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Rnying+ma+scholar+and+practitioner.+According+to+Erik+Padma+Kunsang%2C+%27bru+%27jam+dbyangs+chos+kyi+grags+pa+was+a+close+disciple+of+%27jam+dbyangs+mkhyen+brtse%27i+dbang+po+and+a+holder+of+the+teaching+lineage+of+the+lam+rim+ye+shes+snying+po%3B%0Asee+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rangjung.com%2Fgl%2FLamrim_Yeshe_Nyingpo_intro.htm.+He+should+not+be+confused+with+padma+%27phrin+las+snying+po+whose+one+volume+gsung+%27bum+has+recently+been+found+in+tibet.+%28Source%3A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbrc.org%2F%23%21rid%3DP9709+TBRC%5D%29 +
Gyurme+Tsewang+Tenpel+was+one+of+the+four+sons+of+Chogyur+Lingpa%27s+daughter+K%C3%B6nchok+Paldr%C3%B6n.+He+was+recognized+as+the+rebirth+of+his+mother%27s+brother%2C+Tsewang+Drakpa%2C+the+oldest+son+of+Chogyur+Lingpa%2C+and+so+he+became+known+as+Tersey+Tulku%2C++%22the+Emanation+of+the+Treasure-revealer%27s+Son.%22+He+was+instrumental+in+the+transmission+of+grandfather%27s+Treasures+to+many+of+last+generation+of+lineage+holders%2C+such+as+the+late+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche%2C+who+was+his+nephew%2C+and+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche. +
Jamyang+Loter+Wangpo+was+an+important+Rime+Sakya+master+of+Ngor+Thartse+Monastery+who+played+a+key+role+in+the+Rim%C3%A9+movement.+He+was+a+disciple+of+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo+and+a+teacher+of+Jamyang+Khyentse+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Lodr%C3%B6.+He+is+well+known+for+compiling+the+Compendium+of+Tantras+under+the+inspiration+of+his+guru%2C+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo+as+well+as+publishing+the+very+first+printed+edition+of+the+Explanation+for+Private+Disciples+of+the+Lamdre+system+of+the+Sakya+School%2C+which+before+that+had+been+transmitted+only+orally+and+was+tenuously+preserved+in+manuscript+form.+Jamyang+Loter+Wangpo+also+received+Dzogchen+instructions+from+Nyoshul+Lungtok.+The+collection+of+139+painted+mandala+thangkas+for+the+Compendium+of+Tantras+was+saved+in+1958+by+Sonam+Gyatso+Thartse+Khen+Rinpoche%2C+and+later+published+in+more+than+one+edition.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DJamyang_Loter_Wangpo+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29 +
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Dzongsar+Khyentse+Chokyi+Lodro+was+one+of+the+most+influential+religious+teachers+in+Kham+in+the+first+half+of+the+twentieth+century.+One+of+multiple+reincarnations+of+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo%2C+he+served+as+head+of+Dzongsar+Monastery%2C+which+he+enlarged%2C+founding+the+monastic+college%2C+Khamshe%2C+in+1918.+Chokyi+Lodro+fled+Kham+in+1955+during+the+Communist+takeover+of+Tibet%2C+settling+in+Sikkim%2C+where+he+passed+away+in+1959.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.treasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FJamyang-Khyentse-Chokyi-Lodro%2F9990+Source%3A+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29.+Also+see+his+collected+works+at+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fkhyentselineage.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2F%2527jam_dbyangs_mkhyen_brtse_chos_kyi_blo_gros+Tsadra+Foundation%27s+Khyentse+Lineage+webiste%5D+and+the+translations+of+his+texts+at+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lotsawahouse.org%2Ftibetan-masters%2Fjamyang-khyentse-chokyi-lodro%2F+Lotsawa+House%5D. +
