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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 +
St%C3%A9phane+Arguill%C3%A8re%2C+born+July+10%2C+1970+in+Harfleur%2C+is+an+associate+professor+of+philosophy+in+the+history+of+religions+and+religious+anthropology%2C+a+specialist+in+Tibetan+Buddhist+philosophy+and%2C+more+particularly%2C+in+philosophy+linked+to+the+Nyingma+school%2C+to+Dzogchen%2C+and+the+thought+of+Gorampa.+He+is+a+lecturer+in+Tibetan+language+and+civilization+at+the+National+Institute+of+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+Civilizations+%28INALCO%2C+Paris%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSt%25C3%25A9phane_Arguill%25C3%25A8re+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+17%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Michael+Vaillancourt+Aris+%2827+March+1946+%E2%80%93+27+March+1999%29+was+a+Cuban-born+English+historian+who+wrote+and+lectured+on+Bhutanese%2C+Tibetan+and+Himalayan+culture+and+history.+He+was+the+husband+of+Aung+San+Suu+Kyi%2C+who+would+later+become+State+Counsellor+of+Myanmar.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMichael_Aris+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2013%5D%29%0A%0A%0A%3D%3D+Other+Information+%3D%3D%0A%2A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Farts-entertainment%2Fobituary-michael-aris-1083767.html+Michael+Aris%27+Obituary+at+Independent.co.uk%5D%0A%2A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMichael_Aris+Wikipedia+Article+on+Michael+Aris%5D +
Dan+Arnold+is+a+scholar+of+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+which+he+engages+in+a+constructive+and+comparative+way.+Considering+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy+as+integral+to+the+broader+tradition+of+Indian+philosophy%2C+he+has+particularly+focused+on+topics+at+issue+among+Buddhist+schools+of+thought+%28chiefly%2C+those+centering+on+the+works+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna+and+of+Dharmak%C4%ABrti%29%2C+often+considering+these+in+conversation+with+critics+from+the+orthodox+Brahmanical+school+of+P%C5%ABrva+M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81.+His+first+book+%E2%80%93+%27%27Buddhists%2C+Brahmins%2C+and+Belief%3A+Epistemology+in+South+Asian+Philosophy+of+Religion%27%27+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+2005%29+%E2%80%93+won+an+American+Academy+of+Religion+Award+for+Excellence+in+the+Study+of+Religion.+His+second+book+%E2%80%93+%27%27Brains%2C+Buddhas%2C+and+Believing%3A+The+Problem+of+Intentionality+in+Classical+Buddhist+and+Cognitive-Scientific+Philosophy+of+Mind%27%27+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+2012%29+%E2%80%93+centers+on+the+contemporary+philosophical+category+of+intentionality%2C+taken+as+useful+in+thinking+through+central+issues+in+classical+Buddhist+epistemology+and+philosophy+of+mind.+This+book+received+the+Toshihide+Numata+Book+Prize+in+Buddhism%2C+awarded+by+the+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+He+is+presently+working+on+an+anthology+of+Madhyamaka+texts+in+translation%2C+to+appear+in+the+series+%22Historical+Sourcebooks+in+Classical+Indian+Thought.%22+His+essays+have+appeared+in+such+journals+as+%27%27Philosophy+East+and+West%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Journal+of+Indian+Philosophy%27%27%2C+%27%27Asian+Philosophy%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Stanford+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Revue+Internationale+de+Philosophie%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsalc.uchicago.edu%2Fdaniel-arnold+Source+Accessed+Jul+13%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Edward+A.+Arnold+is+an+independent+scholar+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+living+in+Ithaca%2C+New+York.%0AHe+is+Assistant+Editor+at+the+American+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies+%28AIBS%29. +
Eve+Arnold+was+born+in+Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania+to+Russian+immigrant+parents.+She+began+photographing+in+1946%2C+while+working+at+a+photo-finishing+plant+in+New+York+City%2C+and+then+studied+photography+in+1948+with+Alexei+Brodovitch+at+the+New+School+for+Social+Research+in+New+York.%0A%0AArnold+first+became+associated+with+Magnum+Photos+in+1951+and+became+a+full+member+in+1957.+She+was+based+in+the+US+during+the+1950s+but+went+to+England+in+1962+to+put+her+son+through+school%3B+except+for+a+six-year+interval+when+she+worked+in+the+US+and+China%2C+she+lived+in+the+UK+for+the+rest+of+her+life.%0A%0AHer+time+in+China+led+to+her+first+major+solo+exhibition+at+the+Brooklyn+Museum+in+1980%2C+where+she+showed+the+resulting+images.+In+the+same+year%2C+she+received+the+National+Book+Award+for+In+China+and+the+Lifetime+Achievement+Award+from+the+American+Society+of+Magazine+Photographers.%0A%0AIn+later+years%2C+she+received+many+other+honours+and+awards.+In+1995%2C+she+was+made+fellow+of+the+Royal+Photographic+Society+and+elected+Master+Photographer+%E2%80%93+the+world%E2%80%99s+most+prestigious+photographic+honour+%E2%80%93+by+New+York%E2%80%99s+International+Center+of+Photography.+In+1996%2C+she+received+the+Kraszna-Krausz+Book+Award+for+In+Retrospect.+The+following+year+she+was+granted+honorary+degrees+by+the+University+of+St+Andrews%2C+Staffordshire+University%2C+and+the+American+International+University+in+London%3B+she+was+also+appointed+to+the+advisory+committee+of+the+National+Museum+of+Photography%2C+Film+%26+Television+in+Bradford%2C+UK.+She+has+had+twelve+books+published.%0A%0AEve+passed+away+in+January+of+2012.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.magnumphotos.com%2Fphotographer%2Feve-arnold%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Geoffrey+Shugen+Arnold+is+the+abbot+and+resident+teacher+of+Zen+Mountain+Monastery+and+abbot+of+the+Zen+Center+of+New+York+City.+He+received+dharma+transmission+from+John+Daido+Loori+Roshi+in+1997.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionsroar.com%2Fmind-is-buddha%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+18%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Adjunct+Professor+chez+ESSEC+Business+School.+Geshe+Khunawa%2C+recognized+by+the+14th+Dalai+Lama%3B+Discovered+by+Geshe+Pema+Gyaltsen.+%0AElijah+Sacvan+Ary+was+born+in+Vancouver%2C+Canada.+In+1979%2C+at+age+seven%2C+he+was+recognized+as+the+reincarnation%2C+or+tulku%2C+of+a+Tibetan+scholar+and+spent+his+teenage+years+as+a+monk+at+Sera+Monastery+in+South+India.+He+went+on+to+study+at+the+University+of+Quebec+in+Montreal+and+the+National+Institute+for+Eastern+Languages+and+Civilizations+%28Inalco%29+in+Paris%2C+and+he+earned+his+PhD+in+the+Study+of+Religion+from+Harvard+University.+His+writings+have+appeared+in+the+books+Little+Buddhas%3A+Children+and+Childhoods+in+Buddhist+Texts+and+Traditions%2C+Oxford+Bibliographies+Online%3A+Buddhism%2C+Contemporary+Visions+in+Tibetan+Studies%2C+and+Blue+Jean+Buddha%3A+Voices+of+Young+Buddhists.+He+lives+in+Paris+with+his+wife+and+teaches+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+religious+history+at+several+institutions.+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisdompubs.org%2Fauthor%2Felijah-s-ary+Source+Accessed+Jun+12%2C+2015%5D +
Jes+Peter+Asmussen+%282+November+1928+%E2%80%93+5+August+2002%29%2C+was+a+Danish+Iranologist.%0A%0AAsmussen+was+born+and+raised+in+Aabenraa.+He+studied+theology+and+the+Greenlandic+language+at+the+University+of+Copenhagen+and+earned+his+candidatus+theologi%C3%A6+degree+in+1954.+He+then+studied+Iranistics+in+Cambridge%2C+London%2C+Hamburg%2C+and+Tehran%2C+and+earned+his+doctorate+in+1965+at+the+University+of+Copenhagen.+He+was+associated+with+the+university+throughout+his+academic+career%2C+becoming+associate+professor+in+1966+and+full+professor+in+1967%2C+succeeding+professor+Kaj+Barr.+He+retired+in+1998.%0A%0AAsmussen%27s+research+focused+on+the+religions+of+Iran.+He+was+mostly+interested+in+Manicheism%2C+but+also+wrote+about+Zoroastrianism%2C+Islam+and+Christianity+in+ancient+Iran%2C+as+well+as+the+Judeo-Persian+language+and+literature.+He+is+counted+among+the+central+figures+of+the+Danish+Orientalist+scholarship.%0A%0AHe+was+elected+member+of+the+Royal+Danish+Academy+of+Sciences+and+Letters+in+1973+and+corresponding+member+of+Saxon+Academy+of+Sciences+in+1982.+He+was+appointed+a+Knight+of+the+Order+of+the+Dannebrog+in+1976+and+received+an+honorary+doctorate+from+Lund+University+in+1986.%0A%0AAsmussen+died+in+2002+and+is+interred+at+the+Cemetery+of+Holmen+in+Copenhagen.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJes_Peter_Asmussen+Source+Accessed+Sep+14%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Claude+Aveline%2C+pen+name+of+Evgen+Avtsine+%2819+July+1901+%E2%80%93+4+November+1992%29%2C+was+a+writer%2C+publisher%2C+editor%2C+poet+and+member+of+the+French+Resistance.+Aveline%2C+who+was+born+in+Paris%2C+France%2C+has+authored+numerous+books+and+writings+throughout+his+writing+career.+He+was+known+as+a+versatile+author%2C+writing+novels%2C+poems%2C+screenplays%2C+plays%2C+articles%2C+sayings%2C+and+more.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FClaude_Aveline+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Gyurme+Avertin+began+his+study+of+the+Tibetan+language+in+1997.+He+spent+two+years+following+the+Tibetan+program+at+Langues%E2%80%99O+University+in+Paris.+He+then+went+to+Nepal+in+1999+to+study+at+the+%5B%5BRangjung+Yeshe+Institute%5D%5D%2C+before+making+his+way+to+Bir+in+northern+India%2C+where+he+studied+at+Dzongsar+Shedra.+He+regularly+interprets+for+teachers+visiting+Rigpa+centres+and+at+the+Rigpa+Shedra+East.+%282014+Translation+%26+Transmission+Conference+Program%29 +
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A%C5%9Boka.+%28P.+Asoka%3B+T.+Mya+ngan+med%3B+C.+Ayu+wang%3B+J.+Aiku+%C5%8D%3B+K.+Ayuk+wang+%E9%98%BF%E8%82%B2%E7%8E%8B%29+%28c.+300-232+BCE%3B+r.+c.+268-232+BCE%29.+Indian+Mauryan+emperor+and+celebrated+patron+of+Buddhism%3B+also+known+as+Dharm%C4%81%C5%9Boka.+Son+of+Bindus%C4%81ra+and+grandson+of+Candragupta%2C+A%C5%9Boka+was+the+third+king+of+the+Mauryan+dynasty.+A%C5%9Boka+left+numerous+inscriptions+recording+his+edicts+and+proclamations+to+the+subjects+of+his+realm.+In+these+inscriptions%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+referred+to+as+Dev%C4%81n%C4%81m+Priya%E1%B8%A5%2C+%22beloved+of+the+gods.%22+These+inscriptions+comprise+one+of+the+earliest+bodies+of+writing+as+yet+deciphered+from+the+Indian+subcontinent.+His+edicts+have+been+found+inscribed+on+boulders%2C+on+stone+pillars%2C+and+in+caves+and+are+widely+distributed+from+northern+Pakistan+in+the+west%2C+across+the+Gangetic+plain+to+Bengal+in+the+east%2C+to+near+Chennai+in+South+India.+The+inscriptions+are+ethical+and+religious+in+content%2C+with+some+describing+how+A%C5%9Boka+turned+to+the+dharma+after+subjugating+the+territory+of+Kali%E1%B9%85ga+%28in+the+Coastal+region+of+modern+Andhra+Pradesh%29+in+a+bloody+war.+In+his+own+words%2C+A%C5%9Boka+states+that+the+bloodshed+of+that+campaign+caused+him+remorse+and+taught+him+that+rule+by+dharma%2C+or+righteousness%2C+is+superior+to+rule+by+mere+force+of+arms.+While+the+Buddha%2C+dharma%2C+and+sa%E1%B9%83gha+are+extolled+and+Buddhist+texts+are+mentioned+in+the+edicts%2C+the+dharma+that+A%C5%9Boka+promulgated+was+neither+sectarian+nor+even+specifically+Buddhist%2C+but+a+general+code+of+administrative%2C+public%2C+and+private+ethics+suitable+for+a+multireligious+and+multiethnic+polity.+It+is+clear+that+A%C5%9Boka+saw+this+code+of+ethics+as+a+diplomatic+tool+as+well%2C+in+that+he%0Adispatched+embassies+to+neighboring+states+in+an+effort+to+establish+dharma+as+the+basis+for+international+relations.+The+edicts+were+not+translated+until+the+nineteenth+century%2C+however%2C+and%0Atherefore+played+little+role+in+the+Buddhist+view+of+A%C5%9Boka%2C+which+derives+instead+from+a+variety+of+legends+told+about+the+emperor.+The+legend+of+A%C5%9Boka+is+recounted+in+the+Sanskrit+Divy%C4%81vad%C4%81na%2C+in+the+P%C4%81li+chronicles+of+Sri+Lanka%2C+D%C4%ABpava%E1%B9%83sa+and+Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa%2C+and+in+the+P%C4%81li+commentaries%2C+particularly+the%0ASamantap%C4%81s%C4%81dik%C4%81.+Particularly+in+P%C4%81li+materials%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+portrayed+as+a+staunch+sectarian+and+exclusive+patron+of+the+P%C4%81li+tradition.+The+inscriptional+evidence%2C+as+noted+above%2C+does+not+support+that+claim.+In+the+Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa%2C+for+example%2C+A%C5%9Boka+is+said+to+have+been+converted+to+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhism+by+the%0Anovice+Nigrodha%2C+after+which+he+purifies+the+Buddhist+sa%E1%B9%83gha+by+purging+it+of+non-Therav%C4%81da+heretics.+He+then+sponsors+the+convention+of+the+third+Buddhist+council+%28samg%C4%ABt%C4%AB%29+under+the+presidency+of+Moggaliputtatissa%2C+an+entirely+Therav%C4%81da+affair.+Recalling+perhaps+the+historical+A%C5%9Boka%27s+diplomatic+missions%2C+the+legend+recounts+how%2C+after+the+council%2C+Moggaliputtatissa+dispatched+Therav%C4%81da+missions%2C%0Acomprised+of+monks%2C+to+nine+adjacent+lands+for+the+purpose+of+propagating+the+religion%2C+including+A%C5%9Boka%27s+son+%28Mahinda%29+and+daughter+%28Sa%E1%B9%85ghamitt%C4%81%29+to+Sri+Lanka.+In+Sri+Lanka%2C+where+the+legend+appears+to+have+originated%2C+and+in+the+Therav%C4%81da+countries+of+Southeast+Asia%2C+the+P%C4%81li+account+of+King+A%C5%9Boka+was+adopted+as+one+of+the+main+paradigms+of+Buddhist+kingship+and+models+of+ideal+governance+and+proper+sa%E1%B9%83gha-state+relations.+A+different+set+of+legends%2C+which+do+not+recount+the+conversion%0Aof+Sri+Lanka%2C+appears+in+Sanskrit+sources%2C+most+notably%2C+the+A%C5%9Bok%C4%81vad%C4%81na.+%28Source%3A+%22A%C5%9Boka.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+70%E2%80%9371.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
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B
Bari+Lotsawa%2C++also+known+as+Rinchen+Drak%2C+was+the+second+throne+holder+of+Sakya+school+%28Tib.+Sakya+Trizin%29.+At+the+age+of+63%2C+he+retained+the+seat+of+Sakya+for+a+period+of+eight+years+%281102-1110%29.+He+is+one+of+the+main+lineage+figures+in+the+transmission+and+translation+of+the+White+Tara+practice+and+tantras+that+originate+from+the+Indian+master+Vagishvarakirti.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DBari_Lotsawa+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29 +
PhD+%28literature%29%2C+University+of+Tokyo+Graduate+School+of+Humanities+and+Sociology%2C+2006.+Assistant+professor+at+University+of+Tokyo+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+on+Asia%2C+research+associate+at+Darwin+College%2C+University+of+Cambridge%2C+then+visiting+research+fellow+at+the+Ho+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Stanford+University.+Then+took+up+post+as+associate+professor+at+University+of+Tokyo+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+on+Asia+in+2010+specializing+in+Buddhist+studies.+Major+awards+include+Japanese+Association+for+South+Asian+Studies+Award%2C+Japanese+Association+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+Studies+Prize%2C+Toho+Gakkai+%28The+Institute+of+Eastern+Culture%29+Award+and+the+Japan+Society+for+the+Promotion+of+Science+Prize.+Major+publications+include+%27%27The+Development+of+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhist+Thought%3A+From+the+Buddha+to+Buddhaghosa%27%27+%28Shunjusha%29+and+%27%27Shoki+bukkyo+%E2%80%94+Budda+no+shiso+wo+tadoru%27%27+%28Early+Buddhism+%E2%80%94+Tracing+the+Teachings+of+Buddha%29+%28Iwanami+Shoten%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.u-tokyo.ac.jp%2Ffocus%2Fen%2Ffeatures%2Fvoices054.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+3%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Jacques+Bacot+%284+July+1877+%E2%80%93+18+June+1965%29+was+an+explorer+and+pioneering+French+Tibetologist.+He+travelled+extensively+in+India%2C+western+China%2C+and+the+Tibetan+border+regions.+He+worked+at+the+%C3%89cole+pratique+des+hautes+%C3%A9tudes.+Bacot+was+the+first+western+scholar+to+study+the+Tibetan+grammatical+tradition%2C+and+along+with+F.+W.+Thomas+%281867%E2%80%931956%29+belonged+to+the+first+generation+of+scholars+to+study+the+Old+Tibetan+Dunhuang+manuscripts.+Bacot+made+frequent+use+of+Tibetan+informants.+He+acquired+aid+from+Gend%C3%BCn+Ch%C3%B6phel+in+studying+Dunhuang+manuscripts.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJacques_Bacot+Source+Accessed+Dec+7%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Andrei-Valentin+Bacr%C4%83u%27s+work+is+focused+on+extrapolating+a+theory+of+ethics+from+Wittgenstein%27s+views+on+language.+Previously%2C+he+was+at+N%C4%81land%C4%81+University+in+Bihar%2C+India%2C+working+on+comparative+ethics.+As+an+undergraduate%2C+he+studied+at+the+George+Washington+University+in+DC%2C+where+he+double-majored+in+International+Affairs+%28Security+Policy%29%2C+and+Philosophy+%28Public+Affairs%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fuzh.academia.edu%2FAndreiValentinBacr%25C4%2583u+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+11%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Professor+Paul+Badham+has+been+Head+of+the+Department+of+Theology+and+Religious+Studies+at+University+of+Wales+Lampeter+since+1991.+He+was+born+in+1942+and+educated+at+Jesus+College+Oxford+%28traditional+Christian+Theology%29%3B+at+Jesus+College+Cambridge+%28Modern+Religious+Thought%29%3B+and+at+Westcott+House+%28Anglican+Ministry%29.+He+then+went+to+Birmingham+and+for+five+years+worked+as+a+Curate+while+simultaneously+writing+a+PhD+under+John+Hick.+Since+1973+he+has+been+at+Lampeter+where+he+has+gradually+moved+from+Lecturer+to+Senior+Lecturer+to+Reader+and+finally+to+Professor+and+Dean.%0A%0AOn+his+arrival+at+Lampeter+he+joined+five+other+Anglican+clergymen+in+a+very+traditional+Department+of+Theology.+One+of+his+main+concerns+has+been+to+transform+the+Department+into+a+vibrant+centre+for+the+study+of+all+world+religions%2C+with+a+particular+emphasis+on+religion+in+the+contemporary+world+and+with+an+emphasis+on+the+possibility+of+studying+each+religion+from+within.+The+Department+now+consists+of+18+full-time+and+12+part-time+staff+across+the+whole+area+of+Religious+Life+and+Thought%2C+with+specialists+in+each+of+the+major+faiths+and+with+all+disciplines+of+Religious+Studies+included.%0A%0AExploration+of+the+arguments+for+and+against+belief+in+a+life+after+death+has+been+one+of+Paul+Badham%E2%80%99s+main+academic+concerns.+This+led+to+his+books+%27%27Christian+Beliefs+about+Life+after+Death+and+Immortality+or+Extinction%3F+as+well+as+to+his+edited+collections+Death+and+Immortality+in+the+Religions+of+the+World%27%27%3B+%27%27Perspectives+on+Death+and+Dying%27%27%3B+%27%27Ethics+on+the+Frontiers+of+Human+Existence+and+Facing+Death%27%27.+He+has+for+many+years+directed+a+unique+MA+programme+on+Death+and+Immortality%2C+taught+jointly+with+the+Philosophy+Department+at+Lampeter%2C+and+he+has+always+had+a+succession+of+research+students+working+in+this+area+from+all+over+the+world.+He+has+contributed+to+seven+television+documentaries+on+the+Near-death+experience+and+is+currently+preparing+for+a+major+international+conference+on+this+in+Washington.%0A%0APaul+Badham+is+also+deeply+interested+in+issues+of+Modern+Theology+and+Inter-faith+Dialogue%2C+and+has+contributed+to+a+series+of+books+in+this+area+arising+from+Conferences+in+Claremont+as+well+as+his+edited+%27%27John+Hick+Reader%27%27.+He+has+also+written+a+series+of+bilingual+%28England+and+Japanese%29+publications+with+Professor+Daigan+Lee+Matsunaga+on+%27%27Near-Death+Experiences%2C+Interfaith+Dialogue+and+Christian+Beliefs+About+God+and+Christ+in+Relation+to+True+Pure+Land+Buddhism%27%27+%28published+in+Japanese+as+Christianity+for+Buddhists%29.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+Centenary+volume+for+the+Modern+Church+People%E2%80%99s+Union+on+%27%27The+Contemporary+Challenge+of+Modernist+Theology%27%27.%0A%0APaul+Badham%E2%80%99s+other+concern+is+the+relationship+between+Religion+and+Politics.+This+has+led+to+his+edited+work+%27%27Religion%2C+State+and+Society+in+Modern+Britain%27%27+and+to+an+ongoing+project+with+Vladislav+Arzenukhin+on+%27%27Religion+and+Change+in+Eastern+Europe%27%27.+This+concern+also+helped+to+establish+an+MA+degree+on+%27%27Religion+Politics+and+International+Relations%27%27%2C+jointly+taught+by+the+Department+of+Theology+and+Religious+Studies+at+Lampeter+and+by+the+Department+of+International+Politics+at+Aberystwyth.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcore.ac.uk%2Fdownload%2Fpdf%2F96773532.pdf+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29
Allan+Badiner+is+the+editor+of+%27%27Zig+Zag+Zen%3A+Buddhism+and+Psychedelics%27%27%2C+%27%27Dharma+Gaia%3A+A+Harvest+in+Buddhism+and+Ecology%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Mindfulness+in+the+Marketplace%27%27.%0A%0AHe+produced+Psychedelic+Integration+at+Esalen+with+Michael+Pollan%2C+MAPS+founder+Rick+Doblin%2C+psychiatrist+Julie+Holland%2C+neurobiologist+David+Presti%2C+UK+psychiatrist+Ben+Sessa%2C+youth+safety+advocate+Marsha+Rosenbaum%2C+Project+CBD%E2%80%99s+Martin+A.+Lee%2C+and+special+guests+author+James+Fadiman+and+UC+Berkeley+psychiatrist+Kristi+Panik%2C+as+we+explore+the+challenges+and+opportunities+unique+to+this+moment+in+history.+Stanislav+Grof%2C+who+lived+and+taught+at+Esalen+for+14+years%2C+opened+the+conversation+remotely.%0A%0AAllan+is+also+a+contributing+editor+of+%27%27Tricycle%27%27+magazine+and+co-producer+of+the+Entheowheel+series.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.esalen.org%2Ffaculty%2Fallan-badiner+Source+Accessed+Feb+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Prabodh+Chandra+Bagchi+%2818+November+1898+%E2%80%93+19+January+1956%29+was+one+of+the+most+notable+Sino-Indologists+of+the+20th+century.+He+was+the+third+Upacharya+%28Vice-Chancellor%29+of+Visva-Bharati+University.+He+published+a+large+number+of+books+in+English%2C+French%2C+and+Bengali.+His+best+known+work+that+is+still+acclaimed+as+a+classical+work+even+today+is+%27%27India+and+China%27%27%2C+which+was+first+published+in+1944.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPrabodh_Chandra_Bagchi+Source+Accessed+Jun+4%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Geoff+Bailey+is+currently+a+resident+scholar+at+the+Tibetan+Academy+of+Social+Science%2C%0Ahaving+graduated+from+the+Tibet+University+Tibetan+language+program.+He+has+been%0Ainvolved+in+numerous+Tibetan+language+projects.+%28Source%3A+%27%27The+Six+Brothers%27%27%2C+2007%29 +
Sir+Harold+Walter+Bailey%2C+FBA+%2816+December+1899%E2%80%9311+January+1996%29%2C+who+published+as+H.+W.+Bailey%2C+was+an+eminent+English+scholar+of+Khotanese%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+the+comparative+study+of+Iranian+languages.%0A%0ABailey+has+been+described+as+one+of+the+greatest+Orientalists+of+the+twentieth+century.+He+was+said+to+read+more+than+50+languages.%0A%0AIn+1929+Bailey+began+his+doctoral+dissertation%2C+a+translation+with+notes+of+the+%27%27Greater+Bundahishn%27%27%2C+a+compendium+of+Zoroastrian+writings+in+Middle+Persian+recorded+in+the+Pahlavi+scripts.+He+became+the+world%27s+leading+expert+in+the+Khotanese+dialect+of+the+Saka+language%2C+the+mediaeval+Iranian+language+of+the+Kingdom+of+Khotan+%28modern+Xinjiang%29.+His+initial+motivation+for+the+study+of+Khotanese+was+an+interest+in+the+possible+connection+with+the+%27%27Bundahishn%27%27.+He+later+passed+his+material+on+that+work+to+Kaj+Barr.%0A%0AHe+was+known+for+his+immensely+erudite+lectures%2C+and+once+confessed%3A+%22I+have+talked+for+ten+and+a+half+hours+on+the+problem+of+one+word+without+approaching+the+further+problem+of+its+meaning.%22%0A%0ABailey+was+elected+a+Fellow+of+the+British+Academy+in+1944%2C+and+subsequently+a+member+of+the+Danish%2C+Norwegian+and+Swedish+Academies.+He+received+honorary+degrees+from+four+universities+including+Oxford%3B+served+as+president+of+Philological+Society%2C+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society%2C+the+Society+for+Afghan+Studies%2C+and+the+Society+of+Mithraic+Studies%3B+and+chaired+the+Anglo-Iranian+Society+and+Ancient+India+and+Iran+Trust.+He+was+knighted+for+services+to+Oriental+studies+in+1960.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHarold_Walter_Bailey+Source+Accessed+Dec+6%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0ASee+complete+biography+in+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fbailey-harold-walter-1+Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica%5D +
David+Roy+Shackleton+Bailey+FBA+%2810+December+1917+%E2%80%93+28+November+2005%29+was+a+British+scholar+of+Latin+literature+%28particularly+in+the+field+of+textual+criticism%29+who+spent+his+academic+life+teaching+at+the+University+of+Cambridge%2C+the+University+of+Michigan%2C+and+Harvard.+He+is+best+known+for+his+work+on+Horace+%28editing+his+complete+works+for+the+Teubner+series%29%2C+and+Cicero%2C+especially+his+commentaries+and+translations+of+Cicero%27s+letters.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FD._R._Shackleton_Bailey+Source+Accessed+Aug+15%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Baizhang+Huaihai+%28Chinese%3A+%E7%99%BE%E4%B8%88%E6%87%B7%E6%B5%B7%3B+pinyin%3A+B%C7%8Eizh%C3%A0ng+Hu%C3%A1ih%C3%A1i%3B+Wade-Giles%3A+Pai-chang+Huai-hai%3B+Japanese%3A+Hyakuj%C5%8D+Ekai%29+%28720%E2%80%93814%29+was+a+Zen+master+during+the+Tang+Dynasty.+A+native+of+Fuzhou%2C+he+was+a+dharma+heir+of+Mazu+Daoyi+%28Wade-Giles%3A+Ma-tsu+Tao-i%29.%5B1%5D+Baizhang%27s+students+included+Huangbo%2C+Linji+and+Puhua.%0A%0AHagiographic+depictions+of+Baizhang+depict+him+as+a+radical+and+iconoclastic+figure%2C+but+these+narratives+derive+from+at+least+a+century+and+a+half+after+his+death+and+were+developed+and+elaborated+during+the+Song+dynasty.%5B2%5D+As+Mario+Poceski+writes%2C+the+earliest+strata+of+sources+%28such+as+the+%27%27Baizhang+guanglu%27%27+%E7%99%BE%E4%B8%88%E5%BB%A3%E9%8C%84+%29+about+this+figure+provide+a+%22divergent+image+of+Baizhang+as+a+sophisticated+teacher+of+doctrine%2C+who+is+at+ease+with+both+the+philosophical+and+contemplative+aspects+of+Buddhism.%22%5B3%5D+Poceski+summarizes+this+figure+thus%3A%0A%0A%3AThe+image+of+Baizhang+conveyed+by+the+Tang-era+sources+is+that+of+a+learned+and+sagacious+monk+who+is+well+versed+in+both+the+theoretical+and+contemplative+aspects+of+medieval+Chinese+Buddhism.+Here+we+encounter+Baizhang+as+a+teacher+of+a+particular+Chan+brand+of+Buddhist+doctrine%2C+formulated+in+a+manner+and+idiom+that+are+unique+to+him+and+to+the+Hongzhou+school+as+a+whole.+Nonetheless%2C+he+also+comes+across+as+someone+who+is+cognizant+of+major+intellectual+trends+in+Tang+Buddhism%2C+as+well+as+deeply+steeped+in+canonical+texts+and+traditions.+His+discourses+are+filled+with+scriptural+quotations+and+allusions.+He+also+often+resorts+to+technical+Buddhist+vocabulary%2C+of+the+kind+one+usually+finds+in+the+texts+of+philosophically+oriented+schools+of+Chinese+Buddhism+such+as+Huayan%2C+Faxiang%2C+and+Tiantai.+Here+the+primary+mode+in+which+Baizhang+communicates+his+teachings+is+the+public+Chan+sermon%2C+presented+in+the+ritual+framework+of+%E2%80%9Cascending+the+%5BDharma%5D+hall+%5Bto+preach%5D%E2%80%9D+%28%27%27shangtang%27%27%29.%5B4%5D%0A%0ARegarding+his+teachings%2C+Poceski+notes%3A%0A%0A%3AA+central+idea+that+infuses+most+of+Baizhang%E2%80%99s+sermons+is+the+ineffability+or+indescribability+of+reality.+Ultimate+reality+cannot+be+predicated+in+terms+of+conventional+conceptual+categories%2C+as+it+transcends+the+familiar+realm+of+words+and+ideas.+Nonetheless%2C+it+can+be+approached+or+realized%E2%80%94as+it+truly+is%2C+without+any+accretions+or+distortions%E2%80%94as+it+manifests+at+all+times+and+in+all+places.+That+is+done+by+means+of+intuitive+knowledge%2C+whose+cultivation+is+one+of+the+cornerstones+of+Chan+soteriology.+Since+the+essence+of+reality+cannot+be+captured+or+conveyed+via+the+mediums+of+words+and+letters%2C+according+to+Baizhang+it+is+pointless+to+get+stuck+in+dogmatic+assertions%2C+or+to+attach+to+a+particular+doctrine+or+practice.+Like+everything+else%2C+the+various+Chan+%28or+more+broadly+Buddhist%29+teachings+are+empty+of+self-nature.+They+simply+constitute+expedient+tools+in+an+ongoing+process+of+cultivating+detachment+and+transcendence+that+supposedly+free+the+mind+of+mistaken+views+and+distorted+ways+of+perceiving+reality%3B+to+put+it+differently%2C+they+belong+to+the+well-known+Buddhist+category+of+%E2%80%9Cskillful+means%E2%80%9D+%28%27%27fangbian%27%27%2C+or+up%C4%81ya+in+Sanskrit%29.+Holding+on+rigidly+or+fetishizing+a+particular+text%2C+viewpoint%2C+or+method+of+practice%E2%80%94even+the+most+profound+and+potent+ones%E2%80%94can+turn+out+to+be+counterproductive%2C+as+it+becomes+a+source+of+attachment+that+impedes+spiritual+progress.+The+perfection+of+the+Chan+path+of+practice+and+realization%2C+therefore%2C+does+not+involve+the+attainment+of+some+particular+ability+or+knowledge.+Rather%2C+in+Baizhang%E2%80%99s+text+it+is+depicted+as+a+process+of+letting+go+of+all+views+and+attachment+that+interfere+with+the+innate+human+ability+to+know+reality+and+experience+spiritual+freedom.%5B5%5D%0A%0AOne+of+his+doctrinal+innovations+is+what+are+called+the+%E2%80%9Cthree+propositions%E2%80%9D+%28sanju%29%2C+which+are+three+distinct+stages+of+spiritual+realization+or+progressive+ways+of+knowing%3A%5B6%5D%0A%0A%2AThoroughgoing+detachment+from+all+things+and+affairs%0A%2ANonabiding+in+the+state+of+detachment%0A%2ALetting+go+of+even+the+subtlest+vestiges+of+self-referential+awareness+or+knowledge+of+having+transcended+detachment.%0A%0ABaizhang%27s+teachings+and+sayings+have+been+translated+by+Thomas+Cleary+in+%27%27Sayings+and+Doings+of+Pai-Chang%27%27.%5B7%5D+The+Wild+fox+koan+is+attributed+to+Baizhang.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBaizhang_Huaihai+Source+Accessed+July+15%2C+2021%5D%29
