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St%C3%A9phane+Arguill%C3%A8re%2C+born+July+10%2C+1970+in+Harfleur%2C+is+an+associate+professor+of+philosophy+in+the+history+of+religions+and+religious+anthropology%2C+a+specialist+in+Tibetan+Buddhist+philosophy+and%2C+more+particularly%2C+in+philosophy+linked+to+the+Nyingma+school%2C+to+Dzogchen%2C+and+the+thought+of+Gorampa.+He+is+a+lecturer+in+Tibetan+language+and+civilization+at+the+National+Institute+of+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+Civilizations+%28INALCO%2C+Paris%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSt%25C3%25A9phane_Arguill%25C3%25A8re+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+17%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Michael+Vaillancourt+Aris+%2827+March+1946+%E2%80%93+27+March+1999%29+was+a+Cuban-born+English+historian+who+wrote+and+lectured+on+Bhutanese%2C+Tibetan+and+Himalayan+culture+and+history.+He+was+the+husband+of+Aung+San+Suu+Kyi%2C+who+would+later+become+State+Counsellor+of+Myanmar.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMichael_Aris+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2013%5D%29%0A%0A%0A%3D%3D+Other+Information+%3D%3D%0A%2A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Farts-entertainment%2Fobituary-michael-aris-1083767.html+Michael+Aris%27+Obituary+at+Independent.co.uk%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMichael_Aris+Wikipedia+Article+on+Michael+Aris%5D +
Dan+Arnold+is+a+scholar+of+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+which+he+engages+in+a+constructive+and+comparative+way.+Considering+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy+as+integral+to+the+broader+tradition+of+Indian+philosophy%2C+he+has+particularly+focused+on+topics+at+issue+among+Buddhist+schools+of+thought+%28chiefly%2C+those+centering+on+the+works+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna+and+of+Dharmak%C4%ABrti%29%2C+often+considering+these+in+conversation+with+critics+from+the+orthodox+Brahmanical+school+of+P%C5%ABrva+M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81.+His+first+book+%E2%80%93+%27%27Buddhists%2C+Brahmins%2C+and+Belief%3A+Epistemology+in+South+Asian+Philosophy+of+Religion%27%27+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+2005%29+%E2%80%93+won+an+American+Academy+of+Religion+Award+for+Excellence+in+the+Study+of+Religion.+His+second+book+%E2%80%93+%27%27Brains%2C+Buddhas%2C+and+Believing%3A+The+Problem+of+Intentionality+in+Classical+Buddhist+and+Cognitive-Scientific+Philosophy+of+Mind%27%27+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+2012%29+%E2%80%93+centers+on+the+contemporary+philosophical+category+of+intentionality%2C+taken+as+useful+in+thinking+through+central+issues+in+classical+Buddhist+epistemology+and+philosophy+of+mind.+This+book+received+the+Toshihide+Numata+Book+Prize+in+Buddhism%2C+awarded+by+the+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+He+is+presently+working+on+an+anthology+of+Madhyamaka+texts+in+translation%2C+to+appear+in+the+series+%22Historical+Sourcebooks+in+Classical+Indian+Thought.%22+His+essays+have+appeared+in+such+journals+as+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%27%27%2C+%27%27Asian+Philosophy%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Stanford+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Revue+Internationale+de+Philosophie%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsalc.uchicago.edu%2Fdaniel-arnold+Source+Accessed+Jul+13%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Edward+A.+Arnold+is+an+independent+scholar+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+living+in+Ithaca%2C+New+York.%0AHe+is+Assistant+Editor+at+the+American+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies+%28AIBS%29. +
Eve+Arnold+was+born+in+Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania+to+Russian+immigrant+parents.+She+began+photographing+in+1946%2C+while+working+at+a+photo-finishing+plant+in+New+York+City%2C+and+then+studied+photography+in+1948+with+Alexei+Brodovitch+at+the+New+School+for+Social+Research+in+New+York.%0A%0AArnold+first+became+associated+with+Magnum+Photos+in+1951+and+became+a+full+member+in+1957.+She+was+based+in+the+US+during+the+1950s+but+went+to+England+in+1962+to+put+her+son+through+school%3B+except+for+a+six-year+interval+when+she+worked+in+the+US+and+China%2C+she+lived+in+the+UK+for+the+rest+of+her+life.%0A%0AHer+time+in+China+led+to+her+first+major+solo+exhibition+at+the+Brooklyn+Museum+in+1980%2C+where+she+showed+the+resulting+images.+In+the+same+year%2C+she+received+the+National+Book+Award+for+In+China+and+the+Lifetime+Achievement+Award+from+the+American+Society+of+Magazine+Photographers.%0A%0AIn+later+years%2C+she+received+many+other+honours+and+awards.+In+1995%2C+she+was+made+fellow+of+the+Royal+Photographic+Society+and+elected+Master+Photographer+%E2%80%93+the+world%E2%80%99s+most+prestigious+photographic+honour+%E2%80%93+by+New+York%E2%80%99s+International+Center+of+Photography.+In+1996%2C+she+received+the+Kraszna-Krausz+Book+Award+for+In+Retrospect.+The+following+year+she+was+granted+honorary+degrees+by+the+University+of+St+Andrews%2C+Staffordshire+University%2C+and+the+American+International+University+in+London%3B+she+was+also+appointed+to+the+advisory+committee+of+the+National+Museum+of+Photography%2C+Film+%26+Television+in+Bradford%2C+UK.+She+has+had+twelve+books+published.%0A%0AEve+passed+away+in+January+of+2012.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.magnumphotos.com%2Fphotographer%2Feve-arnold%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Geoffrey+Shugen+Arnold+is+the+abbot+and+resident+teacher+of+Zen+Mountain+Monastery+and+abbot+of+the+Zen+Center+of+New+York+City.+He+received+dharma+transmission+from+John+Daido+Loori+Roshi+in+1997.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionsroar.com%2Fmind-is-buddha%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+18%2C+2019%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 +
Jes+Peter+Asmussen+%282+November+1928+%E2%80%93+5+August+2002%29%2C+was+a+Danish+Iranologist.%0A%0AAsmussen+was+born+and+raised+in+Aabenraa.+He+studied+theology+and+the+Greenlandic+language+at+the+University+of+Copenhagen+and+earned+his+candidatus+theologi%C3%A6+degree+in+1954.+He+then+studied+Iranistics+in+Cambridge%2C+London%2C+Hamburg%2C+and+Tehran%2C+and+earned+his+doctorate+in+1965+at+the+University+of+Copenhagen.+He+was+associated+with+the+university+throughout+his+academic+career%2C+becoming+associate+professor+in+1966+and+full+professor+in+1967%2C+succeeding+professor+Kaj+Barr.+He+retired+in+1998.%0A%0AAsmussen%27s+research+focused+on+the+religions+of+Iran.+He+was+mostly+interested+in+Manicheism%2C+but+also+wrote+about+Zoroastrianism%2C+Islam+and+Christianity+in+ancient+Iran%2C+as+well+as+the+Judeo-Persian+language+and+literature.+He+is+counted+among+the+central+figures+of+the+Danish+Orientalist+scholarship.%0A%0AHe+was+elected+member+of+the+Royal+Danish+Academy+of+Sciences+and+Letters+in+1973+and+corresponding+member+of+Saxon+Academy+of+Sciences+in+1982.+He+was+appointed+a+Knight+of+the+Order+of+the+Dannebrog+in+1976+and+received+an+honorary+doctorate+from+Lund+University+in+1986.