A+student+of+Khenchen+Pema+Tsewang+Gyatso.+A+teacher+of+The+Fifth+Druktr%C3%BCl%2C+Pema+Tutop+Dorje%3B+The+Fourth+Tert%C3%B6n+Wangchen+Gyepai+Dorje%3B+Jikme+Yeshe+Nyingpo%2C+and+so+forth. +
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Masao+Abe+is+a+leading+Buddhist+thinker+who+has+spent+many+years+furthering+the+work+begun+by+D.+T.+Suzuki.+He+received+his+Ph.D.+from+Kyoto+University+after+postgraduate+studies+at+Columbia+University+and+Union+Theological+Seminary.+Abe+has+been+a+visiting+professor+at+several+major+universities+in+the+United+States+and+has+traveled+widely+in+Europe+and+Asia+as+well.+Author+of+%27%27Zen+and+Western+Thought%27%27%2C+he+has+also+contributed+to+the+Macmillan+Library+of+Philosophy+and+Religion+series.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fauthors%2Fa-f%2Fmasao-abe.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+22%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Famed+author+of+the+Biographies+of+Eighty-Four+Mahasiddhas. +
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Namdrol+Miranda+Adams+holds+an+MA+in+Education+with+a+focus+on+Educational+Leadership+and+Policy+from+Portland+State+University%2C+and+a+BA+in+English+Literature+from+New+York+University.+Since+1998+she+has+dedicated+her+life+to+the+study+and+practice+of+the+Tibetan+language+and+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+tradition%2C+seven+of+those+as+a+Buddhist+nun.+She+studied+the+traditional+texts+and+their+commentaries+at+Deer+Park+Monastery+in+Wisconsin+from+1998%E2%80%932003+and+her+editing+and+translation+work+includes+%27%27Practicing+the+Path%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Rubin+Foundation%27s+Treasury+of+Lives%27%27%2C+%27%27Karmapa+900%27%27%2C+and+the+%27%27Lama+Yeshe+Wisdom+Archive%27s+Kopan+Lam+Rim+Courses%27%27.+She+has+been+the+assistant+of+Yangsi+Rinpoche+since+1999+and+is+one+of+the+founders+of+Maitripa+College%2C+where+she+is+Dean+of+Education.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fproduct%2Fpracticing-path%2F+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
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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. +
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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 +
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%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 +
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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 +
Tenshin+Reb+Anderson+was+born+in+Mississippi%2C+grew+up+in+Minnesota%2C+and+left+advanced+study+in+mathematics+and+Western+psychology+to+come+to+Zen+Center+in+1967.+He+practiced+with+Suzuki+Roshi%2C+who+ordained+him+as+a+priest+in+1970+and+gave+him+the+name+Tenshin+Zenki+%28%22Naturally+Real%2C+The+Whole+Works%22%29.+He+received+dharma+transmission+in+1983+and+served+as+abbot+of+San+Francisco+Zen+Center%27s+three+training+centers+%28City+Center%2C+Green+Gulch+Farm%2C+and+Tassajara+Zen+Mountain+Center%29+from+1986+to+1995.+Tenshin+Reb+Anderson+continues+to+teach+at+Zen+Center%2C+living+with+his+family+at+Green+Gulch+Farm.+He+is+author+of+%27%27Warm+Smiles+from+Cold+Mountains%3A+Dharma+Talks+on+Zen+Meditation%27%27+and+%27%27Being+Upright%3A+Zen+Meditation+and+the+Bodhisattva+Precepts%27%27.+Published+in+2012%3A+%27%27The+Third+Turning+of+the+Wheel%3A+Wisdom+of+the+Samdhinirmocana+Sutra%27%27%2C+a+guidebook+to+the+workings+of+consciousness+and+compassionate+awakening.