Komarovski, Y.

Komarovski, Y. on the DRL

Professors

Yaroslav Lvovich Komarovski

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

PhD University

University of Virginia

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia, 2007
  
• Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 2004
  
• Bachelor of Arts, International Academy of Psychology, Moscow, Russia, 1999
  
  

Biographical Information

Yaroslav Komarovski (Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2007) teaches and conducts research on Asian religions, in particular Tibetan Buddhism. His research focuses on Madhyamaka and Yogācāra interpretations of the nature of reality and related epistemological, philosophical, and contemplative issues. In particular, he focuses on writings of a seminal Tibetan Buddhist thinker Shakya Chokden (1428–1507) who articulated a startlingly new reconsideration of the core areas of Buddhist thought and practice, such as epistemology, ethics, tantric rituals, and the relationship between philosophy and contemplation. Prior to his doctoral training at the University of Virginia, Komarovski studied Buddhism in several Tibetan monastic institutions of higher learning in India and Nepal for nine years, and for more than fifteen years worked as a translator and interpreter from Tibetan. Among his publications are the manuscript Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden’s New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2011); as well as “From the Three Natures to the Two Natures: On a Fluid Approach to the Two Versions of Other- Emptiness from 15th Century Tibet,” Journal of Buddhist Philosophy, forthcoming in 2014; “Buddhist Contributions to the Question of (Un)mediated Mystical Experience,” Sophia, vol. 51, no. 1 (2012): 87-115; and “Reburying the Treasure—Maintaining the Continuity: Two Texts by Śākya Mchog Ldan on the Buddha-Essence,” Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 34, no. 6 (2006): 521-570. (Source Accessed July 24, 2020)

• Video of a presentation on Madhyamaka & Methodology: A Symposium on Buddhist Theory and Method

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• Komarovski, Y. on the DRL
• Komarovski, Y. on the LIB
• Komarovski, Y. 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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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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Contact Information:

Department of Classics and Religious Studies

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

240 Andrews Hall

Lincoln, NE 68588-0337

(402) 472-2420

ykomarovski2@unlnotes.unl.edu

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.