%0A%0AAsmussen+died+in+2002+and+is+interred+at+the+Cemetery+of+Holmen+in+Copenhagen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJes_Peter_Asmussen+Source+Accessed+Sep+14%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Claude+Aveline%2C+pen+name+of+Evgen+Avtsine+%2819+July+1901+%E2%80%93+4+November+1992%29%2C+was+a+writer%2C+publisher%2C+editor%2C+poet+and+member+of+the+French+Resistance.+Aveline%2C+who+was+born+in+Paris%2C+France%2C+has+authored+numerous+books+and+writings+throughout+his+writing+career.+He+was+known+as+a+versatile+author%2C+writing+novels%2C+poems%2C+screenplays%2C+plays%2C+articles%2C+sayings%2C+and+more.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FClaude_Aveline+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Gyurme+Avertin+began+his+study+of+the+Tibetan+language+in+1997.+He+spent+two+years+following+the+Tibetan+program+at+Langues%E2%80%99O+University+in+Paris.+He+then+went+to+Nepal+in+1999+to+study+at+the+%5B%5BRangjung+Yeshe+Institute%5D%5D%2C+before+making+his+way+to+Bir+in+northern+India%2C+where+he+studied+at+Dzongsar+Shedra.+He+regularly+interprets+for+teachers+visiting+Rigpa+centres+and+at+the+Rigpa+Shedra+East.+%282014+Translation+%26+Transmission+Conference+Program%29 +
Dr.+Aviv+is+interested+in+Buddhist+philosophy+and+intellectual+history.+He+studies+topics+of+intersections+between+early+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+especially+of+the+Abhidharma+and+the+Yogacara+traditions%2C+and+contemporary+philosophy.+His+interest+includes+topics+such+as+philosophy+of+mind%2C+cognitive+science%2C+ethics+and+contemplative+practices.+His+intellectual+history+research+focuses+on+religion+in+the+modern+period%2C+especially+the+Buddhist+renaissance+in+modern+China.+In+addition%2C+he+is+also+interested+in+the+way+the+Yogacara+school+was+received+and+developed+in+pre-modern+China.+His+current+book+project+explores+the+role+of+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy+in+the+formation+of+modern+Chinese+Buddhist+thought.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.columbian.gwu.edu%2Feyal-aviv+Source+Accessed+June+8%2C+2023%5D%29 +
A%C5%9Boka.+%28P.+Asoka%3B+T.+Mya+ngan+med%3B+C.+Ayu+wang%3B+J.+Aiku+%C5%8D%3B+K.+Ayuk+wang+%E9%98%BF%E8%82%B2%E7%8E%8B%29+%28c.+300-232+BCE%3B+r.+c.+268-232+BCE%29.+Indian+Mauryan+emperor+and+celebrated+patron+of+Buddhism%3B+also+known+as+Dharm%C4%81%C5%9Boka.+Son+of+Bindus%C4%81ra+and+grandson+of+Candragupta%2C+A%C5%9Boka+was+the+third+king+of+the+Mauryan+dynasty.+A%C5%9Boka+left+numerous+inscriptions+recording+his+edicts+and+proclamations+to+the+subjects+of+his+realm.+In+these+inscriptions%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+referred+to+as+Dev%C4%81n%C4%81m+Priya%E1%B8%A5%2C+%22beloved+of+the+gods.%22+These+inscriptions+comprise+one+of+the+earliest+bodies+of+writing+as+yet+deciphered+from+the+Indian+subcontinent.+His+edicts+have+been+found+inscribed+on+boulders%2C+on+stone+pillars%2C+and+in+caves+and+are+widely+distributed+from+northern+Pakistan+in+the+west%2C+across+the+Gangetic+plain+to+Bengal+in+the+east%2C+to+near+Chennai+in+South+India.+The+inscriptions+are+ethical+and+religious+in+content%2C+with+some+describing+how+A%C5%9Boka+turned+to+the+dharma+after+subjugating+the+territory+of+Kali%E1%B9%85ga+%28in+the+Coastal+region+of+modern+Andhra+Pradesh%29+in+a+bloody+war.+In+his+own+words%2C+A%C5%9Boka+states+that+the+bloodshed+of+that+campaign+caused+him+remorse+and+taught+him+that+rule+by+dharma%2C+or+righteousness%2C+is+superior+to+rule+by+mere+force+of+arms.