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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  +
Jensine+Andresen+%28Ph.D.%2C+%5B%5BHarvard+University%5D%5D%2C+1997%29+is+a+Visiting+Scholar+in+the+Department+of+Religion+at+%5B%5BColumbia+University%5D%5D+in+NYC.+She+previously+taught+at+comparative+world+religions+and+religion+and+science+at+both+%5B%5BBoston+University%5D%5D+and+the+%5B%5BUniversity+of+Vermont%5D%5D.+Dr.+Andresen+holds+a+B.S.E.+in+Civil+Engineering+from+Princeton+University%3B+a+Certificate+from+the+Woodrow+Wilson+School+of+Public+and+International+Affairs+at+%5B%5BPrinceton+University%5D%5D%3B+an+M.A.+in+Cultural+Anthropology+focusing+on+China+from+Columbia+University%3B+and+an+A.M.+and+Ph.D.+from+the+Committee+on+the+Study+of+Religion+at+Harvard+University%2C+where+she+focused+on+medieval+Buddhist+philosophy+and+practice+in+India+and+Tibet.%0A%0AAt+Boston+University%2C+where+the+%E2%80%98Issues+for+the+Millennium%E2%80%99+conference+took+place%2C+Dr.+Andresen+taught+in+the+interdisciplinary+Ph.D.+program+in+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+and+Religion.+Her+research+there+focused+on+bioethics+as+it+relates+to+social+justice+and+humanitarian+concerns%2C+such+as+those+that+surround+the+AIDS+crisis+in+Africa+and+the+world.+Her+work+at+BU+addressed+the+interface+of+theology+and+public+policy+as+it+relates+to+xenotransplantation%2C+gene+therapy%2C+human+cloning%2C+stem+cell+research%2C+and+intellectual+property+rights.+Also+while+at+BU%2C+she+conducted+research+on+the+role+of+the+frontal+lobes+in+mediating+the+relationship+between+spirituality+and+health.+While+at+BU%2C+Dr.+Andresen+also+edited+two+volumes+on+the+interface+of+cognitive+science+and+religious+experience%2C+Religion+in+Mind%3A+Cognitive+Perspectives+on+Religious+Belief%2C+Ritual%2C+and+Experience+%28Cambridge%2C+U.K.%3A+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+2001%29%3B+and+Spiritual+Models+and+Cognitive+Maps%3A+Interdisciplinary+Explorations+of+Religious+Experience+%28London%3A+Imprint+Academic%2C+2000%29.+She+also+served+as+Director+of+InterFASE+%28International+Faith+%26+Science+Exchange%29+%2C+an+organization+committed+to+furthering+dialogue+between+science+and+religion+in+the+Boston+area+and+elsewhere+throughout+the+world.%0A%0AAt+Columbia+University%2C+Dr.+Andresen+has+been+focusing+on+developing+a+psychoanalytic+interpretation+of+Tibetan+Buddhist+Vajrayana+doctrine+and+practice+as+she+has+worked+on+translating+the+Sanskrit+commentary+on+a+medieval+Indian+Buddhist+Vajrayana+text+called+the+Srilaghu+Kalacakratantra.+She+has+also+worked+extensively+on+the+relationship+between+the+phenomenology+of+contemplation+in+the+Tibetan+%E2%80%98Rdzgoschen%E2%80%99+%28Great+Perfection%29+system+as+it+relates+to+contemporary+findings+in+physics.+Combining+psychoanalytic%2C+postmodern%2C+and+phenomenological+approaches+to+the+encounter+of+so-called+self+and+other%2C+she+works+to+understand+the+interpenetrative+arising+of+cosmology%2C+biology%2C+and+awareness.+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterbalance.net%2Fbio%2Fandres-body.html+Source%5D%0A%0A%27%27%27Works+by+Jensine+Andresen%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AReligion+in+Mind%3A+Cognitive+Perspectives+on+Religious+Belief%2C+Ritual%2C+and+Experience%3Cbr%3E%0ACambridge%2C+UK+%3B+New+York%2C+NY+%3A+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+2001.%3Cbr%3E%0AISBN-10%3A+0521801524%3Cbr%3E%0AISBN-13%3A+978-0521801522%3Cbr%3E  