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfzc.org%2Fteachers%2Ftenshin-reb-anderson+Source+Accessed+August+13%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Jensine+Andresen+%28Ph.D.%2C+%5B%5BHarvard+University%5D%5D%2C+1997%29+is+a+Visiting+Scholar+in+the+Department+of+Religion+at+%5B%5BColumbia+University%5D%5D+in+NYC.+She+previously+taught+at+comparative+world+religions+and+religion+and+science+at+both+%5B%5BBoston+University%5D%5D+and+the+%5B%5BUniversity+of+Vermont%5D%5D.+Dr.+Andresen+holds+a+B.S.E.+in+Civil+Engineering+from+Princeton+University%3B+a+Certificate+from+the+Woodrow+Wilson+School+of+Public+and+International+Affairs+at+%5B%5BPrinceton+University%5D%5D%3B+an+M.A.+in+Cultural+Anthropology+focusing+on+China+from+Columbia+University%3B+and+an+A.M.+and+Ph.D.+from+the+Committee+on+the+Study+of+Religion+at+Harvard+University%2C+where+she+focused+on+medieval+Buddhist+philosophy+and+practice+in+India+and+Tibet.%0A%0AAt+Boston+University%2C+where+the+%E2%80%98Issues+for+the+Millennium%E2%80%99+conference+took+place%2C+Dr.+Andresen+taught+in+the+interdisciplinary+Ph.D.+program+in+Science%2C+Philosophy%2C+and+Religion.+Her+research+there+focused+on+bioethics+as+it+relates+to+social+justice+and+humanitarian+concerns%2C+such+as+those+that+surround+the+AIDS+crisis+in+Africa+and+the+world.+Her+work+at+BU+addressed+the+interface+of+theology+and+public+policy+as+it+relates+to+xenotransplantation%2C+gene+therapy%2C+human+cloning%2C+stem+cell+research%2C+and+intellectual+property+rights.+Also+while+at+BU%2C+she+conducted+research+on+the+role+of+the+frontal+lobes+in+mediating+the+relationship+between+spirituality+and+health.+While+at+BU%2C+Dr.+Andresen+also+edited+two+volumes+on+the+interface+of+cognitive+science+and+religious+experience%2C+Religion+in+Mind%3A+Cognitive+Perspectives+on+Religious+Belief%2C+Ritual%2C+and+Experience+%28Cambridge%2C+U.K.%3A+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+2001%29%3B+and+Spiritual+Models+and+Cognitive+Maps%3A+Interdisciplinary+Explorations+of+Religious+Experience+%28London%3A+Imprint+Academic%2C+2000%29.+She+also+served+as+Director+of+InterFASE+%28International+Faith+%26+Science+Exchange%29+%2C+an+organization+committed+to+furthering+dialogue+between+science+and+religion+in+the+Boston+area+and+elsewhere+throughout+the+world.%0A%0AAt+Columbia+University%2C+Dr.+Andresen+has+been+focusing+on+developing+a+psychoanalytic+interpretation+of+Tibetan+Buddhist+Vajrayana+doctrine+and+practice+as+she+has+worked+on+translating+the+Sanskrit+commentary+on+a+medieval+Indian+Buddhist+Vajrayana+text+called+the+Srilaghu+Kalacakratantra.+She+has+also+worked+extensively+on+the+relationship+between+the+phenomenology+of+contemplation+in+the+Tibetan+%E2%80%98Rdzgoschen%E2%80%99+%28Great+Perfection%29+system+as+it+relates+to+contemporary+findings+in+physics.+Combining+psychoanalytic%2C+postmodern%2C+and+phenomenological+approaches+to+the+encounter+of+so-called+self+and+other%2C+she+works+to+understand+the+interpenetrative+arising+of+cosmology%2C+biology%2C+and+awareness.+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterbalance.net%2Fbio%2Fandres-body.html+Source%5D%0A%0A%27%27%27Works+by+Jensine+Andresen%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AReligion+in+Mind%3A+Cognitive+Perspectives+on+Religious+Belief%2C+Ritual%2C+and+Experience%3Cbr%3E%0ACambridge%2C+UK+%3B+New+York%2C+NY+%3A+Cambridge+University+Press%2C+2001.%3Cbr%3E%0AISBN-10%3A+0521801524%3Cbr%3E%0AISBN-13%3A+978-0521801522%3Cbr%3E