+While+the+Buddha%2C+dharma%2C+and+sa%E1%B9%83gha+are+extolled+and+Buddhist+texts+are+mentioned+in+the+edicts%2C+the+dharma+that+A%C5%9Boka+promulgated+was+neither+sectarian+nor+even+specifically+Buddhist%2C+but+a+general+code+of+administrative%2C+public%2C+and+private+ethics+suitable+for+a+multireligious+and+multiethnic+polity.+It+is+clear+that+A%C5%9Boka+saw+this+code+of+ethics+as+a+diplomatic+tool+as+well%2C+in+that+he%0Adispatched+embassies+to+neighboring+states+in+an+effort+to+establish+dharma+as+the+basis+for+international+relations.+The+edicts+were+not+translated+until+the+nineteenth+century%2C+however%2C+and%0Atherefore+played+little+role+in+the+Buddhist+view+of+A%C5%9Boka%2C+which+derives+instead+from+a+variety+of+legends+told+about+the+emperor.+The+legend+of+A%C5%9Boka+is+recounted+in+the+Sanskrit+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+in+the+P%C4%81li+chronicles+of+Sri+Lanka%2C+D%C4%ABpava%E1%B9%83sa+and+Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa%2C+and+in+the+P%C4%81li+commentaries%2C+particularly+the%0ASamantap%C4%81s%C4%81dik%C4%81.+Particularly+in+P%C4%81li+materials%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+portrayed+as+a+staunch+sectarian+and+exclusive+patron+of+the+P%C4%81li+tradition.+The+inscriptional+evidence%2C+as+noted+above%2C+does+not+support+that+claim.+In+the+Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa%2C+for+example%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+said+to+have+been+converted+to+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhism+by+the%0Anovice+Nigrodha%2C+after+which+he+purifies+the+Buddhist+sa%E1%B9%83gha+by+purging+it+of+non-Therav%C4%81da+heretics.+He+then+sponsors+the+convention+of+the+third+Buddhist+council+%28samg%C4%ABt%C4%AB%29+under+the+presidency+of+Moggaliputtatissa%2C+an+entirely+Therav%C4%81da+affair.+Recalling+perhaps+the+historical+A%C5%9Boka%27s+diplomatic+missions%2C+the+legend+recounts+how%2C+after+the+council%2C+Moggaliputtatissa+dispatched+Therav%C4%81da+missions%2C%0Acomprised+of+monks%2C+to+nine+adjacent+lands+for+the+purpose+of+propagating+the+religion%2C+including+A%C5%9Boka%27s+son+%28Mahinda%29+and+daughter+%28Sa%E1%B9%85ghamitt%C4%81%29+to+Sri+Lanka.+In+Sri+Lanka%2C+where+the+legend+appears+to+have+originated%2C+and+in+the+Therav%C4%81da+countries+of+Southeast+Asia%2C+the+P%C4%81li+account+of+King+A%C5%9Boka+was+adopted+as+one+of+the+main+paradigms+of+Buddhist+kingship+and+models+of+ideal+governance+and+proper+sa%E1%B9%83gha-state+relations.+A+different+set+of+legends%2C+which+do+not+recount+the+conversion%0Aof+Sri+Lanka%2C+appears+in+Sanskrit+sources%2C+most+notably%2C+the+A%C5%9Bok%C4%81vad%C4%81na.+%28Source%3A+%22A%C5%9Boka.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+70%E2%80%9371.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
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PhD+%28literature%29%2C+University+of+Tokyo+Graduate+School+of+Humanities+and+Sociology%2C+2006.+Assistant+professor+at+University+of+Tokyo+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+on+Asia%2C+research+associate+at+Darwin+College%2C+University+of+Cambridge%2C+then+visiting+research+fellow+at+the+Ho+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Stanford+University.+Then+took+up+post+as+associate+professor+at+University+of+Tokyo+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+on+Asia+in+2010+specializing+in+Buddhist+studies.