Keenan, J.
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John P. Keenan
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About
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Middlebury College, Vermont
PhD University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
- John P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College. He is the translator of several major Yogācāra texts, including the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra, the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, the Buddhabhūmyupadeśa, and the Karmasiddhiprakarana. His publications include The Realm of Awakening and The Meaning of Christ: A Mahāyāna Theology.
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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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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Full Name[edit]
John Peter Keenan
John P. Keenan
Affiliation[edit]
Associate Professor of Religion at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Education[edit]
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.
Other Information[edit]
His studies have focused on Indian Mahāyāna and its translation into China.
Publications[edit]
He is the translator of several major Yogācāra texts: Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra, Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Buddhabhūmyupadeśa, and Karmasiddhiprakarana. His publications include The Realm of Awakening and The Meaning of Christ: A Mahāyāna Theology.