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Sara+Ahbel-Rappe+is+Professor+of+Classical+Studies+at+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+Ann+Arbor.+She+is+author+of+several+books+on+Neoplatonism+and+on+the+Socratic+tradition+and+is+the+recipient+of+fellowships+from+the+Mellon+foundation%2C+ACLS%2C+and+Princeton%27s+IAS.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Fbook%2Fedcoll%2F9789004355385%2Ffront-8.xml%3Flanguage%3Den+Source+Accessed+May+25%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Zahiruddln+Ahmad+was+a+Senior+Lecturer+in+the+Department+of+History+at+La+Trobe+University%2C+Bundoora%2C+Australia.+He+is+the+author+of+several+books+on+Tibetan+history%2C+including+%27%27China+and+Tibet%2C+1708-1959%27%27+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+1960%29%3B+%27%27Tibet+and+Ladakh%3A+A+History%27%27+%28Chatto+%26+Windus%2C+1963%29%3B+%27%27Sino-Tibetan+Relations+in+the+17th+Century%27%27+%28Istituto+Italiano+per+il+Medio+ed+Estremo+Oriente%2C+1970%29%3B+%27%27Life+of+the+Fifth+Dalai+Lama%2C+Vol.+IV%2C+Part+I%27%27+%28International+Academy+of+Indian+Culture+and+Aditya+Prakashan%2C+1999%29%3B+%27%27An+introduction+to+Buddhist+Philosophy+in+India+and+Tibet%27%27+%28International+Academy+of+Indian+Culture+and+Aditya+Prakashan%2C+2007%29%3B+%27%27The+Song+of+the+Queen+of+Spring%27%27+%28International+Academy+of+Indian+Culture+and+Aditya+Prakashan%2C+2008%29%3B+and++%27%27The+Historical+Status+of+China+in+Tibet%27%27+%28Aditya+Prakashan%2C+2012%29.+He+is+also+the+author+of+numerous+articles+on+Tibetan+history+and+related+subjects. +
Pekka+Airaksinen+%2821+August+1945+%E2%80%93+6+May+2019%29+was+a+Finnish+composer+of+electronic+music.%0A%0AAiraksinen+formed+his+first+band%2C+The+Sperm%2C+in+the+1960s.+The+Sperm+mixed+elements+of+avant-garde+music+with+free+jazz+and+psychedelic+pop.+Their+concerts+featured+confrontational+performance+art%2C+which+resulted+in+two+members+being+arrested+for+simulating+sexual+intercourse+and+screening+pornographic+films.%0A%0AFollowing+The+Sperm%27s+breakup+in+the+early+1970s%2C+Airaksinen+turned+to+Buddhism+and+ceased+making+music.+He+started+to+collect+Tibetan+art+and+started+Tibet+Art+Center+in+Loimaa.+He+returned+to+music+in+the+mid+1980s+with+his+album+Buddhas+of+Golden+Light%2C+which+mixed+free+jazz+with+percussion+from+a+Roland+808+drum+machine.%0A%0AIn+the+1990s%2C+Airaksinen+founded+the+Dharmakustannus+label%2C+on+which+he+released+numerous+CDs+and+CD-Rs.+The+music+styles+of+these+releases+varies+considerable%2C+ranging+from+new+age%2C+ambient%2C+house%2C+jazz+and+improvisation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPekka_Airaksinen+Source+Accessed+Dec+17%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Daniel+is+an+experienced+business+executive+with+over+a+decade+of+insights+gathered+from+corporate+and+consumer+marketing+executive+roles+working+for+multinationals+such+as+Canon%2C+and+large+financial+firms+such+as+Westpac.+While+pursuing+his+marketing+career%2C+Daniel+continued+to+foster+his+life+long+interest+in+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+the+Tibetan+language%2C+and+its+literature.+This+has+taken+him+across+Australia%2C+America%2C+India%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Tibet+to+pursue+a+deeper+understanding+of+Buddhist+theory+and+practice+with+masters+from+the+living+tradition.+Daniel+also+reads+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+and+has+a+PhD+in+Buddhist+Philosophy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fabout%2F+Source+Accessed+Apr+9%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Robert+Baker+Dairyu+Chotan+Aitken+R%C5%8Dshi+%28June+19%2C+1917+%E2%80%93+August+5%2C+2010%29+was+a+Zen+teacher+in+the+Harada-Yasutani+lineage.