Jones, Richard

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Richard H. Jones

English Phonetics	Richard H. Jones
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Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	http://richardjonesbooks.com/index.html

About

PhD University

Columbia University

Education

• Ph.D. from Columbia University
• J.D., University of California, Berkeley
• A.B., Brown University
  

Biographical Information

Richard H. Jones is the author of over a dozen books on science and religion and on Eastern mystical traditions. He has an A.B. from Brown University, Ph.D. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in New York City. His interests include science and religion, the history of science, philosophy of mysticism, the scientific study of religious experiences, Asian religions (in particular Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta), Constitutional law (especially the Establishment Clause), and even Harry Potter. (Source Accessed Apr 5, 2021)

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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.