Gentry, J.

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James Duncan Gentry

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Language:	English
Translates from:	Tibetan
Translates to:	English

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Stanford University

Secondary Affiliation

Dharmachakra Translation Committee; Rangjung Yeshe Institute; Kathmandu University

Current projects

• The Sūtra Entitled ‘Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm,’ in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Mahāsāhasrapramardananāma-sūtra, Tib. sTong chen mo rab tu ’joms pa zhes bya ba’i mdo, Tōh. 558, Degé Kangyur, vol. 90 [rgyud ’bum, pha], ff. 63a1-87b1, reading room, www.84000.co, pending inputting and uploading).
• The Great Peahen, Queen of Incantations, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī, Tib. Rig sngags kyi rgyal mo rma bya chen mo, Tōh. 559, Degé Kangyur, vol. 90 [rgyud ’bum, pha], ff. 87b1-117a5, reading room, www.84000.co, under review)
• The Noble Great Amulet, Queen of Incantations, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Mahāpratisāravidyārājñī, Tib. ’Phags pa rig pa’i rgyal mo so sor ’brang ba chen mo, Tōh. 561, Degé Kangyur, vol. 90 [rgyud ’bum, pha], ff. 117b4-138b5, reading room, www.84000.co, under review).
• The Sūtra of Great Cool Grove, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Mahāśītavanī-sūtra, Tib. bSil ba’i tshal chen po’i mdo, Tōh. 562, Degé Kangyur, vol. 90 [rgyud ’bum, pha], ff. 138b6-150b2, reading room, www.84000.co, in preparation)
• The Sūtra of Upholding the Great Secret Mantra, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Mahāmantrānudhāri-sūtra, Tib. gSang sngags chen po rjes su ’dzin pa’i mdo, Tōh. 563, Degé Kangyur, vol. 90 [rgyud ’bum, pha], ff. 150b2-156a6, reading room, www.84000.co, pending inputting and uploading).
  

PhD University

Harvard University

Education

• 2014, Harvard University, Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, Committee on the Study of Religion Thesis Title: “Substance and Sense: Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master Sog bzlog pa Blo gros rgyal mtshan” Dissertation Committee Chair: Prof. Janet Gyatso.
• 2004, MA Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia.
• 2000, BA in Asian Studies, George Mason University, Thesis Title: “An Exposition in Thirty Verses: A Translation and Introduction of Sthiramati’s Commentary on Vasubandhu’s Triṃśikākārikā Based on Tibetan Sources”.
  

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• Gentry, J. on the DRL
• Gentry, J. on the LIB

Other Information

Book Chapters

• 2009 “Representations of Efficacy: The Ritual Expulsion of Mongol Armies in the Consolidation and Expansion of the Tsang (Gtsang) Dynasty,” in Tibetan Ritual, edited by José Cabezón (New York: Oxford University Press).

Book Chapters in Press

• 2015 “Historical Skepticism in ‘Pre-modern’ Tibet: The Contested Historicity of Traditional Padmasambhava Narratives,” in New Perspectives on Tibetan Traditionality, edited by Robert Barnett and Laura Harrington (New York: Columbia University Press).

Translations

• 2014 Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras: Maitreya’s Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications).
• 2013 The Light of Wisdom, Final Volume: The Conclusion (Lam rim ye shes snying po, by Padmasambhava, Jamgön Kongtrül, Jamyang Drakpa, and Jokyab Rinpoche), in collaboration with Erik Pema Kunsang (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books).
• 2013 The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Play in Full,” Chapters 10-12 and 22-24, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Āryalalitavistaranāmamahāyānasūtra, Tib. Phags pa rgya cher rol pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo, reading room, www.84000.co).
• 2012 Gateway to Knowledge, Volume IV: The Treatise Entitled the Gate for Entering the Way of a Pandita, (mKhas pa’i tshul la ’jug pa’i sgo, by Ju Mipham, chapters 23-27), in collaboration with Erik Pema Kunsang (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books).
• 2012 “The Compendium of Oral Instructions: Notes on the Development Stage According to the General Ritual,” (bsKyed rim gyi zin bris cho ga spyi ’gros ltar bkod pa man ngag kun btus, by Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima), in Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism, Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima & Shechen Gyaltsap IV, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications).
• 2010 The Glorious King of Tantras that Resolves all Secrets, in collaboration with Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Skt. Śrīguhyasarvacchindatantrarāja, Tib. dPal gsang ba thams cad gcod pa’i rgyud kyi rgyal po, reading room, www.84000.co).