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Allan+R.+Bomhard+%28born+1943%29+is+an+American+linguist.%0A%0ABorn+in+Brooklyn%2C+New+York%2C+he+was+educated+at+Fairleigh+Dickinson+University%2C+Hunter+College%2C+and+the+City+University+of+New+York%2C+and+served+in+the+U.S.+Army+from+1964+to+1966.+He+currently+resides+in+Florence%2C+South+Carolina.+He+has+studied+the+controversial+hypotheses+about+the+underlying+unity+among+the+proposed+Nostratic+and+Eurasiatic+language+families.+%28https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAllan_R._Bomhard+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Allison+Choying+Zangmo+is+Anyen+Rinpoche%27s+personal+translator+and+a+longtime+student+of+both+Rinpoche+and+his+root+lama%2C+Kyabje+Tsara+Dharmakirti.+She+has+either+translated+or+collaborated+with+Rinpoche+on+all+of+his+books.+She+lives+in+Denver%2C+Colorado.%0A%0AShe+has+received+empowerments%2C+transmissions+and+upadesha+instructions+in+the+Longchen+Nyingthig+tradition+from+Khenchen+Tsara+Dharmakirti+Rinpoche%2C+as+well+as+others+of+his+main+students%2C+such+as+Khenpo+Tashi+from+Do+Kham+Shedrup+Ling.+She+also+received+an+unusually+direct+lineage+of+Do+Khyentse+Yeshe+Dorje%E2%80%99s+chod+from+the+realized+chodpa+Lama+Damphel.%0A%0AAfter+moving+to+the+US+with+Anyen+Rinpoche%2C+she+received+many+other+empowerments%2C+transmissions+and+upadesha+instructions+in+the+Secret+Mantryana+tradition+from+eminent+masters+such+as+Taklong+Tsetrul+Rinpoche%2C+Padma+Dunbo%2C+Yangtang+Rinpoche%2C+Khenpo+Namdrol%2C+Denpai+Wangchuk%2C+and+Tulku+Rolpai+Dorje.%0A%0AAllison+Choying+Zangmo+works+diligently+for+both+Orgyen+Khamdroling+and+the+Phowa+Foundation%2C+as+well+as+composing+books+and+translations+of+traditional+texts+%26+sadhanas+with+Anyen+Rinpoche%2C+and+spending+a+portion+of+each+year+in+retreat.+Although+she+never+had+any+wish+to+teach+Dharma+in+the+west%2C+based+on+encouragement+by+Anyen+Rinpoche%2C+Tulku+Rolpai+Dorje+and+Khenpo+Tashi%2C+she+began+teaching+the+dharma+under+Anyen+Rinpoche%27s+guidance+in+2017.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Forgyenkhamdroling.org%2Frinpoche%2Fallison+Source%3A+Orgyen+Khamdroling%5D%29 +
Orna+Almogi+studied+Tibetology+%28major%29+and+Religious+Studies+and+Psychology+%28minors%29+at+the+University+of+Hamburg+%28MA+1998%29.+She+received+her+PhD+in+Tibetology+from+the+same+University+in+2006+%28doctoral+thesis%3A+%E2%80%9CRong-zom-pa%E2%80%99s+Discourses+on+Traditional+Buddhology%3A+A+Study+on+the+Development+of+the+Concept+of+Buddhahood+with+Special+Reference+to+the+Controversy+Surrounding+the+Existence+of+Gnosis+%28ye+shes%3A+j%C3%B1%C4%81na%29+at+the+Stage+of+a+Buddha%E2%80%9D%29.+From+1999+until+2004+she+had+been+working+for+the+Nepal-German+Manuscript+Preservation+Project+%28NGMPP%29+and+the+Nepalese-German+Manuscript+Cataloguing+Project+%28NGMCP%29%2C+where+she+had+been+responsible+for+the+Tibetan+materials.+From+2008+to+2011+she+has+been+a+member+of+the+Researcher+Group+%E2%80%9CManuscript+Cultures+in+Asia+and+Africa%E2%80%9D+with+the+subproject+%E2%80%9CThe+Manuscript+Collections+of+the+Ancient+Tantras+%28rNying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum%29%3A+An+Examination+of+Variance.%E2%80%9D+From+2011+to+2015+she+has+been+working+at+the+%E2%80%9CCentre+for+the+Study+of+Manuscript+Cultures%E2%80%9D+as+the+leader+of+the+subproject+%E2%80%9CDoxographical+Organisational+Schemes+in+Manuscripts+and+Xylographs+of+the+Collection+of+the+Ancient+Tantras.