Alexandre+I.+Andreyev%2C+Ph.D.+%281998%29+in+History%2C+St+Petersburg+University%2C+is+Senior+Research+Associate+at+the+Institute+for+the+History+of+Science+%26+Technology%2C+Russian+Academy+of+Sciences%2C+St+Petersburg.+He+has+published+extensively+on+Buddhism+in+Russia+and+Russian+exploration+in+Central+Asia+including+%27%27The+Buddhist+Shrine+of+Petrograd%27%27+%281992%29+and+%27%27From+Lake+Baikal+to+Sacred+Lhasa%27%27+%281997%29.%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fdisplay%2Ftitle%2F8202%3Fcontents%3Deditorial-content+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +
%5BAnne+Ansermet%5D+grew+up+in+Geneva%2C+alongside+a+father+%5BErnest+Ansermet%5D+totally+absorbed+by+music%2C+where+she+met+Ravel%2C+de+Falla%2C+Stravinsky%2C+%5Band%5D+Ramuz.+Having+become+a+nurse%2C+she+converted+to+Catholicism%2C+then+married+and+lived+in+Paris%2C+where+she+discovered+the+misery+of+the+suburbs.+After+a+divorce+and+two+remarriages%2C+she+lived+in+Zurich+and+in+the+South+of+France.+A+few+years+later%2C+she+returned+to+Rolle+with+her+son+and+established+very+close+relationships+with+her+father%2C+accompanying+him+on+his+concert+tours%2C+developing+a+very+rich+intellectual+exchange+with+him.+Then+she+left+for+India%2C+became+a+Buddhist%2C+and+returned+to+Switzerland+to+settle+at+the+Buddhist+Center+of+Mont-P%C3%A8lerin%2C+before+settling+in+Rolle.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.plansfixes.ch%2Ffilms%2Fanne-ansermet%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+16%2C+2021%5D%29%0A%0AAnne+was+instrumental+in+helping+to+establish+Rabten+Choeling+%28formerly+Tharpa+Choeling%29+%2C+one+of+the+first+Tibetan+Buddhist+monasteries+to+be+established+in+the+West+after+the+exodus+of+Tibetans+into+India.+At+the+age+of+70%2C+Anne+was+drawn+to+Buddhism+and+even+traveled+to+India+to+be+ordained+by+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama.+It+was+the+hard+work+of+Anne+and+her+group+that+allowed+the+ordained+and+lay+people+in+Tharpa+Choeling+to+live+a+life+of+study+and+contemplation+without+having+to+worry+about+their+material+needs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dorjeshugden.com%2Fplaces%2Frabten-choeling-switzerland%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+16%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Fr.+Da+Silva+was+born+on+December+5%2C+1957%2C+at+Maxial+da+Campo%2C+Sarzedas+in+Portugal.+%0A%0AAfter+his+primary+and+secondary+schooling+at+Maxial+da+Campo+and+Tortosendo%2C+he+joined+the+SVD+%28The+Society+of+the+Divine+Word%29+novitiate+at+F%C3%A1tima+in+1975+and+made+his+first+vows+on+September+26%2C+1976.+He+studied+philosophy+and+theology+at+the+Catholic+University%2C+Lisbon.+He+was+ordained+priest+at+F%C3%A1tima+on+May+6%2C+1984.%0A%0AFr.+Da+Silva+was+a+missionary+in+Ghana+%28Kintampo%29+from+1986-1989.+He+then+did+his+master+in+%E2%80%98Religion+and+Culture%E2%80%99+in+Washington+D.C.+from+1990-1992.+For+the+next+eleven+years%2C+he+was+involved+in+Campus+Ministry+at+Guimar%C3%A3es%2C+Portugal.+During+this+time+he+was+also+teacher+at+the+philosophy+faculty+at+Braga.+Fr.+Da+Silva+was+the+Vice+provincial+%28POR%29+from+1998-2001.+Before+he+was+elected+as+the+provincial+superior+in+2007%2C+he+was+spiritual+director+of+diocesan+seminarians+at+Braga%2C+Director+of+%E2%80%9CContacto+SVD%E2%80%9D+and+provincial+assistant+of+SVD+Lay+Missionaries.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffielsvd.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F07%2F11%2Ffr-jose-antunes-da-silva-elected-as-general-council-member%2F+Source+Accessed+April+4%2C+2024%5D%29 +