Andrew+Quintman+is+a+scholar+of+Buddhist+traditions+in+Tibet+and+the+Himalayan+world+focusing+on+Buddhist+literature+and+history%2C+sacred+geography+and+pilgrimage%2C+and+visual+cultures+of+the+wider+Himalaya.+His+work+addresses+the+intersections+of+Buddhist+literary+production%2C+circulation%2C+and+reception%3B+the+reciprocal+influences+of+textual+and+visual+narratives%3B+and+the+formation+of+religious+subjectivities+and+institutional+identities.+He+is+also+engaged+in+developing+new+digital+tools+for+the+study+and+teaching+of+religion.+His+book%2C+The+Yogin+and+the+Madman%3A+Reading+the+Biographical+Corpus+of+Tibet%E2%80%99s+Great+Saint+Milarepa+%28Columbia+University+Press+2014%29%2C+won+the+American+Academy+of+Religion%E2%80%99s+2014+Award+for+Excellence+in+the+Study+of+Religion%2C+the+2015+Heyman+Prize+for+outstanding+scholarship+from+Yale+University%2C+and+received+honorable+mention+for+the+2016+E.+Gene+Smith+Book+Prize+at+the+Association+of+Asian+Studies.+In+2010+his+new+English+translation+of+the+Life+of+Milarepa+was+published+by+Penguin+Classics.+He+is+currently+working+on+two+new+projects%2C+one+exploring+Buddhist+religious+and+literary+culture+in+the+borderlands+of+Tibet+and+Nepal%2C+and+the+other+examining+the+Life+of+the+Buddha+through+visual+and+literary+materials+associated+with+the+seventeenth-century+Jonang+Monastery+in+western+Tibet.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyan.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Faquintman%2Fprofile.html+Source%3A+Wesleyan+Website%5D%29%0A%0AQuintman+currently+serves+as+the+President+of+the+Board+of+Directors+of+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbrc.org%2F%23%21footer%2Fabout%2Fnewhome+Buddhist+Digital+Resource+Center%5D+%28BDRC%29.+He+is+former+Co-Chair+of+the+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fcampuspress.yale.edu%2Fthrg%2F+Tibetan+and+Himalayan+Religions+Group+of+the+American+Academy+of+Religion%5D+and+co-leads+an+ongoing+collaborative+workshop+on+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftibetanlit.org%2F+Religion+and+the+Literary+in+Tibet%5D.%0A%0AYou+can+see+an+amazing+example+of+Quintman%27s+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Flotb.iath.virginia.edu%2F+contributions+to+digital+scholarship+on+the+Life+of+the+Buddha+project+website%5D.  
Andrew+Skilton+is+a+scholar+of+the+Buddhist+history+and+literature+of+South%2C+Southeast+Asia.+He+studied+Buddhism+and+Buddhist+languages+at+the+universities+of+Bristol+and+Oxford%2C+where+he+did+his+Ph.D.+on+the+%27%27Sam%C4%81dhir%C4%81jas%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+a+major+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+scripture%2C+examining+its+Chinese%2C+Tibetan%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+Buddhist+Hybrid+Sanskrit+recensions.+He+was+senior+lecturer+in+Buddhist+studies+at+Cardiff+University+and+associate+lecturer+and+research+fellow+at+SOAS%2C+London.+He+is+now+senior+research+fellow+in+Buddhist+studies+in+the+Theology+and+Religious+Studies+Department+at+King%E2%80%99s+College%2C+London%2C+and+also+manages+the+Revealing+Hidden+Collections+Project+at+the+Bodleian+Library%2C+Oxford.+His+publications+include+%27%27A+Concise+History+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+%28with+Kate+Crosby%29%2C+and+%27%27How+the+N%C4%81gas+Were+Pleased%27%27.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubcpress.ca%2Fandrew-skilton+Source+Accessed+Jan+7%2C+2021%5D%29  +
Andr%C3%A9+Bareau+%28December+31%2C+1921-+March+2%2C+1993%29+was+a+prominent+French+Buddhologist+and+a+leader+in+the+establishment+of+the+field+of+Buddhist+Studies+in+the+20th+century.+He+was+a+professor+at+the+Coll%C3%A8ge+de+France+from+1971+to+1991+and+Director+of+the+Study+of+Buddhist+Philosophy+at+L%27%C3%89cole+Pratique+des+Hautes+%C3%89tudes.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAndr%25C3%25A9_Bareau+Source+Accessed+Apr+8%2C+2022%5D%29  +
