Morten Ostensen

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Morten
LastName / namelast	Ostensen
MainNamePhon	Morten Ostensen
SortName	Ostensen, M
bio	Morten Ostensen is the Digital Curator for the Research Department of Tsadra Foundation where he works to create digital editions of major Tibetan literary collections, as well other online resources developed by the research team and their collaborators. He was a frequent resident of Nepal from the mid 1990's until 2015 where he has studied Buddhism as an undergrad, a graduate student, and a doctoral candidate, as well as in more traditional settings. He now lives in upstate New York with his wife and daughter.
YearBirth	1975/02/22
BornIn	Manhasset, NY
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibtetan
affiliation	Tsadra Foundation
religiousaffiliation	Nyingma
currentworks	Doctoral Research on the Great Perfection Mind Series Traditions (rdzogs chen sems sde lugs).
phduniversity	Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute)
education	Ph.D., ongoing, Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Dissertation working title: Prospecting for Buddha in the Mine of Enlightenment: The Pedagogy of Experience in the Great Perfection Mind Series Traditions. M.A. in Buddhist Philosophy and Himalayan Languages, 2008. Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Thesis: In the Presence of the Dharmakāya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King (mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos). B.A. in Religion and Philosophy, 1999. Long Island University, South Hampton, (Friends World Program).
publications	Morten Ostensen, “Reconsidering the Contents and Function of the rDzogs chen Classifications of Sems phyogs and Sems sde”, Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 43, January 2018, pp. 32–49. Morten Ostensen, “Muddy Waters and Blurred Lines: A ro ye shes ’byung gnas and the Anomalous Origins of the rDzogs pa chen po Sems sde A ro lugs”, Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 44, March 2018, pp. 9–30.
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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.

Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition.