John P. Keenan

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BnwShortPersonBio	John P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and vicar of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Scarborough, Maine. He has published translations and studies in Yogacara Buddhism, and has employed Mahayana Buddhist philosophy in works including The Meaning of Christ: A Mahayana Theology and The Letter of James: Everyday Practice for Everyday Christians.
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Full Name

John Peter Keenan
John P. Keenan

Affiliation

Associate Professor of Religion at Middlebury College in Vermont.

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.

Other Information

His studies have focused on Indian Mahāyāna and its translation into China.

Publications

He is the translator of several major Yogācāra texts: Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra, Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Buddhabhūmyupadeśa, and Karmasiddhiprakarana. His publications include The Realm of Awakening and The Meaning of Christ: A Mahāyāna Theology.

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).