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Zentatsu+Richard+Baker+%28born+March+30%2C+1936%29%2C+born+Richard+Dudley+Baker%2C+is+an+American+Soto+Zen+master+%28or+roshi%29%2C+the+founder+and+guiding+teacher+of+Dharma+Sangha%E2%80%94which+consists+of+Crestone+Mountain+Zen+Center+located+in+Crestone%2C+Colorado+and+the+Buddhistisches+Studienzentrum+%28Johanneshof%29+in+Germany%27s+Black+Forest.+As+the+American+Dharma+heir+to+Shunryu+Suzuki%2C+Baker+assumed+abbotship+of+the+San+Francisco+Zen+Center+%28SFZC%29+shortly+before+Suzuki%27s+death+in+1971.+He+remained+abbot+there+until+1984+.+.+.+Baker+was+instrumental+in+helping+the+San+Francisco+Zen+Center+to+become+one+of+the+most+successful+Zen+institutions+in+the+United+States.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FZentatsu_Richard_Baker+Source+Accessed+Nov+23%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Hans+T.+Bakker+%28born+1948%29+is+a+cultural+historian+and+Indologist%2C+who+has+served+as+the+Professor+of+the+History+of+Hinduism+and+Jan+Gonda+Chair+at+the+University+of+Groningen.+He+currently+works+in+the+British+Museum+as+a+researcher+in+project+%22Beyond+Boundaries%3A+Religion%2C+Region%2C+Language+and+the+State%22.%0A%0ACareer%0ABefore+joining+the+British+Museum+in+2014%2C+Bakker+was+at+the+University+of+Groningen+in+the+Netherlands+where+he+was+director+of+the+Institute+of+Indian+Studies+at+Groningen+and%2C+from+1996%2C+Professor+of+the+History+of+Hinduism+in+the+Sanskrit+Tradition+and+Indian+Philosophy+and+holder+of+the+Jan+Gonda+Chair+at+the+University+of+Groningen.+He+has+been+a+visiting+fellow+of+All+Souls+College+at+the+University+of+Oxford+and+a+visiting+professor+at+the+University+of+Vienna+and+the+University+of+Kyoto.%0A%0ABakker%27s+main+research+interest+has+been+the+political+and+religious+culture+of+India+in+the+fourth%2C+fifth+and+sixth+centuries.+As+part+of+this+work+he+led+the+study+of+the+earliest+known+version+of+the+%27%27Skanda+Pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%27%27+preserved+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.+This+version+of+the+Skanda+Pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+is+substantially+different+from+the+%27%27Skanda+Pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%27%27+known+from+manuscripts+and+the+printed+edition+in+India.%0A%0ABakker+has+continued+and+expanded+the+best+traditions+of+Dutch+Indology+and+has+trained+a+number+of+able+scholars%2C+among+them+Peter+Bisschop+%28Leiden+University%29%2C+Harunaga+Isaacson+%28University+of+Hamburg%29+and+Yuko+Yokochi+%28University+of+Kyoto%29.%0A%0ABakker+has+been+working+as+researcher+in+%22Beyond+Boundaries%3A+Religion%2C+Region%2C+Language+and+the+State%22%2C+a+project+based+in+the+British+Museum+that+is+funded+by+the+European+Research+Council+%282013%E2%80%932019%29+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHans_T._Bakker+Source+Accessed+Feb+16%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Balangoda+Ananda+Maitreya+Thero+%28Sinhala%3A+%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C+%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F+%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AD+%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%A9+%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF+%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9B%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BA+%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F+%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F+%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%92%3B23+August+1896+%E2%80%93+18+July+1998%3B+was+a+Sri+Lankan+Buddhist+monk+who+was+one+of+the+most+distinguished+scholars+and+expositors+of+Theravada+Buddhism+in+the+twentieth+century.+He+was+highly+respected+by+Sri+Lankan+Buddhists%2C+who+believed+that+he+had+achieved+a+higher+level+of+spiritual+development.%5B2%5D%5B5%5D+Sri+Lankan+Buddhists+also+considered+Balangoda+Ananda+Maitreya+Thero+as+a+Bodhisattva%2C+who+will+attain+Buddhahood+in+a+future+life.%0A%0ABalangoda+Ananda+Maitreya+Thero+lived+a+modest+life+and+did+a+great+service+for+the+propagation+of+Buddhist+philosophy.+In+recognition+of+his+valuable+service+at+the+Sixth+Buddhist+council+held+in+Burma%2C+the+Burmese+government+conferred+on+him+the+title+of+Agga+Maha+Pandita+%28Chief+Great+Scholar%29+in+1956.+Later+in+March+1997%2C+the+Burmese+government+conferred+on+Balangoda+Ananda+Maitreya+Thero+the+highest+Sangha+title%2C+Abhidhaja+Maha+Rattha+Guru+%28Most+Eminent+Great+Spiritual+Teacher%29%2C+which+is+equivalent+to+Sangharaja%2C+in+honor+of+his+unique+service+to+the+Buddhist+religion.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBalangoda_Ananda_Maitreya_Thero+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Piotr+Balcerowicz%2C+presently+teaching+at+the+University+of+Warsaw+%28Department+of+South-Asian+Studies%29+and+professor+of+Social+Sciences+and+Humanities+%28Asian+Studies+and+Department+of+International+Relations%29%2C+specialises+in+Indian+philosophical+tradition%2C+with+emphasis+on+Indian+epistemological+thought+and+Jainism.+He+lectures+on+Indian+philosophy+and+Indian+religions+as+well+as+on+intercultural+relations+and+contemporary+history+of+Asia%2C+esp.+SouthAsia%2C+Central+Asia+and+the+Middle+East.+He+received+his+M.A.+degree+in+Indology+from+the+University+of+Warsaw+in+1990+and+his+Ph.D.+degree+in+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Studies+from+Hamburg+University+in+1999.+He+studied+Sanskrit%2C+Prakrits+and+P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini+at+Banaras+Hindu+University+in+1987%E2%80%931988+and+Western+philosophy+at+postgraduate+level+at+Polish+Academy+of+Sciences%2C+Warsaw+in+1990%E2%80%931994.+He+earned+his+%27Habilitation%27+%28post-doctoral+degree%29+in+Eastern+philosophies+in+2005+from+Polish+Academy+of+Sciences+with+his+postdoctoral+thesis+%28%27%27History+of+Classical+Indian+Philosophy.+Part+One%3A+Beginnings%2C+Analytical+Trends+and+Philosophy+of+Nature%27%27.+Warsaw+2003%29.+He+published+extensively+on+Indian+philosophy%2C+but+also+on+the+Middle+East+and+Central+Asia%2C+and+authored+a+number+of+books+on+Indian+philosophy%2C+Jainism+and+history+of+Afghanistan.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.balcerowicz.eu%2Findology%2FLogic_and_Belief_in_Indian_Philosophy_2016.pdf+Source+Accessed+Apr+8%2C+2021%5D%29 +
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Baoyun+%E5%AF%B6%E9%9B%B2+%28376%3F%E2%80%93449%29+was+from+Liangzhou.+He+traveled+to+Central+Asia%2C+Khotan+%28Hotan%29%2C+and+India+around+397.+There+he+met+Faxian+and+other+Chinese+pilgrims.+In+India+he+studied+languages%2C+then+returned+to+Chang%E2%80%99an+and+became+a+follower+of+Buddhabhadra+%28359%E2%80%93429%29.+Buddhabhadra+was+in+Chang%E2%80%99an+from+406%E2%80%93408.+Baoyun+then+followed+Buddhabhadra+south+to+Mount+Lu%2C+and+ultimately+to+Jiankang+%28Nanjing%29.+His+good+friend+Huiguan+accompanied+Baoyun+throughout+the+entire+journey.+All+three+men+stayed+at+Daochang+Temple+in+Jiankang.+Baoyun+later+moved+to+Liuheshan+Temple%2C+outside+of+Jiankang.+It+was+at+these+two+temples+that+he+made+his+translations+%5Bof+the+%27%27Buddhacarita%27%27%5D%2C+reading+the+Indian+text+and+translating+orally.+In+this+way+the+%27%27Buddhacarita%27%27+was+rendered+in+421+C.E.+%28Yongchu+2+of+the+Liu+Song%29%2C+at+Liuheshan+Temple.+%28Willemen%2C+%27%27Buddhacarita%3A+In+Praise+of+Buddha%27s+Acts%27%27%2C+translator%27s+introduction%2C+xiv%E2%80%93xv%29.+In+addition+to+the+%27%27Buddhacarita%27%27+Baoyun+is+recorded+as+having+assisted+in+the+translation+of+several+s%C5%ABtras%2C+including+the+%27%27Ak%E1%B9%A3ayamatinirde%C5%9Bas%C5%ABtra%27%27+and+the+%27%27S%C4%81garamatiparip%E1%B9%9Bcch%C4%81s%C5%ABtra%27%27. +
Terchen+Barway+Dorje+%281st+Bardor+Rinpoche%2C+1836-1918%29+was+a+student+of+the+9th+Tai+Situ+Rinpoche%2C+the+14th+Karmapa%2C+Chokgyur+Dechen+Lingpa%2C+and+many+other+masters+of+his+time.%0A%0AInitially+associated+with+Surmang+Monastery+of+which+he+was+a+recognized+tulku+%28Shartse+Rinpoche+of+Surmang%29%2C+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+devoted+a+good+portion+of+his+life+to+reviving+of+the+lost+teachings+of+the+Barom+Kagyu.+He+was+also+known+as+a+revealer+of+terma+%28treasures%29+of+which+he+discovered+nine+volumes.%0A%0AThe+treasures+discovered+by+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+had+been+concealed+by+two+of+Guru+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+principal+disciples%E2%80%94Nupchen+Sangye+Yeshe+and+Yeshe+Tsogyal.+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+was+an+emanation+of+both+of+them.%0A%0AToward+the+end+of+his+life%2C+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+founded+Raktrul+Monastery+in+eastern+Tibet.%0A%0AThe+writings+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+consist+of+fourteen+volumes.+Of+these%2C+nine+volumes+are+his+revelations+or+termas%2C+three+volumes+are+his+collective+writings+or+compositions%2C+one+volume+is+his+autobiography%2C+and+the+one+volume+is+his+collective+songs+of+instruction.%0A%0AThe+autobiography+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+has+been+translated+into+English+and+published+by+KTD+Publications+as+%27%27Precious+Essence%3A+The+Inner+Autobiography+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje%27%27.+His+collective+songs+of+instruction+have+been+published+as+%27%27Treasury+of+Eloquence%3A+The+Songs+of+Barway+Dorje%27%27. +
The+first+rebirth+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+was+recognized+by+the+15th+Karmapa%2C+but+lived+only+a+short+time+and%2C+in+fact%2C+died+before+he+was+reached+by+the+search+party+seeking+him.+The+Karmapa+later+explained+what+happened%3A+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+had+promised+a+great+sinner+named+Changkyi+Mingyur+that+he+would+not+be+reborn+in+a+lower+state.+Changkyi+Mingyur+died+shortly+before+the+new+incarnation+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje+was+discovered+and+was+about+to+be+reborn+in+a+lower+state.+In+desperation%2C+he+called+on+Barway+Dorje+and+it+was+therefore+necessary+for+Bardor+Rinpoche+to+depart+his+new+body+in+order+to+fulfill+his+promise.%0A%0AThe+15th+Karmapa+decided+to+perform+another+recognition+of+the+2nd+Barway+Dorje%2C+but+before+the+time+for+recognition+arrived%2C+the+15th+Gyalwang+Karmapa+departed+this+realm+for+the+benefit+of+beings+in+other+places.%0A%0AFor+this+reason%2C+the+rebirth+of+Terchen+Barway+Dorje%E2%80%94the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%94was+recognized+by+the+11th+Tai+Situ+Rinpoche%2C+Padma+Wangchok+Gyalpo.%0A%0AThe+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+was+born+at+the+end+of+1920+and+many+auspicious+signs+accompanied+his+birth.+He+was+enthroned+at+Raktrul+Monastery+at+the+age+of+five+but+received+his+training+and+transmissions+at+Surmang+and+Kyodrak+monasteries.%0A%0AIn+his+thirteenth+year%2C+the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+met+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa.+Because+the+Gyalwang+Karmapa+had+been+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+karmically+destined+guru+in+many+lives%2C+Bardor+Rinpoche+felt+great+devotion+for+the+Karmapa+upon+meeting+him.%0A%0AThe+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+spent+much+of+his+life+serving+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa%2C+although+he+occasionally+traveled+back+to+Raktrul+Monastery+to+look+after+its+needs.+Toward+the+end+of+his+life%2C+he+made+an+aspiration+to+be+able+to+serve+both+the+Karmapa+and+Raktrul+Monastery+in+his+future+lives.+As+a+result+of+that+aspiration+we+now+have+two+incarnations+of+the+3rd+Bardor+Rinpoche%E2%80%94one+who+has+devoted+most+of+his+life+to+the+service+of+both+the+16th+and+17th+Karmapas+and+has+founded+Kunzang+Palchen+Ling+in+the+US%2C+and+one+who+remains+in+Tibet+and+looks+after+Raktrul+Monastery.%0A%0AA+detailed+account+of+the+life+of+the+2nd+Bardor+Rinpoche+is+available+in+English+translation+as+%27%27The+Light+of+Dawn%27%27+composed+by+Karma+Tupten.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kunzang.org%2Ftreasure-lineage%2F2nd-bardor-rinpoche%2F+Source+Accessed+June+28%2C+2023%5D%29
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Nancy+J.+Barnes+received+her+Ph.D.+from+the+University+of+Toronto+in+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Studies%2C+with+specialization+in+Buddhism+in+India+and+China.+She+has+taught+at+Wesleyan+University%2C+the+Hartford+Seminary+Foundation%2C+the+Hartford+College+for+Women%2C+and+in+the+Religion+Department+of+Trinity+College+and+the+Art+History+Department+of+the+University+of+Hartford.+She+has+published+in+the+fields+of+women+in+Buddhism%2C+and+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhist+thought+and+practice.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdyQpNKH1oOYC%26pg%3DPA430%26lpg%3DPA430%26dq%3DNancy%2BJ.%2BBarnes%2Breceived%2Bher%2BPh.D.%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BUniversity%2Bof%2BToronto%2Bin%2BSanskrit%2Band%2BIndian%2BStudies%2C%2Bwith%2Bspecialization%2Bin%2BBuddhism%2Bin%2BIndia%2Band%2BChina.%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DzwKFr5ovW9%26sig%3DACfU3U1-X8HBUyE0JdRsjqzJsBdZ_Rx3mQ%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjAkpiQlvTuAhUTZc0KHVS-AtUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAw%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DNancy%2520J.%2520Barnes%2520received%2520her%2520Ph.D.%2520from%2520the%2520University%2520of%2520Toronto%2520in%2520Sanskrit%2520and%2520Indian%2520Studies%252C%2520with%2520specialization%2520in%2520Buddhism%2520in%2520India%2520and%2520China.%26f%3Dfalse+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+18%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Lionel+David+Barnett+CB+FBA+%2821+October+1871+%E2%80%93+28+January+1960%29+was+an+English+orientalist.+The+son+of+a+Liverpool+banker%2C+Barnett+was+educated+at+Liverpool+High+School%2C+Liverpool+Institute%2C+University+College%2C+Liverpool+and+Trinity+College%2C+Cambridge%2C+where+he+took+a+first+class+degree+in+classics+and+was+three+times+a+winner+of+a+Browne+medal.+In+1899%2C+he+joined+the+British+Museum+as+Assistant+Keeper+in+the+Department+of+Oriental+Printed+Books+and+Manuscripts.+In+1908+he+became+Keeper%2C+remaining+in+the+post+until+his+retirement+in+1936.+He+was+also+Professor+of+Sanskrit+at+University+College%2C+London+from+1906+to+1917%2C+founding+Lecturer+in+Sanskrit+at+the+School+of+Oriental+Studies+%281917%E2%80%931948%29%2C+Lecturer+in+Ancient+Indian+History+and+Epigraphy+%281922%E2%80%931948%29%2C+and+Librarian+of+the+School+%281940%E2%80%931947%29.+In+1948%2C+at+the+age+of+77%2C+he+rejoined+the+British+Museum%2C+which+was+desperately+short+of+staff%2C+as+an+Assistant+Keeper%2C+remaining+there+until+his+death.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLionel_Barnett+Source+Accessed+Jan+19%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Michael+Barnhart+is+a+professor+in+the+History-Philosophy+and+Political+Science+Department+at+Kingsborough+Community+College+in+New+York. +
David+Landis+Barnhill+is+the+former+Director+of+Environmental+Studies+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin+at+Oshkosh.+He+is+the+translator+of+%27%27Basho%27s+Journey%3A+The+Literary+Prose+of+Matsuo+Basho%27%27+%282005%29%2C+%27%27Basho%27s+Haiku%3A+Selected+Poems+of+Matsuo+Basho%27%27+%282004%29%2C+and+the+coeditor+%28with+Roger+S.+Gottlieb%29+of+%27%27Deep+Ecology+and+World+Religions%3A+New+Essays+on+Sacred+Ground%27%27+%282001%29%2C+all+published+by+SUNY+Press. +
Nicholas+Barr+received+his+BA+in+comparative+religion+from+Columbia+University%2C+where+he+studied+Tibetan+Buddhist+philosophy.+As+a+Princeton+in+Asia+fellow%2C+he+worked+in+education+and+development+in+Laos+before+earning+his+MSW+with+a+concentration+in+adult+mental+health+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles.+He+then+worked+as+a+clinical+social+worker+for+the+Los+Angeles+County+Department+of+Mental+Health+for+two+years+before+completing+his+PhD+at+the+University+of+Southern+California+School+of+Social+Work.+Before+joining+the+faculty+at+the+University+of+Nevada%2C+Las+Vegas%2C+he+was+a+Cohen+Veteran%E2%80%99s+Network+funded+postdoctoral+fellow+at+the+Center+for+Innovation+and+Research+on+Veterans+%26+Military+Families.%0A%0ADr.+Barr%E2%80%99s+research+focuses+on+enhancing+understanding+of+risk+and+protective+factors+for+populations+with+an+elevated+likelihood+of+traumatic+experiences%2C+like+homeless+young+adults+and+military+service+members.+His+work+includes+intervention+development+and+implementation+leveraging+principles+of+mindfulness+to+enhance+resilience+and+improve+mental+and+behavioral+health+outcomes+in+these+populations.+He+holds+certifications+in+a+number+of+evidence+based+practices+including+Prolonged+Exposure+and+Cognitive+Behavior+Therapy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.unlv.edu%2Fpeople%2Fnicholas-barr+Source+Accessed+May+24%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Roland+Barraux%2C+born+on+August+12%2C+1928+in+Menotey+%28Jura%29%2C+is+a+French+diplomat+and+writer.%0A%0A%3Ch2%3EBiography%3C%2Fh2%3E+%0AHe+served+in+the+Comoros+Islands+twice+from+1954+to+1959+and+then+from+1967+to+1972+1+.+He+was+French+Ambassador+to+Africa+%2C+then+to+Afghanistan+between+1981+and+1985+and+finally+to+Nepal+2+between+1985+and+1990+.+A+writer%2C+he+is+notably+the+author+of+Histoire+des+Dala%C3%AF-Lamas+%2C+a+book+translated+into+several+languages.%0A%0A%3Ch2%3EPublications%3C%2Fh2%3E%0A%27%27From+Coral+to+Volcano%3A+The+Story+of+the+Comoros+Islands%27%27%2C+2009%3Cbr%3E%0A%27%27History+of+Nepal%3A+the+kingdom+of+the+mountain+with+three+names%27%27%2C+2007%2C+%C3%89ditions+L%27Harmattan%2C+2007%2C+%28ISBN++2296034918+and+9782296034914%29%3Cbr%3E%0AWith+Andriamampionona+Razafindramboa%2C+%27%27Jean+Laborde%2C+a+Gascon+in+Madagascar%27%27%2C+1805-1878%2C+Komedit%2C+2004.%3Cbr%3E%0AWith+Zalma%C3%AF+Haquani%2C+S%C3%A9bastien+Brabant%2C+Marc+Hecker%2C+Paul+Presset%2C+Denis+Rolland%2C+%27%27Une+vie+d%27Afghanistan%27%27%2C+L%27Harmattan%2C+2006.%3Cbr%3E%0A%27%27The+Knight+of+the+Bastille%3A+Joseph+Arney%27%27%2C+1762-1802%2C+2002.%3Cbr%3E%0A%27%27If+I+forget+you+Bamiyan%3A+memories+of+my+mission+in+Afghanistan+1981-1985%27%27%2C+Bamiyan+Editions%2C+2002.%3Cbr%3E%0A%27%27History+of+the+Dalai+Lamas+-+Fourteen+Reflections+on+the+Lake+of+Visions%27%27%2C+preface+by+Dagpo+Rinpoche%2C+Albin+Michel%2C+1993%3B+republished+in+2002%2C+Albin+Michel+%28ISBN++2226133178%29+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRoland_Barraux+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Terry+Barrett+is+a+software+engineer+and+20-year+practitioner+in+the+Drikung+Kagyu+lineage+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+He+has+published+several+translations+of+Tibetan+Buddhist+texts%2C+including+Engaging+by+Stages+in+the+Teachings+of+the+Buddha+by+the+12th-century+Tibetan+Kagyu+lineage+master+Phagmodrupa+%28Otter+Verlag%2C+2008%29+and%E2%80%8B+The+Wheel+of+Wisdom%2C+three+teaching+poems+composed+by+Khenchen+Rinpoche+and+three+long-life+prayers+for+Khenchen+Rinpoche%2C+Vajra+Publications%2C+2012. +
Richard+Barron+is+a+Canadian-born+translator+who+specializes+in+the+writings+of+Longchenpa.+He+has+served+as+an+interpreter+for+many+lamas+from+all+four+schools+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+including+his+first+teacher%2C+Kalu+Rinpoche.+He+completed+a+traditional+three-year+retreat+at+Kagyu+Ling+in+France+and+later+became+a+close+disciple+of+the+late+Chagdud+Tulku+Rinpoche.+He+was+engaged+in+a+long-term+project+to+translate+%27%27The+Seven+Treasuries%27%27+of+Longchenpa.%0A%0AHis+other+translations+include+%27%27Buddhahood+Without+Meditation%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Autobiography+of+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%3A+A+Gem+of+Many+Colors%27%27%2C+and+%27%27A+Marvelous+Garland+of+Rare+Gems%3A+Biographies+of+Masters+of+Awareness+in+the+Dzogchen+Lineage%27%27+by+Nyoshul+Khen+Rinpoche.+%27%27The+Autobiography+of+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%27%27+was+his+first+translation+in+the+Tsadra+Foundation+Series+published+by+Snow+Lion+Publications. +
Geoff+Barstow+first+encountered+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+1999%2C+while+on+a+study+abroad+trip+in+college.++Since+that+time%2C+the+study+of+Tibetan+religion%2C+history%2C+and+culture+has+been+the+focus+of+his+professional+life.++He+has+spent+more+than+six+years+conducting+research+in+Nepal%2C+China%2C+and+Tibet.++At+present%2C+that+research+focuses+on+the+history+of+vegetarianism+on+the+Tibetan+plateau%2C+asking+questions+about+how+animals+were+viewed%2C+how+they+were+treated+%28ie%3A+eaten%29%2C+and+what+that+can+tell+us+about+Tibetan+Buddhism+more+broadly.++As+a+teacher%2C+his+courses+emphasize+various+aspects+of+Buddhist+religious+thought%2C+but+also+seek+to+explore+how+those+ideas+have+been+lived+and+experienced+by+actual+Buddhists.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fliberalarts.oregonstate.edu%2Fusers%2Fgeoffrey-barstow+Source+Accessed+Apr+27%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Auguste+Barth+%28born+in+Strasbourg+22+May+1834%3B+died+in+Paris+15+April+1916%29+was+a+French+orientalist.+He+is+best+known+by+his+work+in+connection+with+the+religions+of+India.+His+volume%2C+%27%27Les+religions+de+l%27Inde%27%27+%28Paris%2C+1879%29%2C+was+translated+into+English+%28London%2C+1882%29.+Mention+may+also+be+made+of+his+%27%27Inscriptions+sanscrites+du+Cambodge%27%27+%28Sanskrit+inscriptions+of+Cambodia%3B+Paris%2C+1885%29+and+of+numerous+monographs+and+reviews+in+%27%27Journal+Asiatique%27%27%2C+in+%27%27M%C3%A9lusine%27%27%2C+and+in+the+%27%27M%C3%A9moires+de+la+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+de+Linguistique%27%27.+His+annual+reports+on+researches+into+the+history+of+Indian+religions%2C+in+%27%27Revue+de+l%27Histoire+des+Religions%27%27+%281880%29+are+especially+valuable.+He+was+a+member+of+the+French+Institute.+Barth+became+a+foreign+member+of+the+Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+in+1896.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAuguste_Barth+Source+Accessed+Aug+15%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Tessa+J.+Bartholomeusz+was+Professor+of+Religion+at+the+Florida+State+University%2C+Tallahasee.+Her+work+concentrated+on+gender%2C+religious+identity+and+most+recently%2C+on+Buddhism+in+America.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FIn-Defense-of-Dharma-Just-War-Ideology-in-Buddhist-Sri-Lanka%2FBartholomeusz%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9780700716821+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
D.+Mitra+Barua+teaches+and+conducts+research+on+Buddhism+in+South+and+Southeast+Asia+and+its+diasporic+expressions.+With+a+PhD+in+religious+studies%2C+Mitra+received+trainings+in+both+textual+and+social+scientific+study+of+religion.%0A%0AHis+recent+monograph+%27%27Seeding+Buddhism+with+Multiculturalism%27%27+%28McGill-Queen%E2%80%99s+University+Press%2C+2019%29+explains+what+being+Buddhist+means+in+Sri+Lankan+Buddhism+across+three+distinct+times+and+spaces%3A+colonial+Ceylon%2C+postcolonial+Sri+Lanka+and+immigrant-friendly+Canada.%0A%0AAs+a+research+partner+at+the+University+of+Toronto%E2%80%99s+Ho+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Mitra+examines+Buddhism+in+the+India-Bangladesh-Myanmar+border+region+with+an+emphasis+on+centuries-long+Buddhist+transnational+networks+across+the+region+and+beyond.+He+currently+teaches+Buddhist+philosophy+at+the+Antioch-Carleton+Buddhist+Studies+Program+at+Bodh+Gaya%2C+India.+He+also+taught+and+conducted+research+at+Cornell+University%2C+Rice+University+and+the+University+of+Saskatchewan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbuddhiststudies.utoronto.ca%2Fd-mitra-barua%2F+Source+Accessed+July+20%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Meghan+Barwick+received+her+Bachelor+of+Science+in+Nursing+%28BSN%29+at+Thomas+Jefferson+University+in+2020.+She+received+her+BA+in+Journalism+with+a+minor+in+Studio+Art+from+Lehigh+University+in+2015.+She+also+participated+in+a+program+sponsored+by+the+School+for+International+Training+%28SIT%29+in+2014.+While+in+this+program%2C+she+lived+with+a+host+family+in+New+Delhi%2C+India%2C+for+over+two+months%2C+studying+Indian+arts%2C+Hindi%2C+and+Madhubani+painting+with+an+artist+in+the+city.+She+attended+lectures+on++music%2C+painting%2C+architecture%2C+and+the+religion+and+politics+of+India.+In+addition+she+executed+a+research+project+on+Shantideva%2C+the+eighth-century+Buddhist+scholar%2C+entitled+%22Shantideva%E2%80%99s+Bodhicaryavatara%3A+An+Internal+Pilgrimage+to+Universal+Peace+and+Compassion.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmeghanbarwick%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Candida+Bastos+is+a+translator+of+Buddhist+works+into+Portuguese.+She+has+translated+a+number+of+works+by+by+Chagdud+Tulku%2C+including+%27%27Port%C3%B5es+da+Pr%C3%A1tica+Budista%3A+Ensinamentos+Essenciais+de+um+Lama+Tibetano%27%27%2C+%27%27O+senhor+da+dan%C3%A7a%3A+a+autobiografia+de+um+lama+tibetano%27%27%2C+%27%27Para+Abrir+o+Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o%3A+Treinamento+para+Paz%27%27%2C+%27%27Coment%C3%A1rios+sobre+Tara+Vermelha%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Vida+e+morte+no+Budismo+Tibetano%27%27.+She+has+also+co-translated%2C+with+Manoel+Vidal%2C+%27%27O+caminho+do+bodisatva%27%27%2C+a+Portuguese+translation+of+the+revised+edition+of+the+English+translation+of+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+made+by+the+Padmakara+Translation+Group.+She+lives+in+S%C3%A3o+Paulo%2C+Brazil. +
Martine+Batchelor+was+born+in+France+in+1953.+She+was+ordained+as+a+Buddhist+nun+in+Korea+in+1975.+She+studied+Zen+Buddhism+under+the+guidance+of+the+late+Master+Kusan+at+Songgwang+Sa+monastery+until+1984.+From+1981+she+served+as+Kusan+Sunim%27s+interpreter+and+accompanied+him+on+lecture+tours+throughout+the+United+States+and+Europe.+She+translated+his+book+%27The+Way+of+Korean+Zen%27.+Following+Master+Kusan%E2%80%99s+death+she+returned+her+nun%E2%80%99s+vows+and+left+Korea.+She+returned+to+Europe+with+her+husband%2C+Stephen%2C+in+1985.+She+has+worked+as+a+lecturer+and+spiritual+counsellor+both+at+Gaia+House+and+elsewhere+in+Britain.+She+was+also+involved+in+interfaith+dialogue+and+was+a+Trustee+of+the+International+Sacred+Literature+Trust+until+2000.+Her+latest+book+is+%E2%80%98The+Spirit+of+the+Buddha%E2%80%99.+With+her+husband+she+co-leads+meditation+retreats+worldwide.+She+now+lives+in+France.+She+speaks+French%2C+English+and+Korean+and+can+read+Chinese+characters.+She+has+written+various+articles+for+magazines+on+the+Korean+way+of+tea%2C+Buddhism+and+women%2C+Buddhism+and+ecology%2C+and+Zen+cooking.+She+is+interested+in+meditation+in+daily+life%2C+Buddhism+and+social+action%2C+religion+and+women%27s+issues%2C+Zen+and+its+history%2C+factual+and+legendary.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBuddhism-Ecology-Martine-Batchelor%2Fdp%2F8120812468%2Fref%3Dtmm_hrd_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26qid%3D%26sr%3D+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Stephen+Batchelor+is+a+contemporary+Buddhist+teacher+and+writer%2C+best+known+for+his+secular+or+agnostic+approach+to+Buddhism.+Stephen+considers+Buddhism+to+be+a+constantly+evolving+culture+of+awakening+rather+than+a+religious+system+based+on+immutable+dogmas+and+beliefs.+In+particular%2C+he+regards+the+doctrines+of+karma+and+rebirth+to+be+features+of+ancient+Indian+civilisation+and+not+intrinsic+to+what+the+Buddha+taught.+Buddhism+has+survived+for+the+past+2%2C500+years+because+of+its+capacity+to+reinvent+itself+in+accord+with+the+needs+of+the+different+Asian+societies+with+which+it+has+creatively+interacted+throughout+its+history.+As+Buddhism+encounters+modernity%2C+it+enters+a+vital+new+phase+of+its+development.+Through+his+writings%2C+translations+and+teaching%2C+Stephen+engages+in+a+critical+exploration+of+Buddhism%27s+role+in+the+modern+world%2C+which+has+earned+him+both+condemnation+as+a+heretic+and+praise+as+a+reformer.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephenbatchelor.org%2Findex.php%2Fen%2Fstephen+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Christoph+Baumer+is+a+Swiss+scholar+and+explorer.+From+1984+onwards%2C+he+has+conducted+explorations+in+Central+Asia%2C+China+and+Tibet%2C+the+results+of+which+have+been+published+in+numerous+books%2C+scholarly+publications+and+radio+programs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChristoph_Baumer+Wikipedia%5D%29 +