Andr%C3%A9+Ch%C3%A9del%2C+born+in+Neuch%C3%A2tel+in+1915+and+died+in+Le+Locle+in+1984%2C+was+a+self-taught+Swiss+philosopher+and+researcher%2C+writer%2C+orientalist+and+journalist.%0A%0AThe+only+child+of+a+family+from+Le+Locle%2C+he+had+a+great+interest+in+Eastern+languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+civilizations+from+a+very+young+age.+He+first+studied+as+an+autodidact+and+then+in+Paris+at+the+Ecole+Pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes%2C+at+the+School+of+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+at+the+Sorbonne+between+1936+and+1939.%0A%0AFascinated+by+the+East+and+interested+in+philosophical%2C+spiritual+and+religious+ideas%2C+in+1944+he+composed+an+anthology+of+Eastern+religious+and+sacred+texts%2C+then+several+essays%2C+in+particular+%27%27Judaism+and+Christianity%3A+the+bases+of+an+agreement+between+Jews+and+Christians%2C+towards+a+spiritualist+religion%27%27+%281951%29%2C+%27%27For+a+secular+humanism%27%27+%281963%29%2C+%27%27On+the+threshold+of+Solomon%27s+temple%3A+reflections+on+Freemasonry%27%27+%281977%29+and+finally+%27%27The+absolute%2C+this+research%3A+analysis+of+monotheistic+religions%27%27+%281980%29.+His+literary+activity+is+rich%2C+varied+and+accessible.+Among+other+things%2C+he+also+wrote+a+novel%2C+%27%27The+Rise+to+Carmel%27%27+%281958%29%2C+a+collection+of+short+stories+%27%27Contes+et+portraits%27%27+%281958%29%2C+a+set+of+short+texts+%27%27Vagabondages%3A+evocations+and+reflections%27%27+%281974%29%2C+as+well+as+various+travel+stories.%0A%0AAt+the+same+time%2C+he+translated+numerous+texts+into+French%2C+in+particular+works+in+Russian+%28%27%27La+Russie+face+%C3%A0+l%27Occident%27%27+by+Dostoyevsky+in+1945%2C+%27%27Les+Nouvelles%27%27+by+Anton+Chekhov+in+1959%29%2C+in+ancient+Greek+%28%27%27Les+Perses+d%27+Eschyle%27%27+in+1946%29%2C+in+Arabic+%28%27%27Choice+of+Tales+from+the+Arabian+Nights%27%27+in+1949%29%2C+in+Sanskrit+%28%27%27Bhagavad-G%C3%AEt%C3%A2%27%27+in+1971+%29.+In+addition%2C+he+wrote+several+prefaces.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+his+abundant+publications%2C+Andr%C3%A9+Ch%C3%A9del+was+also+a+freelance+journalist+and+collaborated+with+numerous+daily+newspapers+and+reviews%3A+the+Journal+de+Gen%C3%A8ve%2C+the+Gazette+de+Lausanne%2C+L%27Essor+%28of+which+he+was+the+head+from+1950+to+1952%29%2C+L%27Impartial%2C+La+Revue+de+Suisse%2C+La+Vie+protestante%2C+and+others.%0A%0AAndr%C3%A9+Ch%C3%A9del+was+a+Freemason%2C+a+member+of+the+Swiss+Grand+Lodge+Alpina.%0A%0AHe+finally+received+several+prizes+and+distinctions%2C+he+is+notably+Doctor+of+Letters+Honoris+Causa+from+the+University+of+Neuch%C3%A2tel+in+1962.+From+the+French+Academy%2C+he+received+the+Louis-Paul-Miller+Prize+in+1972+for+his+book+%27%27Vers+l%27Universalit%C3%A9%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAndr%25C3%25A9_Ch%25C3%25A9del+Source+Accessed+Apr+7%2C+2022%5D%29  
For+the+last+25+years%2C+Andy+Rotman+has+engaged+in+textual+and+ethnographic+work+on+the+role+of+narratives%2C+images+and+markets+in+South+Asia+and+the+religious%2C+social+and+political+functions+that+they+serve.+This+focus+is+apparent+in+his+research+on+early+Indian+Buddhism%2C+South+Asian+media+and+the+modern+economies+of+the+North+Indian+bazaar.%0A%0AHis+recent+publications+include+%27%27Amar+Akbar+Anthony%3A+Bollywood%2C+Brotherhood%2C+and+the+Nation%27%27+%28Harvard+University+Press%2C+2015%29%2C+co-written+with+William+Elison+and+Christian+Novetzke%2C+which+offers+a+multiperspectival+exegesis+of+one+of+India%E2%80%99s+most+popular+films%3B+%27%27Thus+Have+I+Seen%3A+Visualizing+Faith+in+Early+Indian+Buddhism%27%27+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2009%29%2C+which+considers+the+construction+of+faith+as+a+visual+practice+in+Buddhism%2C+and+how+seeing+and+believing+function+as+part+of+intersecting+visual+and+moral+systems%3B+and+%27%27Divine+Stories%3A+Translations+from+the+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+part+1%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2008%29%2C+the+first+half+of+a+two-part+translation+of+an+important+collection+of+ancient+Buddhist+narratives.+This+volume+inaugurated+a+new+translation+series+from+Wisdom+Publications+called+Classics+of+Indian+Buddhism%2C+of+which+he+is+also+the+chief+editor.+The+second+volume%2C+%27%27Divine+Stories%3A+Translations+from+the+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+part+2%27%27%2C+was+published+with+Wisdom+Publications+in+2017.%0A%0ARotman%27s+current+research+focuses+on+two+book+projects%2C+both+of+which+explore+the+intersection+of+religion+and+the+market%2C+and+the+role+of+mercantilism+in+creating+and+resisting+moral+worlds%3A+%281%29+%27%27Bazaar+Religion%3A+Marketing+and+Moral+Economics+in+Modern+India%27%27+%28Harvard+University+Press%2C+under+contract%29%2C+a+longitudinal+study+of+the+main+bazaars+in+Varanasi%2C+which+examines+the+moral+economy+behind+the+objective+economy+of+visible+transactions+and+the+ways+that+it+creates%2C+mediates+and+sacralizes+various+moods+and+modes+of+behavior%3B+and+%282%29+%27%27Saving+the+World+through+Commerce%3F+Buddhists%2C+Merchants%2C+and+Mercantilism+in+Early+India%27%27%2C+which+chronicles+the+close+relationship+that+Buddhism+had+with+merchants+and+mercantilism+in+the+early+centuries+of+the+Common+Era%2C+and+how+the+market+left+its+imprint+on+the+foundations+of+Buddhism%2C+particularly+on+Buddhist+conceptions+of+morality.%0A%0ARotman%27s+courses+are+concerned+with+South+Asian+religion%2C+both+premodern+and+modern%2C+and+though+he+believes+that+religious+studies+offer+an+important+heuristic+for+penetrating+the+complexities+of+many+social+phenomena%2C+he+likes+to+teach+materials+from+a+variety+of+disciplines+as+a+way+of+triangulating+issues.+He+was+trained+to+examine+problems+as+a+scholar+of+religion+and+as+a+philologist%2C+anthropologist+and+cultural+historian%2C+and+he+trains+his+students+to+do+the+same.+Rotman+also+likes+to+use+nontraditional+media+in+the+classroom%2C+such+as+chromolithographs%2C+advertisements%2C+video+archives+and+devotional+recordings+to+offer+insight+into+under-represented+aspects+of+South+Asian+religious+life%2C+contextualize+traditional+materials+and+animate+discussions.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.smith.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Fandy-rotman+Source+Accessed+July+28%2C+2021%5D%29  
Angraj+Chaudhary+was+appointed+Professor+of+P%C4%81li+at+the+Nava+Nalanda+Mahavihara+University+in+the+Indian+State+of+Bihar+in+1980.+Besides+teaching+English+and+P%C4%81li%2C+the+professor+carried+out+research+and+editing+work%2C+and+guided+MA%2C+PhD%2C+and+D.+Litt+students+in+their+research.+Soon+after+retirement+from+Bihar+Education+Service+in+1992+the+professor+joined+Vipassana+Research+Institute+at+Dhamma+Giri%2C+established+by+our+late+Vipassana+Teacher+S.N.+Goenka.%0A%0ABased+at+Dhamma+Giri%2C+the+professor+has+worked+on+editing+P%C4%81li+books+and+translating+some+of+the+P%C4%81li+atthakathas%2C+or+commentaries%2C+%28written+1500+year+ago+but+not+translated+into+any+other+language%29+into+Hindi+for+the+first+time.+The+Professor+has+also+transliterated+some+of+the+P%C4%81li+atthakathas+into+Devanagari+script+and+he+was+one+of+the+editors+who+edited+the+P%C4%81li+Tipi%E1%B9%ADaka+with+its+atthakathas%2C+tikas+%28sub-commentaries%29%2C+and+anutikas+in+Devanagari+script+in+140+volumes+for+the+first+time-a+Himalayan+task+never+undertaken+anywhere+in+the+whole+world.%0A%0AFrom+the+various+books+he+published%2C+mostly+on+different+aspects+of+Buddhist+philosophy+and+P%C4%81li+literature%2C+the+Pariyatti+Edition+%27%27Aspects+of+Buddha-Dhamma%27%27+is+his+latest.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstore.pariyatti.org%2Fchaudhary-angraj%3F_gl%3D1%2A1d2aaft%2A_gcl_au%2AMTM4NDI0NDg2MC4xNzAwMDkzNDE3+Source+Accessed+Nov+15%2C+2023%5D%29  +
Khenmo+Trinlay+Ch%C3%B6dron+is+a+senior+student+of+Khenchen+Rinpoche.+She+teaches+at+the+Tibetan+Meditation+Center+in+Fredrick%2C+Maryland%2C+as+well+as+at+affiliated+centers+in+the+United+States+and+Sweden.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fauthors%2Fa-f%2Fkhenmo-trinlay-chodron.html+Source+Accessed+Sept+4+2020%5D%29  +
Ani+Lodr%C5%8D+Palmo+was+one+of+the+most+senior+and+earliest+Tibetan+Buddhist+nuns+from+the+West.+She+was+born+and+grew+up+in+Vermont%2C+USA%2C+and+went+to+India+in+the+early+1960%E2%80%99s+with+a+strong+calling+to+serve+humanity+in+the+Peace+Corps.+While+there+she+met+one+of+the+greatest+lamas+of+the+Kagyu+tradition%2C+Kyabje+Khamtrul+Rinpoche%2C+and+took+her+monastic+vows+with+him.+Since+then+she+lived+mainly+in+the+East+studying+and+practicing+all+the+major+traditions+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+particularly+under+the+guidance+of+Kyabje+Khamtrul+Rinpoche+and+Kyabje+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche.+She+received+many+empowerments+and+teachings+from+other+lamas+such+as+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa%2C+Kyabje+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Kyabje+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche%2C+Kyabje+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche%2C+Kyabje+Chatral+Rinpoche%2C+Kyabje+Khunu+Rinpoche%2C+Kyabgon+Sakya+Gongma+Rinpoche%2C+along+with+many+of+the+younger+generation+of+Tibetan+teachers.+Ani+la+studied+and+practiced+the+Vajrayana+dharma+for+almost+sixty+years+and+much+of+this+time+she+spent+in+retreat.+She+possessed+immense+humility+as+a+practitioner+and+was+incredibility+devoted%2C+clear%2C+and+dedicated+to+the+path+of+enlightenment.+She+also+was+a+fierce+advocate+for+social+justice%2C+the+environment%2C+and+political+democracy+and+equality+for+all.+She+held+these+values+dear+to+her+heart+and+expressed+them+candidly+to+us+all.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdzigarkongtrul%2Fposts%2Fdear-noble-sangha-around-the-worldas-many-of-you-know-ani-lodro-palmo-one-of-the%2F10156946147553143%2F+Adapted+from+Source+July+25%2C+2023%5D%29  +
A+long%E2%80%93term+student+of+Chogyam+Trungpa+Rinpoche%2C+Ann+joined+the+Nalanda+Translation+Committee+in+1986.+She+studied+Tibetan+at+Naropa+University%2C+mainly+with+Dzigar+Kongtrul%2C+and+she+taught+Tibetan+and+Foundations+of+Buddhism+at+Naropa+from+1991-2004.+After+30+years+in+Boulder%2C+Ann+lived+as+a+retreatant+for+eight+years+at+Padma+Samye+Ling%2C+the+monastery+in+upstate+New+York+of+Khenchen+Palden+Sherab+and+Khenpo+Tsewang+Dongyal.+From+1997+to+2014%2C+she+translated+primarily+with+Ringu+Tulku+and+for+Dharma+Samudra%2C+the+Khenpo+Brothers%E2%80%99+publication+group.+In+2014+Ann+moved+to+Portland%2C+Oregon%2C+where+she+continues+her+Buddhist+practice+and+study+under+the+guidance+of+Yongey+Mingyur+Rinpoche.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Frywiki.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FAnn_Helm+Source+Accessed+Sept+9%2C+2020%5D%29  +
Anna+%28a.k.a.+Anya%29+holds+a+MA+degree+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+Kathmandu+University+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute.+Her+MA+thesis+was+entitled%3A+%E2%80%9CJamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo+and+the+Nonsectarian+Movement%3A+A+Critical+Look+at+Representations+of+19th+Century+Tibetan+Buddhism%E2%80%9D.%0A%0AAnna+joined+the+BA+program+at+RYI+in+2007%2C+and+the+Translator+Training+Program+%28TTP%29+in+2008+and+has+been+teaching+in+RYI+since+2009+as+a+language+instructor+in+the+TTP.+She+has+been+the+a+manager+of+the+TTP+since+2010.++Anna+also+interprets+for+a+variety+of+different+teachers+from+Tibetan+into+English+and+Russian.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryi.org%2Ffaculty%2Fanna-zilman+Source+Accessed+Sept+30%2C+2020%5D%29  +
Annabella+Pitkin+is+associate+professor+of+Buddhism%2FEast+Asian+religions+and+director+of+the+Asian+Studies+Program+at+Lehigh+University.+Pitkin%E2%80%99s+wide-ranging+research+spans+classical+and+contemporary+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+East+Asian+religion+and+pop+culture%2C+and+Buddhist+social+and+ecological+movements.+Her++research+focuses+on+Tibetan+Buddhist+modernity%2C+Buddhist+ideals+of+renunciation%2C+miracle+narratives%2C+and+Buddhist+biographies.+She+is+on+the+editorial+committee+of+the+online+database+Treasury+of+Lives%3A+A+Biographical+Encyclopedia+of+Tibet%2C+Inner+Asia%2C+and+the+Himalaya.+Pitkin+is+a+member+of+the+review+committee+for+the+Rubin+Institute.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frubinmuseum.org%2Fpeople%2Fannabella-pitkin%2F+Source+Accessed+Dec+21%2C+2024%5D%29  +
%5BAnne+Ansermet%5D+grew+up+in+Geneva%2C+alongside+a+father+%5BErnest+Ansermet%5D+totally+absorbed+by+music%2C+where+she+met+Ravel%2C+de+Falla%2C+Stravinsky%2C+%5Band%5D+Ramuz.+Having+become+a+nurse%2C+she+converted+to+Catholicism%2C+then+married+and+lived+in+Paris%2C+where+she+discovered+the+misery+of+the+suburbs.+After+a+divorce+and+two+remarriages%2C+she+lived+in+Zurich+and+in+the+South+of+France.+A+few+years+later%2C+she+returned+to+Rolle+with+her+son+and+established+very+close+relationships+with+her+father%2C+accompanying+him+on+his+concert+tours%2C+developing+a+very+rich+intellectual+exchange+with+him.+Then+she+left+for+India%2C+became+a+Buddhist%2C+and+returned+to+Switzerland+to+settle+at+the+Buddhist+Center+of+Mont-P%C3%A8lerin%2C+before+settling+in+Rolle.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.plansfixes.ch%2Ffilms%2Fanne-ansermet%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+16%2C+2021%5D%29%0A%0AAnne+was+instrumental+in+helping+to+establish+Rabten+Choeling+%28formerly+Tharpa+Choeling%29+%2C+one+of+the+first+Tibetan+Buddhist+monasteries+to+be+established+in+the+West+after+the+exodus+of+Tibetans+into+India.+At+the+age+of+70%2C+Anne+was+drawn+to+Buddhism+and+even+traveled+to+India+to+be+ordained+by+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama.+It+was+the+hard+work+of+Anne+and+her+group+that+allowed+the+ordained+and+lay+people+in+Tharpa+Choeling+to+live+a+life+of+study+and+contemplation+without+having+to+worry+about+their+material+needs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dorjeshugden.com%2Fplaces%2Frabten-choeling-switzerland%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+16%2C+2021%5D%29  +
Anne+Burchardi+took+refuge+with+Ven.+Kalu+Rinpoche+in+1976.++%0AIn+1978+she+became+a+student+of+Khenpo+Tsultrim+Gyamtso+Rinpoche+and+started+her+education+as+a+Tibetan+translator+with+him.+%0A%0A1978%E2%80%931980+she+was+the+secretary+of+Center+for+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Karma+Drub+Djy+Ling%2C+Copenhagen%2C+Denmark.+%0A1978-1979+she+was+secretary+at+The+Ethnographical+Department+of+The+National+Museum%2C+Copenhagen.+%0AIn+1980+she+became+a+member+of+The+Translating+Board+of+Kagyu+Tekchen+Shedra%2C+International+Educational+Institute+of+Higher+Learning%2C+Bruxelles%2C+Belgium.+%0A%0AShe+lived+in+Kathmandu+from+1984%E2%80%931992+and+in+1986+she+became+Teacher+at+Marpa+Institute+for+Translation%2C+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.