Braitstein, L.
Braitstein, L.
PersonType | Category:Professors Category:Translators Category:Editors |
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FirstName / namefirst | Lara |
LastName / namelast | Braitstein |
namemiddle | E. |
bio | My areas of research interest include South Asian and Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhist literature and historiography and my current research revolves around the life of the 10thShamarpa Chödrup Gyatso (1742-1792), a Tibetan Lama who played a complex role in the fraught relations between Tibet, Nepal and China during the late 18th century. My published work includes Saraha’s Adamantine Songs (2014), a translation and literary analysis of a set of three long esoteric poems composed in the 9th century, and I was also the translator and editor of Shamar Rinpoche’s book Path to Awakening (2009 and 2011). In addition to introductory courses on Buddhism, Buddhist thought and Buddhist Studies, I teach courses on Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist poetry, and Indian and Tibetan Buddhist tantric traditions. From 2013-18, I was Principal of the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (New Delhi), where I helped to oversee and implement a curricular transformation that integrates academic and traditional Tibetan methods of teaching and learning. I have been a regular visiting professor at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Kathmandu), and in 2018 I was the UBEF Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sydney. My research has been supported by SSHRC (2008-11) and Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai (2009), and I am a member of the FRQSC funded research group Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur le Tibet et l’Himalaya (GRITH), an initiative that brings together academics in Québec carrying out research about the greater Himalayan region (https://www.grith.fss.ulaval.ca/en). |
associatedwebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/lara-e-braitstein |
affiliation | McGill University |
currentworks | Recovering the Red Crown: a study of the 10th Shamarpa Chodrup Gyatso (SSHRC funded) |
phduniversity | McGill University |
education | 2004 PhD McGill University - Saraha's Adamantine Songs |
publications | Selected publications:
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