John Newman

PersonType	Category:Professors Emeritus
FirstName / namefirst	John
LastName / namelast	Newman
namemiddle	Ronald
MainNamePhon	John Newman
SortName	Newman, John
bio	Professor Newman is a historian of religions who specializes in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. His research focuses on the Vajrayana Buddhist Kalacakra tantra (“Wheel of Time system of mysticism”) tradition. He is also interested in Buddhist interactions with other religions, and methodological issues in the cross-cultural study of religions.
StudentOf	Geshe Lhundub Sopa
phduniversity	University of Wisconsin-Madison
education	Ph.D. Buddhist Studies, B.A. South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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John Ronald Newman

Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism.

Can refer to either the Kālacakra Tantra and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered.