Wangchuk, Dorji

Names

Dorji Wangchuk

Dates

Born: ?
Died:

Affiliation

Universitat Hamburg

Education

• 2002 - MA Universitat Hamburg
• 2005 - PhD Universitat Hamburg

Other Biographical Information

Biographie in deutscher Sprache:

Dorji Wangchuk wurde 1967 in Ostbhutan geboren. Nach seiner zehnjährigen Ausbildung (1987–1997) in der tibetischen Klosteruniversität Ngagyur Nyingma Institute in Bylakuppe, Mysore, Südindien, studierte er klassische Indologie und Tibetologie mit Schwerpunkt Buddhismus an der Universität Hamburg, wo er 2002 seinen Magisterabschluss erlangte und anschließend promovierte (2005). Gegenwärtig ist er Professor für Tibetologie in der Abteilung für Sprache und Kultur Indiens und Tibets, am Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg. Sein spezielles Interessengebiet liegt in der Geistesgeschichte des tibetischen Buddhismus und in der tibetischen buddhistischen Literatur.

Bio in English:

Dorji Wangchuk was born in 1967 in East Bhutan. After the completion of his ten year training (1987–1997) in the Tibetan monastic seminary of Ngagyur Nyingma Institute at Bylakuppe, Mysore, South India, he studied classical Indology and Tibetology, with a focus on Buddhism, at the University of Hamburg, where he received his MA (2002) and PhD (2005) degrees. Currently he is professor for Tibetology at the Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg. His special field of interest lies in the intellectual history of Tibetan Buddhism and in the Tibetan Buddhist literature. (Source: Hamburg U - Universitat Hamburg)

Writings

Selected Publications

• 2009. "A Relativity Theory of the Purity and Validity of Perception in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism," in: Eli Franco & Dagmar Eigner (eds.), Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Altered States of Consciousness. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 215–237.

• 2008. "Cross-Referential Clues for a Relative Chronology of Klong chen pa's Works," in Orna Almogi (ed.), Contributions to Tibetan Buddhist Literature. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Königswinter, 2006. Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, pp. 195-244.

• 2008. "Jörg Grafe, Vidyādharas: Früheste Zeit kaschmirischen Bṛhatkathā. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001." Review article. Tantric Studies 1, pp. 220–222.

• 2007. The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Concept of Bodhicitta in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Studia Philologica Buddhica, Monograph Series. Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies.

• 2005. "Das dPal-yul-Kloster in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Die Wiederbelebung der klösterlichen Tradition der rNying-ma-Schule," in Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart Band 11 (Winter 2005/6): Die Geistesgeschichte des Buddhismus (II). Hamburg, pp. 213–234.

• 2005. "The rÑiṅ-ma Interpretations of the Tathāgatagarbha Theory," Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 48, 2004 (appeared in 2005), pp. 171–213.

• 2002. "An Eleventh-Century Defence of the Guhyagarbhatantra," in: Helmut Eimer & David Germano (eds.), The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism. PIATS 2000: Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000. Leiden: Brill, pp. 265–291.

• 2003. "Einige philosophische Grundlagen der rDzogs-chen-Meditation," in Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart Band 8 (Winter 2002/3): Frauen im Buddhismus und Meditation. Hamburg, pp. 163–181.

• 2001. "Die „Große Vollendung" (rDzogs-chen), wie sie in Rong-zom-pas Werk dargestellt wird," in Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart Band 5 (Winter 2000/1): Die Geistesgeschichte des Buddhismus (II). Hamburg, pp. 39–53.

• 2000. "Madhyamaka aus der Sicht der rNying-ma Tradition," in Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart Band 4 (Sommer 2000): Die Geistesgeschichte des Buddhismus (I). Hamburg, pp. 211–223.

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The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.