+He+co-founded+the+Honolulu+Diamond+Sangha+in+1959+together+with+his+wife%2C+Anne+Hopkins+Aitken.+Aitken+received+Dharma+transmission+from+Koun+Yamada+in+1985+but+decided+to+live+as+a+layperson.+He+was+a+socialist+advocating+social+justice+for+homosexuals%2C+women+and+Native+Hawaiians+throughout+his+life%2C+and+was+one+of+the+original+founders+of+the+Buddhist+Peace+Fellowship.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRobert_Baker_Aitken+Source+Accessed+Feb+10%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Phra+Visuddhisamvarathera+AM%2C+known+as+Ajahn+Brahmava%E1%B9%83so%2C+or+simply+Ajahn+Brahm+%28born+Peter+Betts+on+7+August+1951%29%2C+is+a+British-Australian+Theravada+Buddhist+monk.+Currently+Ajahn+Brahm+is+the+Abbot+of+Bodhinyana+Monastery%2C+in+Serpentine%2C+Western+Australia%2C+Spiritual+Adviser+to+the+Buddhist+Society+of+Victoria%2C+Spiritual+Adviser+to+the+Buddhist+Society+of+South+Australia%2C+Spiritual+Patron+of+the+Buddhist+Fellowship+in+Singapore%2C+Patron+of+the+Brahm+Centre+in+Singapore%2C+Spiritual+Adviser+to+the+Anukampa+Bhikkhuni+Project+in+the+UK%2C+and+the+Spiritual+Director+of+the+Buddhist+Society+of+Western+Australia+%28BSWA%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAjahn_Brahm+Source+Accessed+Nov+12%2C+2020%5D%29 +
%27%27%27SIT+BIO%3A+Matthew+Akester%2C+Lecturer+and+Faculty+Advisor%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AMatthew+is+a+translator+of+classical+and+modern+literary+Tibetan+with+25+years+of+fieldwork+experience+as+an+independent+researcher+throughout+the+Tibetan+world.+His+discipline+is+history%2C+both+religious+and+political+history%2C+which+corresponds+with+the+program%E2%80%99s+double+specialization.+Matthew%27s+special+interests+include+the+history+of+Lhasa%2C+the+life+and+times+of+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo%2C+historical+geography+of+central+Tibet%2C+and+history+and+memoir+in+occupied+Tibet.+His+published+book-length+translations+include+%5B%5BThe+Life+of+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo%5D%5D+by+Jamgon+Kongtrul+%28%5B%5BShechen+Publications%5D%5D+2012%29%3B+%5B%5BMemories+of+Life+in+Lhasa+Under+Chinese+Rule%5D%5D+by+Tubten+Khetsun+%28%5B%5BColumbia+University+Press%5D%5D+2008%2C+Penguin+India+2009%29%3B+and+%5B%5BThe+Temples+of+Lhasa%5D%5D+%28with+%5B%5BAndre+Alexander%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5BSerindia+Publications%5D%5D+2005%29.+In+addition%2C+he+has+worked+as+active+consultant+and+contributor+for+the+Tibet+Information+Network%2C+Human+Rights+Watch%2C+Tibet+Heritage+Fund%2C+and+%5B%5BTibetan+Buddhist+Resource+Center%5D%5D%3B+as+translator%2C+editor%2C+and+advisor+for+countless+publications+on+Tibet+in+English%2C+French%2C+and+Tibetan%3B+and+as+lecturer+on+contemporary+Tibet+for+student+programs+including+SIT+in+Nepal+and+India.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sit.edu%2Fstudyabroad%2Ffaculty_npt.cfm+SOURCE%5D%29 +
Dr+Miri+Albahari+is+a+Philosophy+Lecturer+at+the+University+of+Western+Australia+and+is+the+author+of+%27%27Analytical+Buddhism%3A+The+Two-Tiered+Illusion+of+Self%27%27.+The+book+was+converted+from+a+Ph.D+thesis+that+was+supervised+by+John+A.+Baker+at+the+University+of+Calgary.+Miri+teaches+comparative+philosophy+and+is+building+a+novel+consciousness-based+metaphysical+system+for+what+Aldous+Huxley+referred+to+as+%E2%80%98the+Perennial+Philosophy%E2%80%99.+Albahari%E2%80%99s+ideas+on+this+theme+have+been+published+in+journals+such+as+%27%27Philosophers%E2%80%99+Imprint%27%27+and+%27%27Journal+of+Consciousness+Studies%27%27+and+in+%27%27The+Routledge+Handbook+of+Panpsychism%27%27.+She+is+married+to+David+Godman%2C+a+leading+author+on+the+renowned+South+Indian+sage+Ramana+Maharshi+whose+teachings+exemplify+the+Perennial+Philosophy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.scrippscollege.edu%2Fhi%2F2021-spring%2Ffeaturing-miri-albahari+Source+Accessed+Feb+10%2C+2023%5D%29 +
The+Alexander+Csoma+de+K%C5%91r%C3%B6s+Translation+Group+consists+of+Karma+Dorje+%28Rabjampa%29%2C+Zsuzsa+Majer%2C+Krisztina+Teleki%2C+William+Dewey%2C+and+Be%C3%A1ta+Kakas.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2F84000.co%2Fgrants+Source+Accessed+Sep+30%2C+2022%5D%29 +
LESLIE+D.+ALLDRITT+is+an+Associate+Professor+of+Religion+and+Philosophy+at+Northland+College+in+Ashland%2C+Wisconsin.+He+earned+his+Ph.D.+in+Religious+Studies+from+Temple+University+in+1991+and+was+privileged+to+study+with+Dr.+Richard+DeMartino+at+Temple+University.+His+current+research+interest+is+Japanese+Buddhism+and+its+relationship+to+the+%27%27burakumin%27%27%2C+a+discriminated+group+in+Japan.+Born+in+Kansas%2C+he+currently+resides+in+northern+Wisconsin+with+his+wife%2C+Vicki%2C+and+son%2C+Owen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fia802900.us.archive.org%2F7%2Fitems%2Freligionsoftheworldbuddhismlesliealldrittd._239_D%2FReligions%2520of%2520the%2520World%2520%2520Buddhism%2520Leslie%2520Alldritt%2520D..pdf+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Lama+Tsultrim+Allione+is+founder+and+resident+lama+of+Tara+Mandala.++She+is+author+of+%27%27Women+of+Wisdom%27%27%2C+%27%27Feeding+Your+Demons%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Wisdom+Rising%3A+Journey+into+the+Mandala+of+the+Empowered+Feminine%27%27.+Born+in+New+England+to+an+academic%2Fpublishing+family%2C+she+traveled+to+India+in+her+late+teens+and+was+ordained+as+a+Buddhist+nun+at+the+age+of+22+by+H.H.+the+16th+Karmapa.+She+was+the+first+American+to+be+ordained+as+a+Tibetan+Buddhist+nun+in+the+Karma+Kagyu+lineage.+After+living+in+the+Himalayan+region+for+several+years+she+returned+her+vows+and+became+the+mother+of+three%2C+while+continuing+to+study+and+practice+Buddhism%2C+particularly+focusing+on+the+lineage+of+Machig+Labdron+and+Dzogchen+teachings.+In+1993%2C+Lama+Tsultrim+founded+Tara+Mandala%2C+a+700-acre+center+in+southwest+Colorado+where+an+extraordinary+three-story+temple+in+the+form+of+a+mandala%2C+dedicated+to+the+sacred+feminine+in+Buddhism+has+been+constructed+and+consecrated.+In+2007+while+traveling+in+Tibet+she+was+recognized+as+an+emanation+of+Machig+Labdron+at+the+historic+seat+of+Machig+Zangri+Khangmar+by+the+resident+lama.+This+recognition+was+confirmed+by+several+other+lamas%2C+and+in+2012+she+was+given+the+Machig+Labdron+empowerment+by+HH+the+17th+Karmapa.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftaramandala.secure.retreat.guru%2Fteacher%2Ftsultrim-allione%2F+Source+Accessed+July+15%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Orna+Almogi+studied+Tibetology+%28major%29+and+Religious+Studies+and+Psychology+%28minors%29+at+the+University+of+Hamburg+%28MA+1998%29.+She+received+her+PhD+in+Tibetology+from+the+same+University+in+2006+%28doctoral+thesis%3A+%E2%80%9CRong-zom-pa%E2%80%99s+Discourses+on+Traditional+Buddhology%3A+A+Study+on+the+Development+of+the+Concept+of+Buddhahood+with+Special+Reference+to+the+Controversy+Surrounding+the+Existence+of+Gnosis+%28ye+shes%3A+j%C3%B1%C4%81na%29+at+the+Stage+of+a+Buddha%E2%80%9D%29.+From+1999+until+2004+she+had+been+working+for+the+Nepal-German+Manuscript+Preservation+Project+%28NGMPP%29+and+the+Nepalese-German+Manuscript+Cataloguing+Project+%28NGMCP%29%2C+where+she+had+been+responsible+for+the+Tibetan+materials.