See+biography+at+Orgyen+Khamdroling%27s+website+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.orgyenkhamdroling.org%2Fbiography%5D +
Bhikkhu+An%C4%81layo+was+born+in+Germany+in+1962+and+ordained+in+Sri+Lanka+in+1995.+In+the+year+2000+he+completed+a+Ph.D.+thesis+on+the+%27%27Satipatthana-sutta%27%27+at+the+University+of+Peradeniya+%28published+by+Windhorse+in+the+UK%29.+In+the+year+2007+he+completed+a+habilitation+research+at+the+University+of+Marburg%2C+in+which+he+compared+the+%27%27Majjhima-nikaya%27%27+discourses+with+their+Chinese%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+Tibetan+counterparts.+At+present%2C+he+is+a+member+of+the+Numata+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+University+of+Hamburg%2C+as+a+professor%2C+and+works+as+a+researcher+at+Dharma+Drum+Institue+of+Liberal+Arts%2C+Taiwan.+Besides+his+academic+activities%2C+he+regularly+teaches+meditation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpersonen%2Fanalayo.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+22%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0A%2A+For+a+substantial+list+of+Bhikkhu+An%C4%81layo%27s+publications%2C+visit+his+faculty+page+at+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fen%2Fpersonen%2Fanalayo.html+University+of+Hamburg%5D +
A+more+detailed+biography+is+available+here%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.khenpoappey.org%2Fen%2Fkhenpo-appey-rinpoche%0A%0Aand+here%3A+http%3A%2F%2Finternationalbuddhistacademy.org%2Fbiography-of-our-founder-khenchen-appey-rinpoche%2F%0A%0A%3Cbig%3E%27%27%27An+Introduction+to+Khenpo+Appey+Foundation%27%27%27%3C%2Fbig%3E%3Cbr%3E%0AKhenpo+Appey+Foundation+%28KAF%29+was+established+in+2010+to+honor+the+most+Venerable+Khenchen+Appey+Rinpoche+%281927-2010%29%2C+an+eminent%2C+recognized%2C+and+humble+Tibetan+Buddhist+scholar+and+practitioner+who+dedicated+his+life+exclusively+to+the+propagation+of+the+Buddhadharma.+The+foundation+was+established+by+Mdm+Doreen+Goh%2C+a+devoted+follower+and+sponsor+of+Khenchen+Appey+Rinpoche.+Inspired+by+Khenchen+Appey+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+vision%2C+KAF+is+a+non-profit+organization+dedicated+to+the+support+and+enhancement+of+Buddhist+study+and+practice.+KAF%E2%80%99s+primary+aim+is+to+extend+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+wisdom+and+compassion+as+widely+as+possible%2C+in+order+to+benefit+all+beings.%0A%0A%3Cbig%3E%27%27%27Short+Biography%27%27%27%3C%2Fbig%3E%3Cbr%3E%0AKhenpo+Appey+was+born+in+Kus%C3%A9+in+the+kingdom+of+Derg%C3%A9+in+1927.+He+studied+at+Serjong+Monastery+and+later+at+the+Kham-j%C3%A9+shedra+at+Dzongsar+Monastery.%0A%0AAt+the+age+of+nine+he+became+a+monk+at+Serjong+Monastery%2C+where+a+year+later+he+received+his+first+teachings+from+Gapa+Khenpo+Jamgyal%2C+also+known+as+Khenpo+Jamyang+Gyaltsen.%0A%0AFor+nine+years%2C+from+the+age+of+14+to+23%2C+at+Serjong+Shedra%2C+Khenpo+Appey+studied+%E2%80%98the+thirteen+classical+texts%E2%80%99+based+on+Khenpo+Shenga%E2%80%99s+famous+annotation+commentaries.+During+his+last+two+years+at+the+shedra+he+studied+with+Khenpo+Dragyab+Lodr%C3%B6+who+later+became+the+fifth+khenpo+at+Dzongsar+Shedra+and+wrote+a+commentary+on+the+ninth+chapter+of+the+Bodhicharyavatara.+After+his+nine+years+of+intensive+study+at+Serjong+Shedra%2C+Khenpo+Appey+went+to+the+shedra+at+Dzongsar+Monastery%2C+where+he+was+able+to+continue+his+studies+under+Khenpo+Dragyab+Lodr%C3%B6+for+another+year.