Professor+Achim+Bayer+teaches+Buddhism+at+Kanazawa+Seiryo+University%2C+Japan.+His+main+fields+of+research+are+tantric+Buddhism%2C+Abhidharma+systematics+and+Buddhist+ethics. +
Gwendolyn+McKee+Bays+was+a+professor+of+French+literature+as+well+as+a+scholar+of+Buddhism+and+Eastern+mysticism%2C+writing+and+translating+several+books+on+the+subject.+She+was+the+author+of+%27%27The+Orphic+Vision%27%27+and+translator+of+the+book%2C+%27%27The+Voice+of+the+Buddha%27%27+from+the+original+French.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.legacy.com%2Fus%2Fobituaries%2Fatlanta%2Fname%2Fgwendolyn-bays-obituary%3Fpid%3D164933470+Source+Accessed+Aug+25%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Manu+Bazzano+is+a+psychotherapist%2Fsupervisor+in+private+practice+and+an+internationally+recognized+author%2C+lecturer%2C+and+facilitator.+He+is+an+associate+tutor+at+Cambridge+University.+Among+his+books%3A+%27%27Buddha+is+Dead%27%27+%282006%29%3B+%27%27Spectre+of+the+Stranger%27%27+%282012%29%3B+%27%27After+Mindfulness%27%27+%282014%29%3B+%27%27Therapy+and+the+Counter-tradition%27%27+%282016%29%3B+%27%27Zen+and+Therapy%27%27+%282017%29%3B+%27%27Re-visioning+Person-centred+Therapy%27%27+%282018%29%3B+%27%27Nietzsche+and+Psychotherapy%27%27+%282019%29.+He+is+a+regular+contributor+to+several+academic+journals+and+magazines.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%2Fabout%2FRe_Visioning_Existential_Therapy.html%3Fid%3Di1aFzQEACAAJ%26source%3Dkp_author_description+Source+Accessed+Jan+7%2C+2021%5D%29 +
A+student+of+Dkon+mchog+%27byung+gnas.+He+had+a+student+named+Seng%2Bge+ba+rgyal+ba%27i+rdo+rje. +
There+seems+to+be+some+confusion+regarding+this+figure%2C+and+he+is+likely+conflated+with+a+later+figure+of+the+same+name+on+his+BDRC+page%2C+namely+the+Tert%C3%B6n+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+that+was+a+student+of+Dzogchen+Khenpo+Padma+Vajra+and+teacher+to+Kathok+Situ+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Gyamtso+and+others.+The+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+whose+Red+Garuda+treasure+is+included+in+the+Terdz%C3%B6%2C+seems+to+have+lived+circa+the+17th-18th+centuries.+Kongtrul+doesn%27t+give+much+details+in+his+brief+biography+of+him%2C+other+than+that+Kathok+Rigdzin+seems+to+have+met+him+in+his+younger+years.+However%2C+in+the+addendum+included+by+Kongtrul+in+the+text+found+in+the+Terdz%C3%B6%2C+which+delineates+the+lineage+from+which+he+received+this+particular+treasure%2C+it+is+clear+that+this+figure+lived+a+couple+generations+before+Kongtrul.+The+text+in+question+comes+from+the+Tert%C3%B6n%27s+student+Drime+Zhingkyong+%28b.+1724%29%2C+whom+was+the+son+of+Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa+and+the+teacher+of+several+prominent+lamas%2C+such+as+Kunzang+Nged%C3%B6n+Wangpo+and+Getse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita%2C+that+lived+toward+the+second+half+of+the+18th+century.+Therefore%2C+the+BDRC+page+in+which+we+find+the+Tert%C3%B6n%27s+collected+works+is+inaccurate+in+its+biographical+details+and+subsequently+in+the+associated+persons%2C+all+of+which+are+related+to+the+later+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal+that+lived+in+the+18-19th+centuries.+However%2C+Jeff+Watt%27s+description+on+HAR+of+the+image+included+here+does+seem+to+reference+the+correct+Dudjom+Rolpa+Tsal%2C+a.k.a.+Pema+Ch%C3%B6gyal.+In+this+image+we+find+Drime+Zhingkyong+depicted+as+a+disciple+of+the+Tert%C3%B6n. +
Samuel+Beal+%2827+November+1825%2C+in+Devonport%2C+Devon+%E2%80%93+20+August+1889%2C+in+Greens+Norton%2C+Northamptonshire%29+was+an+Oriental+scholar%2C+and+the+first+Englishman+to+translate+directly+from+the+Chinese+the+early+records+of+Buddhism%2C+thus+illuminating+Indian+history.+%5BBeal%5D+was+born+in+Devonport%2C+Devon%2C+and+went+to+Kingswood+School+and+Devonport.+He+graduated+from+Trinity+College%2C+Cambridge+in+1847.+He+was+the+son+of+a+Wesleyan+minister%2C+reverend+William+Beal%3B+and+brother+of+William+Beal+and+Philip+Beal+who+survived+a+shipwreck+in+Kenn+Reef.+From+1848+to+1850+he+was+headmaster+of+Bramham+College%2C+Yorkshire.+He+was+ordained+deacon+in+1850%2C+and+priest+in+the+following+year.+After+serving+as+curate+at+Brooke+in+Norfolk+and+Sopley+in+Hampshire%2C+he+applied+for+the+office+of+naval+chaplain%2C+and+was+appointed+to+H.M.S.+%27%27Sybille%27%27+%281847%29+during+the+China+War+of+1856%E2%80%9358.+He+was+chaplain+to+the+Marine+Artillery+and+later+to+Pembroke+and+Devonport+dockyards+1873%E2%80%9377.+In+1857%2C+he+printed+for+private+circulation+a+pamphlet+showing+that+the+Tycoon+of+Yedo+%28i.e.+Tokugawa+sh%C5%8Dgun+of+Edo%29%2C+with+whom+foreigners+had+made+treaties%2C+was+not+the+real+Emperor+of+Japan.+In+1861+he+married+Martha+Ann+Paris%2C+1836%E2%80%9381.+In+September+1872+he+was+appointed+to+examine+the+Buddhist+Chinese+books+in+the+India+Office+Library%2C+London.+Of+the+Chinese+language+books+held+by+the+library%2C+Beale+found+72+Buddhist+compilations+across+112+volumes.+His+research+illustrated+key+philosophical+differences+between+Indian+and+Chinese+Buddhism.+An+example+was+the+Chinese+version+of+the+Indian+Mah%C4%81parinibb%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+Sutta.+Beale%27s+exegesis+of+the+Chinese+narrative+revealed+a+key+doctrinal+divergence+from+the+Indian+version%2C+and+therefore+between+Northern+and+Southern+Asian+Buddhism%2C+namely+that+Nirvana+is+not+the+cessation+of+Being+but+its+perfection.+He+retired+from+the+navy+in+1877%2C+when+he+was+appointed+Professor+of+Chinese+at+University+College%2C+London.+He+was+Rector+of+Falstone%2C+Northumberland+1877%E2%80%9380%3B+Rector+of+Wark%2C+Northumberland+1880%E2%80%9388%3B+and+of+Greens+Norton%2C+Northamptonshire%2C+1888%E2%80%9389.+He+was+awarded+DCL+%28Durham%29+in+1885+%22in+recognition+of+the+value+of+his+researches+into+Chinese+Buddhism.%22+Beale%27s+reputation+was+established+by+his+series+of+works+which+traced+the+travels+of+the+Chinese+Buddhists+in+India+from+the+fifth+to+the+seventh+centuries+AD%2C+and+by+his+books+on+Buddhism%2C+which+have+become+classics.%0A%0AIn+1874%2C+Beale+requested+a+Japanese+copy+of+the+Chinese+Buddhist+Tripitaka%2C+the+sacred+books+of+Chinese+and+Japanese+Buddhists%2C+from+Japanese+ambassador+Iwakura+Tomomi.+The+copy+was+deposited+at+the+India+Office+Library+in+1875.+This+was+the+first+time+that+the+work+became+available+in+the+West.+Beal+finished+cataloging+the+books+in+June+1876.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSamuel_Beal+Source+Accessed+Aug+16%2C+2021%5D%29
Heinz+Bechert+%28born+June+26%2C+1932+in+Munich+%2C+%E2%80%A0+June+14%2C+2005+in+G%C3%B6ttingen%29+was+a+German+Indologist+and+Buddhologist.%0AFrom+1965+to+2000%2C+Bechert+held+the+professorship+in+Indology+at+the+University+of+G%C3%B6ttingen.+In+1971%2C+on+his+initiative%2C+the+former+%22Indological+Seminar%22+was+renamed+%22Seminar+for+Indology+and+Buddhist+Studies.%22%0A%0ABechert%27s+main+research+areas+were+Indology+and+Buddhism%2C+with+a+focus+on+Theravada+Buddhism+in+Sri+Lanka%2C+Southeast+Asia+and+Nepal.+In+addition%2C+he+dealt+with+Buddhist+Sanskrit+tradition+in+Central+Asia+as+well+as+the+political+and+social+significance+of+the+Buddhist+religious+community+up+to+the+present+day.%0A%0AHis+language+skills+included+Sanskrit%2C+Middle+Indian+languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%28Pali%2C+several+Prakrits%29%2C+Tibetan%2C+Sinhala+and+Burmese.%0A%0AHe+published+numerous+scientific+papers+and+works.+Together+with+Ernst+Waldschmidt%2C+he+was+the+editor+of+the+%27%27Sanskrit+dictionary+of+Buddhist+texts+from+the+Turfan+finds%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHeinz_Bechert+Source+Accessed+Sep+9+2021%5D%29 +
Beckwith+has+taught+at+IU+for+45+years%2C+in+which+time+he+has+developed+48+distinct+courses.+He+is+one+of+the+most+prolific+and+versatile+researchers+in+the+field+of+Central+Eurasian+studies.+Beckwith+is+renowned+for+revolutionary+scholarship+that+reshapes+understanding+of+how%2C+why+and+when+the+Central+Eurasian+steppe+peoples+from+Eastern+Europe+to+East+Asia+influenced+the+development+of+knowledge%2C+religious+beliefs+and+societies%2C+not+only+within+their+homeland+but+in+the+neighboring+peripheral+cultures+of+Europe%2C+the+Middle+East%2C+South+Asia%2C+and+East+Asia+as+well.+His+research+focuses+on+the+history+of+ancient+and+medieval+Central+Eurasia+and+the+cultures+of+the+peripheral+peoples%2C+as+well+as+the+linguistics+of+Aramaic%2C+Chinese%2C+Japanese%2C+Koguryo%2C+Old+Tibetan%2C+Scythian%2C+Turkic%2C+and+other+languages.%0A%0AHe+has+been+named+a+MacArthur+Fellow%2C+a+Guggenheim+Fellow%2C+a+Fulbright-Hays+Fellow%2C+and+a+Japan+Foundation+fellow+and+has+had+numerous+visiting+appointments+around+the+United+States+and+the+world.+He+has+authored+12+books+and+over+60+articles.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fhls.indiana.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fbeckwith-christopher.html+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Robert+Beer+has+studied+and+practiced+Tibetan+thangka+painting+for+thirty+years%2C+including+five+years+of+study+with+master+artists+Jampa+of+Dharamsala+and+Khamtr%C3%BCl+Rinpoche+of+Tashijong.+Beer+is+one+of+the+first+Westerners+to+become+actively+involved+in+this+art+form.+Over+the+last+two+decades+he+has+concentrated+on+an+extensive+series+of+iconographical+drawings+depicting+the+major+deities%2C+lineage+holders%2C+and+symbols+that+occur+in+the+spectrum+of+Tibetan+art.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fthe-encyclopedia-of-tibetan-symbols-and-motifs.html+Shanbhala+Publications%5D%29 +
Zachary+is+currently+a+PhD+student+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+Zack+began+studying+Tibetan+in+2002.+He+has+studied+at+Stanford+University+and+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute. +
Christopher+Bell%2C+PhD%2C+is+an+associate+professor+of+religious+studies+at+Stetson+University.+He+received+his+bachelor+of+arts+degree+in+creative+writing+and+religions+and+his+master+of+arts+degree+in+religious+studies+from+Florida+State+University.+He+received+his+doctoral+degree+from+the+University+of+Virginia%2C+where+his+area+of+concentration+has+been+in+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+studies.+He+has+experience+as+a+teaching+assistant+and+as+an+instructor+at+both+Florida+State+University+and+at+the+University+of+Virginia%2C+as+well+as+experience+for+one+year+as+a+teaching+associate+at+the+Hong+Kong+University+of+Science+and+Technology+in+Hong+Kong.+During+his+graduate+program+he+was+awarded+a+Fulbright+Institute+of+International+Education+Graduate+Fellowship+for+International+Study+and+completed+extensive+multi-country+field+research+in+the+Chinese+cities+of+Xining%2C+Chengdu%2C+and+Lhasa%2C+Tibet%2C+as+well+as+in+Dharamsala%2C+India.+He+is+a+member+of+the+Phi+Beta+Kappa+honor+society.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.stetson.edu%2Fother%2Ffaculty%2Fchristopher-bell.php+Source+Accessed+Oct.+31%2C+2023%5D%29 +
John+Vincent+Bellezza+is+an+archaeologist+and+cultural+historian+specializing+in+the+pre-Buddhist+heritage+of+Tibet+and+the+Western+Himalaya.+He+is+a+Senior+Research+Fellow+at+the+Tibet+Center%2C+University+of+Virginia%2C+and+the+University+of+Bern%2C+Switzerland%2C+and+has+lived+in+high+Asia+for+three+decades.+Since+1994%2C+Bellezza+has+comprehensively+surveyed+ancient+monuments+and+rock+art+on+the+uppermost+reaches+of+the+Tibetan+plateau.+He+has+also+extensively+studied+archaic+rituals%2C+myths+and+narratives+in+Bon+and+Old+Tibetan+literature.+In+addition+to+nine+books%2C+Bellezza+has+written+numerous+academic+and+popular+articles+on+topics+pertaining+to+early+Tibet.+He+is+the+first+non-Tibetan+to+have+explored+both+the+geographic+and+ritual+sources+of+each+of+the+four+great+rivers+that+emerge+from+the+Mount+Kailas+region.+He+also+visited+most+major+islands+and+headlands+in+the+great+lakes+of+Upper+Tibet.+Bellezza+has+also+traveled+widely+on+foot+in+the+Western+Himalayan+regions+of+India+and+Pakistan.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.tibetarchaeology.com%2Fabout-the-author%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29 +
David+Bellos+gained+his+doctorate+in+French+literature+from+Oxford+University+%28UK%29+and+taught+subsequently+at+Edinburgh%2C+Southampton+and+Manchester+before+coming+to+Princeton+in+1997.+He+worked+first+in+nineteenth+century+studies%2C+particularly+on+the+novel+and+the+history+of+literary+ideas+and+then+developed+interests+in+post-war+French+writing+and+film.+He+is+the+translator+and+biographer+of+Georges+Perec+and+has+also+written+major+studies+of+Jacques+Tati+and+Romain+Gary.+A+well-known+translator%2C+he+is+also+the+author+of+an+irreverent+introduction+to+translation+studies%2C+%27%27Is+That+A+Fish+in+Your+Ear%3F%27%27+His+most+recent+book%2C+%27%27The+Novel+of+the+Century%27%27%2C+marks+a+return+to+nineteenth+century+France+from+a+trans-national+point+of+view.+He+has+a+joint+appointment+in+French+and+Comparative+Literature+and+is+also+Director+of+the+PIIRS+Graduate+Fellows+Program.+He+has+won+the+French-American+Foundation%E2%80%99s+translation+prize+%281988%29%2C+the+Prix+Goncourt+de+la+Biographie+%281994%29%2C+the+Man+Booker+International+translator%E2%80%99s+award+%282005%29+and+the+Book+Award+of+the+American+Library+in+Paris%2C+and+holds+the+rank+of+officier+in+the+Orde+national+des+Arts+et+des+Lettres.+He+was+the+recipient+of+the+2019+Howard+T.+Berhman+Award+for+Distinguished+Achievement+in+the+Humanities.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffit.princeton.edu%2Fpeople%2Fdavid-bellos+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Cecil+Bendall+%281+July+1856+%E2%80%93+14+March+1906%29+was+an+English+scholar%2C+a+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+University+College+London+from+1895+to+1902+and+later+at+the+University+of+Cambridge+from+1903+until+his+death.%0A%0ABendall+was+educated+at+the+City+of+London+School+and+at+the+University+of+Cambridge%2C+achieving+first-class+honours+in+the+Classical+Tripos+in+1879+and+the+Indian+Languages+Tripos+in+1881.+He+was+elected+to+a+fellowship+at+Gonville+and+Caius+College.%0A%0AFrom+1882+to+1893+he+worked+at+the+British+Museum+in+the+department+of+Oriental+Manuscripts+%28now+part+of+the+British+Library%29.%0AIn+1894%E2%80%931895+he+was+in+Nepal+and+Northern+India+collecting+oriental+manuscripts+for+the+British+Museum.+During+the+winter+1898%E2%80%931899+he+returned+to+Nepal+and+together+with+pandit+Hara+Prasad+Shastri+and+his+assistant+pandit+Binodavihari+Bhattacharya+from+the+Asiatic+Society+in+Calcutta%2C+the+team+registered+and+collected+information+from+palm-leaf+manuscripts+in+the+Durbar+Library+belonging+to+Rana+Prime+Minister+Bir+Shumsher+J.+B.+Rana%2C+and+here+he+found+the+famous+historical+document+Gopal+Raj+Vamshavali%2C+describing+Nepal%27s+history+from+around+1000+to+1600.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCecil_Bendall+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29 +
James+A.+Benn+was+trained+primarily+as+a+scholar+of+medieval+Chinese+religions+%28Buddhism+and+Taoism%29.++His+research+is+aimed+at+understanding+the+practices+and+world+views+of+medieval+men+and+women%2C+both+religious+and+lay%2C+through+the+close+reading+of+primary+sources+in+literary+Chinese%E2%80%94the+lingua+franca+of+East+Asian+religions.++He+has+concentrated+on+three+major+areas+of+research%3A+bodily+practice+in+Chinese+Religions%3B+the+ways+in+which+people+create+and+transmit+new+religious+practices+and+doctrines%3B+and+the+religious+dimensions+of+commodity+culture.++In+particular+he+has+worked+on+self-immolation%2C+Chinese+Buddhist+apocrypha%2C+and+the+religious+and+cultural+history+of+tea.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Faltausterity.mcmaster.ca%2Fpeople%2Fa-benn-james%23biography+Adapted+from+Source+Aug+9%2C+2023%5D%29 +
David+Bennett+first+became+involved+in+Buddhism+in+1975+at+Samye+Ling+Buddhist+Centre+in+Scotland.+After+studying+with+various+teachers+he+met+Traleg+Kyabgon+Rinpoche+IX+in+1981+in+Australia+and+continued+studying+and+practicing+under+his+guidance+until+Traleg+passed+away+in+2012.+David+was+Vice-President+of+Traleg%E2%80%99s+main+Centre+E-Vam+Institute+in+Melbourne+Australia+for+many+years.+He+works+as+a+graphic+designer+and+has+used+these+skills+to+contribute+to+Traleg+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+ongoing+activities+since+joining+the+Centre.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shogam.com%2Fproject%2Fdavid-bennett%2F+Source+Accessed+Dec+6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Yael+Bentor+is+a+senior+lecturer+of+Indian+and+Tibetan+Studies+in+the+departments+of+Comparative+Religion+and+Asian+Studies+at+The+Hebrew+University+of+Jerusalem.++Her+current+research+interests+are+the+dynamics+of+the+evolution+of+tantric+traditions+in+Tibet+during+the+fourteenth+to+sixteenth+centuries%2C+focusing+on+the+creation+stage+of+the+Guhyasam%C4%81ja+Tantra.++She+is+the+author+%28with+Penpa+Dorjee%29+of+%5B%5BThe+Essence+of+the+Ocean+of+Attainments%5D%5D%3A+Explanation+of+the+Creation+Stage+of+the+Guhyasam%C4%81ja%2C+King+of+All+Tantras+%28AIBS%2C+2013%29+and+%5B%5BA+Classical+Tibetan+Reader%5D%5D%3A+Selections+from+Renowned+Works+with+Custom+Glossaries+%28Wisdom%2C+2013%29.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.as.huji.ac.il%2Fuser%2F287+Source%5D%29 +
AY%5CE-SOPHIE+BENTZ+is+a+teaching+assistant+at+the+Graduate+Institute+of+International%0Aand+Development+Studies+in+Geneva.+Her+research+focuses+on+the+politics+of+the%0ATibetan+diaspora. +
Samuel+Bercholz+is+the+founder+and+editor-in-chief+of+Shambhala+Publications. +
Nikolai+Alexandrovich+Berdyaev+%28%2Fb%C9%99r%CB%88dj%C9%91%CB%90j%C9%9Bf%2C+-j%C9%9Bv%2F%3B+Russian%3A+%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%CC%81%D0%B9+%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%CC%81%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8F%CC%81%D0%B5%D0%B2%3B+18+March+%5BO.S.+6+March%5D+1874+%E2%80%93+24+March+1948%29+was+a+Russian+philosopher%2C+theologian%2C+and+Christian+existentialist+who+emphasized+the+existential+spiritual+significance+of+human+freedom+and+the+human+person.+Alternative+historical+spellings+of+his+surname+in+English+include+%22Berdiaev%22+and+%22Berdiaeff%22%2C+and+of+his+given+name+%22Nicolas%22+and+%22Nicholas%22.+Russian+paleontologist+and+Christian+apologist+Alexander+V.+Khramov+%28Borissiak+Paleontological+Institute+of+the+Russian+Academy+of+Sciences%2C+Ph.D.+from+Moscow+University%29+attributes+his+ideas+about+an+atemporal+human+fall+to+Berdyaev+and+Evgenii+Nikolaevitch+Troubetzkoy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNikolai_Berdyaev+Source+Accessed+June+1%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Douglas+L.+Berger+is+Professor+of+Comparative+Philosophy+at+Leiden+University+in+the+Netherlands.+His+primary+areas+of+research+and+teaching+are+classical+Br%C4%81hmi%E1%B9%87ical+and+Indian+Buddhist+thought%2C+Classical+Chinese+philosophy%2C+and+cross-cultural%0Aphilosophical+hermeneutics.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27Encounters+of+Mind%3A+Luminosity+and+Personhood+in+Indian+and+Chinese+Thought%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2015%29%2C+%27%27%22The+Veil+of+M%C4%81y%C4%81%3A%22+Schopenhauer%E2%80%99s+System+and+Early+Indian+Thought%27%27+%28Global+Academic+Publications%2C+2004%29%2C+and+coeditor%2C+with+JeeLoo+Liu%2C+of+%27%27Nothingness+in+Asian+Philosophy%27%27+%28Routledge%2C+2014%29.+He+has+authored+dozens+of+essays+and+book+chapters+on+the+areas+of+his+research+and+is+chief+editor+of+the+University+of+Hawai%27i+Press+book+series+%22Dimensions+of+Asian+Spirituality.%22+He+has+also+served+as+the+president+of+the+Society+for+Asian+and+Comparative+Philosophy+%282014%E2%80%932016%29.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fresearch.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FEthics_without_Self%2C_Dharma_without_Atman+Ethics+without+Self%2C+Dharma+without+Atman%5D%29 +
Alan+J.+Berkowitz+was+the+Susan+W.+Lippincott+Professor+of+Modern+and+Classical+Languages+and+Professor+of+Chinese+at+Swarthmore.%0A%0ABerkowitz%2C+who+chaired+Asian+Studies+and+served+as+the+Chinese+section+head+for+15+years%2C+joined+the+Swarthmore+faculty+in+1989+when+Chinese+was+the+smallest+section+of+Modern+Languages+%26+Literatures+%28MLL%29.+As+the+sole+professor+of+Chinese%2C+he+exercised+wise+leadership+and+worked+tirelessly+to+make+the+fledgling+section+into+a+vibrant+program+and+became+its+first+tenured+professor.+Chinese+is+now+the+second+largest+program+in+MLL+after+Spanish.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.swarthmore.edu%2Fnews-events%2Fmemory-alan-berkowitz+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Dr.+Stephen+Berkwitz+is+an+expert+in+religious+studies+with+a+special+focus+on+South+Asian+religions.+Since+2001%2C+Berkwitz+has+published+dozens+of+publications+relating+to+Buddhism+and+South+Asian+culture.++His+books+include+Routledge+Handbook+of+Theravada+Buddhism%2C+co-ed.+w%2F+Ashley+Thompson+%28Routledge%2C+2022%29+and+Buddhist+Poetry+and+Colonialism%3A+Alagiyavanna+and+the+Portuguese+in+Sri+Lanka+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2013%29.%0A%0AHe+is+the+department+head+of+religious+studies+at+Missouri+State+University.+He+serves+as+series+editor+for+the+Routledge+Critical+Studies+in+Buddhism+series%2C+as+well+as+on+the+editorial+board+of+the+journals+%22Religion%2C%22+%22Journal+of+Global+Buddhism%22+and+%22Buddhist+Studies+Review.%22+Berkwitz+has+received+several+fellowships+to+conduct+research+in+Sri+Lanka%2C+Germany+and+Portugal%2C+and+he+holds+several+professional+memberships+relating+to+Asian+Studies+and+Buddhism. +
Lop%C3%B6n+Helen+Berliner+has+been+a+student+of+Mindrolling+Jets%C3%BCn+Khandro+Rinpoche+since+1994.+From+1970-87%2C+she+was+a+student+of+Ch%C3%B6gyam+Trungpa+Rinpoche+in+the+Shambhala+Buddhist+tradition%3B+and+has+been+fortunate+to+receive+teachings+and+empowerments+from+masters+of+the+four+great+lineages+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+Earlier+training+in+wisdom+traditions%2C+East+and+West%2C+provided+the+foundation+for+her+path.+Ever+grateful+for+the+celebration+of+dharma+in+the+western+world%2C+she+has+worked+as+editor+and%2For+indexer+of+books+by+authors+including+Ch%C3%B6gyam+Trungpa+Rinpoche%2C+Jetsun+Khandro+Rinpoche%2C+Dzigar+Kongtrul+Rinpoche%2C+Ane+Pema+Ch%C3%B6dren%2C+and+others.+Lop%C3%B6n+Helen+has+degrees+in+fine+arts+and+psychology%2C+a+master%E2%80%99s+in+Buddhist+Studies+specializing+in+environmental+psychology%2C+and+is+the+author+of+%27%27Enlightened+by+Design%27%27.+As+a+teacher+of+Buddhism+and+contemplative+disciplines+for+over+forty+years%2C+she+delights+in+sharing+the+magic%2C+challenges%2C+and+ubiquitous+potential+of+the+path+of+practice.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fmindroloselling.org%2Fprograms-classes%2Flopons%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+7%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Christian+Bernert+%28MA%29+comes+from+Austria+where+he+studied+Tibetology+at+the+University+of+Vienna+until+2009.+He+embarked+on+the+Buddhist+path+in+1999+under+the+guidance+of+Khenchen+Amipa+Rinpoche.+Since+2001+he+has+been+studying+at+IBA%2C+where+he+currently+works+as+language+program+coordinator+and+translator.+Christian+is+a+founding+member+of+the+Ch%C3%B6dung+Karmo+Translation+Group.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fpast-event%2Fthe-2014-tt-conference%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+20%2C+2020%5D%29%0A%0AHis+dissertation+was+published+as+a+book-length+translation%3A+%27%27Perfect+or+Perfected%3F+Rongt%C3%B6n+on+Buddha-Nature%3A+A+Commentary+on+the+Fourth+Chapter+of+the+Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga%27%27+%28v+v.1.27-95%5Ba%5D%29.+Kathmandu%3A+Vajra+Books%2C+2018. +
Alexander+Berzin+%28born+1944%29+grew+up+in+New+Jersey%2C+USA.+He+began+his+study+of+Buddhism+in+1962+at+Rutgers+and+then+Princeton+Universities%2C+and+received+his+PhD+in+1972+from+Harvard+University+jointly+between+the+Departments+of+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Studies+and+Far+Eastern+Languages+%28Chinese%29.+Inspired+by+the+process+through+which+Buddhism+was+transmitted+from+one+Asian+civilization+to+another+and+how+it+was+translated+and+adopted%2C+his+focus+has+been%2C+ever+since%2C+on+bridging+traditional+Buddhist+and+modern+Western+cultures.%0A%0ADr.+Berzin+was+resident+in+India+for+29+years%2C+first+as+a+Fulbright+Scholar+and+then+with+the+Translation+Bureau%2C+which+he+helped+to+found%2C+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+%26+Archives+in+Dharamsala.+While+in+India%2C+he+furthered+his+studies+with+masters+from+all+four+Tibetan+Buddhist+traditions%3B+however%2C+his+main+teachers+have+been+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+Tsenzhab+Serkong+Rinpoche%2C+and+Geshe+Ngawang+Dhargyey.+Practicing+under+their+supervision%2C+he+completed+the+major+meditation+retreats+of+the+Gelug+tradition.%0A%0AFor+nine+years%2C+he+was+the+principal+interpreter+for+Tsenzhab+Serkong+Rinpoche%2C+accompanying+him+on+his+foreign+tours+and+training+under+him+to+be+a+Buddhist+teacher+in+his+own+right.+He+has+served+as+occasional+interpreter+for+H.H.+the+Dalai+Lama+and+has+organized+several+international+projects+for+him.+These+have+included+Tibetan+medical+aid+for+victims+of+the+Chernobyl+radiation+disaster%3B+preparation+of+basic+Buddhist+texts+in+colloquial+Mongolian+to+help+with+the+revival+of+Buddhism+in+Mongolia%3B+and+initiation+of+a+Buddhist-Muslim+dialogue+in+universities+in+the+Islamic+world.%0A%0ASince+1980%2C+Dr.+Berzin+has+traveled+the+world%2C+lecturing+on+Buddhism+in+universities+and+Buddhist+centers+in+over+70+countries.+He+was+one+of+the+first+to+teach+Buddhism+in+most+of+the+communist+world%2C+throughout+Latin+America+and+large+parts+of+Africa.+Throughout+his+travels%2C+he+has+consistently+tried+to+demystify+Buddhism+and+show+the+practical+application+of+its+teachings+in+daily+life.%0A%0AA+prolific+author+and+translator%2C+Dr.+Berzin+has+published+17+books%2C+including+Relating+to+a+Spiritual+Teacher%2C+Taking+the+Kalachakra+Initiation%2C+Developing+Balanced+Sensitivity%2C+and+with+H.H.+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+The+Gelug-Kagyu+Tradition+of+Mahamudra.%0A%0AAt+the+end+of+1998%2C+Dr.+Berzin+returned+to+the+West+with+about+30%2C000+pages+of+unpublished+manuscripts+of+books%2C+articles%2C+and+translations+he+had+prepared%2C+transcriptions+of+teachings+of+the+great+masters+that+he+had+translated%2C+and+notes+from+all+the+teachings+he+had+received+from+these+masters.+Convinced+of+the+benefit+of+this+material+for+others+and+determined+that+it+not+be+lost%2C+he+named+it+the+%E2%80%9CBerzin+Archives%E2%80%9D+and+settled+in+Berlin%2C+Germany.+There%2C+with+the+encouragement+of+H.+H.+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+he+set+out+to+make+this+vast+material+freely+available+to+the+world+on+the+Internet%2C+in+as+many+languages+as+possible.%0A%0AThus%2C+the+Berzin+Archives+website+went+online+in+December+2001.+It+has+expanded+to+include+Dr.+Berzin%E2%80%99s+ongoing+lectures+and+is+now+available+in+21+languages.+For+many+of+them%2C+especially+the+six+Islamic+world+languages%2C+it+is+the+pioneering+work+in+the+field.+The+present+version+of+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudybuddhism.com%2F+website%5D+is+the+next+step+in+Dr.+Berzin%E2%80%99s+lifelong+commitment+to+building+a+bridge+between+the+traditional+Buddhist+and+modern+worlds.+By+guiding+the+teachings+across+the+bridge+and+showing+their+relevance+to+modern+life%2C+his+vision+has+been+that+they+would+help+to+bring+emotional+balance+to+the+world.%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudybuddhism.com%2Fen%2Fdr-alexander-berzin+Source+Accessed+Dec+4%2C+2019%5D%29%0A%0AClick+here+for+a+list+of+Alexander+Berzin%27s+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudybuddhism.com%2Fen%2Fdr-alexander-berzin%2Fpublished-works-of-dr-berzin+publications%5D
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Stephan+V.+Beyer%2C+Ph.D.%2C+J.D.%2C+is+a+well-known+writer+and+speaker+on+shamanism+and+spirituality.+He+is+also+a+community+builder%2C+peacemaker%2C+and+carrier+of+council.+He+has+been+trained+and+certified+in+many+areas+of+circle+processes%2C+mediation%2C+and+nonviolence+and+has+offered+peacemaking+workshops+to+a+wide+variety+of+audiences%2C+from+therapists+to+theologians%2C+and+at+Montessori%2C+charter%2C+alternative%2C+and+public+schools.+He+has+served+as+a+Lecturer+in+the+Department+of+Criminal+Justice+at+Chicago+State+University%2C+teaching+undergraduate+courses+and+graduate+seminars+in+restorative+justice+and+in+the+theory+and+practice+of+nonviolent+resistance.+He+lives+in+Chicago.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonandschuster.com%2Fauthors%2FStephan-V-Beyer%2F1382842937+Source+Accessed+May+11%2C+2021%5D%29 +
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Vidhusekhar+Bhattacharya+was+born+in+a+traditional+Sanskrit+Pandit+family+at+Harischandrapur+village+in+MaIda+district+in+1878.+In+1905%2C+with+the+approval+of+Rabindranath%2C+Bhupendranath+Sanyal+invited+Vidhusekhar+to+join+the+asrama.+His+primary+duty+was+to+teach+Sanskrit+to+Rathindranath+and+Santosh+Majumdar%2C+but+he+also+taught+the+little+boys+of+the+school.+Rabindranath+was+impressed+with+his+knowledge+in+Sanskrit+and+encouraged+him+to+learn+Pali+for+a+fruitful+understanding+of+the+Buddhist+period.+In+1919+when+the+regular+teaching+and+higher+studies+programme+was+launched%2C+Vidhusekhar+took+charge+of+the+studies+in+Sanskrit%2C+Pali+and+Prakrit.+Later+he+became+Principal+of+Vidya+Bhavana+college+of+higher+studies+and+research.+When+Visva-Bharati+was+founded%2C+Vidhusekhar+selected+the+Vedic+verse+which+was+to+become+the+motto%3A+%27%27Yatra+visvam+bhavatyekaniam%27%27.+From+1936+to+1942%2C+he+was+Professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Calcutta+University+and+held+the+Asutosh+Chair.+In+1936+he+was+given+the+title+Mahamahopadhyaya+by+the+government.+In+1957+Visva-Bharati+conferred+on+him+%27%27Desikottama%27%27+in+recognition+of+his+contribution+to+Indological+studies.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.visvabharati.ac.in%2FVidhusekharBhattacharyaSastri.html+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Born+on+6+January+1897+in+a+family+devoted+to+Sanskrit+learning%2C+Bhattacharyya+had+his+first+lessons+in+Sanskrit+with+his+father+Maha-mahopadhyaya+Haraprasad+Shastri-a+great+scholar+in+different+branches+of+Sanskrit+literature+and+an+ar%2Ctiquarian.+In+1919+he+took+a+first+class+M.A.+in+Sanskrit+from+Calcutta+University+and+in+1925+Ph.+D.%2C+the+first+such.+from+Dacca+University.+While+his+father+had+guided+him+through+the+different+branches+of+Sanskrit+literature%2C+young+Bhattacharyya+had+in+Professor+Alfred+Foucher+his+preceptor+in+matters+relating+to+ancient+art+forms+and+archaeology+of+India.+He+spent+some+years+studying+Sanskrit+manuscripts+in+Nepal.+While+just+thirty+he+made+his+mark+as+a+scholar+of+Tantra+and+Pratima.%0A%0AIn+1924+Maharaja+Sayaji+Rao+Gaekwad%2C+a+great+patron+of+learning+and+scholarship%2C+took+Bhattacharyya+to+Baroda+to+be+the+General+Editor+of+Gaekwad%27s+Oriental+Series+and+after+three+years+made+him+the+Director+of+Oriental+Institute.+Baroda.+As+the+General+Editor+of+the+Oriental+Series+and+the+Director+of+the+Oriental+Institute%2C+Bhattacharyya+showed+extraordinary+organizing+abilities+as+well+as+erudition.+Part+of+his+time+was+devoted+to+lectures+to+degree+students.+The+Gaekwad+recognized+his+merits+by+conferring+on+him+the+titles+of+Rajya+Ratna+and+Jnana+Jyoti.+He+retired+in+1952.%0A+%0AAmong+his+publications+are%3A+%27%27The+Indian+Buddhist+Iconography%27%27+%28Oxford+1924%3B+revised+edition+Calcutta+1958%29%3B+%27%27Sadhanamala%27%27+%28Vol.+I+Baroda+1925+and+Vol.+II+Baroda+1928%29%3B+%27%27Twn+Vajrayana+Works%27%27+%28Baroda+1929%29%3B+%27%27Guhyasamaja+Tantra%27%27+%28Baroda+1931%7D%3B+%27%27An+Introduction+to+Buddhist+Esoterism%27%27+%28Oxford+1932%29%3B+and+%27%27Nispannayogavali%27%27+%28Baroda+1949%29.%0A%0AIn+his+study+of+the+Tantras+Bhattacharyya+began+with+no+particular+sympathy+for+the+mystic+practices+and+rituals+as+is+evident+from+his+earlier+writings.+With+the+progress+of+his+studies+in+Brahmanical.+Jain+and+Buddhist+sources+he+came+to+an+acceptance+of+the+higher+values+of+the+Tantras.+While+he+was+among+the+first+to+assert+that+the+Hindu+Tantra+borrowed+much+from+the+Vajrayana+and+even+debased+many+Vajrayana+practices.+Bhattacharyya+very+firmly+held+that+later+Mahayana+pantheon+deliberately+and+consciously+incorporated+a+number+of+Hindu+deities.+From+medieval+Hindu+tradition+he+identified+the+Mahayana+deity+Prajna+with+the+Hindu+deity+Sakti.+He+was+as+firm+on+this+as+about+the+nomenclature+Ohyani+Buddha+being+ancient+and+correct.+%0A%0AThe+symposium+on+Tantras+opened+in+this+number+of+the+Bulletin+will+no+doubt+be+poorer+because+Bhattacharyya+can+no+longer+join+issue.+He+had+also+advised+us+to+organize+in+our+pages+a+probe+into+the+nomenclature+Dhyani+Buddha.+Namgyal+Institute+of+Tibetology+benefited+much+from+his+advice+regarding+identification+of+images+and+figures+on+scrolls.+The+publication+RGYAN-DRUG+MCHOG-GNYIS+had+his+guidance+as+our+next+publication+on+iconography+was+to+have+the+same.+%0A%0AIn+retirement+that+is+since+1+952+Bhattacharyya+spent+his+time+on+finding+remedies+and+systematic+cure+for+physical+and+mental+ailments+in+the+Tantric+lore.+A+large+number+of+difficult+cases+were+cured.+Bhattacharyya+c%21aimed+to+have+freely+used+Hindu+and+Buddhist.+Indian+and+Tibetan%2C+formulae+and+spells+He+published+some+books+on+tele-therapy%3A+The+Science+of+Tridosha+%28New+York+1951%29%2C+Gem+Therapy+%28Calcutta+1958%3A+1963%29.+and+Magnet+Dowsing+%28Calcutta+1960%29%2C+For+strictly+academic+class+he+wrote+a+paper+entitled+%22Scientific+Background+of+the+Buddhist+Tantras%22+in+Buddha+Jayanti+Special+Number+of+the+%27%27Indian+Historical+Quarterly%27%27+%28Calcutta+1956%29.%0A%0AAs+an+academician+of+highest+discipline+and+as+an+authority+on+Indian+esoteric+systems+and+iconography+Bhattacharyya+was+held+in+esteem+in+connected+circles+all+over+the+world.+Those+who+came+into+intimate+contact+with+him+found+him+more+a+Bodhisattva+than+a+Pandita.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fhimalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk%2Fcollections%2Fjournals%2Fbot%2Fpdf%2Fbot_01_02_obituary.pdf+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2024%5D%29
Venerable+Saddh%C4%81loka+was+born+in+Germany+in+1938.+His+mother+passed+away+at+his+age+of+two%3B+he+then+grew+up+in+the+loves+of+his+father+and+paternal+grandparents.+Since+childhood%2C+he+already+had+the+character+of+a+nature+lover%3B+he+honoured+the+life+of+every+creature+around+such+as+leaves%2C+grass%2C+and+small+animals+like+birds%2C+livestock%2C+and+poultry.+Being+studious%2C+he+read+a+lot+of+books+at+a+young+age%2C+especially+the+books+concerning+the+Buddha%27s+teachings.%0A%0AIn+1964%2C+he+was+officially+ordained+as+a+novice+%28s%C4%81ma%E1%B9%87era%29+of+the+Therav%C4%81da+tradition+in+the+United+Kingdom.+His+preceptor+%28upajjh%C4%81ya%29+was+a+Sri+Lankan+master%2C+Venerable+Saddh%C4%81tissa.+He+studied+Buddhism+in+England+for+two+years%2C+then+continued+his+study+at+Buddhist+Centre+in+Canada+for+one+year.+Later%2C+he+went+to+Thailand+to+acquire+more+knowledge+of+Buddhist+doctrine+and+some+languages%2C+Thai%2C+P%C4%81li%2C+and+Sanskrit%2C+in+order+to+study+Buddhism+directly+from+authentic+scriptures.+He+also+had+a+chance+to+practice+meditation.+He+was+staying+in+Thailand+for+a+couple+of+years+and+was+fully+ordained+as+a+bhikkhu+there+in+1967+with+Venerable+Buddhad%C4%81sa+as+his+preceptor.%0A%0AIn+1969%2C+he+made+up+his+decision+to+go+to+China+to+continue+his+studies%2C+however+he+was+not+granted+an+entry+visa+at+that+time%2C+so+that+he+kept+staying+in+Hong+Kong.+While+being+in+Hong+Kong%2C+he+taught+Buddhism+and+treated+patients+with+Chinese+herbal+medicines.%0A%0ADuring+1970s%2C+Venerable+Saddh%C4%81loka+translated+Buddhist+texts+from+Chinese+language+into+English+for+a+Buddhist+magazine%2C+Visakhap%C5%ABj%C4%81.+Some+of+his+works+are+known+as%3A+The+Question+of+Deva%2C+The+Discourse+on+the+Foundation+of+Mindfulness+%28Chu+Ching+Nien%29%2C+The+Twelve+Kings+of+Birth+and+Death%3A+A+Dialogue+Between+And+Ha-Shan+Shih-te+%28B.E.+2509+-+2516%29%2C+v.v...%0A%0AFrom+1982+to+1997%2C+Venerable+Saddh%C4%81loka%2C+having+compassion+for+the+Vietnamese+boatpeople+being+desperate+and+hopeless+in+closed+camps+and+detention+centers%2C+did+not+mind+long+roads+going+back+and+forth+to+the+centers+with+heavy+loads+of+foods%2C+beverages%2C+medicines%2C+books%2C+etc.+Everyday+he+got+up+in+the+early+morning+at+three+o%E2%80%99+clock+to+prepare+then+bring+the+goods+to+the+people+in+needs.+With+bare-feet+and+shaved-head%2C+on+sunny+or+raining+days%2C+he+patiently+kept+his+routine%2C+visiting+the+suffering+people.+In+hot+afternoons+in+summer+seasons%2C+his+brown+robes+got+wet+with+sweats%2C+but+his+gentle+smiles+were+always+blown+on+his+lips.+For+16+years+long%2C+he+was+not+only+taking+his+great+care+of+material+needs+for+the+detained+refugees+but+also+concerning+about+their+spiritual+practice%2C+helping+them+learning+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+teachings+and+preserving+Vietnamese+culture.+Therefore%2C+Vietnamese+boatpeople+in+Hong+Kong+affectionately+call+him+as+%22Thay+Tay+Duc.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fterebess.hu%2Fzen%2Fmesterek%2Fsaddhaloka.pdf+Source+Accessed+Aug+10%2C+2021%5D%29
Sumanapal+Bhikkhu+studies+Buddhist+Philosophy+and+Manuscriptology%2C+History%2C+and+Philosophy. +
Shelly+Bhoil+is+a+Brazil-based+writer+from+India.+Her+works+include+a+poetry+book+%27%27An+Ember+from+Her+Pyre%27%27+%28Writers+Workshop%29%2C+and+two+reference+books+on+Tibet%E2%80%94%28co-editor%29+%27%27Negotiating+Dispossession%3A+Tibetan+Subjectivities+on+the+Global+Stage%27%27+and+%28editor%29+%27%27Resistant+Hybridities%3A+New+Narratives+of+Exile+Tibet%27%27+%28forthcoming%29%E2%80%94published+by+Lexington+Books.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Flifeandlegends.com%2Fkatyayani-translated-by-shelly-bhoil%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+10%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Somtso+Bhum+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+Northwestern+University. +
Nalini+Bhushan%27s+research+addresses+questions+in+the+philosophy+of+mind+and+language%2C+aesthetics%2C+the+philosophy+of+science%2C+and+19th-+and+20th-century+Indian+philosophy.%0A%0ABhushan+is+co-editor+of+Of+Minds+and+Molecules%3A+New+Essays+in+the+Philosophy+of+Chemistry+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2000%29+and+author+of+several+articles+in+that+field.+She+has+also+published+articles+in+aesthetics+and+the+philosophy+of+mind+and+language.%0A%0ABhushan+is+currently+at+work+on+several+projects%2C+including+a+recently+completed+book+on+the+history+of+Indian+philosophy+in+the+19th+and+20th+century+%28Minds+Without+Fear%3A+Philosophy+in+the+Indian+Renaissance%2C+Oxford+University+Press%2C+2017%29%3B+several+essays+on+topics+such+as+conceptions+of+suffering+and+evil+in+Colonial+India%3B+reworkings+of+scientific+concepts%2C+such+as+causality+in+Indian+modernity%3B+philosophical+ideas+in+the+work+of+American+modernist+novelist+Willa+Cather%3B+and+the+work+of+modern+Indian+artist+Amrita+Sher-Gil.%0A%0AShe+teaches+courses+on+Nietzsche%2C+aesthetics%2C+the+philosophy+of+language%2C+mind+and+science%2C+cosmopolitanism+and+Indian+philosophy.+In+addition+to+being+a+faculty+member+of+the+philosophy+department%2C+she+is+a+member+of+the+South+Asia+Concentration+at+Smith.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.smith.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty%2Fnalini-bhushan+Source+Accessed+Feb+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Kalzang+Dorjee+Bhutia+is+currently+a+lecturer+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+Grinnell+College.+He+received+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Delhi%2C+and+his+current+book+project+focuses+on+the+modern+history+of+Buddhism+in+Sikkim+in+a+global+context. +
Bhamaha+%28Sanskrit%3A+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%2C+Bh%C4%81maha%29+%28c.%E2%80%897th+century%29+was+a+Sanskrit+poetician+believed+to+be+contemporaneous+with+Da%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Din.+He+is+noted+for+writing+a+work+called+the+%27%27K%C4%81vy%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra%27%27+%28Sanskrit%3A+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%2C+K%C4%81vy%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra%29+%28%22The+ornaments+of+poetry%22%29.+For+centuries%2C+he+was+known+only+by+reputation%2C+until+manuscripts+of+the+%27%27K%C4%81vy%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra+came+to+the+attention+of+scholars+in+the+early+1900s.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBhamaha+Source+Accessed+Jan+24%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Ester+Bianchi+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+%E2%80%98Indian+and+East-Asian+Civilization%E2%80%99+from+the+University+of+Venice+%28co-tutorial+Ph.D.+received+from+the+Ecole+Pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes%2C+Section+des+Sciences+Religieuses+of+Paris%29.+She+is+currently+associate+professor+of+Chinese+Literature%2C+Chinese+Religions+and+Philosophy%2C+and+Society+and+Culture+of+China+at+the+University+of+Perugia+%28Italy%29%3B+in+the+past%2C+she+has+also+been+in+charge+of+classes+of+Chinese+Language+%28modern+and+classical%29+and+Sinology.+She+is+external+associated+researcher+of+the+Groupe+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s%2C+Religions%2C+La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9s+CNRS-EPHE+%282012-%29+and%2C+together+with+Daniela+Campo%2C+directs+the+research+project+%E2%80%9C%E7%95%B6%E4%BB%A3%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E3%80%81%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E7%9A%84%E6%88%92%E5%BE%8B%E5%BE%A9%E8%88%88+%E2%80%93+Vinaya+Revival+in+20th+Century+China+and+Taiwan%E2%80%9D+%28funded+by+the+Chiang+Ching-kuo+Foundation+for+International+Scholarly+Exchange%2C+August+2015-July+2018%29.%0A%0AHer+studies+focus+on+the+religions+of+China%2C+and+particularly+on+Buddhism%2C+both+in+imperial+and+in+modern+and+contemporary+time%3B+her+research+is+centered+on+Sino-Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Chinese+Buddhist+monasticism+and%2C+more+recently%2C+the+revival+of+Buddhist+monastic+discipline+in+China.%0A%0AEster+Bianchi+is+the+author+of+%27%27The+Iron+Statue+Monastery%2C+Tiexiangsi%3A+A+Buddhist+Nunnery+of+Tibetan+Tradition+in+Contemporary+China%27%27+%28Firenze+2001%29%2C+of+a+general+book+on+the+history%2C+practices+and+cultural+traditions+of+Daoism+%28Milano+2009%29%2C+and+of+the+first+Italian+translation+of+the+%27%27Gaoseng+Faxian+zhuan+%28Faxian%3A+un+pellegrino+cinese+nell%E2%80%99India+del+V+secolo%27%27%2C+Perugia%2C+2012-13%29.%0A%0AHer+main+publications+include+the+following+articles%3A+%E2%80%9CSubtle+erudition+and+compassionate+devotion%3A+Longlian+%281909-2006%29%2C+the+most+outstanding+bhiksuni+in+modern+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+D.+Ownby%2C+V.+Goossaert%2C+Ji+Zhe%2C+eds.%2C+%27%27Making+Saints+in+Modern+China%27%27%2C+Oxford%3A+Oxford+University+Press%2C+2016-+2017%2C+pp.+272-311%29%2C+%E2%80%9CChinese+Chantings+of+the+Names+of+Ma%C3%B1ju%C5%9Br%C4%AB%3A+The+%27%27Zhenshi+ming+jing%27%27+%E7%9C%9F%E5%AF%A6%E5%90%8D%E7%B6%93+in+Late+Imperial+and+Modern+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+V.+Durand-Dast%C3%A8s+ed.%2C+%27%27Empreintes+du+Tantrisme+en+Chine+et+en+Asie+Orientale.+Imaginaires%2C+rituals%2C+influences%27%27%2C+Leuven-Paris-Bristol%3A+Peeters+2015%2C+pp.+117-138%29%2C+%E2%80%9CA+Religion-Oriented+%E2%80%98Tibet+Fever%E2%80%99.+Tibetan+Buddhist+Practices+Among+the+Han+Chinese+in+Contemporary+PRC%E2%80%9D+%28in+Dramdul+and+F.+Sferra+eds.%2C+%27%27From+Mediterranean+to+Himalaya.+A+Festschrift+to+Commemorate+the+120th+Birthday+of+the+Italian+Tibetologist+Giuseppe+Tucci%27%27+%E2%80%93+%E4%BB%8E%E5%9C%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%B5%B7%E5%88%B0%E5%96%9C%E9%A9%AC%E6%8B%89%E9%9B%85%3A+%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%A9%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E8%97%8F%E5%AD%A6%E5%AE%B6%E6%9C%B1%E5%A1%9E%E4%BD%A9%C2%B7%E5%9B%BE%E9%BD%90+%E8%AF%9E%E8%BE%B0120%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4%E7%BA%AA%E5%BF%B5%E6%96%87%E9%9B%86%2C+Beijing%3A+China+Tibetology+Publishing+House+2014%2C+pp.+347-374%29%2C+%E2%80%9CYam%C4%81ntaka-Vajrabhairava+in+Modern+China.+Analysis+of+20th+Century+Translations+from+Tibetan%E2%80%9D+%28in+G.+Orofino%2C+S.+Vita+eds.%2C+%27%27Buddhist+Asia%27%27+2%2C+Kyoto%3A+Italian+School+of+East+Asian+Studies+2010%2C+pp.+99-140%29%2C+%E2%80%9CThe+%E2%80%98Chinese+%27%27lama%27%27%3Ci%3E%27%3C%2Fi%3E+Nenghai+%281886-1967%29.+Doctrinal+tradition+and+teaching+strategies+of+a+Gelukpa+master+in+Republican+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+M.+Kapstein+ed.%2C+%27%27Buddhism+Between+Tibet+and+China%27%27%2C+Boston%3A+Wisdom+Publications+2009%2C+pp.+295-346%29%2C+%E2%80%9CProtecting+Beijing%3A+The+Tibetan+Image+of+Yam%C4%81ntaka-Vajrabhairava+in+Late+Imperial+and+Republican+China%E2%80%9D+%28in+M.+Esposito+ed.%2C+%27%27Images+of+Tibet+in+the+19th+and+20th+Centuries%27%27%2C+Paris%3A+l%E2%80%99%C3%89cole+Fran%C3%A7aise+de+l%E2%80%99Extr%C3%AAme+Orient+2008%2C+pp.+329-356%29%2C+and+%E2%80%9CThe+Tantric+Rebirth+Movement+in+Modern+China.+Esoteric+Buddhism+re-vivified+by+the+Japanese+and+Tibetan+Traditions%E2%80%9D+%28%27%27Acta+Orientalia+Academiae+Scientiarum+Hungarica%27%27+57%2C+1%2C+2004%2C+pp.+31-54%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fvinayarevival.com%2Fester-bianchi%2F+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29
Desmond+Biddulph+CBE+is+President+of+The+Buddhist+Society%2C+London+%28est.+1924%29+and+editor+of+their+journal+%27%27The+Middle+Way%27%27.+He+is+a+Jungian+therapist+with+a+medical+practice+in+London%2C+co-author+of+%27%27The+Teachings+of+the+Buddha%27%27%2C+and+an+international+lecturer. +
Associate+professor+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+Stanford+University.+He+is+a+specialist+on+early+Japanese+Zen+whose+major+work+to+date+is+D%C5%8Dgen%27s+Manuals+of+Zen+Meditation%2C+which+was+corecipient+of+the+1990+Hiromi+Arisawa+Memorial+Award+from+the+Association+of+American+University+Presses+with+the+Japan+Foundation. +
Ina+Bieler+is+a+translator+and+assistant+at+The+Garchen+Buddhist+Institute+in+Chino+Valley%2C+Arizona.+She+is+a+member+of+the+Garchen+Buddhist+Institute+Translation+Group. +
Victor+A.+van+Bijlert+is+Lecturer+in+the+Department+of+Beliefs+and+Practices%2C+Faculty+of+Religion+and+Theology%2C+at+Vrije+Universiteit+Amsterdam.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHlP3zgEACAAJ%26source%3Dgbs_book_other_versions_r%26cad%3D2+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Raoul+Birnbaum+works+in+the+interdisciplinary+field+of+Buddhist+studies%2C+with+special+focus+on+China.+Trained+in+visual+studies%2C+history+of+religions%2C+and+ethnography%2C+his+research+is+rooted+in+historical+approaches.+These+studies+have+concentrated+on+three+great+themes+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhist+life%3A+the+major+deity+cults%2C+visions+of+the+landscape+intertwined+with+religion%2C+and+close+examination+of+dimensions+of+the+lives+of+individuals+within+this+religious+field.+Following+an+earlier+focus+on+medieval+times+in+China%2C+in+recent+decades+he+has+concentrated+on+significant+figures+of+the+late+19th+and+early+20th+centuries%2C+as+well+as+the+17th-century+figures+and+phenomena+to+which+they+often+turned+as+the+models+and+sources+for+their+practical+and+conceptual+foundations.%0A%0AThe+largest+on-going+project+focuses+on+the+artist-monk+Hongyi+%E5%BC%98%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB+%281880-1942%29%2C+a+remarkably+complex%2C+inventive%2C+and+influential+figure+in+Chinese+Buddhist+worlds.+A+project+on+one+of+his+contemporaries%2C+the+prominent+lay+Buddhist+Gao+Henian+%E9%AB%98%E9%B6%B4%E5%B9%B4+%281872%E2%80%931962%29%2C+is+on+the+horizon.+And+in+a+comparative+vein+as+a+project+parallel+to+the+Hongyi+studies%2C+he+has+been+investigating+the+many+worlds+of+St.+Francis%2C+with+field+research+in+that+medieval+saint%27s+Umbrian+homeland.%0A%0ABirnbaum%27s+work+has+been+strongly+influenced+by+intensive+field+study+over+several+decades+within+Chinese+Buddhist+monastic+communities+and+across+a+wide+variety+of+the+mountain+sites+that+form+the+backbone+of+this+tradition%E2%80%99s+conceptual+geography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fhavc.ucsc.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fraoul-birnbaum+Source+Accessed+Aug+9%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Anders+holds+a+Bachelors+degree+from+Naropa+University+and+joined+the+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies+in+2006.+At+CBS+Anders+graduated+with+a+BA+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+2010+and+afterwards+joined+the+MA+program.%0A%0AHis+thesis+supervisor+was+Dr.+Karin+Meyers+and+the+external+reader+was+Prof.+Dr.+Klaus-Dieter+Mathes+from+the+University+of+Vienna%2C+Austria.%0A%0AAnders+also+secured+a+Tsadra+foundation+scholarship+for+his+MA+studies+and+recently+took+ordination.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fryi-student-blog.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fcongratulations-anders-bjonback.html+Source+Accessed+Aug+12%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Lachen+Jel+%28bla+chen+dpyal%29+was+one+of+the+Ten+Men+of+U+and+Tsang+during+the+later+spread+of+the+doctrine+in+Tibet.+His+outer+activity+and+inner+spiritual+accomplishment+was+unrivaled.+He+became+the+head+ornament+of+all+scholars.+He+possessed+all+inconceivable+great+superior+qualities+of+Body%2C+Speech+and+Mind.+Even+a+being+dwelling+on+the+bhumis+had+difficulty+communicating+with+him%2C+needless+to+say+ordinary+beings.+For+the+ordinary+beings%2C+buddha+activity+was+too+difficult+to+fathom%3B+however+he+realized+it+effortlessly.+%0A%0AHis+first+greatness+was+his+heavenly+descended+caste.+He+renowned+as+Jel+%28dpyal%29+after+descending+from+heaven%2C+therefore+his+second+greatness+was+meaning+of+the+name.+His+third+greatness+was+his+noble+mother+lineage%E2%80%94+his+mother+traveled+to+Five-Peaks+Mountain%2C+and+was+related+to+the+King+of+China.+The+fourth+greatness%E2%80%94+he+was+the+dharmic+minister+of+the+manifested+Dharma+Kings+%28chos+rgyal+gyi+chos+slun%29%2C+and+the+grandchild+of+the+ruler+of+gods+and+humans.+His+fifth+greatness+was+his+phenomenal+transmission%E2%80%94+he+received+the+great%2C+middle+and+small+transmission+from+the+manifested+Dharma+King.+His+sixth+greatness+was+that+he+had+the+most+eminent+interdependent+causes+and+conditions%E2%80%94for+example%2C+the+virtuous+royal-brother+bestowed+him+the+sacred+shrine.+His+seventh+greatness+was+that+he+appropriately+approached+the+Secret+Mantrayana%2C+the+profound+tantric+doctrine%2C+and+Vajra+Vehicle%2C+and+he+was+the+escort+of+the+King+with+signs+of+realization+and+magical+powers.+His+eighth+greatness+was+his+well-learned+knowledge%E2%80%94+he+built+many+temples+in+center+of+Myang+Ro+%28myang+ro%29+village+in+Tsang+and+visited+the+noble+land+of+India.+He+overcame+countless+difficulties+and+requested+extraordinary+teachings+from+perfected+and+authentic+scholars%2C+and+also+brought+the+practice+to+completion.+His+ninth+greatness+was+being+able+to+auto-translate+the+excellent+doctrine%E2%80%94he+requested+numerous+sutras+and+tantras+from+perfected+and+authentic+scholars+and+translated+them+properly%3B+also+he+attained+mastery+in+meditative+power+by+attaining+the+imperishable+breath+of+dharmic+sky-goers.+Since+he+became+a+being+of+the+field+of+forbearance%2C+he+benefited+all+beings+for+as+long+as+samsara+is+not+emptied%E2%80%94this+continuous+lineage+of+the+ten+directions+illuminating+the+demonstration+that+transcended+all+directions%2C+was+his+tenth+greatness.+%28Source%3A+%5B%5BDpyal+gyi+gdung+rabs+za+ra+tshags+dang+gang+gA%27i+chu+rgyun+gnyis+gcig+tu+bris+pa+kun+gsal+me+long+bzhugs+so%7C%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%94%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9F%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%B1%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%89%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%85%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%8F%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%5D%5D%29
Melissa+Myozen+Blacker%2C+Roshi%2C+is+a+Zen+teacher+with+Boundless+Way+Zen%2C+a+school+of+Zen+Buddhism+with+practice+centers+throughout+New+England+and+beyond.++She+is+one+of+the+resident+teachers+at+Boundless+Way+Temple+%28Mugendo-ji%29+in+Worcester%2C+MA.%0A%0ABackground%3A++Melissa+was+born+in+1954+in+Boston%2C+Massachusetts.++Her+parents+were+secular+Jews%2C+who+taught+her+from+an+early+age+to+have+a+deep+appreciation+of+art%2C+theater%2C+music+%28especially+jazz%29+and+leftist+politics.++In+order+to+understand+a+spontaneous+spiritual+experience+she+had+when+she+was+nine+years+old%2C+Melissa+began+a+life-long+exploration+of+religion+and+psychology.+%0A%0AEducation%2C+Work+and+Family%3A++Melissa+is+a+1976+graduate+of+Wesleyan+University%2C+with+a+BA+magna+cum+laude+in+Anthropology+and+Music.+She+went+on+to+earn+an+MA+in+Counseling+Psychology+from+Vermont+College+of+Norwich+University+in+1991%2C+specializing+in+grief+counseling.+In+1993%2C+after+careers+as+a+vocalist%2C+pianist%2C+music+teacher+and+psychotherapist%2C+she+joined+the+staff+of+the+Center+for+Mindfulness%2C+founded+by+Jon+Kabat-Zinn+at+the+University+of+Massachusetts+Medical+School+in+Worcester.++Until+2012+she+was+a+member+of+the+teaching+staff%2C+the+Associate+Director+of+the+Stress+Reduction+Clinic%2C+and+a+Director+of+professional+training+programs+at+the+Center.++She+met+her+husband+David+Dae+An+Rynick%2C+Roshi+in+1977%2C+and+they+married+in+1982.++Their+daughter%2C+Rachel+Blacker+Rynick%2C+was+born+in+1986.%0A%0AZen+training+and+teaching%3A++In+1981+she+and+David+began+studying+Zen+with+the+independent+teacher+Richard+Clarke%2C+a+former+student+of+Philip+Kapleau%2C+Roshi.++After+twenty+years+of+study+with+Dr.+Clarke+she+became+the+student+of+James+Myoun+Ford%2C+Roshi%2C+a+dharma+heir+of+Jiyu+Kennett%2C+Roshi+and+John+Tarrant%2C+Roshi.+++She+was+ordained+a+Soto+Zen+priest+%28unsui%29+in+2004+and+completed+shuso+training+in+2005.++Advancing+through+the+Harada-Yasutani+koan+curriculum+she+received+Dharma+transmission+from+James+Ford+in+April+of+2006%2C+and+was+elected+a+guiding+teacher+of+Boundless+Way+Zen.++After+hosting+a+Zen+meditation+group+in+their+home+for+20+years%2C+Melissa+and+David+founded+Boundless+Way+Temple+in+2009.++Melissa+received+inka+shomei+from+James+Ford+in+July%2C+2010.%0A%0AMelissa+is+co-editor+of+%27%27The+Book+of+Mu%27%27%2C+published+by+Wisdom+Publications+in+April+of+2011%2C+and+her+writing+appears+in+%27%27Best+Buddhist+Writing%27%27%2C+2012%2C+published+by+Shambhala+Publications+and+%27%27The+Hidden+Lamp%27%27%2C+published+by+Wisdom+in+2013+.+.+.+She+is+a+member+of+the+American+Zen+Teachers+Association+and+the+Soto+Zen+Buddhist+Association.%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.melissablacker.com%2Fbiography%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+20%2C+2020%5D%29
Joy+Blakeslee%2C+M.A.+Ed%2C+J.D.%2C+is+a+writer+and+teacher+who+specializes+in+human+rights%2C+history%2C+and+literacy.+Blakeslee+has+worked+in+civil+rights+law%2C+as+a+teacher+for+the+New+York+Department+of+Education%2C+and+as+an+independent+researcher.+She+has+visited+India+many+times%2C+and+is+profoundly+impressed+by+the+strength%2C+determination%2C+and+spirituality+of+the+Tibetan+people.+She+is+currently+co-writing+a+book+with+Dr.+Gloria+Frelix+about+post%E2%80%93Civil+Rights+era+Mississippi%2C+and+corporate%2C+environmental+racism.+Blakeslee+lives+in+Florida.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fproduct%2Fvoice-remembers%2F+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
Kristin+Blancke+is+an+independent+researcher+in+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+working+many+years+on+the+Italian+translation+of+the+%27%27Hundred+Thousand+Songs+of+Milarepa%27%27+by+Tsang+Nyon+Heruka.+In+her+research+she+evaluates+earlier+texts+about+the+life+and+teachings+of+Milarepa%2C+so+as+to+be+able+to+get+a+more+%27realistic%27+picture+of+this+great+teacher.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Findependent.academia.edu%2Fkristinblancke+Adapted+from+Source+March+19%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Helena+Blankleder+holds+a+degree+in+Modern+Languages.+She+completed+two+three-year+retreats+at+Chanteloube%2C+France+%281980-1985+and+1986-1989%29.+She+is+a+professional+translator+and+a+member+of+the+Padmakara+Translation+Group%2C+Dordogne%2C+France.+Helena+has+been+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow+since+2001. +
Blezer+was+trained+in+Indian%2C+Buddhist+and+Tibetan+Studies+at+the+department+for+languages+and+cultures+of+South+and+Central+Asia+at+Leiden+University+%28MA+1992%29.+His+background+and+training+is+in+philology+or+text-critical+and+text-historical+work.+His+intellectual+proclivities+are+toward+%E2%80%98history+of+ideas%E2%80%99+and+his+present+methodo-logical+expertise%2C+besides+philology%2C+lies+in+what+he+styles+%E2%80%98textual+archaeology%E2%80%99+and+a+narratological+approach+to+history.+In+his+writing+he+bears+a+distinctly+European+Buddhological+fingerprint.+In+his+research+work+he+has+increasingly+sought+communication+with+native+scholarship+and+expertise+and+works+in+close+collaboration+with+traditional+scholars%2C+monks+and+tantric+%28esoteric%29+specialists.+This+%28mutual%21%29+exchange+he+maintains+by+regular+fieldwork+trips+and+also+by+inviting+informants+to+work+%28and+students+to+study%29+with+him+at+his+institute+of+affiliation.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.universiteitleiden.nl%2Fen%2Fstaffmembers%2Fhenk-blezer%23tab-2+Leiden+University%5D +
Jongang+Lama.+See+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Frimebuddhism.com%2Fcommunity%2Faffiliated-monasteries%2Ftibet%2Ftashi-chothang-monastery%2F+Tibetan+Buddhist+Rime+Institute%5D +
He+was+born+in+the+upper+Nyang+region+of+Tsang.+His+mother+died+early+and+he+was+brought+up+by+a+nun+who+was+a+student+of+one+of+the+great+masters+of+this+time%2C+Tshechogling+Yeshe+Gyaltsen.+Losal+Tenkyong+was+then+eventually+recognized+as+the+incarnation+of+Drubwang+Losal+Tsengyen+%281727-1802%29.+His+education+was+rather+eclectic+and+he+studied+with+the+great+Gelugpa+masters+of+his+day%2C+such+as+Ngulchu+Dharmabhadra+%281772-1851%29+and+the+masters+of+his+own+Zhalu+monastery+%28zhwa+lu%29+as+well+masters+of+Ngor+and+Sakya.+He+became+a+noted+ritual+expert+and+especially+excelled+in+his+practice+of+the+Kalacakra.+Several+of+his+works+are+included+in+such+collections+as+the+%22rgyud+sde+kun+btus%22+and+%22sgrub+thabs+kun+btus%22.+In+his+personal+practice+he+also+emphasized+the+Shangpa+Kagyu+teachings+very+much.+Even+though+he+is+not+mentioned+in+any+Shangpa+lineage+supplication%2C+he+was+of+instrumental+importance+for+the+survival+of+the+Shangpa+Kagyu+tradition+and+even+authored+some+important+empowerment+and+instruction+manuals+which+are+still+in+use+today.+As+the+abbot+of+the+famous+Kadampa+monastery+of+Zhalu+in+western+Tibet%2C+originally+founded+by+the+fourteenth+century+scholar+and+historian+Buton+Rinchen+Drub+%281290-1364%29%2C+he+eventually+managed+to+achieve+the+unsealing+of+the+printing+blocks+of+Taranatha%27s+works+at+Jonang+monastery%2C+which+contain+so+many+Shangpa+materials+of+crucial+importance.+He+was+a+close+friend+and+associate+of+both+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo+and+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul+Lodr%C3%B6+Thaye%2C+and+passed+on+a+large+number+of+transmissions+to+them%2C+especially+to+Jamyang+Khyentse%2C+who+received+the+full+Shangpa+Kagyu+transmissions+from+him.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Frywiki.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FShalu_Ribug_Tulku_Losal_Tenkyong+RYwiki%5D%29 +
John+Blofeld+was+a+British+writer%2C+public+speaker%2C+and+Buddhist+practitioner.+After+years+of+traveling+through+Asia+and+experiencing+the+spiritual+culture+of+China+and+the+Taoist+eremites%2C+he+became+a+pupil+of+the+Buddhist+master+Hsu+Yun.+Books+he+has+written+or+translated+include+%27%27Beyond+the+Gods%27%27%2C+%27%27Secret+and+Sublime%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Tantric+Mysticism+of+Tibet%27%27%2C+and+a+translation+of+the+%27%27I+Ching%27%27.+He+died+in+1987.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fauthors%2F236850%2Fjohn-blofeld%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Anne-Marie+Blondeau+is+directeur+d%C3%A9tudes+emeritus+at+the+%C3%89cole+pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes+%28Sciences+religieuses%29%2C+Paris. +
Dr.+Alfred+Bloom+has+long+been+a+pioneer+in+putting+Shin+Buddhism+in+modern+context%2C+showing+its+relevance+to+men+and+women+of+every+age+and+culture.+He+began+his+life+as+a+fundamentalist+Christian%2C+drawn+to+missionary+work+when%2C+at+the+age+of+eighteen%2C+he+was+sent+to+serve+with+the+Army+of+Occupation+in+Japan.+Hearing+Amida+Buddha+used+to+interpret+the+Christian+term+%22grace%22+roused+his+curiousity.+When+he+returned+to+seminary%2C+he+became+a+liberal+with+an+increasing+interest+in+Buddhism.%0A%0AIn+1957%2C+he+returned+to+Japan+for+two+years+on+a+Fulbright%2C+studying+the+life+and+thought+of+the+radical+thirteenth+century+monk+Shinran%2C+founder+of+Shin+Buddhist+tradition.+From+1959+to+1961%2C+he+was+at+Harvard+University%2C+completing+his+doctorate+and+serving+as+the+first+proctor+at+Harvard%27s+Center+for+the+Study+of+World+Religions.+For+several+years+he+taught+religious+studies+at+the+University+of+Oregon%2C+joining+the+Religion+Department+of+the+University+of+Hawaii+in+1970.+%28Source%3A+%27%27The+Promise+of+Boundless+Compassion%3A+Shin+Buddhism+For+Today%27%27%2C+book+jacket%29 +
Mark+Blows+was+a+member+of+the+Australian+College+of+Clinical+Psychologists+and+Associate+Fellow+of+the+British+Psychological+Society. +
Robert+Bluck+teaches+world+religions+as+an+Associate+Lecturer+at+the+Open+University.+He+has+been+a+practising+Buddhist+for+over+thirty+years%2C+and+has+conducted+doctoral+research+into+the+teachings%2C+practice+and+development+of+different+forms+of+Buddhism+in+Britain.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FBritish-Buddhism-Teachings-Practice-and-Development%2FBluck%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9780415483087+Routledge%5D%29 +
Mark+Blum%2C+Professor+and+Shinjo+Ito+Distinguished+Chair+in+Japanese+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley%2C+received+his+M.A.+in+Japanese+Literature+from+UCLA+and+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+1990+from+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+He+specializes+in+Pure+Land+Buddhism+throughout+East+Asia%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+Japanese+medieval+period.+He+also+works+in+the+area+of+Japanese+Buddhist+reponses+to+modernism%2C+Buddhist+conceptions+of+death+in+China+and+Japan%2C+historical+consciousness+in+Buddhist+thought%2C+and+the+impact+of+the+Nirvana+Sutra+%28Mah%C4%81parinirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a-s%C5%ABtra%29+in+East+Asian+Buddhism.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27The+Origins+and+Development+of+Pure+Land+Buddhism%27%27+%282002%29%2C+and+co-editor+of+%27%27Rennyo+and+the+Roots+of+Modern+Japanese+Buddhism%27%27+%282005%29+and+%27%27Cultivating+Spirituality%27%27+%282011%29%2C+and+his+translation+from+Chinese+of+%27%27The+Nirvana+Sutra%3A+Volume+1%27%27+%282013%29.+He+is+currently+working+on+completing+%27%27Think+Buddha%2C+Say+Buddha%3A+A+History+of+Nenbutsu+Thought%2C+Practice%2C+and+Culture%27%27.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fealc.berkeley.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fblum-mark+Source+Accessed+May+31%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Virginia+Blum+is+the+resident+translator+at+Drong+Ngur+Jangchubling+Buddhist+Center%2C+and+has+been+translating+and+interpreting+the+Dharma+since+2006+assisting+Buddhist+teachers+around+the+world.+Virginia+is+fluent+in+both+Tibetan+and+Spanish+and+has+been+engaged+in+Buddhist+meditation+and+study+since+1999.+She+has+studied+Tibetan+language+in+a+number+of+immersive+programs%2C+including+a+two-year+translation+training+program+at+Songsten+Library+in+Dehradun%2C+India%2C+the+Tibetan+Summer+Intensive+Training+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%2C+as+well+as+the+Tibetan+Language+Intensive+Training+Course+at+the+University+of+Virginia.+She+regularly+participates+in+extended+meditation+retreats+of+both+Tibetan+and+Theravada+Buddhist+traditions+and+is+currently+participating+in+The+Community+Dharma+Leader+Training+Program+at+Spirit+Rock+Insight+Meditation+Center.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdnjus.org%2Fresident-translator%2F+Source+Accessed+June+24%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Born+in+Los+Angeles%2C+Jim+grew+up+in+Southern+California.+He+completed+his+undergraduate+degree+at+the+University+of+San+Diego+and+continued+to+the+University+of+Wisconsin%2C+Madison%2C+where+he+finished+his+MA+and+PhD+under+the+direction+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+scholar%2Fpractitioner+Geshe+Lhundub+Sopa.+His+graduate+studies+focused+on+the+work+of+the+Indian+teacher+%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita.%0A%0ABoth+in+his+career+as+Associate+Professor+in+the+School+of+History%2C+Philosophy+and+Religion+at+Oregon+State+University+and+as+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+Maitripa+College%2C+Jim+displayed+the+rare+combination+of+deep+commitment+to+teaching+and+rigorous+engagement+as+a+research+scholar.+Even+more+unusually%2C+Jim+was+able+to+produce+scholarly+texts+that+were+valued+equally+by+the+academy+and+by+Buddhist+communities.+He+published+analytical+and+translation+works+on+Indian+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+Buddhism+based+upon+this+research%2C+including+The+Ornament+of+The+Middle+Way%3A+A+Study+of+the+Madhyamaka+Thought+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita+%282004%29+and+Sixty+Stanzas+of+Reasoning+%282004%29.+With+Geshe+Sopa%2C+he+completed+a+translation+of+the+4th+Chapter+of+the+%27%27Lamrim+Chenmo%27%27%2C+and+was+pursuing+the+publication+of+a+translation+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntarak%E1%B9%A3ita%E2%80%99s+%27%27Madhyamak%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81rav%E1%B9%9Btti%27%27.%0A%0AJim+was+a+strong+advocate+for+institutions+of+higher+education+that+strive+to+integrate+the+knowledge+base+of+Buddhist+philosophy+with+meditative+practice+and+service+to+the+community.+In+2004%2C+Jim+invited+Yangsi+Rinpoche+to+Portland%2C+Oregon+to+speak+to+interested+persons.+In+2005%2C+Jim+began+working+alongside+Yangsi+Rinpoche%2C+Namdrol+Adams%2C+and+Angie+Garcia+on+the+founding+of+Maitripa+Institute%2C+soon+to+become+Maitripa+College%2C+which+seeks+to+embody+those+ideals.+.+.+.%0A%0AHis+main+teachers+were+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+Geshe+Lhundub+Sopa+Rinpoche%2C+Jangtse+Choje+Rinpoche%2C+Choden+Rinpoche%2C+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche%2C+Yangsi+Rinpoche%2C+and+Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fmaitripa.org%2Fjim-blumenthal%2F+Source+adapted+from+an+obituary+written+by+Namdrol+Miranda+Adams%2C++Damcho+Diana+Finnegan%2C+and+Jim%27s+wife%2C+Tiffany%29%5D
Also+known+as+Po-y%C3%BCan+or+Po+Fa-tsu.+A+priest+and+a+translator+of+Buddhist+texts+during+the+late+Western+Chin+dynasty+%28265%E2%80%93316%29+in+China.+He+built+a+Buddhist+monastery+at+Ch%27ang-an%2C+where+he+translated+and+lectured+on+Buddhist+scriptures.+In+305+he+set+out+for+Lung-yu%2C+where+he+intended+to+live+in+retirement.+He+was+killed+along+the+way%2C+however%2C+because+of+his+refusal+to+work+for+Chang+Fu%2C+the+local+governor+of+Ch%27in-chou%2C+and+also+because+of+accusations+lodged+by+someone+he+had+defeated+in+debate.+The+Buddha%27s+Parinirv%C4%81na+Sutra%2C+one+of+the+Hinayana+versions+of+the+Nirvana+Sutra%2C+was+translated+by+Fa-tsu.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.nichirenlibrary.org%2Fen%2Fdic%2FContent%2FF%2F14+Source+Accessed+Sep+3%2C+2021%5D%29 +
%28Chokle+Namgyal%29+%281376-1451%29.+The+twenty-third+abbot+of+Bo+dong+E+monastery%2C+founded+in+about+1049+by+the+Bka%27+gdams+geshe+%28dge+bshes%29+Mu+dra+pa+chen+po%2C+and+the+founder+of+the+Bo+dong+tradition.+His+collected+works%2C+said+to+number+thirty-six+titles%2C+include+his+huge+encyclopedic+work+%27%27De+nyid+%27dus+pa%27%27+%28%22Compendium+of+the+Principles%22%29%3B+it+alone+runs+to+137+volumes+in+the+incomplete+edition+published+by+the+Tibet+House+in+Delhi.+Phyogs+las+rnam+rgyal+%28who+is+sometimes+confused+with+Jo+nang+pa+Phyogs+las+rnam+rgyal+who+lived+some+fifty+years+earlier%29+was+a+teacher+of+Dge+%27dun+grub+%28retroactively+named+the+first+Dalai+Lama%29+and+Mkhas+grub+Dge+legs+dpal+bzang%2C+both+students+of+Tsong+kha+pa.+Among+his+disciples+was+the+king+of+Gung+thang%2C+Lha+dbang+rgyal+mtshan+%281404%E2%80%931463%29%2C+whose+daughter+Chos+kyi+sgron+me+%281422%E2%80%931455%29+became+a+nun+after+the+death+of+her+daughter+and+then+the+head+of+Bsam+lding+%28Samding%29+monastery%2C+which+her+father+founded+for+her.+The+monastery+is+the+only+Tibetan+monastery+whose+abbot+is+traditionally+a+woman%3B+incarnations+are+said+to+be+those+of+the+goddess+Vajrav%C4%81r%C4%81h%C4%AB+%28T.+Rdo+rje+phag+mo%29%2C+%22Sow-Headed+Goddess.%22+%28Source%3A+%22Bo+dong+Phyogs+las+rnam+rgyal.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+139.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
Bodong+Sangye+G%C3%B6npo+was+a+Tibetan+yogi+adept+in+the+practice+of+Si%E1%B9%83hamukh%C4%81.+Though+he+initially+practiced+the+teaching+cycle+of+this+deity+associated+with+Bari+Lots%C4%81wa%2C+through+his+practice+he+was+able+to+encounter+Si%E1%B9%83hamukh%C4%81+and+received+empowerment+for+her+practice+from+Guru+Rinpoche.+This+became+the+basis+for+the+Si%E1%B9%83hamukh%C4%81+cycle+known+as+the+Bodong+Tradition+of+the+Aural+Lineage+of++the+Profound+Secret+of+the+Lion+Faced+%5B%E1%B8%8C%C4%81kin%C4%AB%5D+%28%27%27bo+dong+lugs+zab+gsang+seng+gdong+snyan+brgyud%29. +
Bhikkhu+Bodhi+%28born+December+10%2C+1944%29%2C+born+Jeffrey+Block%2C+is+an+American+Theravada+Buddhist+monk%2C+ordained+in+Sri+Lanka+and+currently+teaching+in+the+New+York+and+New+Jersey+area.+He+was+appointed+the+second+president+of+the+Buddhist+Publication+Society+and+has+edited+and+authored+several+publications+grounded+in+the+Theravada+Buddhist+tradition.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBhikkhu_Bodhi+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29 +
A+renowned+Indian+translator+and+monk+%28to+be+distinguished+from+a+subsequent+Bodhiruci+%5Bs.v.%5D+who+was+active+in+China+two+centuries+later+during+the+Tang+dynasty%29.+Bodhiruci+left+north+India+for+Luoyang%2C+the+Northern+Wei+capital%2C+in+508.+He+is+said+to+have+been+well+versed+in+the+Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka+and+talented+at+incantations.+Bodhiruci+stayed+at+the+monastery+of+Yongningsi+in+Luoyang+from+508+to+512+and+with+the+help+of+Buddha%C5%9B%C4%81nta+%28d.u.%29+and+others+translated+over+thirty+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+s%C5%ABtras+and+treatises%2C+most+of+which+reflect+the+latest+developments+in+Indian+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na%2C+and+especially+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra.+His+translations+include+the+%27%27Dharmasa%E1%B9%83g%C4%ABti%27%27%2C+%27%27Shidijing+lun%27%27%2C+%27%27La%E1%B9%85k%C4%81vat%C4%81ras%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+%27%27Vajracchedik%C4%81praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81s%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+and+the+%27%27Wuliangshou+jing+youpotishe+yuansheng+ji%27%27%2C+attributed+to+Vasubandhu.+Bodhiruci%E2%80%99s+translation+of+the+%27%27Shidijing+lun%27%27%2C+otherwise+known+more+simply+as+the+%27%27Di+lun%27%27%2C+fostered+the+formation+of+a+group+of+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+specialists+in+China+that+later+historians+retroactively+call+the+Di+lun+zong.+According+to+a+story+in+the+%27%27Lidai+fabao+ji%27%27%2C+a+jealous+Bodhiruci%2C+assisted+by+a+monk+from+Shaolinsi+on+Songshan+named+Guangtong+%28also+known+as+Huiguang%2C+468%E2%80%93537%29%2C+is+said+to+have+attempted+on+numerous+occasions+to+poison+the+founder+of+the+Chan+school%2C+Bodhidharma%2C+and+eventually+succeeded.+Bodhiruci+is+also+said+to+have+played+an+instrumental+role+in+converting+the+Chinese+monk+Tanluan+from+Daoist+longevity+practices+to+the+pure+land+teachings+of+the+%27%27Guan+Wuliangshou+jing%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Bodhiruci.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+133.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
William+M.+Bodiford+is+a+professor+in+the+Department+of+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+where+he+teaches+courses+on+religion+in+the+cultures+of+Japan+and+East+Asia%2C+and+Buddhist+Studies.+In+addition+to+UCLA%2C+he+also+has+taught+at+Davidson+College+%28Davidson%2C+North+Carolina%29%2C+the+University+of+Iowa+%28Iowa+City%2C+Iowa%29%2C+Meiji+Gakuin+University+%28Tokyo+and+Yokohama%2C+Japan%29%2C+and+ICU+%28International+Christian+University%3B+Tokyo%2C+Japan%29.%0A%0AHe+received+his+Ph.D.+from+Yale+University+%28New+Haven%2C+Connecticut%29+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies%2C+where+he+specialized+in+Buddhist+Studies+under+the+direction+of+Professor+Stanley+Weinstein.+In+addition+to+Yale%2C+he+also+received+graduate+training+at+the+Institute+of+Health+and+Sport+Science+%28Taiiku+Kagaku+Kenkyuka%29%2C+Tsukuba+University+%28Tsukuba%2C+Japan%29%2C+where+he+studied+the+intellectual+history+of+martial+arts+in+Japan+under+the+direction+of+Professor+Watanabe+Ichiro%2C+and+at+the+Graduate+School+of+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Komazawa+University+%28Tokyo%2C+Japan%29%2C+where+he+studied+Asian+Religions+under+the+direction+of+Professors+Kagamishima+Genryu+and+Ishikawa+Rikizan.%0A%0AHis+research+spans+the+medieval%2C+early+modern%2C+and+contemporary+periods+of+Japanese+history.+Currently+he+is+investigating+religion+during+the+Tokugawa+period%2C+especially+those+aspects+of+Japanese+culture+associated+with+manuscripts%2C+printing%2C+secrecy%2C+education%2C+and+proselytizing.+Although+many+of+his+publications+focus+on+Zen+Buddhism+%28especially+Soto+Zen%29%2C+he+also+researches+Tendai+and+Vinaya+Buddhist+traditions%2C+Shinto%2C+folklore+and+popular+religions%2C+as+well+as+Japanese+martial+arts+and+traditional+approaches+to+health+and+physical+culture.%0A%0AHe+is+a+member+of+the+editorial+boards+of+%22Cursor+Mundi%3A+Viator+Studies+of+the+Medieval+and+Early+Modern+World%22+%28UCLA+Center+for+Medieval+and+Renaissance+Studies%29%2C+%22Studies+in+East+Asian+Buddhism%22+and+%22Classics+in+East+Asian+Buddhism%22+%28Kuroda+Institute%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.alc.ucla.edu%2Fperson%2Fwilliam-m-bodiford%2F+Source+Accessed+June+30%2C+2021%5D%29
Benjamin+Bogin+is+an+Associate+Professor+of+Asian+Studies+at+Skidmore+College.+He+received+his+M.A.+and+Ph.D.+%28Buddhist+Studies%29+from+the+University+of+Michigan+and+spent+six+years+living+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal+where+he+directed+study-abroad+programs+in+the+Himalayas+for+American+students.+His+primary+research+interests+are+Tibetan+Buddhist+autobiography+and+the+intersections+of+visual+art%2C+narrative%2C+and+sacred+geography+in+Buddhist+cultures.+He+lives+in+Ballston+Spa%2C+NY. +
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Bokar+Tulku+Rinpoche+%281940+%E2%80%93+17+August+2004%29+was+heart-son+of+the+Second+Kalu+Rinpoche+and+a+holder+of+the+Karma+Kagy%C3%BC+and+Shangpa+Kagy%C3%BC+lineages.%0A%0ABokar+Rinpoche+was+born+in+western+T%C3%ADbet+not+far+from+Mount+Kailash%2C+in+1940+%28Iron+Dragon+year%29+to+a+family+of+nomadic+herders.++When+Rinpoche+was+four+years+old%2C+His+Holiness+the+16th+Karmapa+recognized+him+as+the+reincarnation+of+the+previous+Bokar+Tulku%2C+Karma+Sherab+%C3%96sel.%0A%0ABokar+Rinpoche+was+trained+at+the+monastery+founded+by+the+previous+Bokar+incarnation.+He++continued+his+studies+at+Tsurphu+Monastery+in+central+Tibet%2C+main+seat+of+the+Karmapas.+While+still+a+teenager%2C+he+assumed+full+responsibilities+for+the+Bokar+monastic+community.+Then%2C+due+to+the+Communist+oppression+in+Tibet%2C+Bokar+Rinpoche+fled+into+exile+at+the+age+of+20.+In+India%2C+he+became+a+close+disciple+of+Dorje+Chang+Kalu+Rinpoche.%0A%0AUnder+Kalu+Rinpoche%27s+guidance+in+Sonada%2C+Bokar+Rinpoche+twice+completed+the+traditional+three-year+retreat.++During+the+first+one%2C+he+followed+the+practices+of+the+Shangpa+Kagyu%3B+the+second+was+based+on+the+practices+of+the+Karma+Kagyu.%0A%0AIn+Mirik%2C+India%2C+Bokar+Rinpoche+founded+a+retreat+center+that+is+an+important+centre+for+Kalachakra+practice%2C+now+called+Bokar+Ngedhon+Choekhor+Ling.+%0A%0ABrief+bio+available+at+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bokarmonastery.org%2Fmod%2Fdata%2Findex.php%3FREQUEST_ID%3DcGFnZT1iaW9ncmFwaHktQm9rYXI%3D+bokarmonastery.org%5D%0A%0AAlso+see+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bokarmonastery.org%2Fmod%2Fdata%2Findex.php%3FREQUEST_ID%3DcGFnZT1wdWJsaWNhdGlvbnM%3D+Bokar+Publications%5D +
Stephen+R.+Bokenkamp+specializes+in+the+study+of+medieval+Chinese+Daoism%2C+with+a+special+emphasis+on+its+literatures+and+its+relations+with+Buddhism.+He+is+author+of+%22Early+Daoist+Scriptures+and+Ancestors+and+Anxiety%22+as+well+as+more+than+35+articles+and+book+chapters+on+Daoism+and+literature.+Among+his+awards+are+the+Guggenheim+Award+for+the+Translation+of+a+medieval+Daoist+text+and+a+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities+Translation+grants.+In+addition+to+his+position+at+Arizona+State%2C+he+has+taught+at+Indiana+University%2C+Stanford+University%2C+and+short+courses+for+graduate+students+at+Princeton+and+Fudan+Universities.+He+was+also+part+of+the+National+985+project+at+the+Institute+of+Religious+Studies%2C+Sichuan+University+from+2006-2013.%0A%0A%E6%9F%8F%E5%A4%B7%EF%BC%88%E5%8A%A0%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E4%BC%AF%E5%85%8B%E8%90%8A%E5%88%86%E6%A0%A1%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%EF%BC%8C1986%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%89%E6%95%99%E6%8E%88%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%88%E9%95%B7%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%9D%E9%9A%8B%E5%94%90%E9%81%93%E6%95%99%E5%8F%B2%EF%BC%8C%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E9%97%9C%E6%B3%A8%E4%B8%AD%E5%8F%A4%E9%81%93%E6%95%99%E6%96%87%E7%8D%BB%E5%92%8C%E4%BD%9B%E9%81%93%E9%97%9C%E4%BF%82%E3%80%82%E5%9C%A8%E5%85%B6%E6%BC%AB%E9%95%B7%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%B8%E8%A1%93%E7%94%9F%E6%B6%AF%E4%B8%AD%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%96%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E4%BA%86%E3%80%8A%E6%97%A9%E6%9C%9F%E9%81%93%E6%95%99%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E3%80%8B%E5%92%8C%E3%80%8A%E7%A5%96%E5%85%88%E8%88%87%E7%84%A6%E6%85%AE%E3%80%8B%E5%85%A9%E9%83%A8%E5%B0%88%E8%91%97%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E8%B6%85%E9%81%8E%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E7%AF%87%E5%AD%B8%E8%A1%93%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87%E3%80%82%E4%BB%96%E7%9A%84%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E8%B2%A2%E7%8D%BB%E7%82%BA%E5%85%B6%E8%B4%8F%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86%E8%A8%B1%E5%A4%9A%E6%A6%AE%E8%AD%BD%E5%92%8C%E7%8D%8E%E9%A0%85%EF%BC%8C%E6%AF%94%E5%A6%82%E5%8F%A4%E6%A0%B9%E6%B5%B7%E5%A7%86%E7%8D%8E%E3%80%81%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E4%BA%BA%E6%96%87%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%91%E6%9C%83%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%91%E7%AD%89%E7%AD%89%E3%80%82%E9%99%A4%E4%BA%86%E5%9C%A8%E4%BA%9E%E5%88%A9%E6%A1%91%E9%82%A3%E5%B7%9E%E7%AB%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E4%BB%BB%E6%95%99%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%96%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%96%E6%AD%A4%E5%89%8D%E6%9B%BE%E4%BB%BB%E6%95%99%E4%BA%8E%E5%8D%B0%E7%AC%AC%E5%AE%89%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E3%80%81%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E7%A6%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%A6%E5%9C%A8%E6%99%AE%E6%9E%97%E6%96%AF%E9%A0%93%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E3%80%81%E5%BE%A9%E6%97%A6%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E7%82%BA%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E7%94%9F%E9%96%8B%E8%A8%AD%E7%9F%AD%E6%9C%9F%E5%AF%86%E9%9B%86%E8%A8%8E%E8%AB%96%E7%8F%AD%E3%80%82%E4%BB%96%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF2006-2013%E5%B9%B4%E5%9B%9B%E5%B7%9D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E4%B9%9D%E5%85%AB%E4%BA%94%E9%A0%85%E7%9B%AE%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E7%89%B9%E8%81%98%E6%B5%B7%E5%A4%96%E5%B0%88%E5%AE%B6%E3%80%82%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsearch.asu.edu%2Fprofile%2F1078874+Source+Accessed+June+20%2C+2023%5D%29
Jerry+has+been+a+nembutsu+follower+for+some+twenty-five+years+or+so%2C+closely+connected+with+the+San+Francisco+Buddhist+Temple+most+of+that+time.+The+late+Rev.+Ken+Yamaguchi+took+him+on+as+his+unofficial+assistant+many+years+ago+and+opened+the+door+to+many+wonderful+experiences+that+the+average+lay+follower+would+not+have.+He+has%2C+for+most+of+that+time%2C+and+continues+now%2C+to+be+an+active+lay+speaker%2C+mostly+in+the+small+Shinsu+temple+in+Marin+County%2C+across+the+Golden+Gate+Bridge+-+from+time+to+time%2C+he+speaks+at+other+temples.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nembutsu.info%2Fpoets%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+21%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Prof.+Boll%C3%A9e+had+a+long-standing+relationship+with+the+South+Asia+Institute+of+the+University+of+Heidelberg%2C+where+he+habilitated+in+1977+under+Prof.+Berger+%28studies+on+S%C5%AByaga%E1%B8%8Da+1977%2C+Steiner%2C+Wiesbaden%29+and+taught+for+over+two+decades+%281975-1997%29.+During+this+time+he+also+represented+Prof.+Sontheimer+and+Prof.+Berger.%0A%0AHis+teaching+and+research+focused+on+Jainism+and+early+Buddhism%2C+with+a+special+interest+in+Central+Indian+texts+that+had+not+yet+been+translated.+In+search+of+such+texts%2C+he+also+repeatedly+went+on+research+trips+to+South+and+Southeast+Asia%2C+for+example+to+%28present-day%29+Myanmar+and+Thailand+in+the+early+1960s.+He+was+happy+to+share+this+rich+wealth+of+experience+with+his+students+in+order+to+awaken+their+enthusiasm+for+South+and+Southeast+Asian+cultures+and+religions%2C+in+addition+to+providing+a+sound+philological+education.%0A%0ABeginning+with+his+dissertation+on+%E1%B9%A2a%E1%B8%8Dvi%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba-br%C4%81hma%E1%B9%87a+%28Utrecht%2C+1956%29%2C+Prof.+Boll%C3%A9e+published+numerous+editions%2C+translations%2C+and+indexes%2C+including+%27%27Vyavah%C4%81ra+bh%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ya+p%C4%AB%E1%B9%ADhik%C4%81%27%27+%282006%2C+Hindi+Granth+Karyalay%2C+Mumbai%29%2C+Samantabhadra+Deva%27s+%27%27Ratnakara%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Daka+%C5%9Ar%C4%81vak%C4%81c%C4%81ra%27%27+%282010%2C+Sundara+Prakashana%2C+Bangalore%29+and+%27%27A+Cultural+Encyclopaedia+of+the+Kath%C4%81sarits%C4%81gara+in+Keywords%27%27+%282015%2C+Universit%C3%A4tsverlag+Halle-Wittenberg%29.%0A%0AAs+a+tireless+academic%2C+Prof.+Boll%C3%A9e+was+scientifically+active+until+the+last+day.+Two+of+his+works%3A+%27%27Stylistic+Repetition+in+B%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%CA%BCs+Har%E1%B9%A3acaritam+and+K%C4%81dambar%C4%AB%27%27+%28Feb.+2020%29+and+the+revised+2nd+edition+of+his+monograph+%27%27Gone+to+the+Dogs+in+Ancient+India%27%27+%28Mar.+2020%29+are+published+this+year+by+CrossAsia-Repository+.+.+.+%0A%0AProf.+Dr.+Willem+Boll%C3%A9e+received+the+prestigious+Ac%C4%81rya+Hemacandra+S%C5%ABr%C4%AB+Award+in+recognition+of+his+achievements+and+merits+in+the+field+of+Jainism+%282004%29+and+%5Bthe%5D+Prakrit+J%C3%B1%C4%81nabh%C4%81rat%C4%AB+International+Award+%282005%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.herenow4u.net%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D158094+Source+Accessed+July+24%2C+2023%5D%29
Allan+R.+Bomhard+%28born+1943%29+is+an+American+linguist.%0A%0ABorn+in+Brooklyn%2C+New+York%2C+he+was+educated+at+Fairleigh+Dickinson+University%2C+Hunter+College%2C+and+the+City+University+of+New+York%2C+and+served+in+the+U.S.+Army+from+1964+to+1966.+He+currently+resides+in+Florence%2C+South+Carolina.+He+has+studied+the+controversial+hypotheses+about+the+underlying+unity+among+the+proposed+Nostratic+and+Eurasiatic+language+families.+%28https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAllan_R._Bomhard+Source+Accessed+Feb+27%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Nicolas+Bommarito+is+currently+an+Assistant+Professor+of+philosophy+at+Simon+Fraser+University+in+Vancouver.+Before+that%2C+He+worked+at+SUNY+Buffalo+and+was+a+Bersoff+Fellow+at+NYU.+He+has+studied+at+Brown+University%2C+Tibet+University%2C+and+University+of+Michigan.+His+research+focuses+on+questions+in+virtue+ethics%2C+moral+psychology%2C+and+Buddhist+philosophy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.nicbommarito.com%2Fphilosophy+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+18%2C+2021%5D%29 +
George+D.+Bond+%28Ph.D.%2C+Northwestern+University%2C+1972%29+is+an+associate%0Aprofessor+in+the+Department+of+the+History+and+Literature+of+Religion%0Aat+Northwestern+University.+He+is+the+author+of+The+Word+of+the+Buddha%3A%0AThe+Tipi.taka+and+Its+Interpretation+in+Theraviida+Buddhism+and+coeditor%0Aof+Sainthood+in+World+Religions.%0A%0ASource%3A+%5B%5BBuddhist+Hermeneutics%5D%5D +