+From+2008+to+2011+she+has+been+a+member+of+the+Researcher+Group+%E2%80%9CManuscript+Cultures+in+Asia+and+Africa%E2%80%9D+with+the+subproject+%E2%80%9CThe+Manuscript+Collections+of+the+Ancient+Tantras+%28rNying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum%29%3A+An+Examination+of+Variance.%E2%80%9D+From+2011+to+2015+she+has+been+working+at+the+%E2%80%9CCentre+for+the+Study+of+Manuscript+Cultures%E2%80%9D+as+the+leader+of+the+subproject+%E2%80%9CDoxographical+Organisational+Schemes+in+Manuscripts+and+Xylographs+of+the+Collection+of+the+Ancient+Tantras.%E2%80%9D%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BSince+2015+she+has+been+involved+in+the+%E2%80%9CAcademic+Research+Program+Initiative%E2%80%9D+%28ARPI%29.+Since+2016+she+is+leading+the+project+%E2%80%9CA+Canon+in+the+Making%3A+The+History+of+the+Formation%2C+Production%2C+and+Transmission+of+the+%27%27bsTan+%27gyur%27%27%2C+the+Corpus+of+Treatises+in+Tibetan+Translation.%E2%80%9D+Her+research+interests+extend+to+a+number+of+areas+connected+with+the+Tibetan+religio-philosophical+traditions+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+literature%2C+particularly+that+of+the+rNying-ma+school.+The+primary+focus+of+her+research+the+past+years+has+been+the+concept+of+Buddhahood+in+traditional+Buddhist+sources%2C+early+subclassifications+of+Madhyamaka%2C+the+%27%27rNying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum%27%27%2C+and+the+%27%27bsTan+%CA%BCgyur%27%27.+Another+interest+of+her+is+the+culture+of+the+book+in+Tibet+in+all+its+variety%2C+specifically+in+connection+with+the+compilation+and+transmission+of+Buddhist+literary+collections%2C+both+in+manuscripts+and+xylographs+forms.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpeople%2Falmogi.html+Source+Accessed+Jul+14%2C+2020%5D%29
DIANA+ALTNER+is+a+postdoctoral+student+at+the+Institute+of+Asian+and+African%0AStudies%2C+Humboldt+University+in+Berlin.+Her+research+focuses+on+infrastructure%0Adevelopment+and+the+transformation+of+everyday+life+in+central+Tibet. +
Vicky+Alvarez+Bromley+is+an+artist+and+illustrator+based+in+the+UK+and+Spain.+She+is+inspired+by+her+own+inner+world%2C+connection+with+nature%2C+glimpses+of+innocence+and+simplicity%2C+human+vulnerability+and+the+mystical.%0A%0AShe+loves+to+paint+and+draw+expressive+characters+that+reflect+our+feelings+and+emotions+and+also+likes+to+add+a+touch+of+humour+to+her+artwork%21+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fvickyalvarez.com%2Fabout-1+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+19%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Buddhist+%C3%A9migr%C3%A9+%C4%81carya+who+played+a+major+role+in+the+introduction+and+translation+of+seminal+Buddhist+texts+belonging+to+the+esoteric+tradition+or+mijiao.+His+birthplace+is+uncertain%2C+but+many+sources+allude+to+his+ties+to+Central+Asia.+Accompanying+his+teacher+Vajrabodhi%2C+Amoghavajra+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%27an+in+720%E2%80%931+and+spent+most+of+his+career+in+that+cosmopolitan+city.+In+741%2C+following+the+death+of+his+mentor%2C+Amoghavajra+made+an+excursion+to+India+and+Sri+Lanka+with+the+permission+of+the+Tang-dynasty+emperor+and+returned+in+746+with+new+Buddhist+texts%2C+many+of+them+esoteric+scriptures.+Amoghavajra%27s+influence+on+the+Tang+court+reached+its+peak+when+he+was+summoned+by+the+emperor+to+construct+an+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka%2C+or+consecration%2C+altar+on+his+behalf.