+Major+awards+include+Japanese+Association+for+South+Asian+Studies+Award%2C+Japanese+Association+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+Studies+Prize%2C+Toho+Gakkai+%28The+Institute+of+Eastern+Culture%29+Award+and+the+Japan+Society+for+the+Promotion+of+Science+Prize.+Major+publications+include+%27%27The+Development+of+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhist+Thought%3A+From+the+Buddha+to+Buddhaghosa%27%27+%28Shunjusha%29+and+%27%27Shoki+bukkyo+%E2%80%94+Budda+no+shiso+wo+tadoru%27%27+%28Early+Buddhism+%E2%80%94+Tracing+the+Teachings+of+Buddha%29+%28Iwanami+Shoten%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.u-tokyo.ac.jp%2Ffocus%2Fen%2Ffeatures%2Fvoices054.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+3%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Jacques+Bacot+%284+July+1877+%E2%80%93+18+June+1965%29+was+an+explorer+and+pioneering+French+Tibetologist.+He+travelled+extensively+in+India%2C+western+China%2C+and+the+Tibetan+border+regions.+He+worked+at+the+%C3%89cole+pratique+des+hautes+%C3%A9tudes.+Bacot+was+the+first+western+scholar+to+study+the+Tibetan+grammatical+tradition%2C+and+along+with+F.+W.+Thomas+%281867%E2%80%931956%29+belonged+to+the+first+generation+of+scholars+to+study+the+Old+Tibetan+Dunhuang+manuscripts.+Bacot+made+frequent+use+of+Tibetan+informants.+He+acquired+aid+from+Gend%C3%BCn+Ch%C3%B6phel+in+studying+Dunhuang+manuscripts.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJacques_Bacot+Source+Accessed+Dec+7%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Andrei-Valentin+Bacr%C4%83u%27s+work+is+focused+on+extrapolating+a+theory+of+ethics+from+Wittgenstein%27s+views+on+language.+Previously%2C+he+was+at+N%C4%81land%C4%81+University+in+Bihar%2C+India%2C+working+on+comparative+ethics.+As+an+undergraduate%2C+he+studied+at+the+George+Washington+University+in+DC%2C+where+he+double-majored+in+International+Affairs+%28Security+Policy%29%2C+and+Philosophy+%28Public+Affairs%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fuzh.academia.edu%2FAndreiValentinBacr%25C4%2583u+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+11%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Professor+Paul+Badham+has+been+Head+of+the+Department+of+Theology+and+Religious+Studies+at+University+of+Wales+Lampeter+since+1991.+He+was+born+in+1942+and+educated+at+Jesus+College+Oxford+%28traditional+Christian+Theology%29%3B+at+Jesus+College+Cambridge+%28Modern+Religious+Thought%29%3B+and+at+Westcott+House+%28Anglican+Ministry%29.+He+then+went+to+Birmingham+and+for+five+years+worked+as+a+Curate+while+simultaneously+writing+a+PhD+under+John+Hick.+Since+1973+he+has+been+at+Lampeter+where+he+has+gradually+moved+from+Lecturer+to+Senior+Lecturer+to+Reader+and+finally+to+Professor+and+Dean.%0A%0AOn+his+arrival+at+Lampeter+he+joined+five+other+Anglican+clergymen+in+a+very+traditional+Department+of+Theology.+One+of+his+main+concerns+has+been+to+transform+the+Department+into+a+vibrant+centre+for+the+study+of+all+world+religions%2C+with+a+particular+emphasis+on+religion+in+the+contemporary+world+and+with+an+emphasis+on+the+possibility+of+studying+each+religion+from+within.+The+Department+now+consists+of+18+full-time+and+12+part-time+staff+across+the+whole+area+of+Religious+Life+and+Thought%2C+with+specialists+in+each+of+the+major+faiths+and+with+all+disciplines+of+Religious+Studies+included.%0A%0AExploration+of+the+arguments+for+and+against+belief+in+a+life+after+death+has+been+one+of+Paul+Badham%E2%80%99s+main+academic+concerns.+This+led+to+his+books+%27%27Christian+Beliefs+about+Life+after+Death+and+Immortality+or+Extinction%3F+as+well+as+to+his+edited+collections+Death+and+Immortality+in+the+Religions+of+the+World%27%27%3B+%27%27Perspectives+on+Death+and+Dying%27%27%3B+%27%27Ethics+on+the+Frontiers+of+Human+Existence+and+Facing+Death%27%27.