+He+also+studied+with+Dezhung+Ajam+Rinpoche.%0A%0AHe+went+to+see+Jamyang+Khyentse+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Lodr%C3%B6+in+Sikkim+in+1957.+He+then+returned+to+Tibet+and+spent+time+at+Ngor+Monastery%2C+but+left+in+1959+when+Tibet+was+lost.+He+went+to+see+Jamyang+Khyentse+who+was+ill+in+Sikkim.+After+Jamyang+Khyentse+passed+away%2C+in+accordance+with+his+final+wishes%2C+he+began+to+teach+Sogyal+Rinpoche%2C+giving+him+instruction+on+the+Bodhicharyavatara+in+the+Palace+Monastery+in+the+presence+of+Jamyang+Khyentse%27s+kudung.%0A%0ALater%2C+while+Sogyal+Rinpoche+was+attending+school+in+Kalimpong%2C+Khenpo+Appey+spent+one+or+two+years+in+retreat+in+a+small+village+in+Sikkim.+He+was+later+requested+to+tutor+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche.+For+this+purpose%2C+he+founded+the+Sakya+College+in+Barlow+Ganj%2C+Mussoorie%2C+on+19th+December+1972%2C+the+anniversary+of+Sakya+Pandita.+In+the+first+year%2C+there+were+only+seven+students.+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche+studied+there+for+five+years.+From+1972+to+1985%2C+Khenpo+Appey+worked+full+time+to+look+after+the+college+and+was+responsible+for+teachings+the+classes%2C+supervising+the+administration+and+raising+funds.%0A%0AIn+2001+he+established+the+International+Buddhist+Academy+in+Boudhanath%2C+Nepal.+He+passed+away+in+Nepal+on+Tuesday+28th+December%2C+2010.%0A%0ASource%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DKhenpo_Appey+Rigpawiki%5D
Vaman+Shivram+Apte+was+an+Indian+lexicographer+and+a+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Pune%27s+Fergusson+College.%0A%0AHe+is+best+known+for+his+compilation+of+a+dictionary%2C+The+Student%27s+English-Sanskrit+Dictionary.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVaman_Shivram_Apte+Wikipedia%5D%29 +
Swami+Hariharananda+Aranya+%281869%E2%80%931947%29+was+a+yogi%2C+author%2C+and+founder+of+Kapil+Math+in+Madhupur%2C+India%2C+which+is+the+only+monastery+in+the+world+that+actively+teaches+and+practices+Samkhya+philosophy.+His+book%2C+%27%27Yoga+Philosophy+of+Patanjali+with+Bhasvati%27%27%2C+is+considered+to+be+one+of+the+most+authentic+and+authoritative+classical+Sanskrit+commentaries+on+the+Yoga+Sutras.+Hariharananda+is+also+considered+by+some+as+one+of+the+most+important+thinkers+of+early+twentieth-century+Bengal.%0A%0AHariharananda+came+from+a+wealthy+Bengali+family+and+after+his+scholastic+education+renounced+wealth%2C+position%2C+and+comfort+in+search+of+truth+in+his+early+life.+The+first+part+of+his+monastic+life+was+spent+in+the+Barabar+Caves+in+Bihar%2C+hollowed+out+of+single+granite+boulders+bearing+the+inscriptions+of+Emperor+Ashoka+and+very+far+removed+from+human+habitation.+He+then+spent+some+years+at+Tribeni%2C+in+Bengal%2C+at+a+small+hermitage+on+the+bank+of+the+Ganges+and+several+years+at+Haridwar%2C+Rishikesh%2C+and+Kurseong.%0A%0AHis+last+years+were+spent+at+Madhupur+in+Bihar%2C+where+according+to+tradition%2C+Hariharananda+entered+an+artificial+cave+at+Kapil+Math+on+14+May+1926+and+remained+there+in+study+and+meditation+for+last+twenty-one+years+of+his+life.+The+only+means+of+contact+between+him+and+his+disciples+was+through+a+window+opening.+While+living+as+a+hermit%2C+Hariharananda+wrote+numerous+philosophical+treatises.+Some+of+Hariharananda%27s+interpretations+of+Pata%C3%B1jali%27s+Yoga+system+had+elements+in+common+with+Buddhist+mindfulness+meditation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSwami_Hariharananda_Aranya+Source+Accessed+May+1%2C+2023%5D%29 +