Barbara Nelson

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors
FirstName / namefirst	Barbara
LastName / namelast	Nelson
MainNamePhon	Barbara Nelson
bio	Dr. Barbara Nelson is a Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Her research interests include the history of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India, bodhisattva path and kshaanti (patience), Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, translation studies, Indian history and religions, and the policy and practice of secularism in India. (Source Accessed Jan 13, 2021)
affiliation	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
publications	Nelson, B. "Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara in Translation: A Century of Interpretation of a Sanskrit Mahayana Text." Journal of Religious History 40, no. 3 (2016): 405-427. Doron, A., Barz. R., and Barbara Nelson. "Introduction: Ganga Through the Ages." In An Anthology of Writings on the Ganga: Goddess and River in History, Culture and Society, edited by Assa Doron, Richard Barz & Barbara Nelson, xi-xviii. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2015. Doron, A, Barz, R & Nelson, B, eds, 2015, An anthology of writings on the Ganga, (Oxford University Press, London & New Delhi). Nelson, B & Doron, A 2012, 'India's churning democracy: future directions', East Asia Forum Quarterly (EAFQ), vol. 4, no. 1 (January-March 2012), pp. 4-5. Nelson, B 2011, 'Beyond free and literal: translating a Buddhist text (Bodhicaryavatarapanjika) from Sanskrit', JOSA: The Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia', vol. 43, pp. 83-102. Nelson, B & MacIntyre, A, eds, 2010, Capturing the Year 2009: Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Canberra. Nelson, B & Jeffrey, R, eds, 2008, Capturing the Year 2008, Australian National University, Canberra Australia. Nelson, B & Jeffrey, R, eds, 2006, Capturing the Year 2006. Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra.
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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.