Duckworth, D.

Duckworth, D. on the DRL

Professors • Translators • Authors of English Works

Douglas Samuel Duckworth

English Phonetics	Douglas Duckworth

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/faculty/duckworth-douglas; https://temple.academia.edu/DouglasDuckworth

About

Primary Language:	English
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Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Temple University

PhD University

University of Virginia

Education

• B.A., James Madison University, 1993
  
• M.A., University of Virginia, 2000
  
• Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005
  
  

Biographical Information

Douglas Duckworth is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University. He is the author of Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition (SUNY, 2008) and Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings (Shambhala, 2011). He introduced and translated Distinguishing the Views and Philosophies: Illuminating Emptiness in a Twentieth-Century Tibetan Buddhist Classic by Bötrül (SUNY, 2011). He is the co-editor of the Journal of Buddhist Philosophy (SUNY) and has been a visitor in the Program of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) in Princeton (2013-2016). He has also collaborated with the Dharmachakra Translation Committee on translations of Luminous Essence (Snow Lion 2009), which is an overview of the Guhyagarbhatantra, and Tibetan commentaries of the Indian Mahāyāna classic, Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras (Snow Lion 2014). His papers have appeared in numerous journals and books, including the Blackwell Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy: A Comparative Approach, Sophia, Philosophy East & West, the Journal for the American Academy of Religion, Asian Philosophy, and the Journal of Contemporary Buddhism. Most recently, Professor Duckworth is co-author of Dignāga’s Investigation of the Percept: A Philosophical Legacy in India and Tibet (OUP 2016). Currently, he is finishing a book project, Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy (forthcoming from OUP and working on two projects related to Śāntideva’s eighth-century Indian Buddhist classic, the Bodhicaryāvatāra.(Source Accessed July 21, 2020)

Duckworth, D. CV

Selected Publications

Books

Duckworth, D., D. Eckel, J. Garfield, J. Powers, Y. Thabkhas, S. Thakchoe. Dignāga’s Investigation of the Percept: A Philosophical Legacy in India and Tibet. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Duckworth, Douglas S. Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2011.

Bötrül. Distinguishing the Views and Philosophies: Illuminating Emptiness in a Twentieth-Century Tibetan Buddhist Classic. Translated, annotated, and introduced by Douglas S. Duckworth. Albany: SUNY Press, 2011.

Duckworth, Douglas S. Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition. Albany: SUNY Press, 2008; reprinted in India by Motilal Banarsidass, 2014.

Articles

Duckworth, Douglas. “Grounds of Buddha-Nature in Tibet.” Critical Review of Buddhist Studies 21 (2017), 109-136.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Madhyamaka in Tibet: Thinking Through the Ultimate Truth.” Critical Review of Buddhist Studies 20 (2016), 171-197.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Echoes of Tsültrim Lodrö: An Indigenous Voice from Contemporary Tibet on the ‘Buddhism and Science Dialogue.’” Journal of Contemporary Buddhism 16:2 (2015), 267-277.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Self-Awareness and the Integration of Pramāṇa and Madhyamaka.” Asian Philosophy 25:2 (2015), 207-215.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Other-Emptiness in the Jonang: The Theo-logic of Buddhist Dualism.” Philosophy East & West 65:2 (2015), 485-97.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Onto-theology and Emptiness: The Nature of Buddha-Nature.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 82:4 (2014), 1070-90.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Non-Representational Language in Mipam’s Re-Presentation of Other-Emptiness.” Philosophy East & West 64:4 (2014), 920-932.

Duckworth, Douglas. “How Nonsectarian is ‘Nonsectarian’?: Jorge Ferrer’s Pluralist Alternative to Tibetan Buddhist Inclusivism.” Sophia 53:3 (2014), 339-348.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Two Models of the Two Truths: Ontological and Phenomenological Approaches.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 38:5 (2010), 519-527.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Mipam’s Middle Way Through Prāsaṅgika and Yogācāra.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 38:4 (2010), 431-439.

Duckworth, Douglas. “De/limiting Emptiness and the Boundaries of the Ineffable.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 38:1 (2010), 97-105.

Book Chapters

Duckworth, Douglas. “The Other Side of Realism: Panpsychism and Yogācāra.” In Buddhist Philosophy: A Comparative Approach, edited by Steven Emmanuel, 29-43. Hoboken, N. J.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Rangjung Dorjé’s (1284-1339) Key to the Essential Points of Wind and Mind.” In Buddhism and Medicine, edited by C. Pierce Salguero, 413-417. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Pointing to the Nature of Awareness.” In A Gathering of Brilliant Moons, edited by Holly Gayley and Josh Schapiro, 241-250. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2017.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Buddha-Nature and the Logic of Pantheism.” In The Buddhist World, edited by John Powers, 234-47. London: Routledge, 2015.

Duckworth, Douglas. “Tibetan Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna.” In A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, edited by Steven Emmanuel, 99-109. Hoboken, N. J.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Links

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• Duckworth, D. on the DRL
• Duckworth, D. on the LIB
• Duckworth, D. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Which Wheel Turning
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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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.

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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.

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.