+1988%E2%80%931991+she+was+secretary+and+course+coordinator+at+Marpa+Institute+for+Translation.+From+1986+to+2015+she+was+interpreter+for+various+Tibetan+Lamas+of+the+Kagyu%2C+Nyingma%2C+and+Gelukpa+lineages+teaching+Buddhism+mainly+in+Europe+and+Asia%2C+and+occasionally+in+the+USA+and+Canada.%0A%0A1997%E2%80%932002+she+was+Teaching+Assistant+in+Tibetan+Language+Studies%2C+at+The+Asian+Insitute%2C+University+of+Copenhagen.+%0A1999%E2%80%932015+she+was+Associate+Professor+in+Tibetology%2C+Department+of+Asian+Studies%2C+Institute+of+Cross+Cultural+%26+Regional+Studies%2C+University+of+Copenhagen.+%0A1999-2007+she+was+Research+Librarian+and+Curator%2C+Tibetan+Section%2C+Department+of+Orientalia+%26+Judaica%2C+The+Royal+Library+of+Denmark%2C+Copenhagen.+%0A%0A2000+She+was+Consultant+for+Tibet%2C+International+Development+Partners%2C+DANIDA%2C+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs%2C+in+Lhasa+and+Denmark.%0A2001-2015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+Culture+at+The+Public+University%2C+Copenhagen+%26+Aarhus.%0A2002%E2%80%932010+she+was+Researcher+and+Consultant++at+The+Twinning+Library+Project%2C+between+The+National+Library+of+Bhutan%2C+Thimphu+and+The+Royal+Library+of+Denmark%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2004%E2%80%932005+she+was+Visiting+Professor+at+Deparmnet+of+Religion%2C+Naropa+University%2C+Boulder%2C+CO.%0A%0A2005%E2%80%932015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhism+at+Pende+Ling%2C+Center+for+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2007%E2%80%932015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhist+Studies%2C+The+Buddhist+University%2C+Pende+Ling%2C+Copenhagen.%0A%0A2010+She+was+for+Consultant+for+Liason+Office+of+Denmark%2C+Thimphu%2C+Bhutan%2C+DANIDA%2C+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2011-2013+She+was+a+Culture+Guide+in+Nepal%2C+Bhutan%2C+and+Tibet+for+Cramon+Travels+and+for+Kipling+Travels.%0A2012%E2%80%932020++She+was+a+translator+for+the+84000+project.%0A%28Source%3A+Anne+Burchardi+Email%2C+Jan+18%2C+2021.%29  
Dr.+MacDonald+is+a+researcher+at+the+Institute+for+the+Cultural+and+Intellectual+History+of+Asia+of+the+Austrian+Academy+of+Sciences+in+Vienna%2C+Austria.+Her+primary+focus+is+the+development+of+Madhyamaka+thought+in+India+and+Tibet.+Her+research+on+Chandrakirti%27s+%27%27Prasannapada%27%27+and+%27%27Madhyamakavatarabha%E1%B9%A3ya%27%27+is+based+on+newly+available+manuscripts+of+these+works.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkhyentsefoundation.org%2Fanne-macdonald-winner-2016-kf-prize-outstanding-translation%2F+Source+Accessed+Apr+7%2C+2021%5D%29  +
Anne+Warren+is+affiliated+with+the+Cleveland+chapter+of+Jewel+Heart+Tibetan+Buddhist+Learning+Center.+She+serves+on+the+Executive+Committee+as+Dharma+Coordinator.+In+addition%2C+she+is+an+editor+of+several+works+by+Gelek+Rimpoche.  +
Anne-Marie+Blondeau+is+directeur+d%C3%A9tudes+emeritus+at+the+%C3%89cole+pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes+%28Sciences+religieuses%29%2C+Paris.  +
Anthony+Abraham+Jack+%28Ph.D.%2C+Harvard+University%2C+2016%29+is+a+junior+fellow+at+the+Harvard+Society+of+Fellows+and+an+assistant+professor+of+Education+at+the+Harvard+Graduate+School+of+Education.+He+holds+the+Shutzer+Assistant+Professorship+at+the+Radcliffe+Institute+for+Advanced+Study.%0A%0AHis+research+documents+the+overlooked+diversity+among+lower-income+undergraduates%3A+the+%27%27Doubly+Disadvantaged%27%27%C2%AD+%E2%80%94+those+who+enter+college+from+local%2C+typically+distressed+public+high+schools+%E2%80%94+and+%27%27Privileged+Poor%27%27%C2%AD+%E2%80%94+those+who+do+so+from+boarding%2C+day%2C+and+preparatory+high+schools.