Gregory M. Seton

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Greg
LastName / namelast	Seton
MainNamePhon	Gregory M. Seton
SortName	Seton, Greg
bio	Greg Seton is a scholar of both ancient and modern Buddhist texts in Tibetan and Sanskrit, specializing in Buddhist philosophy and the theoretical frameworks for the meditational practices inspired by the Buddhist “Scripture on the Perfection of Wisdom.” Initially earning a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University in 1990, graduating from the American Film Institute, and working in the film industry as an award-winning writer and director for nine years, he returned to academia in 2001 to do his first masters degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. After receiving his DPhil in Buddhist Studies from the University of Oxford, he took a position as professor of Tibetan and Indian Buddhist Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand. Through his DAAD fellowship at the University of Hamburg in Germany, he studied and critically edited the historically important Indian commentary on the Perfection of Wisdom based on 11th and 13th century palm leaf Sanskrit manuscripts and 15th century Tibetan block prints. His study and translation of the commentary and scripture, along with his Tibetan and Sanskrit critical editions of them, is set to be published as a four volume set. (Source: Dartmouth College) Learn more about professor Seton on his personal website: https://www.gregseton.com/about
associatedwebsite	https://www.gregseton.com/about
affiliation	Dartmouth College
affiliationsecondary	Mangala Shri Bhuti
StudentOf	The Second Dzigar Kongtrul, Jigme Namgyel
phduniversity	University of Oxford; University of California at Santa Barbara
education	B.A. Wesleyan University M.A. Naropa University M.A. UC Santa Barbara D. Phil. Oxford University
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A class of Mahāyāna sūtras which represents some of the earliest known literature of this genre of Buddhism. There are around forty texts associated with this category, though the most widespread is the exceedingly brief Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra, popularly known as the Heart Sūtra. This class of literature is typically associated with the second turning of the dharma wheel and especially with the teachings on emptiness (śūnyatā). As such, these texts were the primary scriptural source for the philosophy of the Madhyamaka school.