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BSince+2015+she+has+been+involved+in+the+%E2%80%9CAcademic+Research+Program+Initiative%E2%80%9D+%28ARPI%29.+Since+2016+she+is+leading+the+project+%E2%80%9CA+Canon+in+the+Making%3A+The+History+of+the+Formation%2C+Production%2C+and+Transmission+of+the+%27%27bsTan+%27gyur%27%27%2C+the+Corpus+of+Treatises+in+Tibetan+Translation.%E2%80%9D+Her+research+interests+extend+to+a+number+of+areas+connected+with+the+Tibetan+religio-philosophical+traditions+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+literature%2C+particularly+that+of+the+rNying-ma+school.+The+primary+focus+of+her+research+the+past+years+has+been+the+concept+of+Buddhahood+in+traditional+Buddhist+sources%2C+early+subclassifications+of+Madhyamaka%2C+the+%27%27rNying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum%27%27%2C+and+the+%27%27bsTan+%CA%BCgyur%27%27.+Another+interest+of+her+is+the+culture+of+the+book+in+Tibet+in+all+its+variety%2C+specifically+in+connection+with+the+compilation+and+transmission+of+Buddhist+literary+collections%2C+both+in+manuscripts+and+xylographs+forms.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpeople%2Falmogi.html+Source+Accessed+Jul+14%2C+2020%5D%29
DIANA+ALTNER+is+a+postdoctoral+student+at+the+Institute+of+Asian+and+African%0AStudies%2C+Humboldt+University+in+Berlin.+Her+research+focuses+on+infrastructure%0Adevelopment+and+the+transformation+of+everyday+life+in+central+Tibet. +
Amalia+Pezzali+%281919-2015%29+was+an+Italian+author+and+Tibetologist+known+for+her+extensive+work+in+Buddhist+studies.+She+was+a+prolific+scholar+who+contributed+significantly+to+the+field+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+thought.%0A%0APezzali+authored+several+notable+works%2C+including+%27%27%C5%9Aantideva%3A+Mystique+bouddhiste+des+VIIe+et+VIIIe+si%C3%A8cles%27%27%2C+which+is+organized+into+three+sections+and+focuses+on+the+Buddhist+mystic+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva.+Her+other+notable+publications+include+%27%27%C5%9Aamatha+and+Vipa%C5%9Byan%C4%81+in+Buddhist+Sanskrit+literature%27%27+and+%27%27%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27s+Statement+about+Confession%27%27%2C+which+demonstrate+her+in-depth+analysis+of+Buddhist+concepts+and+literature.%0A%0AShe+also+participated+in+and+reported+on+international+seminars+related+to+Indian+thought+and+Buddhist+studies%2C+further+highlighting+her+active+engagement+in+the+academic+community.%0A%0APezzali%27s+work+is+recognized+across+various+academic+platforms%2C+including+the+%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%27%27+and+other+scholarly+publications%2C+solidifying+her+reputation+as+a+respected+figure+in+the+field+of+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+studies. +
Amber+Carpenter+is+Associate+Professor+at+Yale-NUS+College%2C+and+supervises+doctoral+students+at+the+University+of+York.+Dr.+Carpenter+specializes+in+Ancient+Greek+philosophy+and+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy.+She+is+particularly+concerned+with+the+place+of+reason+in+a+well-lived+life%E2%80%94+what+might+reason+be+that+it+could+be+ethically+relevant%2C+or+even+required%3F+Addressing+this+question+opens+up+lines+of+inquiry+in+metaphysics%2C+epistemology+and+philosophical+psychology.%0A%0ADr.+Carpenter%E2%80%99s+work+considers+the+intersections+of+these+areas+of+inquiry.+In+both+Greece+and+India%2C+metaphysics+and+epistemology+mattered.+Debates+over+them+were+parts+of+wider+disputes+about+the+nature+and+domain+of+the+moral.+Dr.+Carpenter%E2%80%99s+work+in+Ancient+Greek+philosophy+focuses+on+Plato%E2%80%99s+metaphysical+ethics+and+related+epistemological+issues%E2%80%94+including+the+intelligence+of+plants.+Her+book%2C+Indian+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+appeared+in+2014%2C+and+her+study+of+the+pudgalav%C4%81dins+can+be+found+in+The+Moon+Points+Back+%282015%29.+In+her+current+work%2C+she+creates+a+conversation+between+these+two+philosophical+traditions%2C+under+the+rubric+%E2%80%98Metaphysics+and+Epistemology+as+Ethics%E2%80%99%2C+as+for+instance+in+%E2%80%98Ethics+of+Substance%E2%80%99.%0A%0AShe+recently+held+a+fellowship+with+the+Beacon+Project%2C+exploring+%E2%80%9CEthical+Ambitions+and+Their+Formation+of+Character%E2%80%9D.%0A%0ADr.+Carpenter+is+currently+Rector+of+Elm+College%2C+Yale-NUS.+From+2015+to+2017%2C+she+was+Head+of+Philosophy+at+Yale-NUS%2C+where+she+initiated+the+Ancient+Worlds+Research+Group.+She+was+a+co-founder+of+the+Yorkshire+Ancient+Philosophy+Network%3B+and+collaborates+with+Rachael+Wiseman+on+the+Integrity+Project.%0A%0A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fintegrityproject.org%2Famber-carpenter%2F+Read+more+at+the+Integrity+Project%5D +
Buddhist+%C3%A9migr%C3%A9+%C4%81carya+who+played+a+major+role+in+the+introduction+and+translation+of+seminal+Buddhist+texts+belonging+to+the+esoteric+tradition+or+mijiao.+His+birthplace+is+uncertain%2C+but+many+sources+allude+to+his+ties+to+Central+Asia.+Accompanying+his+teacher+Vajrabodhi%2C+Amoghavajra+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%27an+in+720%E2%80%931+and+spent+most+of+his+career+in+that+cosmopolitan+city.+In+741%2C+following+the+death+of+his+mentor%2C+Amoghavajra+made+an+excursion+to+India+and+Sri+Lanka+with+the+permission+of+the+Tang-dynasty+emperor+and+returned+in+746+with+new+Buddhist+texts%2C+many+of+them+esoteric+scriptures.+Amoghavajra%27s+influence+on+the+Tang+court+reached+its+peak+when+he+was+summoned+by+the+emperor+to+construct+an+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka%2C+or+consecration%2C+altar+on+his+behalf.+Amoghavajra%27s+activities+in+Chang%27an+were+interrupted+by+the+An+Lushan+rebellion+%28655%E2%80%93763%29%2C+but+after+the+rebellion+was+quelled%2C+he+returned+to+his+work+at+the+capital+and+established+an+inner+chapel+for+homa+rituals+and+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka+in+the+imperial+palace.+He+was+later+honored+by+the+emperor+with+the+purple+robe%2C+the+highest+honor+for+a+Buddhist+monk+and+the+rank+of+third+degree.+Along+with+Xuanzang%2C+Amoghavajra+was+one+of+the+most+prolific+translators+and+writers+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhism.+Among+the+many+texts+he+translated+into+Chinese%2C+especially+important+are+the+%27%27Sarvatath%C4%81gatasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81na%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Amoghavajra.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+36.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
