of+language%2C+with+additional+research+interests+in+Chan+Buddhism%2C+Daoist+philosophy%2C+Indian+philosophy%2C+and+comparative+philosophy.+He+has+published+articles+in+such+international+refereed+journals+as+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%3B+%27%27Dao%3A+A+Journal+of+Comparative+Philosophy%27%27%3B+%27%27Asian+Philosophy%27%27%3B+the+%27%27Journal+of+Chinese+Philosophy%27%27%3B+and+the+%27%27Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%27%27.+He+is+currently+planning+a+book+in+English+on+Chinese+Madhyamaka.+%28Source%3A+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%27%27%2C+about+the+authors%2C+530%29  +
Chigaku+Sat%C5%8D+is+a+Researcher+at+Kyushu+University.  +
Chih-Mien+Adrian+Tseng+is+Assistant+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+Fo+Guang+University+in+Taiwan.+She+received+her+PhD+from+McMaster+University+in+Ontario+Canada.+Her+area+of+research+includes+Chinese+Buddhist+thought+of+medieval+China+and+the+concept+of+buddha-nature+in+Chinese+Buddhism.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhist.fgu.edu.tw%2Fen%2Fperson%2F-C-M-Adrian-TSENG-90195673%23+Source+Accessed+Aug+7%2C+2020%5D%29  +