+His+scholarship+appears+in+the+%27%27Common+Reader%27%27%2C+%27%27Du+Bois+Review%27%27%2C+%27%27Sociological+Forum%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Sociology+of+Education%27%27+and+has+earned+awards+from+the+American+Educational+Studies+Association%2C+American+Sociological+Association%2C+Association+for+the+Study+of+Higher+Education%2C+Eastern+Sociological+Society%2C+and+the+Society+for+the+Study+of+Social+Problems.+Jack+held+fellowships+from+the+Ford+Foundation+and+the+National+Science+Foundation+and+was+a+National+Academy+of+Education%2FSpencer+Foundation+Dissertation+Fellow.+The+National+Center+for+Institutional+Diversity+at+the+University+of+Michigan+named+him+an+Emerging+Diversity+Scholar.+In+May+2020%2C+Muhlenberg+College+will+award+him+an+honorary+doctorate+for+his+work+in+transforming+higher+education.%0A%0AThe+%27%27New+York+Times%27%27%2C+%27%27Boston+Globe%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Atlantic%27%27%2C+%27%27The+New+Yorker%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Chronicle+of+Higher+Education%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Huffington+Post%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Nation%27%27%2C+%27%27American+Conservative+Magazine%27%27%2C+%27%27The+National+Review%27%27%2C+%27%27Commentary+Magazine%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Washington+Post%27%27%2C+%27%27Financial+Times%27%27%2C+%27%27Times+Higher+Education%27%27%2C+%27%27Vice%27%27%2C+%27%27Vox%27%27%2C+and+%27%27NPR%27%27+have+featured+his+research+and+writing+as+well+as+biographical+profiles+of+his+experiences+as+a+first-generation+college+student.+%27%27The+Privileged+Poor%3A+How+Elite+Colleges+Are+Failing+Disadvantaged+Students%27%27+is+his+first+book.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.gse.harvard.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fanthony-jack+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29  
Anthony+Kennedy+Warder+%288+September+1924+%E2%80%93+8+January+2013%29+was+a+British+Indologist.+His+best-known+works+are+Introduction+to+Pali+%281963%29%2C+%27%27Indian+Buddhism%27%27+%281970%29%2C+and+the+eight-volume+%27%27Indian+K%C4%81vya+Literature%27%27+%281972%E2%80%932011%29.%0A%0AHe+studied+Sanskrit+and+Pali+at+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies%2C+and+received+his+doctorate+from+there+in+1954.+His+thesis%2C+supervised+by+John+Brough%2C+was+entitled+%27%27Pali+Metre%3A+A+Study+of+the+Evolution+of+Early+Middle+Indian+Metre+Based+on+the+Verse+Preserved+in+the+Pali+Canon%27%27.+%28When+it+was+published+in+1967%2C+the+title+was+changed+to+%27%27Pali+Metre%3A+A+Contribution+to+the+History+of+Indian+Literature%27%27.%29%0A%0AFor+a+number+of+years%2C+he+was+an+active+member+of+the+Pali+Text+Society%2C+which+published+his+first+book%2C+%27%27Introduction+to+Pali%27%27%2C+in+1963.+He+based+his+popular+primer+on+extracts+from+the+D%C4%ABgha+Nik%C4%81ya%2C+and+took+the+then+revolutionary+step+of+treating+Pali+as+an+independent+language%2C+not+just+a+derivative+of+Sanskrit.%0A%0AHis+began+his+academic+career+at+the+University+of+Edinburgh+in+1955%2C+but+in+1963+moved+to+the+University+of+Toronto.+There%2C+as+Chairman+of+the+Department+of+East+Asian+Studies%2C+he+built+up+a+strong+programme+in+Sanskrit+and+South+Asian+studies.+He+retired+in+1990.%0A%0A%27%27Studies+on+Buddhism+in+Honour+of+Professor+A.+K.+Warder%27%27+was+published+in+1993%2C+edited+by+Narendra+K.+Wagle+and+Fumimaro+Watanabe.%0A%0AHe+and+his+wife%2C+Nargez%2C+died+of+natural+causes+almost+simultaneously+on+8+January+2013.+He+was+eighty-eight%2C+and+she+was+ninety.+They+had+no+children.+They+were+buried+together+following+a+Buddhist+service.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FA._K._Warder+Source+Accessed+Feb+10%2C+2021%5D%29  +