Amy+Holmes-Tagchungdarpa+is+an+associate+professor+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+Occidental+College.+She+is+the+author+of+%27%27The+Social+Life+of+Tibetan+Biography%3A+Textuality%2C+Community%2C+and+Authority+in+the+Lineage+of+Tokden+Shakya+Shri%27%27+%28Lexington%2C+2014%29%2C+which+explores+the+trans-Himalayan+lineage+of+Tokden+Sakya+Sri+that+spanned+communities+in+eastern+Tibet%2C+western+China%2C+Bhutan%2C+Sikkim%2C+Nepal%2C+Ladakh%2C+and+beyond.+Her+current+research+focuses+on+Buddhism%2C+book+culture%2C+language%2C+and+community+formation+across+the+Himalayas.+%28Source%3A+%27%27A+Gathering+of+Brilliant+Moons%27%27%2C+329%29 +
Said+to+be+a+teacher+from+Kashmir%2C+Am%E1%B9%9Bt%C4%81kara+wrote+the+%27%27Catu%E1%B8%A5stavasam%C4%81s%C4%81rtha%27%27%2C+a+commentary+on+the+%27%27Catu%E1%B8%A5stava%27%27+%28Four+Hymns%29+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna. +
An+Xuan+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%AE%89%E7%8E%84%3B+pinyin%3A+%C4%80nxu%C3%A1n%29+was+a+Parthian+layman+credited+with+working+alongside+An+Shigao+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%96%E9%AB%98%3B+pinyin%3A+%C4%80nsh%C3%ACg%C4%81o%29+and+Yan+Fotiao+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%9A%B4%E4%BD%9B%E8%AA%BF%3B+pinyin%3A+Y%C3%A1n+F%C3%BAdi%C3%A0o%29+in+the+translation+of+early+Buddhist+texts+in+Luoyang+in+Later+Han+China.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAn_Xuan+Source+Accessed+Aug+30%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Anagarika+Govinda+%28born+Ernst+Lothar+Hoffmann%2C+17+May+1898+%E2%80%93+14+January+1985%29+was+the+founder+of+the+order+of+the+Arya+Maitreya+Mandala+and+an+expositor+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Abhidharma%2C+and+Buddhist+meditation+as+well+as+other+aspects+of+Buddhism.+He+was+also+a+painter+and+poet.+Read+more+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnagarika_Govinda+here%5D. +
Therav%C4%81da+Buddhist+monk+since+1996%3B+editor%2C+translator%2C+photographer%2C+curator%2C+webmaster.+%28https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fanandajoti%2F%29%0A%0ASee+many+edited+and+arranged+Sanskrit+and+Pali+and+English+texts+here%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fancient-buddhist-texts.net%2FTexts-and-Translations%2Findex.htm+%0A%0ABhikkhu+Anandajoti+was+born+near+Birmingham+in+England+and+spent+the+better+part+of+his+first+35+years+there%2C+but+is+now+a+resident+in+the+East+since+1987%2C+mainly+in+Sri+Lanka%2C+India%2C+and+Malaysia.+He+ordained+in+the+Therav%C4%81da+tradition+in+1995+and+received+higher+ordination+the+following+year.+He+is+currently+a+resident+in+Vivekavana+Solitude+Grove%2C+a+remote+meditation+centre+near+the+top+of+a+mountain+in+Penang+State%2C+Malaysia.%0A%0AGodwin+Samararatne+was+his+first+Dhamma+teacher+and+his+first+Buddhist+meditation+teacher%2C+so+he+has+proved+to+be+one+of+the+most+influential+people+in+his+life.+%28Source+Accessed+September+12%2C+2024%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhammawiki.com%2Findex.php%2FAnandajoti%2C_Bhikkhu+Dhamma+Wiki%3A+Anandajoti%2C+Bhikkhu%5D%29 +