Jenny+Bondurant+is+a+Buddhist+teacher+who+leads+workshops+and+retreats+for+people+from+all+walks+of+life+and+traditions.+She+has+practiced+meditation+for+over+thirty+years+and+began+teaching+under+the+direction+of+Ch%C3%B6gyam+Trungpa+Rinpoche%2C+with+whom+she+studied+until+his+death.+Her+teacher+is+now+Anam+Thubten%2C+who+has+ordained+her+as+a+teacher+in+his+lineage.+She+lives+in+Santa+Fe%2C+New+Mexico.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquiringmind.com%2Farticle%2F3101_33_bondurant_3-beautiful-loser-shantideva-and-the-way-of-the-bodhisavttva%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+5%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Grigory+Maksimovich+Bongard-Levin+%28Russian%3A+%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%29+%281933%E2%80%932008%29+was+a+Russian+historian+specializing+on+Ancient+India+and+the+history+of+Central+Asia.+He+also+published+on+the+history+of+Russian+emigration.+He+was+a+member+of+the+Russian+Academy+of+Sciences+and+was+awarded+the+USSR+State+Prize+in+1988.+In+2006+he+was+awarded+India%27s+third+highest+civilian+award+Padma+Bhushan+which+ranked+below+Bharat+Ratna+and+Padma+Vibhushan+for+his+contribution+in+the+field+of+Ancient+India+history.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGrigory_Bongard-Levin+Source+Accessed+May+11%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Dr.+Martin+J.+Boord+%28Rig-%E2%80%99dzin+rdo-rje%29%0A%0AAs+one+of+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+%28Chimed+Rigdzin+Rinpoche%3F%29+senior+students%2C+Martin+Boord+is+well+known+already+to+many+people+within+the+Khordong+sangha.%0A%0AVisiting+India+and+Nepal+as+a+teenager+in+1967%2C+Martin+became+a+devoted+Buddhist+and+immediately+embarked+on+the+study+of+Sanskrit+in+order+to+read+the+original+texts.+Receiving+teachings+from+many+of+the+great+Tibetan+masters+of+all+schools+who+had+become+settled+in+India+following+the+takeover+of+their+country+by+Chinese+communists%2C+he+studied+the+doctrines+of+both+s%C5%ABtra+and+tantra.+Over+the+years%2C+he+carefully+surveyed+the+entire+Buddhist+Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka+with+the+lamas+of+Tibet+before+immersing+himself+fully+in+the+guhyamantra+practices+of+the+Nyingma+school+under+the+guidance+of+H.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche+and+Lama+Khamtrul+Yeshe+Dorje%2C+the+renowned+%E2%80%9Cweather+man%E2%80%9D+of+the+Dalai+Lama+in+Dharamsala.+It+was+whilst+on+a+pilgrimage+with+Yeshe+Dorje+to+Sarnath+in+1973+that+Martin+first+met+with+the+Khordong+Terchen+Tulku%2C+Lama+Chhimed+Rigdzin%2C+with+whom+he+immediately+began+to+form+a+close+bond+of+attachment.%0A%0ASubsequently%2C+Martin+invited+Lama+Chhimed+Rigdzin+to+Great+Britain+in+order+to+inaugurate+his+new+Dharma+Centre%2C+granting+empowerments+and+teaching+the+Byang-gter+Dorje+Phurpa+%28Northern+Treasures+Vajrak%C4%ABla%29+for+the+first+time+in+the+west.%0A%0ALater%2C+moving+from+Europe+back+to+India%2C+this+master+and+disciple+together+translated+a+number+of+Byang-gter+texts%2C+including+hundreds+of+pages+of+Vajrak%C4%ABla+S%C4%81dhana+%28practice+texts%29%2C+which+have+remained+the+major+focus+of+Martin%E2%80%99s+life.%0A%0ATaking+the+Byang-gter+Phurpa+as+his+theme%2C+Martin+went+on+to+study+at+the+School+of+Oriental+%26+African+Studies+at+the+University+to+London%2C+for+which+he+was+awarded+a+BA+in+Religious+Studies+%28Buddhism%29%2C+followed+by+the+degree+of+Doctor+of+Philosophy+in+1992.+His+doctoral+thesis+was+subsequently+published+as+The+Cult+of+the+Deity+Vajrak%C4%ABla%2C+by+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Tring%2C+1993.%0A%0AHaving+completed+his+studies+at+SOAS%2C+he+was+awarded+a+scholarship+from+the+Stein-Arnold+Exploration+Fund+which+enabled+him+to+return+to+India+in+order+to+research+the+sacred+geography+of+Sikkim%2C+one+of+the+seven+%E2%80%9Chidden+lands%E2%80%9D+of+Rigzin+Godem.+This+work+was+eventually+published+in+the+Bulletin+of+Tibetology.%0A%0AReading+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+languages%2C+as+well+as+having+studied+Tibetan+art+for+many+years%2C+Martin+has+acted+as+a+consultant+to+the+Ashmolean+Museum%2C+one+of+the+oldest+public+museums+in+Europe%2C+helping+to+identify+and+arrange+their+holdings+of+Tibetan+cultural+artefacts+and+paintings%2C+and+he+continues+to+work+on+similar+projects+at+different+times+when+called+to+do+so.+The+British+Museum%2C+for+example%2C+requested+his+assistance+when+they+were+offered+a+collection+of+Tibetan+phurba+for+purchase%2C+about+which+they+had+no+specialist+knowledge%2C+and+he+has+collaborated+with+the+makers+of+documentary+films+for+television%2C+etc.%0A%0AHaving+spent+many+years+developing+his+understanding+of+the+Dharma+in+meditation+retreats%2C+in+1998+Martin+was+invited+by+Lama+Chhimed+Rigdzin+Rinpoche+to+accompany+him+as+an+assistant+teacher+on+his+European+Dharma+tour%2C+in+order+to+give+teachings+on+the+Deity+Vajrak%C4%ABla+as+part+of+the+Pfauenhof+retreat+in+Germany.+This+was+so+successful+that+the+invitation+was+repeated+in+the+following+years%2C+so+that+Martin+again+gave+Vajrak%C4%ABla+teachings+in+Berlin+in+1999+and+he+accompanied+Rinpoche+to+Oxford%2C+Wales+and+Vienna+in+the+year+2000%2C+where+he+taught+many+aspects+of+the+Vajray%C4%81na+path%2C+as+well+as+his+special+subject+%E2%80%94+the+deity+Vajrak%C4%ABla.+Since+then+Martin+has+given+innumerable+teachings+on+many+aspects+of+the+Byang-gter+tradition%2C+throughout+Europe+and+the+USA.%0A%0AHe+now+lives+and+works+in+Oxford%2C+pursuing+his+research+interests+with+like-minded+academics+and+Dharma+practitioners+at+the+Oriental+Institute%2C+reading+manuscripts+at+the+Indian+Institute+Library+and+working+on+an+ad+hoc+basis+as+Academic+Visitor+with+those+studying+for+doctorates+in+Buddhist+Studies%2C+etc.%0A%0AIn+recent+years%2C+he+has+completed+a+translation+of+the+most+illustrious+commentary+on+Phurba+practice%2C+known+as+The+Black+100%2C000+Words+%28Phur+%E2%80%98grel+%E2%80%98bum+nag%29.+This+important+text+is+a+report+of+a+group+retreat+that+was+undertaken+by+the+three+masters%2C+Padmasambhava%2C+Vimalamitra+and+Silamanju%2C+in+Nepal+in+the+8th+century.+It+was+transmitted+in+Tibet+by+Padmasambhava+to+Yeshe+Tsogyal+and+the+translation+of+this+text+is+now+available+from+edition+khordong+%28published+2002%29.+He+has+also+expanded+his+work+on+the+Northern+Treasures+texts+to+include+further+research+on+the+Hidden+Lands+of+Rigzin+Godem%2C+as+well+as+the+ritual+cycle+of+the+Greatly+Compassionate+Avalokite%C5%9Bvara.+His+text+on+the+Byang-gter+funeral+ce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Otgon+Borjigin+teaches+Mongolian+Historical+Documents+at+Northwest+University+for+Nationalities+in+Lanzhou. +
Frederik+David+Kan+Bosch+%28Potchefstroom%2C+Transvaal%2C+17+June+1887+-+Leiden%2C+20+July+1967%29+was+an+archaeological+scientist+and+restorer+of+the+Borobudur+and+Prambanan+on+Java+from+1915+to+1936.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFrederik_David_Kan_Bosch+Source+Accessed+Sep+14%2C+2021%5D%29 +
James+Evert+Bosson%2C+an+Associate+Professor+at+Univerity+of+California%2C+Berkeley%27s+Department+of+Oriental+Languages+in+1963-1996%2C+was+known+to+his+Mongo1ian+colleagues+and+friends+as+Mergenbatu.+A+graduate+from+University+of+Washington+and+a+student+of+Nicho1as+Poppe%2C+Bosson%27s+Ph.D.+Dissertation+was+an+annotated+translation+of+Sakya+Pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dta%27s+%27%27A+Treasury+of+Aphoristic+Jewels%3A+The+Subh%C4%81%E1%B9%A3itaranadhi+of+Sa+Skya+Pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita+in+Tibetan+and+Mongolian%27%27%2C+the+most+detailed+translation+from+two+languages+to+this+day.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26865352%3Fread-now%3D1%26seq%3D1%23page_scan_tab_contents+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Daniel+Boucher%27s+scholarly+focus+is+Buddhist+studies%2C+particularly+the+early+development+of+the+cluster+of+Indian+Buddhist+movements+called+the+Mahayana+and+their+transmission+to+China+in+the+first+few+centuries+of+the+Common+Era.+His+related+interests+include+translation+as+a+religious+genre%2C+with+special+focus+on+the+earliest+translations+of+Buddhist+texts+into+Chinese%3B+Buddhist+Middle+Indo-Aryan%2C+particularly+the+role+of+Gandhari+Prakrit+in+the+earliest+transmission+of+Buddhism+to+Central+Asia+and+China%3B+art+historical%2C+epigraphical%2C+and+archeological+materials+as+sources+for+the+study+of+religion%3B+and+history%2C+theory%2C+and+methods+in+the+academic+study+of+religion.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligious-studies.cornell.edu%2Fdaniel-boucher+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2021%5D%29 +
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Lara+Braitstein+is+Associate+Professor+of+Indian+and+Tibetan+Buddhism+at+McGill+University.+She+has+also+taught+at+the+Karmapa+International+Buddhist+Institute+%28K.I.B.I.%29+in+New+Delhi%2C+and+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Kathmandu.+She+teaches+Mahayana+%26+Vajrayana+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+Buddhist+Hagiography%2C+and+Tibetan%2FHimalayan+Buddhist+literature+and+historiography.+She+translated+the+14th+Shamarpa%E2%80%99s+%27%27The+Path+to+Awakening%27%27%2C+and+is+the+author+of+%27%27The+Adamantine+Songs%27%27%3A+Study%2C+Translation%2C+and+Tibetan+Critical+Edition%2C+a+study+of+Saraha%E2%80%99s+Mahamudra+poems.+Her+recent+research+is+a+study+dedicated+to+untangling+the+history+and+representation+of+the+10th+Shamarpa+Chodrup+Gyatso+%281742-1792%29.%0A%0AHer+research+has+been+supported+by+SSHRC+%282008-11%29+and+Bukky%C5%8D+Dend%C5%8D+Ky%C5%8Dkai+%282009%29%2C+and+she+is+a+member+of+the+FRQSC+funded+research+group+Groupe+de+recherche+interuniversitaire+sur+le+Tibet+et+l%E2%80%99Himalaya+%28GRITH%29%2C+an+initiative+that+brings+together+academics+in+Qu%C3%A9bec+carrying+out+research+about+the+greater+Himalayan+region+%28https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grith.fss.ulaval.ca%2Fen%29.+%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcgill.ca%2Freligiousstudies%2Flara-e-braitstein+Source%3A+Adapted+from+McGill+University+Webpage%5D%29 +
Joshua+is+a+doctoral+candidate+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+Northwestern+University.+His+dissertation+research+considers+the+gendered+dimensions+of+tantric+ritual%2C+narrative%2C+and+ideology+in+Tibetan+Vajray%C4%81na+Buddhism%2C+with+particular+interest+in+the+role+of+masculinity+in+tantric+Buddhist+subject+formation.+His+dissertation+focuses+on+the+life+and+writings+of+Do+Khyents%C3%A9+Yesh%C3%A9+Dorj%C3%A9%2C+the+deer-hunting%2C+alcohol-drinking%2C+gun-wielding+tantric+master+from+the+Golok+region+of+eastern+Tibet.+He+holds+an+M.A.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Colorado+Boulder%2C++an+M.Div.+in+Indo-Tibetan+Buddhism+from+Naropa+University%2C+and+a+B.A.+in+Religious+Studies+from+Georgetown.+He+is+advised+by+Sarah+Jacoby.%0A%0AJoshua+currently+serves+as+the+Graduate+Coordinator+for+the+Khyentse+Foundation+Buddhist+Studies+Lecture+Series+at+Northwestern.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligious-studies.northwestern.edu%2Fpeople%2Fgraduate-students%2Fjoshua-shelton.html+Source+Accessed+Oct.+31%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Filippo+Brambilla+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+the+Department+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+of+the+University+of+Vienna.+He+is+currently+writing+his+dissertation+on+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho+%281880%E2%80%931940%29%2C+a+late+Jo+nang+scholar+whose+philosophical+works+are+characterized+by+a+distinctive+approach+that+reconciles+typically+rang+stong+positions+with+more+orthodox+Jo+nang+views.+Filippo%E2%80%99s+PhD+thesis+will+include+a+complete+edition+and+translation+of+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho%E2%80%99s+Illuminating+Light+%28%27%27Rab+gsal+snang%27%27%29.+Recently%2C+Filippo+also+started+working+as+a+researcher+in+the+FWF+funded+project+%E2%80%9CEmptiness+of+Other+%28gZhan+stong%29+in+the+Early+Jo+nang+Tradition.%E2%80%9D+He+holds+a+BA+and+an+MA+in+Languages+and+Cultures+of+Eastern+Asia%2C+with+specialization+in+Chinese+language+and+culture%2C+from+Ca%E2%80%99+Foscari+University+of+Venice.+Filippo+has+also+spent+long+periods+of+study+and+research+in+China+and+Eastern+Tibet.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fsession%2Fempty-of-true-existence-yet-full-of-qualities-tshogs-gnyis-rgya-mtsho-1880-1940-on-buddha-nature%2F+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+Across+Asia%5D%29 +
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Martin+Brauen%2C+Ph.D.%2C+is+Lecturer+and+Head+of+the+Department+of+Tibet%2C+Himalaya%2C+and+Far+East+at+the+Ethnographic+Museum+of+the+University+of+Zurich%2C+Switzerland.+He+studied+Cultural+and+Social+Anthropology%2C+History+of+Religions%2C+and+Buddhism+at+Zurich+and+Delhi+Universities.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2FMandala-Sacred-Circle-Tibetan-Buddhism-Brauen%2F31252551924%2Fbd+Source+Accessed+Mar+7%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Born+in+1953%2C+Sonam+Dolma+Brauen+spent+the+first+six+years+of+her+life+in+Tibet.+Due+to+the+Chinese+occupation+of+Tibet%2C+she+fled+across+the+Himalayan+mountains+with+her+family+to+India+in+1959.+From+the+age+of+seven%2C+Sonam+joined+her+mother+in+working+in+road+construction+to+support+their+family.+She+began+attending+school+for+the+first+time+at+age+13%2C+learning+English+and+basic+studies+at+an+English+Medium+School+in+India.+At+the+age+of+19%2C+Sonam+and+her+mother+emigrated+to+Switzerland%2C+where+she+married+Swiss+anthropologist+and+curator+Martin+Brauen.+They+have+two+children.%0A%0ASonam+began+her+training+in+1990%2C+studying+at+Art+School+Bern+with+Arthur+Freuler%2C+Leopold+Schropp%2C+Mariann+Bissegger%2C+and+most+significantly%2C+Serge+Fausto+Sommer.+The+majority+of+her+paintings+are+abstract.+They+are+illusory+appearances+following+the+Buddhist+belief+that+all+appearance+is+ultimately+illusory.%0A%0AAfter+moving+to+New+York+City+in+2008%2C+where+she+lived+for+four+years%2C+she+began+working+more+with+installations+using+materials+and+objects+like+used+monk+robes+from+Asia%2C+plaster%2C+empty+amunition+shells.+Provocative+works+utilize+teeth+and+used+ammunition+in+pieces+that+comment+on+contemporary+society.%0A%0AHer+installations+express+ongoing+themes+that+preoccupy+her%3A+Machoism+and+its+relation+to+power%2C+money+and+war%3B+and+the+political+situation+in+her+home+country+Tibet.+%0A%0AHer+work+has+been+shown+worldwide+alongside+artists+such+as++Bill+Viola+and+Zhang+Huan%2C+Jenny+Holzer%2C+Kiki+Smith+and+Robert+Longo+among+others.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonambrauen.net%2Fbio+Source+Accessed+Oct.+31%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Torkel+Brekke+works+part-time+as+a+religious+historian+in+Civita+and+head+of+the+Civita+Academy.+Brekke+is+professor+of+cultural+and+religious+diversity+at+the+Institute+for+International+Studies+and+Interpreter+Education+at+OsloMet.+Brekke+is+also+associated+with+the+Institute+for+Peace+Research+%28PRIO%29.+In+2007%2C+Brekke+became+professor+of+religious+history+and+South+Asian+area+studies+at+the+Department+of+Cultural+Studies+and+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bat+the+University+of+Oslo.+He+has+a+PhD+from+the+University+of+Oxford%2C+and+has+written+and+edited+a+number+of+books+and+articles+on+the+relationship+between+culture+and+politics.+He+has+worked+as+an+adviser+in+the+Ministry+of+Defence%2C+and+has+had+several+types+of+engagements+for+the+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs.+He+is+a+regular+writer+for+Dagbladet%2C+and+sits+on+the+Swedish+Science+Council.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcivita.no%2Fperson%2Ftorkel-brekke%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
2014+-+present%0AProfessor%2C+Department+of+Philosophy+and+Religious+Studies%2C+Norwegian+University+of+Science+and+Technology%2C+Trondheim+%28Norway%29%0A%0A2008+-+2014%0AProfessor%2C+Chair+for+Religious+Studies%2C+Ruhr-Universit%C3%A4t+Bochum%2C+Bochum+%28Germany%29%0A%0A2008%0ASenior+Assistant%2C+Institute+for+the+Science+of+Religion+and+Central+Asian+Studies%2C+University+of+Bern%2C+Bern+%28Switzerland%29%0A%0A2001+-+2007%0AAssistant%2C+Institute+for+the+Science+of+Religion+and+Central+Asian+Studies%2C+University+of+Bern++%0A%0A2000+-+2001%0ATemporary+lecturer%2C+Institute+for+the+Science+of+Religion+and+Central+Asian+Studies%2C+University+of+Bern%2C+Bern+%0A%0A2000+-+2001%0AAssistant%2C+Department+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Georg-August-University%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen+%28Germany%29%0A%0A%E2%80%8B1998+-+2001%0ATemporary+lecturer%2C+Department+of+Religious+Studies%2C+Georg-August-University%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen+%0A%0A1998+-+2000%0ATemporary+lecturer%2C+Department+of+Indian+and+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Georg-August-University%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen++%0A%0A%E2%80%8B2000%0APhd+%28Dr.+phil.%29%2C+Indology%2C+Tibetology%2C+Study+of+Religions%2C+Georg-August-University%2C+G%C3%B6ttingen++%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.multiple-secularities.de%2Fteam%2Fprof-dr-sven-bretfeld%2F+Source+Accessed+on+May+4%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Michael+M.+Broido+%28Ph.D.%2C+Cambridge+University%2C+1967%29+is+Senior%0AResearch+Fellow+in+Linguistics+at+Magdalen+College%2C+University+of%0AOxford.+His+research+has+included+work+on+Tibetan+interpretations+of%0AMadhyamaka+and+Vajrayana+thought%2C+especially+in+relation+to+their%0AIndian+prototypes.+His+articles+on+Indian+and+Tibetan+hermeneutics%0Ahave+appeared+in+the+Journal+of+the+Tibet+Society+and+the+Journal+of+Indian%0APhilosophy.%0A%0ASource%3A+%5B%5BBuddhist+Hermeneutics%5D%5D +
David+R.+Brockman%2C+Ph.D.%2C+is+a+nonresident+scholar+for+the+Baker+Institute%E2%80%99s+Religion+and+Public+Policy+Program.+He+is+also+an+adjunct+professor+at+both+Texas+Christian+University+and+Southern+Methodist+University%2C+where+he+teaches+various+courses+in+religion+and+religious+studies.%0A%0AFrom+2010+to+2012%2C+Brockman+served+as+the+project+director+for+the+World+Conference+of+Associations+of+Theological+Institutions.++He+is+the+author+several+books%2C+including+%E2%80%9CDialectical+Democracy+through+Christian+Thought%3A+Individualism%2C+Relationalism%2C+and+American+Politics%E2%80%9D+%28Palgrave-Macmillan%2C+2013%29+and+%E2%80%9CNo+Longer+the+Same%3A+Religious+Others+and+the+Liberation+of+Christian+Theology%E2%80%9D+%28Palgrave-Macmillan%2C+2011%29.+His+forthcoming+publication%2C+%E2%80%9CEducating+For+Pluralism%2C+or+Against+It%3F+Lessons+from+Texas+and+Quebec+on+Teaching+Religion+in+Public+Schools%2C%E2%80%9D+will+appear+in+Religion+%26+Education.%0A%0ABrockman+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+religious+studies+from+Southern+Methodist+University.+He+received+a+Master+of+Theological+Studies+degree+from+the+Brite+Divinity+School+at+Texas+Christian+University+and+his+bachelor%E2%80%99s+degree+in+English+and+education+from+the+University+of+Texas+at+Arlington.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bakerinstitute.org%2Fexperts%2Fdavid-r-brockman%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+25%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Jeffrey+L.+Broughton+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Religious+Studies+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Long+Beach.+Professor+Broughton%27s+specialty+is+Buddhist+Studies+%28early+Ch%27an+texts%29.+He+has+a+B.A.+from+Columbia+College+in+English+Literature+and+Oriental+Studies+and+an+M.A.+and+Ph.D.+in+Classical+Chinese+from+Columbia%27s+Department+of+East+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures. +
Brian+Edward+Brown+was+an+undergraduate+and+graduate+student+of+Thomas+Berry+at+Fordham+University+where+he+earned+his+doctorate+in+the+History+of+Religions%2C+specializing+in+Buddhist+thought.+He+subsequently+earned+his+doctorate+in+law+from+New+York+University.+Currently+he+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Religious+Studies+at+Iona+College%2C+New+Rochelle%2C+N.Y.+He+is+the+co-founder+of+The+Thomas+Berry+Forum+for+Ecological+Dialogue+at+Iona+as+well+as+being+one+of+the+founding+faculty+of+the+Integral+Environmental+Studies+major+at+Iona%2C+a+joint+venture+of+the+departments+of+biology%2C+political+science+and+religious+studies.+He+is+the+author+of+two+principal+texts%3A+%27%27The+Buddha+Nature%3A+A+Study+of+the+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+and+%C4%80layavij%C3%B1%C4%81na%27%27+%28Motilal+Banarsidass%2C1991%2C+reprinted+1994%2C+2003%2C+2010%29%2C+and+%27%27Religion%2C+Law+and+the+Land%3A+Native+Americans+and+the+Judicial+Determination+of+Sacred+Land%27%27+%28Westport%2C+Greenwood+Press%2C+1999%29.+He+is+co-editor+of+%27%27Augustine+and+World+Religions%27%27+%28Lexington+Books%2C+2008%29.+Among+his+other+publications+are+articles+which+have+addressed+the+ecological+implications+of+the+Buddhist+and+Native+American+tribal+traditions%2C+as+well+as+the+Earth+jurisprudence+of+Thomas+Berry.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fthomasberry.org%2Flife-and-thought%2Fpast-award-recipients+Adapted+from+Source+Jul+20%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Claudia+Brown+joined+the+art+history+faculty+at+the+Herberger+College+School+of+Art%2C+Arizona+State+University+in+1998.+Recently%2C+she+served+a+four-year+term+as+director+of+the+ASU+Center+for+Asian+Studies.%0A%0APrior+to+coming+to+ASU+Herberger+College+of+the+Arts%2C+Professor+Brown+served+as+curator+of+Asian+Art+at+the+Phoenix+Art+Museum+since+1979.+She+continues+to+serve+as+consultant+Research+Curator+for+Asian+Art+at+Phoenix+Art+Museum%2C+and+published+two+of+the+museum%E2%80%99s+exhibition+catalogs%2C+%22Weaving+China%E2%80%99s+Past%3A+The+Amy+S.+Clague+Collection+of+Chinese+Textiles%22+%282000%29+and+%22Minol+Araki%22+%281999%29.%0A%0AWhile+finishing+her+doctoral+work+in+the+history+of+Chinese+art+at+the+University+of+Kansas%2C+Brown+worked+at+the+National+Palace+Museum%2C+Taiwan%2C+and+taught+at+California+State+University+Long+Beach.%0A%0AProfessor+Brown%27s+art+historical+exhibitions%2C+organized+for+the+Phoenix+Art+Museum+and+other+institutions%2C+have+been+shown+widely%2C+including+international+venues+at+the+Museum+f%C3%BCr+Ostasiatiche+Kunst%2C+Berlin+%281995%29%3B+Mus%C3%A9e+Cernuschi%2C+Paris+%281999%29%3B+Hong+Kong+Museum+of+Art+%281993%29%3B+and+the+Suntory+Museum+of+Art%2C+Tokyo+%281988%29.+Nationally%2C+Brown%27s+exhibitions+have+been+presented+at+the+Metropolitan+Museum+of+Art%2C+New+York+%281985%29%3B+the+China+Institute+in+America%2C+New+York+%281990+and+2003%29%3B+the+Denver+Art+Museum+%281992%29%3B+Honolulu+Academy+of+Arts+%281993%29%3B+and+the+Arthur+M.+Sackler+Museum+at+Harvard+University+%281991%29.%0A%0AHer+research+and+teaching+interests+lie+in+later+Chinese+painting+and+decorative+arts%2C+museums+and+exhibitions.+She+has+lectured+in+China%2C+India%2C+Korea+and+Taiwan.+Her+book%2C+%22Great+Qing%3A+Painting+in+China%2C+1644%E2%80%931911%2C%22+was+published+by+University+of+Washington+Press+in+2014.++She+is+currently+working+on+a+book+on+the+arts+of+the+Qing+dynasty.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsearch.asu.edu%2Fprofile%2F190460+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29
Daniel+Brown+is+the+author+of+15+books+including+Transformations+of+Consciousness+%28with+Ken+Wilbur+%26+Jack+Engler%29%2C+and+a+book+on+Mahamudra%2C++Pointing+Out+the+Great+Way%3A+The+Mahamudra+Tradition+of+Tibetan+Meditation-Stages+%28Wisdom+Publications%29%2C+and+two+books+on+public+dialogues+with+H.H.+The+Dalai+Lama.+He+is+also+the+co-author+of+a+forthcoming+book+on+the+Bon+A+Khrid+lineage+of+Bon+Great+Completion+Meditation.+%0A%0AIn+graduate+school+at+The+University+of+Chicago+he+studied+Sanskrit+with+Hans+van+Beutenen%2C+and+also+studied+Tibetan%2C+Buddhist+Sanskrit%2C+and+Pali+languages+in+the+Buddhist+Studies+Program+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin%2C+Madison+WI.+He+spent+10+years+translating+meditation+texts+for+his+doctoral+dissertation+on+Tibetan+Buddhist+Mahamudra+meditation.%0A%0AHe+has+studied+meditation+practice+for+about+45+years%2C+beginning+with+reading+Patanjali%E2%80%99s+Yogasutras+and+its+main+commentaries+in+the+original+Sanskrit+with+the+great+historian+of+religion+professor+Mircea+Eliade%2C+as+well+as+practicing+Patanjali%27s+stages+of+meditation+directly+with+Dr.+Arwind+Vasavada.+At+the+same+time%2C+Dr.+Brown+studied+the+Burmese+Theravadin+Buddhist+mindfulness+meditation%2C+first+with+Western+teachers+in+the+United+States+like+Jack+Kornfield%2C+Joseph+Goldstein%2C+Sharon+Salzberg%2C+and+Christopher+Titmus%2C+and+then+directly+with+the+originator+of+the+Burmese+mindfulness+tradition%2C++Mahasi+Sayadaw+in+Rangoon%2C+Burma+and+other+masters+like+Tungpulo+Sayadaw+and+Achaan+Cha.+Read+more+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.drdanielpbrown.com%2Fbuddhist-meditation-teacher+here%5D. +
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Born+in+Germany%2C+Karl+Brunnh%C3%B6lzl%2C+M.D.+was+trained+as+a+physician+in+Germany.+He+studied+Tibetology%2C+Buddhology%2C+and+Sanskrit+at+%5B%5BHamburg+University%5D%5D.+He+received+training+in+Tibetan+language+and+Buddhist+philosophy+and+practice+at+the+Marpa+Institute+for+Translators%2C+founded+by+%5B%5BKhenpo+Tsultrim+Gyamsto+Rinpoche%5D%5D.%0A%3Cbr%3E%0A%5B%5BThe+Foliage+of+Superior+Insight%7CAsh%C3%A9+Journal+Article%5D%5D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nalandabodhi.org%2Fteachers%2Fwestern-teachers%2Fkarl-brunnholzl.aspx+Nalandabodhi+teacher+page%5D%0A%3Cbr%3E%0A%27%27%27Brief+Biography%3A%27%27%27%0A%0AKarl+was+originally+trained%2C+and+worked%2C+as+a+physician.+He+took+Buddhist+refuge+vows+in+1984+and%2C+in+1990%2C+completed+a+five-year+training+in+higher+Buddhist+philosophy+at+Kamalashila+Institute%2C+Germany%2C+receiving+the+traditional+Kagy%C3%BC+title+of+%22dharma+tutor%22+%28Tib.+skyor+dpon%29.+Since+1988%2C+he+received+his+Buddhist+and+Tibetan+language+training+mainly+at+Marpa+Institute+For+Translators+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal+%28director%3A+Khenpo+Ts%C3%BCltrim+Gyamtso+Rinpoche%29+and+also+studied+Tibetology%2C+Buddhology%2C+and+Sanskrit+at+Hamburg+University%2C+Germany.+Since+1989%2C+Karl+served+as+a+translator%2C+interpreter%2C+and+Buddhist+teacher+mainly+in+Europe%2C+India%2C+and+Nepal.+Since+1999%2C+he+has+acted+as+one+of+the+main+translators+and+teachers+at+Nitartha+Institute+%28director%3A+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche%29+in+the+USA%2C+Canada%2C+and+Germany.+In+addition%2C+he+regularly+taught+at+Gampo+Abbey%27s+Vidyadhara+Institute+from+2000-2007.+He+is+the+author+of+several+books+on+Buddhism%2C+such+as+The+Center+of+the+Sunlit+Sky%2C+Straight+from+the+Heart%2C+In+Praise+of+Dharmadh%C4%81tu%2C+and+Luminous+Heart+%28all+Snow+Lion+Publications%29.%0A%0AKarl+met+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche+in+1986+during+Rinpoche%27s+first+teaching+tour+through+Europe%2C+receiving+extensive+teachings+as+well+as+pratimoksha+vows+from+him+during+the+following+years+in+both+Europe+and+Nepal%2C+and+later+also+in+Canada+and+the+USA.+He+served+as+Rinpoche%27s+personal+translator+during+his+teachings+tours+in+Europe+%28particularly+at+Nitartha+Institute+in+Germany%29+from+1999-2005.+In+2005%2C+he+was+appointed+as+one+of+five+Western+Nalandabodhi+teachers+and+given+the+title+%22mitra.%22%0AIn+2006%2C+he+moved+to+Seattle+and+works+as+a+full-time+Tibetan+translator+for+Tsadra+Foundation.+Since+his+arrival+in+Seattle%2C+Karl+was+instrumental+in+creating+the+new+introductory+NB+Buddhism+100+Series%2C+leads+NB+Study+Path+classes%2C+presents+weekend+courses+and+open+house+talks+at+Nalanda+West%2C+offers+selected+teachings+to+the+Vajrasattva+and+Mahamudra+practice+communities%2C+and+provides+personal+guidance+as+a+PI.+He+also+teaches+weekend+seminars+and+Nitartha+Institute+courses+in+NB+centers+in+the+US%2C+Canada%2C+and+Mexico+as+well+as+other+locations.%0A%0AWithin+the+Mitra+Council%2C+Karl+is+the+current+Dean+until+2010+and+is+mainly+supervising+and+revising+the+NB+Study+Path+%28which+includes+revising+the+Hinayana+and+Mahayana+study+path+and+creating+a+Vajrayana+study+path%29.+While+enthusiastic+about+all+facets+of+the+dharma%2C+his+main+interests+are+the+teachings+on+Mahamudra%2C+Yogacara+and+Buddha+Nature%2C+and+to+make+the+essential+teachings+by+the+Karmapas+and+other+major+Kagyu+lineage+figures+available+to+contemporary+Western+audiences.+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nalandabodhi.org%2Fteachers%2Fwestern-teachers%2Fkarl-brunnholzl.aspx+Source%5D
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Sonam+Peldren+%28bsod+nam+dpal+%27dren%29+was+born+on+the+seventeenth+day+of+the+tenth+month+of+the+earth+male-dragon+year+%28either+1268+or+1328%29.+Her+mother+was+named+Nezang+Chotso+%28gnas+bzang+chos+mtsho%29%3B+her+father+was+named+Yondak+Ngoli+%28yon+bdag+sngo+li%29+and+was+a+descendent+of+the+Tong+%28stong%29+clan.+She+was+born+in+a+place+called+Tashipa+Janggyab+%28bkra+shis+pa+byang+rgyab%29+in+Dam+Sho+%28%27dam+shod%29%2C+in+the+Nol+%28snol%29+district+of+U+%28dbus%29%2C+near+the+Nyenchen+Tanglha+mountain+range+%28gnyen+chen+thang+lha%29.+Her+birth+name+was+Gego+%28ge+god%29%3B+sometime+after+her+marriage+at+age+seventeen+she+was+renamed+Sonam+Peldren.+She+was+the+youngest+of+four+children%3A+she+had+two+elder+brothers+named+Azang+%28a+%27zang%29+and+Kunchog+Gyab+%28dkon+mchog+skyabs%29%2C+and+one+elder+sister+named+Chokyi+%28chos+skyid.%29%0A%0ALittle+is+known+of+the+years+between+Sonam+Peldren%27s+birth+and+her+marriage+at+age+sixteen+other+than+that+her+mother+passed+away%2C+her+father+remarried%2C+and+that+she+was+a+calm+child+liked+by+all.+When+Sonam+Peldren+was+seventeen+years+old%2C+her+father+arranged+her+marriage%2C+choosing+from+among+three+available+suitors%3A+Chakdor+Kyab+%28phyag+dor+skyabs%29%2C+described+simply+as+a+nomad+from+Kham%2C+and+who+is+more+commonly+known+by+the+name+Rinchen+Pel%3B+Ga+Yar+%28%27ga%27+yar%29%2C+also+described+only+as+a+nomad+from+Kham%3B+and+Pelek+%28dpal+legs%29%2C+described+as+the+chief+scribe+%28dpon+yig%29+from+a+wealthy+local+family+in+central+Tibet.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+father%2C+with+the+strong+approval+of+his+wife+and+extended+family%2C+betrothed+Sonam+Peldren+to+the+scribe+Pelek.%0A%0ASonam+Peldren%2C+however%2C+refused+to+marry+the+groom+of+her+family%27s+choice%2C+and+instead+insisted+that+she+marry+Rinchen+Pel%2C+claiming+that+her+union+with+Rinchen+Pel+was+karmically+predestined.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+father%2C+step-mother%2C+sister%2C+brothers%2C+and+several+other+relatives+questioned+Sonam+Peldren%27s+refusal+to+marry+a+wealthy+man+from+central+Tibet+to+marry+instead+a+landless+man+from+the+%22miserable+region%22+%28sdugs+sa%2C+sic%29+of+Kham.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+fianc%C3%A9+himself+was+appalled+by+the+adamant+refusal+of+his+betrothed+to+follow+her+father%27s+wishes%2C+and+eventually+withdrew+his+offer+of+marriage.+Sonam+Peldren%27s+family+reluctantly+returned+the+gifts+received+from+the+scribe+and+his+family%3B+after+Rinchen+Pel+supplied+his+own+gifts%2C+the+two+were+considered+married.+Following+her+death+it+was+Rinchen+Pel+who+would+promote+her+teachings+and+visions%2C+in+part+with+a+written+narrative+of+her+life.%0A%0AThe+biography+of+Sonam+Peldren+records+only+general+stories+about+the+events+in+Sonam+Peldren%27s+life+between+her+marriage+at+age+sixteen+and+the+final+months+of+her+life+before+her+death+at+age+forty-four.+Sonam+Peldren+lived+as+a+nomad+and+traveled+with+her+husband+and+fellow+nomads%2C+first+in+the+central+Tibetan+region+of+U-Tsang+%28dbus+gtsang%29+until+she+was+thirty+years+old%2C+and+then+in+the+%22eight+valley%22+region+%28brgyad+shod%29+of+eastern+Tibet+until+her+death.+Sonam+Peldren+and+Rinchen+Pel+had+four+children%3A+two+sons+named+Sonam+Dondrub+%28bsod+nams+don+%27grub%29+and+Tsukdor+Gyab+%28gtsug+tor+skyabs%29+and+two+daughters+named+Gumril+or+Gumrim+%28gum+ril%2Fm%29+and+Sonam+Kyi+%28bsod+nams+skyid%29+The+birth+order+of+these+children%2C+and+Sonam+Peldren%27s+age+at+their+birth%2C+is+not+known.%0A%0AThese+years+of+travel+are+described+in+the+biography+as+punctuated+by+Sonam+Peldren%27s+miracles+and+acts+of+generosity.+For+example%2C+her+biography+recounts+that+Sonam+Peldren+gave+nearly+all+of+her+clothing+to+beggars%2C+opting+to+live+in+a+simple+cotton+piece+of+clothing+without+shoes%3B+it+was+said+that+while+other+members+of+her+group+developed+frostbite+underneath+their+thick+clothing%2C+Sonam+Peldren%2C+barefoot+and+wearing+only+a+cotton+tunic%2C+walked+unimpeded+through+the+snow%2C+melting+it+with+her+feet.++%0A%0AOther+examples+of+miracles+attributed+to+Sonam+Peldren+include+the+following%3A+when+traveling+over+a+snowy+mountain+pass%2C+she+dug+a+tunnel+through+the+snow+covering+the+mountain+pass+and+traveled+straight+through+to+the+other+side%2C+shocking+the+other+nomads+who+traveled+around+the+peak+by+reaching+their+destination+first%3B+she+broke+up+a+knife+fight+by+grabbing+four+men+in+each+of+her+hands+and+holding+them+apart+until+they+ceased+quarreling%3B+when+a+bandit+stole+most+of+the+nomadic+group%27s+horses+in+the+middle+of+the+night%2C+she+leapt+onto+the+nearest+remaining+horse%2C+raced+down+the+road+after+the+fleeing+animals%2C+and%2C+grabbing+the+animals%27+manes+with+her+left+and+right+hands%2C+led+them+back+to+camp%3B+she+carried+the+carcass+of+a+fallen+yak+up+a+steep+mountainside+and+back+to+her+nomad+encampment+for+their+consumption%3B+when+the+ice+over+a+river+broke+beneath+the+feet+of+a+pack+animal%2C+she+yanked+the+yak+out+of+the+freezing+water+by+its+tail%2C+pulling+it+to+safety%3B+she+flung+a+load+of+barley+off+the+back+of+one+pack+animal+and+onto+another+when+the+animal+became+lodged+in+a+narrow+pass%3B+when+a+pack+animal+stumbled+and+fell+over+a+rocky+cliff%2C+she+reached+down+and+pulled+it+up+to+safety.%0A%0AWithout+exception%2C+the+biography+describes+these+episodes+ending+with+Sonam+Peldren+glibly+attributing+her+accomplishments+to+luck+or+fortuitous+circumstances%3B+for+example%2C+she+explained+that+a+huge+wave+had+actually+lifted+the+yak+out+of+the+freezing+river.+Also+without+exception%2C+the+biography+records+that+her+fellow+nomads+somehow+failed+to+recognize+Sonam+Peldren%27s+abilities.%0A%0AIn+the+final+year+of+her+life%2C+when+she+and+her+fellow+nomads+were+traveling+in+a+Ya+Nga+near+what+is+now+the+city+of+Chamda+%28bya+%2F+lcam+mda%27%29+in+today%27s+Driru+%28%27bri+ru%29+county+in+the+Tibet+Autonomous+Region%2C+Sonam+Peldren+gave+increasingly+explicit+religious+interpretations+of+her+actions+to+Rinchen+Pel%2C+and+described+her+dreams%2C+visions%2C+and+premonitions+of+death.%0A%0AIn+particular%2C+Sonam+Peldren+described+recurring+dreams+and+waking+visions+in+which+unnamed+various+female+figures%2C+each+with+their+own+retinue%2C+appeared+before+her.+Explaining+that+a+plague+would+erupt+in+the+nomad+community+if+Sonam+Peldren+did+not+accompany+them+by+the+fifth+month+of+that+year%2C+the+female+figures+demanded+that+Sonam+Peldren+leave+her+nomad+group+and+travel+with+them.+Sonam+Peldren+interpreted+these+dreams+and+visions+to+mean+that+she+would+die+in+the+fifth+month.%0A%0AFollowing+these+visions+and+for+the+next+several+months%2C+Sonam+Peldren+claimed+to+experience+visions%2C+gave+increasingly+lengthy+teachings+to+Rinchen+Pel+about+the+religious+nature+of+her+identity+and+daily+activities%2C+and+continued+to+express+a+conviction+that+her+death+was+imminent+and+that+relics+would+be+found+in+her+cremation+ashes.+Many+of+her+teachings%2C+which+took+the+form+of+spontaneous+songs+%28mgur%29%2C+focused+on+basic+Buddhist+doctrines+of+impermanence%2C+non-attachment%2C+and+so+forth.+Other+speeches+made+reference+to+esoteric+Buddhist+practices+and+philosophies%2C+such+as+the+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81+and+other+doctrines+typically+associated+with+the+Kagyu+school+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+These+teachings+were+noteworthy+given+the+absence+of+any+religious+training+or+practice+up+to+that+point%2C+a+topic+which+Sonam+Peldren%27s+husband%2C+family%2C+and+community+returned+to+repeatedly+in+their+criticisms+of+her+claims.%0A%0AOn+the+predicted+day+of+the+fifth+month+of+the+water+mouse+year%2C+Sonam+Peldren+declared+that+she+was+ready+to+die.+According+to+her+husband%27s+account%2C+she+first+claimed+to+see+multi-colored+ma%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dalas+of+d%C4%81kin%C4%ABs+and+tutelary+deities+in+the+sky%2C+then+conducted+an+offering+ritual%2C+and+declared+that+she+was+ready+%22to+go.%22+Crying+%22Heek%21%22+her+body+was+said+to+have+shot+into+the+sky%2C+then+to+have+come+down+and+bounced+five+times%2C+each+time+higher.+Finally%2C+her+corpse+glowed+with+white+light%3B+gods+and+goddesses+of+light+poured+from+her+body%2C+and+accompanied+her+consciousness+as+it+departed+for+a+Buddha+realm.+The+corpse+descended+slowly+to+earth+and+landed+in+a+seated+posture+on+the+ground.+A+red+drop+appeared+in+the+right+nostril+and+a+white+drop+in+the+left%3B+when+Rinchen+Pel+wiped+the+drops+away+with+a+flat+rock%2C+images+of+a+red+sow+and+a+deity+wearing+a+tiger+skin+appeared+on+the+surface+of+the+stone.+Rainbows+were+seen%2C+and+that+night+visions+of+palaces+and+various+mandalas+filled+the+sky.%0A%0AThe+date+of+her+death+given+in+her+biography+is+the+twenty-third+day+of+the+fifth+month+of+the+water+male-mouse+year+%281312+or+1372%29%2C+meaning+she+would+have+been+about+forty-four+years+old.%0A%0AUpon+cremation+Sonam+Peldren%27s+skeleton+was+said+to+be+found+covered+with+images%3A+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs+and+dharma+protectors%3B+multiple+images+of+Vajrav%C4%81rah%C4%AB+%28known+as+Dorje+Pakmo+in+Tibetan%29%2C+Vajr%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%2C+the+Buddha+%C5%9A%C4%81kyamuni%2C+T%C4%81r%C4%81%2C+Vairocana%2C+Cakrasa%E1%B9%83vara%2C+Vajrasattva%2C+Ratnasambhava%2C+Amit%C4%81bha%2C+Maitreya%2C+Vajrayogin%C4%AB%2C+D%C4%ABpa%E1%B9%83kara+and+Vajradhara.+Also+said+to+be+visible+were+the+thirty-two+print+and+cursive+letters+of+the+Tibetan+alphabet%3B+multiple+and+variously-colored+sows%3B+an+elephant%2C+vajra%2C+conch+shell%2C+fish%2C+and+bell%3B+and+the+letter+%22Ah%22+as+well+as+the+syllable+%22Tam%22.+On+her+pelvic+bone+were+signs+of+the+secret+wisdom+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%AB%2C+a+triangle%2C+the+syllable+%22Bam%2C%22+a+flower%2C+two+%E1%B8%8D%C4%81kin%C4%ABs%2C+and+three+circles+of+mantras.%0A%0AFor+Rinchen+Pel%2C+Sonam+Peldren%27s+miraculous+death+vindicated+her+claims+of+religious+authority%3B+others+in+her+community+were+not+convinced.+Beginning+seven+months+after+her+passing%2C+Rinchen+Pel+claimed+to+experience+nine+posthumous+encounters+with+Sonam+Peldren.+The+nature+of+these+encounters+varied.+In+some%2C+Rinchen+Pel+asked+questions%2C+su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Served+as+Khenpo+at+Kathok+during+the+time+of+the+sixth+drung+rabs+of+Rdo+rje+%27od+zer. +
David+Bubna-Litic+is+an+internationally+recognized+interdisciplinary+scholar+with+interests+in+whole+of+systems+thinking+applied+to+individual%2C+organizational%2C+economic%2C+and+social+change.%0A%0AHe+researches+the+dialogue+between+mindful+ways+of+being+%28presence%29%2C+deep+integrity%2C+eastern+philosophy%2C+and+established+western+disciplines+to+create+a+merged+horizon+for+social+and+economic+change.%0A%0AHe+is+Senior+Lecturer+at+the+University+of+Technology+Sydney.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fau.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fdavid-bubna-litic-1a84259+Adapted+from+Source+June+16%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Rod+Bucknell+is+Associate+Professor+at+the+University+of+Queensland%2C+Australia. +
Buddhabhadra+%28%E4%BD%9B%E9%A6%B1%E8%B7%8B%E9%99%80%E7%BE%85%2C+359%E2%80%93429%29+means+enlightenment+worthy.+Born+in+northern+India%2C+he+was+a+descendent+of+King+Am%E1%B9%9Btodana%2C+who+was+the+youngest+of+the+three+uncles+of+%C5%9A%C4%81kyamuni+Buddha+%28circa+563%E2%80%93483+BCE%29.+He+renounced+family+life+at+age+seventeen+and+became+a+monk.+Studying+hard%2C+he+mastered+meditation+and+the+Vinaya.%0A%0AIn+408%2C+the+tenth+year+of+the+Hongshi+%28%E5%BC%98%E5%A7%8B%29+years+of+the+Later+Qin+Dynasty+%28%E5%BE%8C%E7%A7%A6+or+%E5%A7%9A%E7%A7%A6%2C+384%E2%80%93417%29%2C+one+of+the+Sixteen+Kingdoms+%28304%E2%80%93439%29%2C+he+went+to+its+capital%2C+Chang-an.+The+illustrious+translator+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva+%28%E9%B3%A9%E6%91%A9%E7%BE%85%E4%BB%80%2C+344%E2%80%93413%29+had+arrived+there+in+401.+However%2C+Buddhabhadra+did+not+like+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva%E2%80%99s+students.+Together+with+his+own+forty-some+students%2C+he+went+to+the+Lu+Mountain+%28%E5%BB%AC%E5%B1%B1%2C+in+present-day+Jiangxi+Province%29+and+stayed+with+Master+Huiyuan+%28%E6%85%A7%E9%81%A0%2C+334%E2%80%93416%29%2C+the+first+patriarch+of+the+Pure+Land+School+of+China.%0A%0AIn+415%2C+the+eleventh+year+of+the+Yixi+%28%E7%BE%A9%E7%86%99%29+years+of+the+Eastern+Jin+Dynasty+%28%E6%9D%B1%E6%99%89%2C+317%E2%80%93420%29%2C+Buddhabhadra+went+south+to+its+capital%2C+Jiankong+%28%E5%BB%BA%E5%BA%B7%29%2C+present-day+Nanjing%2C+Jiangsu+Province.+He+stayed+at+the+Daochang+Temple+%28%E9%81%93%E5%A0%B4%E5%AF%BA%29+and+began+his+translation+work.+Altogether%2C+he+translated+from+Sanskrit+into+Chinese+thirteen+texts+in+125+fascicles.+For+example%2C+texts+376+and+1425+were+translated+jointly+by+him+and+Faxian+%28%E6%B3%95%E9%A1%AF%2C+circa+337%E2%80%93422%29.+Text+376+%28T12n0376%29+in+6+fascicles+is+the+earliest+of+the+three+Chinese+versions+of+the+Mah%C4%81parinirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%3B+text+1425+%28T22n1425%29+in+40+fascicles+is+the+Chinese+version+of+the+Mah%C4%81sa%E1%B9%85ghika+Vinaya.+Texts+278+and+666+were+translated+by+him+alone+probably+between+years+418+and+421.+Text+278+%28T09n0278%29+is+the+60-fascicle+Chinese+version+of+the+Mah%C4%81vaipulya+S%C5%ABtra+of+Buddha+Adornment+%28Buddh%C4%81vata%E1%B9%81saka-mah%C4%81vaipulya-s%C5%ABtra%29%3B+text+666+%28T16n0666%29+in+one+fascicle+is+the+first+of+the+two+extant+Chinese+versions+of+the+Mah%C4%81vaipulya+S%C5%ABtra+of+the+Tath%C4%81gata+Store.%0A%0AIn+429%2C+the+sixth+year+of+the+Yuanjia+%28%E5%85%83%E5%98%89%29+years+of+the+Liu+Song+Dynasty+%28%E5%8A%89%E5%AE%8B%2C+420%E2%80%9379%29%2C+Buddhabhadra+died%2C+at+age+seventy-one.+People+called+him+the+Indian+Meditation+Master.+He+is+one+of+the+eighteen+exalted+ones+of+the+Lu+Mountain.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sutrasmantras.info%2Ftranslators.html%23kumarajiva+Source+Accessed+Aug+19%2C+2021%5D%29
Buddhaghosa.+%28S.+Buddhaghosa%29+%28fl.+c.+370-450+ce%29.+The+preeminent+P%C4%81li+commentator%2C+who+translated+into+P%C4%81li+the+Sinhalese+commentaries+to+the+P%C4%81li+canon+and+wrote+the+%27%27Visuddhimagga%27%27+%28%22Path+of+Purification%22%29%2C+the+definitive+outline+of+Therav%C4%81da+doctrine.+There+are+several+conflicting+accounts+of+Buddhaghosa%27s+origins%2C+none+of+which+can+be+dated+earlier+than+the+thirteenth+Century.+The+Mon+of+Lower+Burma+claim+him+as+a+native+son%2C+although+the+best-known+story%2C+which+is+found+in+the+C%C5%AB%E1%B8%B7ava%E1%B9%83sa+%28chapter+37%29%2C+describes+Buddhaghosa+as+an+Indian+br%C4%81hmana+who+grew+up+in+the+environs+of+the+Mah%C4%81bodhi+temple+in+northern+India.+According+to+this+account%2C+his+father+served+as+a+purohita+%28br%C4%81hma%E1%B9%87a+priest%29+for+King+Sa%E1%B9%85g%C4%81ma%2C+while+he+himself+became+proficient+in+the+Vedas+and+related+Brahmanical+Sciences+at+an+early+age.+One+day%2C+he+was+defeated+in+a+debate+by+a+Buddhist+monk+named+Revata%2C+whereupon+he+entered+the+Buddhist+sa%E1%B9%83gha+to+learn+more+about+the+Buddha%27s+teachings.+He+received+his+monk%27s+name+Buddhaghosa%2C+which+means+%22Voice+of+the+Buddha%2C%22+because+of+his+sonorous+voice+and+impressive+rhetorical+skills.+Buddhaghosa+took+Revata+as+his+teacher+and+began+writing+commentaries+even+while+a+student.+Works+written+at+this+time+included+the+%27%27%C3%91%C4%81%E1%B9%87odaya%27%27+and+%27%27A%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADhas%C4%81lin%C4%AB%27%27.+To+deepen+his+understanding+%28or+according+to+some+versions+of+his+story%2C+as+punishment+for+his+intellectual+pride%29%2C+Buddhaghosa+was+sent+to+Sri+Lanka+to+study+the+Sinhalese+commentaries+on+the+P%C4%81li+Buddhist+canon+%28P.+tipi%E1%B9%ADaka%3B+S.+Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka%29.+These+commentaries+were+said+to+have+been+brought+to+Sri+Lanka+in+the+third+Century+BCE%2C+where+they+were+translated+from+P%C4%81li+into+Sinhalese+and+subsequently+preserved+at+the+Mah%C4%81vih%C4%81ra+monastery+in+the+Sri+Lankan+Capital+of+Anur%C4%81dhapura.+At+the+Mah%C4%81vih%C4%81ra%2C+Buddhaghosa+studied+under+the+guidance+of+the+scholar-monk+Sa%E1%B9%85ghap%C4%81la.+Upon+completing+his+studies%2C+he+wrote+the+great+compendium+of+Therav%C4%81da+teachings%2C+%27%27Visuddhimagga%27%27%2C+which+summarizes+the+contents+of+the+P%C4%81li+tipi%E1%B9%ADaka+under+the+threefold+heading+of+morality+%28s%C4%ABla%3B+S.+%C5%9B%C4%ABla%29%2C+meditative+absorption+%28sam%C4%81dhi%29%2C+and+wisdom+%28pa%C3%B1%C3%B1%C4%81%3B+S.+praj%C3%B1%C4%81%29.+Impressed+with+his+expertise%2C+the+elders+of+the+Mah%C4%81vih%C4%81ra+allowed+Buddhaghosa+to+translate+the+Sinhalese+commentaries+back+into+P%C4%81li%2C+the+canonical+language+of+the+Therav%C4%81da+tipi%E1%B9%ADaka.+Attributed+to+Buddhaghosa+are+the+vinaya+commentaries%2C+%27%27Samantap%C4%81s%C4%81dik%C4%81%27%27+and+%27%27Ka%E1%B9%85kh%C4%81vitara%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27%3B+the+commentaries+to+the+Suttapi%E1%B9%ADaka%2C+%27%27Suma%E1%B9%85galavil%C4%81sin%C4%AB%27%27%2C+%27%27Papa%C3%B1cas%C5%ABdan%C4%AB%27%27%2C+%27%27S%C4%81ratthappak%C4%81sin%C4%AB%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Manorathap%C5%ABra%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27%3B+also+attributed+to+him+is+the+%27%27Paramatthajotik%C4%81%27%27+%28the+commentary+to+the+%27%27Khuddakap%C4%81%E1%B9%ADha%27%27+and+%27%27Suttan%C4%ABp%C4%81ta%27%27%29.+Buddhaghosa%27s+commentaries+on+the+Abhidhammapi%E1%B9%ADaka+%28see+Abhidharma%29+include+the+%27%27Sammohavinodan%C4%AB%27%27+and+%27%27Pa%C3%B1cappakara%E1%B9%87a%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihakath%C4%81%27%27%2C+along+with+the+%27%27A%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADhas%C4%81lin%C4%AB%27%27.+Of+these+many+works%2C+Buddhaghosa+is+almost+certainly+author+of+the+%27%27Visuddhimagga%27%27+and+translator+of+the+commentaries+to+the+four+nik%C4%81yas%2C+but+the+remainder+are+probably+later+attributions.+Regardless+of+attribution%2C+the+body+of+work+associated+with+Buddhaghosa+was+profoundly+influential+on+the+entire+subsequent+history+of+Buddhist+scholasticism+in+the+Therav%C4%81da+traditions+of+Sri+Lanka+and+Southeast+Asia.+%28Source%3A+%22Buddhaghosa.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+152.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
J%C3%B1%C4%81nap%C4%81da+%28autonym%3A+Buddhaj%C3%B1%C4%81na%2C+also+referred+to+as+Buddha%C5%9Br%C4%ABj%C3%B1%C4%81na%2C+%2ABuddhaj%C3%B1%C4%81nap%C4%81da%2C+%2A%C5%9Ar%C4%ABj%C3%B1%C4%81nap%C4%81da%3B+fl.+c.+770%E2%80%93820+CE%29%2C+was+one+of+the+most+influential+figures+of+mature+Indian+esoteric+Buddhism.+He+is+remembered+first+and+foremost+as+the+founder+of+the+earlier+of+the+two+most+important+exegetical+schools+of+the+Guhyasam%C4%81jatantra+%28%E2%86%92BEB+I%2C+Guhyasam%C4%81ja%29%2C+but+he+was+also+very+likely+a+guru+of+some+note+in+the+P%C4%81la+court%2C+the+dominant+power+in+East+India+at+the+time%2C+and+the+first+warden+of+the+famous+Vikrama%C5%9B%C4%ABla+monastery.++%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freferenceworks.brillonline.com%2Fsearch%3Fs.f.s2_parent%3Ds.f.book.encyclopedia-of-buddhism%26search-go%3D%26s.q%3DJ%25C3%25B1%25C4%2581nap%25C4%2581da+Brill+Encyclopedia+of+Buddhism+Online%5D%29 +
Buddhap%C4%81lita.+%28T.+Sangs+rgyas+bskyang%29+%28c.+470%E2%80%94540%29.+An+Indian+Buddhist+scholar+of+the+Madhyamaka+school%2C+who+is+regarded+in+Tibet+as+a+key+figure+of+what+was+dubbed+the+Pr%C4%81sa%E1%B9%85gika+school+of+Madhyamaka.+Little+is+known+about+the+life+of+Buddhap%C4%81lita.+He+is+best+known+for+his+commentary+on+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27s+%27%27M%C5%ABlamadhyamakak%C4%81rik%C4%81%27%27%2C+a+commentary+that+was+thought+to+survive+only+in+Tibetan+translation%2C+until+the+recent+rediscovery+of+a+Sanskrit+manuscript.+Buddhap%C4%81lita%27s+commentary+bears+a+close+relation+in+some+chapters+to+the+%27%27Akutobhay%C4%81%27%27%2C+another+commentary+on+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27s+%27%27M%C5%ABlamadhyamakak%C4%81rik%C4%81%27%27+of+uncertain+authorship%2C+which+is+sometimes+attributed+to+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna+himself.+In+his+commentary%2C+Buddhap%C4%81lita+does+not+adopt+some+of+the+assumptions+of+the+Buddhist+logical+tradition+of+the+day%2C+including+the+need+to+state+one%27s+position+in+the+form%0Aof+an+autonomous+inference+%28%27%27svatantr%C4%81num%C4%81na%27%27%29.+Instead%2C+Buddhap%C4%81lita+merely+states+an+absurd+consequence+%28%27%27prasa%E1%B9%85ga%27%27%29%0Athat+follows+from+the+opponent%27s+position.+In+his+own+commentary+on+the+first+chapter+of+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna%27s+text%2C+Bh%C4%81vaviveka+criticizes+Buddhap%C4%81lita%27s+method%2C+arguing+for+the+need+for+the+Madhyamaka+adept+to+state+his+own+position+after+refuting+the+position+of+the+opponent.+In+his+commentary+on+the+same+chapter%2C+Candrak%C4%ABrti+in+turn+defended+the+approach+of+Buddhap%C4%81lita+and+criticized+Bh%C4%81vaviveka.+It+was+on+the+basis+of+these+three+commentaries+that+later+Tibetan+exegetes+identified+two+schools+within+Madhyamaka%2C+the+Sv%C4%81tantrika%2C+in+which+they+included+Bh%C4%81vaviveka%2C+and+the+Pr%C4%81sa%E1%B9%85gika%2C+in+which+they+included+Buddhap%C4%81lita+and+Candrak%C4%ABrti.+%28Source%3A+%22Buddhap%C4%81lita.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+154%E2%80%9355.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
Acharya+Buddharakkhita+%281922-2013%29+was+a+Buddhist+monk+and+prolific+writer+who+established+the+Maha+Bodhi+Society+of+Bangalore+and+its+sister+bodies.+It+was+inspired+by+the+Maha+Bodhi+Society+of+Anagarika+Dharmapala%2C+but+is+functionally+independent.+He+was+born+in+Imphal%2C+Manipur%2C+in+1922.+His+parents+were+Vishnupada+and+Sailavaladevi+Bandopadhyaya.+1942%2C+he+took+part+in+the+Quit+India+Movement.%0A%0AHe+joined+the+Indian+defence+services+after+his+graduation+from+the+Institute+of+Engineering+Technology%2C+Calcutta.+He+participated+in+World+War+II%2C+after+which+he+resigned+to+find+truth+and+freedom.+He+became+a+monk+in+1948.+He+travelled+all+over+India+and+also+taught+in+Sri+Lanka+and+Burma.+Finally+he+established+the+Maha+Bodhi+Society+in+Bangalore+to+propagate+Buddhism.%0A%0AIn+1952%2C+Moonasinghe%2C+niece+of+the+Venerable+Anagarika+Dhammapala+Maha+Upasika+%E2%80%94a+well-known+Buddhist+in+Bangalore%2C+known+to+the+Maharaja+donated+him+a+land+for+Maha+Bodhi+Society.+He+also+established+schools%2C+hostels%2C+hospitals+and+an+artificial+limb+centre+for+the+society.+He+had+written+150+books+and+published+two+periodicals.+He+was+honored+with+Abhidhaja+Aggamaha+Saddhammajotika+award+by+the+Myanmar+government.%0A%0AHe+died+at+Maha+Bodhi+Society%2C+Bangalore%2C+on+23+September+2013.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAcharya_Buddharakkhita+Source+Accessed+Mar+23%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Buddhaya%C5%9Bas.+%28C.+Fotuoyeshe%3B+J.+Butsudayasha%3B+K.+Pult%27ayasa+%E4%BD%9B%E9%99%80%E8%80%B6%E8%88%8D%E2%80%8E%29+%28d.u.%3B+fl.+c.+early+fifth+century%29.+A+monk+from+Kashmir+.+.+.++who+became+an+important+early+translator+of+Indic+Buddhist+texts+into+Chinese.+Buddhaya%C5%9Bas+is+said+to+have+memorized+several+million+words+worth+of+both+mainstream+and+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+materials+and+became+a+renowned+teacher+in+his+homeland.+He+later+taught+the+Sarv%C4%81stiv%C4%81da+vinaya+to+the+preeminent+translator+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva+and+later+joined+his+star+pupil+in+China%2C+traveling+to+the+capital+of+Chang%27an+at+Kum%C3%A3raj%C4%ABva%27s+invitation+in+408.+While+in+China%2C+he+collaborated+with+the+Chinese+monk+Zhu+Fonian+%28d.u.%29+in+the+translation+of+two+massive+texts+of+the+mainstream+Buddhist+tradition%3A+the+Sifen+L%C3%BC+%28%22Four-Part+Vinaya%2C%22+in+sixty+rolls%29%2C+the+vinaya+collection+of+the+Dharmaguptaka+school%2C+which+would+become+the+definitive+vinaya+used+within+the+Chinese+tradition%3B+and+the+D%C4%ABrgh%C4%81gama%2C+also+generally+presumed+to+be+associated+with+the+Dharmaguptakas.+Even+after+returning+to+Kashmir+four+years+later%2C+Buddhaya%C5%9Bas+is+said+to+have+continued+with+his+translation+work%2C+eventually+sending+back+to+China+his+rendering+of+the+%27%27%C4%80k%C4%81%C5%9Bagarbhas%C5%ABtra%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%22Buddhaya%C5%9Bas.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+157.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
Buddha%C5%9Br%C4%AB+was+an+important+Sakya+master+active+in+western+central+Tibet+in+the+late+fourteenth+and+early+fifteenth+century.+He+was+an+important+Lamdre+master+who+passed+on+that+teaching+cycle+to+Ngorchen+Kunga+Zangpo. +
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Anne+Burchardi+took+refuge+with+Ven.+Kalu+Rinpoche+in+1976.++%0AIn+1978+she+became+a+student+of+Khenpo+Tsultrim+Gyamtso+Rinpoche+and+started+her+education+as+a+Tibetan+translator+with+him.+%0A%0A1978%E2%80%931980+she+was+the+secretary+of+Center+for+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Karma+Drub+Djy+Ling%2C+Copenhagen%2C+Denmark.+%0A1978-1979+she+was+secretary+at+The+Ethnographical+Department+of+The+National+Museum%2C+Copenhagen.+%0AIn+1980+she+became+a+member+of+The+Translating+Board+of+Kagyu+Tekchen+Shedra%2C+International+Educational+Institute+of+Higher+Learning%2C+Bruxelles%2C+Belgium.+%0A%0AShe+lived+in+Kathmandu+from+1984%E2%80%931992+and+in+1986+she+became+Teacher+at+Marpa+Institute+for+Translation%2C+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.+1988%E2%80%931991+she+was+secretary+and+course+coordinator+at+Marpa+Institute+for+Translation.+From+1986+to+2015+she+was+interpreter+for+various+Tibetan+Lamas+of+the+Kagyu%2C+Nyingma%2C+and+Gelukpa+lineages+teaching+Buddhism+mainly+in+Europe+and+Asia%2C+and+occasionally+in+the+USA+and+Canada.%0A%0A1997%E2%80%932002+she+was+Teaching+Assistant+in+Tibetan+Language+Studies%2C+at+The+Asian+Insitute%2C+University+of+Copenhagen.+%0A1999%E2%80%932015+she+was+Associate+Professor+in+Tibetology%2C+Department+of+Asian+Studies%2C+Institute+of+Cross+Cultural+%26+Regional+Studies%2C+University+of+Copenhagen.+%0A1999-2007+she+was+Research+Librarian+and+Curator%2C+Tibetan+Section%2C+Department+of+Orientalia+%26+Judaica%2C+The+Royal+Library+of+Denmark%2C+Copenhagen.+%0A%0A2000+She+was+Consultant+for+Tibet%2C+International+Development+Partners%2C+DANIDA%2C+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs%2C+in+Lhasa+and+Denmark.%0A2001-2015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+Culture+at+The+Public+University%2C+Copenhagen+%26+Aarhus.%0A2002%E2%80%932010+she+was+Researcher+and+Consultant++at+The+Twinning+Library+Project%2C+between+The+National+Library+of+Bhutan%2C+Thimphu+and+The+Royal+Library+of+Denmark%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2004%E2%80%932005+she+was+Visiting+Professor+at+Deparmnet+of+Religion%2C+Naropa+University%2C+Boulder%2C+CO.%0A%0A2005%E2%80%932015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhism+at+Pende+Ling%2C+Center+for+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2007%E2%80%932015+she+was+Lecturer+on+Buddhist+Studies%2C+The+Buddhist+University%2C+Pende+Ling%2C+Copenhagen.%0A%0A2010+She+was+for+Consultant+for+Liason+Office+of+Denmark%2C+Thimphu%2C+Bhutan%2C+DANIDA%2C+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs%2C+Copenhagen.%0A2011-2013+She+was+a+Culture+Guide+in+Nepal%2C+Bhutan%2C+and+Tibet+for+Cramon+Travels+and+for+Kipling+Travels.%0A2012%E2%80%932020++She+was+a+translator+for+the+84000+project.%0A%28Source%3A+Anne+Burchardi+Email%2C+Jan+18%2C+2021.%29
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Douglas+Burns%2C+M.D.+was+an+American+psychiatrist+who+intensely+studied+and+practiced+Buddhism+in+Thailand.+He+was+last+seen+in+Bangkok+in+1975+before+leaving+on+a+trip+to+southern+Thailand.+He+was+presumed+dead%2C+but+mystery+surrounds+his+disappearance.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhammawiki.com%2Findex.php%2FDouglas_Burns+Source+Accessed+April+6%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Dr.+Ron+Burr+has+been+a+philosophy+and+religious+studies+professor+for+over+two+decades+with+the+University+of+Southern+Mississippi+%5Bwww.usm.edu%5D.+Ron+has+more+than+20+years+of+leadership+training+experience+in+companies+and+non-profits.+He+has+worked+with+the+Fulbright+Commission+%5Bwww.fulbright.co.uk%5D+where+he+helped+institute+business+ethics+programs+in+Thailand%2C+Malaysia%2C+Singapore+and+the+Philippines%2C+and+with+the+Center+for+Creative+Leadership+%5Bwww.ccl.org%2Fleadership%2Findex.aspx%5D+where+he+conducted+numerous+training+events+for+Fortune+500+companies.%0A%0ARon+was+instrumental+in+creating+Religious+Youth+Service%27s+experience-based%2C+service+learning+model.+He+has+served+as+a+RYS+project+and+educational+leader+in+Spain%2C+Italy%2C+Poland%2C+Czech+Republic%2C+Turkey%2C+Dominican+Republic%2C+Taiwan%2C+Mongolia%2C+Sri+Lanka%2C+India%2C+Thailand%2C+the+Philippines%2C+Trinidad%2C+Guatemala%2C+The+U.K.%2C+Jamaica+and+Estonia.%0A%0AAfter+earning+his+Ph.D.+in+comparative+philosophy+at+the+University+of+California+%5Bwww.ucsb.edu%5D%2C+Santa+Barbara%2C+Ron+studied+Buddhism+in+Thailand%2C+Taiwan%2C+Sri+Lanka+and+Japan.+He+also+pursued+post-doctoral+studies+with+the+best+known+comparative+religionists+of+the+twentieth+century%3A+Huston+Smith+%5Bwww.hustonsmith.net%5D+and+Ninian+Smart+%5Bwww.scottlondon.com%2Finterviews%2Fsmart.html%5D.++In+addition+to+the+Fulbright+Ron+has+been+the+recipient+of+many+private+and+national+government+grants.++He+edited+a+lengthy+book+on+comparative+philosophy+and+religion+and+has+a+long+list+of+other+publications+in+these+fields.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.religiousyouthservice.org%2Fabout%2Fleadership%2Fburr.htm+Source+Accessed+June+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