+He+has+for+many+years+directed+a+unique+MA+programme+on+Death+and+Immortality%2C+taught+jointly+with+the+Philosophy+Department+at+Lampeter%2C+and+he+has+always+had+a+succession+of+research+students+working+in+this+area+from+all+over+the+world.+He+has+contributed+to+seven+television+documentaries+on+the+Near-death+experience+and+is+currently+preparing+for+a+major+international+conference+on+this+in+Washington.%0A%0APaul+Badham+is+also+deeply+interested+in+issues+of+Modern+Theology+and+Inter-faith+Dialogue%2C+and+has+contributed+to+a+series+of+books+in+this+area+arising+from+Conferences+in+Claremont+as+well+as+his+edited+%27%27John+Hick+Reader%27%27.+He+has+also+written+a+series+of+bilingual+%28England+and+Japanese%29+publications+with+Professor+Daigan+Lee+Matsunaga+on+%27%27Near-Death+Experiences%2C+Interfaith+Dialogue+and+Christian+Beliefs+About+God+and+Christ+in+Relation+to+True+Pure+Land+Buddhism%27%27+%28published+in+Japanese+as+Christianity+for+Buddhists%29.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+Centenary+volume+for+the+Modern+Church+People%E2%80%99s+Union+on+%27%27The+Contemporary+Challenge+of+Modernist+Theology%27%27.%0A%0APaul+Badham%E2%80%99s+other+concern+is+the+relationship+between+Religion+and+Politics.+This+has+led+to+his+edited+work+%27%27Religion%2C+State+and+Society+in+Modern+Britain%27%27+and+to+an+ongoing+project+with+Vladislav+Arzenukhin+on+%27%27Religion+and+Change+in+Eastern+Europe%27%27.+This+concern+also+helped+to+establish+an+MA+degree+on+%27%27Religion+Politics+and+International+Relations%27%27%2C+jointly+taught+by+the+Department+of+Theology+and+Religious+Studies+at+Lampeter+and+by+the+Department+of+International+Politics+at+Aberystwyth.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcore.ac.uk%2Fdownload%2Fpdf%2F96773532.pdf+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29
Allan+Badiner+is+the+editor+of+%27%27Zig+Zag+Zen%3A+Buddhism+and+Psychedelics%27%27%2C+%27%27Dharma+Gaia%3A+A+Harvest+in+Buddhism+and+Ecology%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Mindfulness+in+the+Marketplace%27%27.%0A%0AHe+produced+Psychedelic+Integration+at+Esalen+with+Michael+Pollan%2C+MAPS+founder+Rick+Doblin%2C+psychiatrist+Julie+Holland%2C+neurobiologist+David+Presti%2C+UK+psychiatrist+Ben+Sessa%2C+youth+safety+advocate+Marsha+Rosenbaum%2C+Project+CBD%E2%80%99s+Martin+A.+Lee%2C+and+special+guests+author+James+Fadiman+and+UC+Berkeley+psychiatrist+Kristi+Panik%2C+as+we+explore+the+challenges+and+opportunities+unique+to+this+moment+in+history.+Stanislav+Grof%2C+who+lived+and+taught+at+Esalen+for+14+years%2C+opened+the+conversation+remotely.%0A%0AAllan+is+also+a+contributing+editor+of+%27%27Tricycle%27%27+magazine+and+co-producer+of+the+Entheowheel+series.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.esalen.org%2Ffaculty%2Fallan-badiner+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Prabodh+Chandra+Bagchi+%2818+November+1898+%E2%80%93+19+January+1956%29+was+one+of+the+most+notable+Sino-Indologists+of+the+20th+century.+He+was+the+third+Upacharya+%28Vice-Chancellor%29+of+Visva-Bharati+University.+He+published+a+large+number+of+books+in+English%2C+French%2C+and+Bengali.+His+best+known+work+that+is+still+acclaimed+as+a+classical+work+even+today+is+%27%27India+and+China%27%27%2C+which+was+first+published+in+1944.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPrabodh_Chandra_Bagchi+Source+Accessed+Jun+4%2C+2019%5D%29 +