Anders+holds+a+Bachelors+degree+from+Naropa+University+and+joined+the+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies+in+2006.+At+CBS+Anders+graduated+with+a+BA+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+2010+and+afterwards+joined+the+MA+program.%0A%0AHis+thesis+supervisor+was+Dr.+Karin+Meyers+and+the+external+reader+was+Prof.+Dr.+Klaus-Dieter+Mathes+from+the+University+of+Vienna%2C+Austria.%0A%0AAnders+also+secured+a+Tsadra+foundation+scholarship+for+his+MA+studies+and+recently+took+ordination.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fryi-student-blog.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fcongratulations-anders-bjonback.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+12%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Andrea+Miller+is+the+deputy+editor+of+%27%27Lion%27s+Roar%27%27+magazine+%28formerly+the+Shambhala+Sun%29+and+the+author+of+two+picture+books%3A+%27%27The+Day+the+Buddha+Woke+Up%27%27+and+%27%27My+First+Book+of+Canadian+Birds%27%27.+She%27s+also+the+editor+of+three+anthologies%2C+most+recently+%27%27All+the+Rage%3A+Buddhist+Wisdom+on+Anger+and+Acceptance%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fnewbooksnetwork.com%2Fandrea-miller-the-day-the-buddha-woke-up-wisdom-publications-2018%2F+Source+Accessed+July+28%2C+2020%5D%29 +
PhD+Dissertation%3A+2016+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frefubium.fu-berlin.de%2Fhandle%2Ffub188%2F4734+On+the+Bodhisattva+Path+in+Gandh%C4%81ra%5D%3A+Edition+of+Fragment+4+and+11+from+the+Bajaur+Collection+of+Kharo%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADh%C4%AB+Manuscripts.+%0A%0A2022+Book%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fuwapress.uw.edu%2Fbook%2F9780295750736%2Fthree-early-mahayana-treatises-from-gandhara%2F+Three+Early+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Treatises+from+Gandh%C4%81ra%5D%3A+Bajaur+Kharo%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADh%C4%AB+Fragments+4%2C+6%2C+and+11.+Gandh%C4%81ran+Buddhist+Texts%2C+Volume+7.+Seattle%3A+University+of+Washington+Press.%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.indologie.uni-muenchen.de%2Fpersonen%2F4_mitarbeiter%2Fschlosser%2Findex.html%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Flmu-munich.academia.edu%2FAndreaSchlosser +
Andreas+Doctor+%28PhD+2004%2C+University+of+Calgary%29+is+the+director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee+and+the+editorial+co-director+of+84000.%0A%0AFor+a+number+of+years%2C+Andreas+has+studied+Buddhist+history+and+philosophy+under+the+guidance+of+Tibetan+monks+and+lamas%2C+mostly+in+Nepal+at+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery.+As+a+founding+member+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%2C+he+spent+fifteen+years+teaching+at+the+Institute+and+for+most+of+this+period+he+served+as+director+of+studies+at+Kathmandu+University%E2%80%99s+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+located+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute.%0A%0AAs+director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+Andreas+has+participated+in+numerous+translation+projects%2C+most+recently+in+translating+s%C5%ABtras+and+tantras+from+the+Tibetan+canon.+He+is+also+a+founding+member+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Gomde%2C+Denmark.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.khyentsevision.org%2Fteam%2Fdr-andreas-doctor%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Oct+1%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Senior+translator+and+student+of+Khenpo+Ch%C3%B6ga+%28b.1965%29+%E2%80%93+a+teacher+at+Shri+Singha+Shedra.+Known+online+for+translation+of+Khenpo+Kunpal%E2%80%99s+Commentary+on+Shantideva%E2%80%99s+%27%27Bodhicaryavatara%27%27%2C+part+of+which+can+be+found+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.yumpu.com%2Fen%2Fkunpal.com+here%5D. +