+Amoghavajra%27s+activities+in+Chang%27an+were+interrupted+by+the+An+Lushan+rebellion+%28655%E2%80%93763%29%2C+but+after+the+rebellion+was+quelled%2C+he+returned+to+his+work+at+the+capital+and+established+an+inner+chapel+for+homa+rituals+and+abhi%E1%B9%A3eka+in+the+imperial+palace.+He+was+later+honored+by+the+emperor+with+the+purple+robe%2C+the+highest+honor+for+a+Buddhist+monk+and+the+rank+of+third+degree.+Along+with+Xuanzang%2C+Amoghavajra+was+one+of+the+most+prolific+translators+and+writers+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhism.+Among+the+many+texts+he+translated+into+Chinese%2C+especially+important+are+the+%27%27Sarvatath%C4%81gatasa%E1%B9%83graha%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81na%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Amoghavajra.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+36.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
Born+in+California%2C+%5BGalen+Amstutz%5D+studied+foreign+languages+at+UC+Davis%2C+and+subsequently%2C+living+in+a+variety+of+places%2C+served+in+a+variety+of+roles+including+librarian%2C+ESL+teacher%2C+BCA+minister%2C+college+professor+in+the+US%2C+Germany+and+Japan%2C+translator%2C+journal+editor%2C+and+administrator+at+Harvard+University%E2%80%99s+Reischauer+Institute+of+Japanese+Studies%2C+before+coming+to+rest+currently+as+an+independent+scholar+in+Massachusetts.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shin-ibs.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Fgalen-amstutz%2F+Source+Accessed+Aug+8%2C+2023%5D%29 +
A+long+term+student+of+the+Dharma%2C+Judith+met+both+Holiness+Pema+Norbu+Rinpoche+and+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche+in+1976%2C+and+has+lived+in+Asia+since+then%2C+primarily+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.+On+the+request+of+Holiness+Penor+Rinpoche%2C+she+collaborated+with+Khenpo+Sonam+Tsewang+of+Namdroling+Monastery+in+Mysore+to+translate+the+Liberation+Story+of+Namcho+Migyur+Dorje%2C+the+terton+who+discovered+the+treasures+that+make+up+the+core+of+the+Palyul+tradition.+This+biography+is+entitled+%27%27The+All-Pervading+Melodious+Sound+of+Thunder%27%27%2C+and+was+written+by+the+first+Karma+Chagme+Rinpoche.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Flevekunst.com%2Fteam_member%2Fjudith-amtzis%2F+Adapted+from+Source+July+20%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Said+to+be+a+teacher+from+Kashmir%2C+Am%E1%B9%9Bt%C4%81kara+wrote+the+%27%27Catu%E1%B8%A5stavasam%C4%81s%C4%81rtha%27%27%2C+a+commentary+on+the+%27%27Catu%E1%B8%A5stava%27%27+%28Four+Hymns%29+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna. +
An+Xuan+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%AE%89%E7%8E%84%3B+pinyin%3A+%C4%80nxu%C3%A1n%29+was+a+Parthian+layman+credited+with+working+alongside+An+Shigao+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%96%E9%AB%98%3B+pinyin%3A+%C4%80nsh%C3%ACg%C4%81o%29+and+Yan+Fotiao+%28Chinese%3A+%E5%9A%B4%E4%BD%9B%E8%AA%BF%3B+pinyin%3A+Y%C3%A1n+F%C3%BAdi%C3%A0o%29+in+the+translation+of+early+Buddhist+texts+in+Luoyang+in+Later+Han+China.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAn_Xuan+Source+Accessed+Aug+30%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Stefan+Anacker+born+in+the+USA+of+Swiss+parents+received+his+doctorate+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin+in+Buddhist+studies.+He+has+also+studied+Sankrit+and+Old+Kannada+at+the+University+of+Mysore.+At+present+he+is+a+research+scholar+living+in+Lausanne+Switzerland.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.namsebangdzo.com%2FSeven-Works-of-Vasubandhu-Anacker-p%2F11903.htm+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +