Magee, W.

Magee, W. on the DRL

Professors • Translators

Bill Albert Magee

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	https://uma-tibet.org/author-magee.html

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Maitripa College

Secondary Affiliation

UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies

PhD University

University of Virginia

Education

Ph.D. University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies, 1998. Dissertation: “Tradition and Innovation in the Consequence School: Svabhāva in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.”

Biographical Information

William Magee received a Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Virginia in 1998.

Magee is the author of several books and articles including The Nature of Things: Emptiness and Essence in the Geluk World, and is co-author of Fluent Tibetan: A Proficiency-Oriented Learning System. He was an Associate Professor at Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Jinshan, Taiwan. He is currently teaching at Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon.

Magee serves as Vice-President of the UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies. (Source accessed April 1, 2020)

Curriculum Vitae

https://uma-tibet.org/bod/cv/magee_cv.pdf

Links

Wiki Pages

• Magee, W. on the DRL
• Magee, W. on the LIB
• Magee, W. 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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William Albert Magee

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

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).

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.

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.