William+Bushell%2C+PhD%2C+has+been+researching+and+lecturing+on+the+health-enhancing+and+anti-aging+effects+of+meditation+and+yoga+for+many+years+at+Harvard%2C+MIT%2C+and+Columbia%2C+as+a+Fulbright+Scholar+and+at+the+Salk+Institute.+He+has+collaborated+with+Robert+Thurman+and+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+on+conferences+and+research+projects.%0A%0ADr.+William+Bushell+is+at+the+forefront+of+research+into+the+mental+and+physical+effects+of+advanced+yogic+practice+of+the+Indo-Tibetan+and+other+traditions.+His+wide-ranging+work+seeks+to+integrate+western+scientific+models+with+traditional+Tibetan+tantric+systems%2C+and+has+been+presented+at+many+venues+and+institutions%2C+including+recently+at+the+Meetings+of+the+Society+for+Neuroscience%2C+MIT+%26+the+Salk+Institute.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fthus.org%2Ffaculty-friends%2Fwilliam-bushell-ph-d%2F+Source+Accessed+Dec+1%2C+2023%5D%29 +
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G%C3%A9rard+Busquet%2C+82+ans%2C+a+%C3%A9t%C3%A9+r%C3%A9alisateur+de+documentaires+et+courts-m%C3%A9trages+au+Bangladesh+%281965-1971%29%2C+correspondant+de+l%E2%80%99Agence+France+Presse+%C3%A0+Dhaka+%281971-1975%29%2C+correspondant+du+Figaro+pour+l%E2%80%99Asie+du+Sud+%C3%A0+Delhi+%281975-1977%29.+Il+est+l%E2%80%99auteur+de+nombreux+livres+sur+l%E2%80%99Asie+du+Sud+%3A+%C3%80+l%E2%80%99%C3%A9coute+de+l%E2%80%99Inde+%28Transbor%C3%A9al%2C+2013%29+%3B+Tableaux+du+Rajasthan%2C+avec+Carisse+Beaune-Busquet+%28Arthaud%2FFlammarion%2C+2003%29+%3B+Le+tombeau+de+l%E2%80%99%C3%A9l%C3%A9phant+d%E2%80%99Asie%2C+avec+M.+Cohen+%28%C3%A9ditions+Chandeigne%2C+2002%29%2C+prix+du+Petit+Gaillon+2002%E2%80%A6+et+traducteur+de+divers+ouvrages+en+anglais.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Frevue-ultreia.com%2Fcontributeurs%2Fgerard-busquet%2F+Source+Accessed+April+6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
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Albion+M.+Butters+%28Masters+of+Theological+Studies%2C+Harvard+Divinity+School%3B+Fulbright+scholar%2C+India%3B+Ph.D.%2C+History+of+Religion%2C+Columbia+University%29+has+a+specialization+in+Indo-Tibetan+Buddhism.+As+an+Academy+of+Finland+Research+Fellow%2C+he+is+currently+engaged+in+a+study+on+ideological+aspects+of+%22Campus+Carry%22+in+Texas%2C+focusing+in+particular+on+fear+and+affect%2C+power%2C+and+intersections+between+gun+culture+and+religiosity.%0A%0AButters+is+the+editor+of+Studia+Orientalia+Electronica%2C+an+online+peer-reviewed+imprint+of+the+Studia+Orientalia+journal+%28est.+1917%2C+Finnish+Oriental+Society%29.+His+multidisciplinary+research+interests+include+questions+of+identity+and+meaning-making%2C+shifting+ideologies+%28religious+and+secular%29%2C+and+the+integration+of+spiritual+themes+in+popular+culture.+Forthcoming+is+his+monograph+titled+Spi-Fi%3A+Spiritual+Fiction+in+Comics%2C+which+examines+the+significance+of+stories+and+art+for+identity+construction+and+personal+transformation%3B+supported+by+the+Kone+Foundation%2C+this+research+project+was+inspired+by+Butters%E2%80%99+involvement+as+one+of+the+creators+of+the+graphic+novel+Mandala+%28Dark+Horse+Comics%2C+2014%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Futu.academia.edu%2FAlbionButters+Source+Academia.edu%5D%29 +
Jangchub+Tsemo+was+a+translator+of+Sanskrit+grammatical+treatises+and+Tantric+commentaries.+A+student+of+Pang+Lots%C4%81wa%2C+who+was+his+maternal+uncle%2C+he+taught+grammar+and+K%C4%81lacakra+to+many+of+the+era%27s+prominent+lamas%2C+including+Tsongkhapa. +
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Tone+Gleditsch+Stabell+%28born+31+May+1966+in+T%C3%B8nsberg%29+is+a+Norwegian+author+who+has+especially+written+poetry+and+children%27s+books+.+She+grew+up+as+Tone+Lie+and+published+books+under+the+name+Tone+Lie+B%C3%B8ttinger+from+1991+to+2004.+As+an+adult%2C+she+studied+teacher+training+at+Vestfold+University+College+.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftranslate.google.com%2Ftranslate%3Fhl%3Den%26sl%3Dno%26u%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fno.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTone_Gleditsch_Stabell%26prev%3Dsearch%26pto%3Daue+Source+Accesed+Mar+23%2C+2021%5D%29 +
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17th+cent.+explorer%3B+Portuguese +
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James+Cahill+%5Bwas%5D+an+art+historian+and+curator+who+played+an+influential+role+in+expanding+the+study+and+teaching+of+Chinese+painting+in+the+West+before+and+after+the+opening+up+of+U.S.-China+relations+in+the+early+1970s+.+.+.%0A%0AA+longtime+professor+at+UC+Berkeley%2C+Cahill+was+a+dominant+scholar+in+his+field+for+50+years.+In+the+late+1950s%2C+he+was+one+of+a+small+number+of+Western+scholars+permitted+access+to+the+imperial+paintings+that+had+been+evacuated+to+Taiwan+before+the+Chinese+mainland+fell+under+Communist+rule.+He+was+allowed+to+photograph+many+of+the+works+for+%27%27Chinese+Painting%27%27%2C+his+classic+1960+text+that+for+decades+was+required+reading+in+Chinese+art+history+classes.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flocal%2Fobituaries%2Fla-me-james-cahill-20140222-story.html%23axzz2uLyt7i66+Adapted+from+Source+July+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Myokei+Caine-Barrett%2C+Shonin%2C+stands+as+a+beacon+of+pioneering+spirit%2C+being+the+first+American+woman+and+the+first+of+African+Japanese+descent+to+attain+full+ordination+as+a+Nichiren+priest.+She+holds+the+esteemed+position+of+bishop+for+the+Nichiren+Shu+Buddhist+Order+of+North+America%2C+the+first+woman+and+westerner+to+do+so.+Her+guidance+emanates+from+Houston%2C+where+she+leads+as+the+principal+teacher+of+Myoken-ji+Temple.+She+is+among+the+few+westerners%2C+specifically+one+of+three%2C+to+undertake+and+complete+the+rigorous+Aragyo+%5Bascetic+practice%5D+at+Saijo+Inari+in+Okayama%2C+Japan.%0A%0APassionate+about+bringing+Buddhism+beyond+temple+walls%2C+Myokei+Shonin+actively+supports+three+prison+sanghas+within+the+Texas+Department+of+Criminal+Justice+system.+Her+interfaith+endeavors+have+seen+her+as+a+Fellow+with+Interfaith+America%2C+championing+dialogue+between+Buddhists+and+Muslims+in+incarceration.+Her+roles+extend+to+being+a+board+member+of+Lion%E2%80%99s+Roar+Magazine+and+Dharma+Relief+2%3A+Healing+Racial+Trauma.%0A%0AShe%27s+actively+engaged+in+programs+such+as+Healing+Warrior+Hearts%2C+Texas+for+Heroes%2C+The+Gathering%2C+and+the+International+Western+Dharma+Teachers+Gathering.+Beyond+these%2C+her+contributions+span+across+various+socio-religious+platforms%2C+underlining+her+commitment+to+spreading+compassionate+teachings.+As+a+writer%2C+her+voice+echoes+through+publications+in+Lion%E2%80%99s+Roar+and+Tricycle+magazines%2C+and+she+has+made+notable+contributions+to+The+Hidden+Lamp%3A+Stories+from+Twenty-Five+Centuries+of+Awakened+Women.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfzc.org%2Fteachers%2Fmyokei-caine-barrett+Source+Accessed+April+25%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Elizabeth+has+been+engaged+in+contemplative+training+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+studies+for+more+than+35+years.+A+Tsadra+Fellow+since+2002%2C+she+has+engaged+in+both+written+translation+and+oral+interpretation+including+working+closely+with+Khenpo+Ts%C3%BCltrim+Gyamtso%2C+as+well+as+completing+two+three-year+retreats+at+Kagyu+Thubten+Ch%C3%B6ling%2C+New+York.+Elizabeth+specializes+in+translating+texts+related+to+mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81+and+esoteric+tantric+commentaries.+Her+most+recent+publication+is+Dakpo+Tashi+Namgyal%E2%80%99s+%27%27Moonbeams+of+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81%27%27+%28%27%27Phyag+chen+zla+ba%E2%80%99i+%E2%80%98od+zer%27%27%29+and+the+Ninth+Karmapa%E2%80%99s+%27%27Dispelling+the+Darkness+of+Ignorance%27%27+%28%27%27Ma+rig+mun+sel%27%27%29.+Elizabeth+is+also+the+director+of+advanced+study+scholarships+at+Tsadra+Foundation+and+is+the+executive+director+of+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktgrinpoche.org%2Fmarpa-network%2Fmarpa-foundation+Marpa+Foundation%5D.+%0A%0A%27%27%27Current+Projects+as+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow%3A%27%27%27%0A%2A%27%27The+Treasury+of+Precious+Instructions%3A+Essential+Teachings+of+the+Eight+Practice+Lineages+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Vol.+7+%26+8%27%27+%E2%80%93+Marpa+Kagyu+Tradition%2C+various+authors+collected+by+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul.%0A%0A%27%27%27Completed+Projects+as+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow%3A%27%27%27%0A%2A%27%27The+Treasury+of+Knowledge%3A+Book+VI%2C+Part+3%3B+Frameworks+of+Buddhist+Philosophy%27%27%2C+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%0A%2A%27%27The+Profound+Inner+Principles%27%27%2C+Karmapa+Rangjung+Dorje%2C+with+commentary+by+Jamg%C3%B6n+Kongtrul%0A%2A%27%27Moonbeams+of+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81%27%27%2C+Dakpo+Tashi+Namgyal%2C+with+%27%27Dispelling+the+Darkness+of+Ignorance%27%27+by+Wangchuk+Dorje%2C+the+Ninth+Karmapa%0A%0A%0A%27%27%27Previously+Published+Translations%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0A%2A%27%27Mahamudra%3A+Ocean+of+Definitive+Meaning%27%27%2C+the+Ninth+Karmapa%2C+Wangchuk+Dorje+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsadra.org%2Ftranslators%2Felizabeth-callahan%2F+Source%3A+Tsadra.org%5D
Is+an+Assistant+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+the+University+of+Virginia+and+the+Founder+of+the+Contemplative+Sciences+Center+%28uvacontemplation.org%29%2C+of+which+he+is+currently+the+Coordinating+Director+of+Yoga+Programs.+He+is+a+longtime+practitioner+of+Tibetan+Buddhism+and+has+been+practicing+Ashtanga+Yoga+for+over+twenty+years%2C+seventeen+of+which+were+under+the+direct+guidance+of+Shri+K.+Pattabhi+Jois.+In+2003+he+was+honored+to+become+one+the+few+Certified+teachers+of+Ashtanga+Yoga+worldwide.++He+lives+with+his+wife+and+three+children+in+Charlottesville%2C+VA.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fmenla.org%2Fteachers%2Fjohn-campbell%2F+Source+Accessed+July+6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
June+Campbell+began+studying+Buddhism+in+the+1960s+and+was+among+the+first+western+students+to+study+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+India+with+exiled+lamas+from+Tibet.+In+1977+she+travelled+throughout+Europe+and+North+America+as+a+Tibetan+translator+during+the+time+that+Tibetan+Buddhist+centres+were+being+established+in+the+West.+As+a+university+lecturer+she+later+combined+her+interest+in+gender+and+religion+by+teaching+both+Religious+Studies+and+Women%27s+Studies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fus%2Fauthor%2Fjune-campbell%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Radu+Claudiu+Canahai+was+born+on+January+21%2C+1971+in+Salonta%2C+Bihor+County.+He+graduated+from+the+Faculty+of+Geography+at+Babes-Bolyai+University%2C+Cluj-Napoca%2C+class+of+1997%2C+with+a+bachelor%27s+thesis+on+traditional+occupations+in+Tei+Beiusului.+As+an+amateur%2C+he+is+concerned+with+the+theoretical+and+practical+aspects+of+Eastern+mystical+traditions%2C+Hellenistic+astrology+and+its+cultural+metamorphoses%2C+the+history+of+the+American+West%2C+the+history+of+culture+and+civilization.+He+worked+as+a+journalist+for+a+local+weekly.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.edituraherald.ro%2Fautori%2Fradu-claudiu-canahai+Adapted+from+Source+Dec+10%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Candragomin.+%28T.+Btsun+pa+zla+ba%29.+Fifth-century+CE+Indian+lay+poet+and+grammarian%2C+who+made+substantial+contributions%0Ato+Sanskrit+grammar%2C+founding+what+was+known+as+the+C%C4%81ndra+school.+A+junior+contemporary+of+the+great+K%C4%81lid%C4%81sa%2C+Candragomin+was+one+of+the+most+accomplished+poets+in+the+history+of+Indian+Buddhism.+His+play+%27%27Lok%C4%81nanda%27%27%2C+which+tells+the+story+of+the+bodhisattva+king+Ma%E1%B9%87ic%C5%AB%E1%B8%8Da%2C+is+the+oldest+extant+Buddhist+play+and+was+widely+performed+in+the+centuries+after%0Aits+composition.+He+was+a+devotee+of+T%C4%81r%C4%81+and+composed+several+works+in+her+praise.+Tibetan+works+describe+him+as+a+proponent+of+Vij%C3%B1%C4%81nav%C3%A3da+who+engaged+in+debate+with+Candrak%C4%ABrti%2C+but+there+is+little+philosophical+content+in+his+works+that+can+be+confidently+ascribed+to+him.+Among+those+works+are+the+%22Letter+to+a+Disciple%22+%28%27%27%C5%9Ai%E1%B9%A3yalekha%27%27%29%2C+the+%22Confessional+Praise%22+%28%27%27De%C5%9Ban%C4%81stava%27%27%29%2C+and+perhaps+the+%22Twenty+Verses+on+the+Bodhisattva+Precepts%22+%28%27%27Bodhisattvasa%E1%B9%83varavi%E1%B9%83%C5%9Baka%27%27%29.++%28Source%3A+%22Candragomin.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+165.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29 +
Candr%C4%81karagupta%2C+often+referred+to+in+Tibetan+as+the+Scholar+with+a+Golden+Umbrella+%28paN%2BDi+ta+gser+gdugs+can%29+was+an+Indian+Buddhist+scholar+known+for+his+s%C4%81dhana+practice+of+Ma%C3%B1ju%C5%9Br%C4%AB+in+the+form+of+praj%C3%B1%C4%81cakra+%28%27%27shes+rab+%27khor+lo%29. +
John+Canti+is+a+Buddhist+practitioner%2C+translator%2C+physician+and+the+current+Editorial+Director+of+84000%3A+Translating+the+Words+of+the+Buddha.+John+first+had+contact+with+Buddhist+teachers+while+studying+medicine+at+Cambridge+University+in+England%2C+and+started+to+practice+under+their+guidance.+In+1972%2C+he+met+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+who+became+one+of+his+three+principal+teachers.+The+others+were+Kangyur+Rinpoche+and+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+both+of+whom+he+met+soon+afterwards.%0A%0AIn+1980+John+undertook+2+consecutive+three-year+retreats+retreats+in+the+Dordogne%2C+France%2C+practicing+under+the+guidance+of+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+Pema+Wangyal+Rinpoche%2C+and+Nyoshul+Khenpo.+Inspired+by+their+teachers+and+with+the+aim+of+making+some+of+the+major+works+of+Tibetan+Buddhism+available+to+Western+readers%2C+John+and+some+of+his+fellow+retreatants+formed+the+Padmakara+Translation+Group%2C+of+which+he+is+now+president.+He+also+had+the+honor+of+serving+Dudjom+Rinpoche+as+physician+during+his+final+years%2C+and+subsequently+coordinated+the+medical+care+of+other+lamas+and+practitioners+in+India%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Europe%2C+as+well+as+that+of+three-year+retreatants+in+the+Dordogne.%0A%0AStill+based+in+the+Dordogne%2C+he+has+continued+his+translation+work+with+Padmakara%2C+and+for+many+years+was+also+a+Tsadra+Foundation+Fellow.+In+2009%2C+John+was+appointed+Editorial+Chair+of+the+84000+project+by+Dzongsar+Khyentse+Rinpoche.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2F84000.co%2Fpublic-talk-sunday-dec-15th-berlin%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+15%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Dr.+Cathy+Cantwell+in+an+Honorary+Research+Fellow+at+the+University+of+Kent%27s+School+of+Anthropology+and+Conservation.%0A%0ADr+Cathy+Cantwell+first+came+to+Kent+for+her+undergraduate+degree+in+Social+Anthropology+in+1975-78+and%2C+after+travelling+in+India+the+following+year%2C+she+returned+to+Kent+for+her+doctoral+research.+Her+PhD+%281989%29+was+a+study+of+a+Tibetan+Buddhist+monastery+in+Northern+India%2C+especially+focusing+on+the+annual+cycle+of+ritual+practice.+Since+the+1990s%2C+she+has+principally+worked+on+Tibetan+textual+research+projects+together+with+her+husband%2C+Robert+Mayer%2C+including+a+project+at+CSAC+Kent+with+Professor+Michael+Fischer+on+an+eighteenth+century+Tibetan+manuscript+collection.+%0A%0AWhile+keeping+her+Kent+association%2C+Cathy+has+participated+in+research+projects+in+Tibetan+studies+at+the+University+of+Bochum+as+a+Mercator+Fellow+%282018-2019%29+and+as+a+visiting+Research+Fellow+%282015-2016%29%2C+working+on+the+theme+of+Religion+and+the+Senses.+She+has+been+involved+in+the+design+of+and+work+on+a+series+of+AHRC+funded+research+projects+at+the+Oriental+Institute%2C+University+of+Oxford+%282002-2015%29%2C+as+well+as+one+at+the+University+of+Cardiff+%282006-2009%29.+Major+publications+have+included%3A+%27%27A+Noble+Noose+of+Methods%2C+the+Lotus+Garland+Synopsis%3A+A+Mah%C4%81yoga+Tantra+and+its+Commentary%27%27+%282012%29%3B+%27%27Early+Tibetan+Documents+on+Phur+pa+from+Dunhuang%27%27+%282008%29%3B+and+%27%27The+K%C4%ABlaya+Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+Tantra+and+the+Vajra+Wrath+Tantra%3A+two+texts+from+the+Ancient+Tantra+Collection%27%27+%282007%29%2C+written+jointly+with+Robert+Mayer%2C+and+published+by+The+Austrian+Academy+of+Sciences+Press%2C+Vienna.%0A%0ADr+Cantwell+retains+her+passionate+interest+in+Tibetan+rituals+and+tantric+practice+of+all+historical+periods.+As+well+as+delving+into+archaeologically+recovered+tantric+manuscripts+dating+from+the+tenth+century%2C+a+book+is+in+process+on+authorship%2C+originality+and+innovation+in+Tibetan+revelations+%28the+output+of+a+project+at+Oxford%2C+2010-2015%29%2C+looking+at+textual+developments+over+many+generations%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+productions+of+Dudjom+Jigdral+Yeshe+Dorje+%281904-1987%29.+%0A%0ARecent+publications+include+an+article+on+contemporary+Tibetan+%27Medicinal+Accomplishment%27+rituals.+Her+major+work+on+a+twentieth-century+Tibetan+Buddhist+master+is+also+in+press.+A+further+forthcoming+book+on+a+twentieth+century+revelation+of+longevity+rituals%2C+co-authored+with+Geoffrey+Samuel+with+contributions+from+Robert+Mayer+and+P.+Ogyan+Tanzin%2C+is+entitled%2C+%27%27The+Seed+of+Immortal+Life%3A+Contexts+and+Meanings+of+a+Tibetan+Longevity+Practice%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kent.ac.uk%2Fanthropology-conservation%2Fpeople%2F2909%2Fcantwell-cathy+Source+Accessed+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29
Kali+Nyima+Cape+is+a+scholar+specializing+in+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Great+Perfection+%28%27%27rdzogs+chen%27%27%29+literature%2C+women+and+gender+studies.+Her+research+has+been+funded+by+the+Tsadra+Foundation%2C+Ford+Foundation+and+Fulbright-Hays+Fellowship.+She+is+currently+a+Ph.D.+Candidate+at+University+of+Virginia%2C+where+she+has+also+served+as+an+instructor+teaching+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+Buddhism+and+Gender+and+Tibetan+language.+As+a+Native+American+and+multicultural+person%2C+her+teaching+and+research+prioritizes+diversity+issues.+Her+current+research+focuses+on+women%2C+and+sexuality+%27%27The+Seminal+Heart+of+the+%E1%B8%8C%C4%81kin%C4%AB%27%27+%28%27%27mkha%E2%80%99+%E2%80%98gro+snying+thig%27%27%29%2C+scriptures+of+pivotal+importance+to+the+classical+period+of+Great+Perfection+literature.+%28Source%3A+Author%2C+February+7%2C+2022%29 +
CAPPELLER%2C+Carl+Johann+Wilhelm.+Alexkehmen%2C+Ostpreussen+22.3.1840+%E2%80%94+Jena+17.7.1925.+German+Indologist.+Professor+in+Jena.+Son+of+an+estate+owner+from+East+Prussia%2C+Wilhelm+C.%2C+and+Amalie+Knochenhauer%2C+educated+at+Glumbinnen+Gymnasium.+In+1860-64+studies+of+classical+philology%2C+soon+also+of+Sanskrit+%28under+Bopp+and+Weber%29%2C+IE+and+Lithuanian+at+Berlin.+Ph.D.+1868+Leipzig.+In+1872+habilitation+at+Jena.+With+the+Bopp+Scholarship+visited+Paris%2C+London+and+Oxford+studying+manuscripts.+Back+in+Jenaworked+as+schoolteacher+and%2C+nominated+1875+ao.+Professor+at+university%2C+also+continued+at+school+until+1905+to+supplement+his+meagre+salary.Never+promoted+to+ordinarius.Hofrat+1908.+Married+1889+Anna+Lengning%2C+three+sons.%0A%0AIn+Jena+Cappeller+represented+the+philological+side+of+Indology+beside+the+linguist+Delbr%C3%BCck.+He+was+one+of+the+best+specialists+of+Indian+drama+and+knew+Sanskrit+remarkably+well.+As+a+philologist+he+followed+eclectic+method+without+giving+much+attention+to+recensions.+Thus+e.g.+his+%C5%9Aakuntal%C4%81+is+an+eclectic+text+based+on+the+Devan%C4%81gar%C4%AB+recension.+His+dictionary+was+prepared+to+offer+the+gist+of+B%C3%B6htligk%E2%80%99s+large+works+to+students+and+it+has+been+very+much+used.+Translated+Western+poetry+in+Sanskrit.+He+was+popular+as+a+teacher%2C+but+as+he+never+got+ordinary+position+all+finished+their+doctorate+under+others.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwhowaswho-indology.info%2F1176%2Fcappeller-carl-johann-wilhelm%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+15%2C+2024%5D%29 +
From+1993+to+2003+El%C3%ADas-Manuel+Capriles-Arias+filled+the+Chair+of+Eastern+Studies+at+the+Faculty+of+Humanities+and+Education%2C+University+of+The+Andes%2C+M%C3%A9rida%2C+Venezuela+%28originally+ascribed+to+the+Dean%E2%80%99s+Office+and+then+to+the+Department+of+Philosophy%29.+Thereafter+he+has+been+ascribed+to+the+Center+of+Studies+on+Africa+and+Asia%2C+School+of+History%2C+same+Faculty+and+University%2C+where+he+teaches+Philosophy+and+elective+subjects+on+the+problems+of+globalization%2C+Buddhism%2C+Asian+Religions+and+Eastern+Arts.%0A%0ABesides+teaching+at+the+University%2C+Capriles+is+an+instructor+of+Buddhism+and+Dzogchen+certified+by+the+Tibetan+Master+of+these+disciplines%2C+Ch%C3%B6gyal+Namkhai+Norbu%3B+in+this+field%2C+he+has+taught+in+Venezuela%2C+Peru%2C+Spain%2C+Costa+Rica+and+Chile.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Feliascapriles.com%2F+Source+Accessed+Apr+17%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Jason+A.+Carbine%27s+primary+area+of+scholarly+expertise+is+Buddhism+in+South+and+Southeast+Asia%2C+with+a+research+specialization+in+Sri+Lanka+and+Myanmar%2C+and+also+with+an+emerging+comparative+focus+on+Southwest+China.+He+has+conducted+field+research+in+Myanmar+and+Sri+Lanka%2C+with+an+emphasis+on+ritual+and+practice%2C+and+has+also+traveled+%28sometimes+leading+study+abroad+programs+and+trips%29+in+various+parts+of+Asia%2C+including+Sri+Lanka%2C+Myanmar+and+China.+Overall%2C+his+teaching+and+research+in+the+study+of+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhism%2C+other+forms+of+Buddhism%2C+and+other+Asian+religions+combines+historical+and+ethnographic+methodologies%2C+and+draws+from+an+interdisciplinary+body+of+research+pertaining+to+the+history+of+religions%2C+textual+studies%2C+anthropology%2C+comparative+religious+ethics%2C+and+most+recently%2C+environmental+studies+and+ethics.+He+teaches+a+range+of+courses+dealing+with+Asian+religions+from+India+to+Japan%2C+method+and+theory+in+the+study+of+religion%2C+South+and+Southeast+Asian+religion+and+society%2C+globalization%2C+and+the+environment.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.whittier.edu%2Facademics%2Freligious%2FCarbine%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DJason%2520A.%2Ccomparative%2520focus%2520on%2520Southwest%2520China.+Source+Accessed+Nov+20+2023%5D%29 +
Reverend+Konin+Cardenas%2C+also+known+as+Ven.+Dhammadipa%2C+started+the+practice+of+Zen+in+1987+and+was+ordained+as+a+nun+in+2007.+She+has+trained+at+Hosshinji+in+Japan%2C+at+Tassajara+Zen+Mountain+Center%2C+and+at+the+Zen+Center+in+San+Francisco.+She+received+Dharma+Transmission+in+the+Shunryu+Suzuki+lineage.+Ven.+Dhammadipa+serves+as+the+Principal+Teacher+of+Ekan+Zen+Studies+Center%2C+a+virtual+sangha.+She+currently+resides+in+Aloka+Vihara+Monastery+of+the+Forest%2C+a+Theravada+training+center+for+nuns.%0A%0AKonin+Cardenas%2C+tambi%C3%A9n+conocida+como+Ven.+Dhammadipa%2C+comenz%C3%B3+la+pr%C3%A1ctica+del+Zen+en+1987+y+fue+ordenada+en+2007.+Entren%C3%B3+en+el+Templo+Hosshinji+en+Jap%C3%B3n%2C+en+el+monasterio+Zen+de+Tassajara+y+en+el+Centro+Zen+de+San+Francisco.+Recibi%C3%B3+la+transmisi%C3%B3n+del+Dharma+en+el+linaje+Shunryu+Suzuki.+Sirve+como+Maestra+Principal+de+Ekan+Centro+de+Estudios+Zen%2C+una+Sangha+virtual%2C+y+actualmente+reside+en+Aloka+Vihara+Monasterio+del+Bosque%2C+un+centro+de+entrenamiento+Theravada+para+monjas+Budistas.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfzc.org%2Fteachers%2Fven-dhammadipa-konin-cardenas+Source+Accessed+April+25%2C+2024%5D%29 +
John+B.+Carman+in+Parkman+Professor+of+Divinity+and+Professor+of+Comparative+Religion+Emeritus+at+Harvard+Divinity+School. +
Amber+Carpenter+is+Associate+Professor+at+Yale-NUS+College%2C+and+supervises+doctoral+students+at+the+University+of+York.+Dr.+Carpenter+specializes+in+Ancient+Greek+philosophy+and+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy.+She+is+particularly+concerned+with+the+place+of+reason+in+a+well-lived+life%E2%80%94+what+might+reason+be+that+it+could+be+ethically+relevant%2C+or+even+required%3F+Addressing+this+question+opens+up+lines+of+inquiry+in+metaphysics%2C+epistemology+and+philosophical+psychology.%0A%0ADr.+Carpenter%E2%80%99s+work+considers+the+intersections+of+these+areas+of+inquiry.+In+both+Greece+and+India%2C+metaphysics+and+epistemology+mattered.+Debates+over+them+were+parts+of+wider+disputes+about+the+nature+and+domain+of+the+moral.+Dr.+Carpenter%E2%80%99s+work+in+Ancient+Greek+philosophy+focuses+on+Plato%E2%80%99s+metaphysical+ethics+and+related+epistemological+issues%E2%80%94+including+the+intelligence+of+plants.+Her+book%2C+Indian+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+appeared+in+2014%2C+and+her+study+of+the+pudgalav%C4%81dins+can+be+found+in+The+Moon+Points+Back+%282015%29.+In+her+current+work%2C+she+creates+a+conversation+between+these+two+philosophical+traditions%2C+under+the+rubric+%E2%80%98Metaphysics+and+Epistemology+as+Ethics%E2%80%99%2C+as+for+instance+in+%E2%80%98Ethics+of+Substance%E2%80%99.%0A%0AShe+recently+held+a+fellowship+with+the+Beacon+Project%2C+exploring+%E2%80%9CEthical+Ambitions+and+Their+Formation+of+Character%E2%80%9D.%0A%0ADr.+Carpenter+is+currently+Rector+of+Elm+College%2C+Yale-NUS.+From+2015+to+2017%2C+she+was+Head+of+Philosophy+at+Yale-NUS%2C+where+she+initiated+the+Ancient+Worlds+Research+Group.+She+was+a+co-founder+of+the+Yorkshire+Ancient+Philosophy+Network%3B+and+collaborates+with+Rachael+Wiseman+on+the+Integrity+Project.%0A%0A%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fintegrityproject.org%2Famber-carpenter%2F+Read+more+at+the+Integrity+Project%5D +
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Sylvie+Carteron+is+a+translator+of+scholarly+works+into+French.+She+has+translated+a+number+of+books+on+the+subjects+of+Buddhism+and+psychology+and+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+particular.+Her+translations+include+%27%27Esprit+Zen%2C+Esprit+Neuf%27%27+by+Shunryu+Suzuki%2C+%27%27Le+Bouddhisme+Tantrique+du+Tibet%27%27%2C+by+John+Blofeld%2C+%27%27Transformation+et+gu%C3%A9rison%3A+Le+Sutra+des+Quatre+%C3%89tablissements+de+l%27attention%27%27+by++Thich+Nhat+Hanh%2C+%27%27La+m%C3%A9decine+tib%C3%A9taine+bouddhique+et+sa+psychiatrie%27%27+by+Terry+Clifford%2C+and+%27%27Le+Bouddha+du+Dolpo%27%27+by+Cyrus+Stearns. +
An+early+supporter+of+Buddhism+in+America+and+the+proponent+of+the+%22religion+of+science%22%3A+a+faith+that+claimed+to+be+purified+of+all+superstition+and+irrationality+and+that%2C+in+harmony+with+science%2C+would+bring+about+solutions+to+the+world%27s+problems.+Carus+was+born+in+Ilsenberg+in+Harz%2C+Germany.+He+immigrated+to+America+in+1884%2C+settling+in+LaSalle%2C+Illinois%2C+where+he+assumed+the+editorship+of+the+Open+Court+Publishing+Company.+He+attended+the+World+Parliament+of+Religions+in+Chicago+in+1893+and+became+friends+with+several+of+the+Buddhist+delegates%2C+including+Dharmap%C4%81la+and+Shaku+S%C5%8Den%2C+who+were+among+the+first+to+promote+his+writing.Later%2C+Shaku+S%C5%8Den%27s+student%2C+Daisetz+Teitaro+Susuki%2C+woudld+spend+eleven+years+working+with+and+for+Carus+in+LaSalle.+In+1894%2C+Carus+published+%27%27The+Gospel+of+Buddha+according+to+Old+Records%27%27%2C+an+anthology+of+passages+from+Buddhist+texts+drawn+from+contemporary+translations+in+English%2C+French%2C+and+German%2C+making+particular+use+of+translations+from+the+P%C4%81li+by+Thomas+W.+Rhys+Davids%2C+as+well+as+translations+of+the+life+of+the+Buddha+from+Chinese+and+Tibetan+sources.+Second+only+to+Edwin+Arnold%27s+%27%27Light+of+Asia%27%27+in+intellectual+influence+at+the+time%2C+%27%27The+Gospel%27%27+was+arranged+like+the+Bible%2C+with+numbered+chapters+and+verses+and+a+table+at+the+end+that+listed+parallel+passages+from+the+New+Testament.+%27%27The+Gospel%27%27+was+intended+to+highlight+the+many+agreements+between+Buddhism+and+Christianity%2C+thereby+bringing+out+%22that+nobler+Christianity+which+aspires+to+the+cosmic+religion+of+universal+truth.%22+Carus+was+free+in+his+manipulation+of+his+sources%2C+writing+in+the+preface+that+he+had+rearranged%2C+retranslated%2C+and+added+emendations+and+elaborations+in+order+to+make+them+more+accessible+to+a+Western+audience%3B+for+this+reason%2C+the+translated+sources+are+not+always+easy+to+trace+back+to+the+original+literature.+He+also+makes+it+clear+in+the+preface+that+his+ultimate+goal+is+to+lead+his+readers+to+the+Religion+of+Science.+He+believed+that+both+Buddhism+and+Christianity%2C+when+understood+correctly%2C+would+point+the+way+to+the+Religion+of+Science.+Although+remembered+today+for+his+%27%27Gospel%27%27%2C+Carus+wrote+some+seventy+books+and+more+than+a+thousand+articles.+His+books+include+studies+of+Goethe%2C+Schiller%2C+Kant%2C+and+Chinese+thought.+%28Source%3A+The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%2C+2014%2C+168%29
A+diligent%2C+student+and+cultivator%2C+Dharma+Master+Heng+Ch%27ien+has+been+one+of+the+foremost+students+to+sit+at+the+feet+of+the+Venerable+Tripitaka+Master+Hsuan+Hua.+He+studied+the+Dharma+Blossom+Sutra+for+over+five+years%2C+and+has+been+explaining+it+for+more+than+four.+His+understanding+of+the+Sutra+is+deep+and+comprehensive%2C+and+his+lectures+have+made+the+Sutra%27s+principles+clear+and+easy+to+understand.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.dharmasite.net%2Fvbs28%2F28_7.htm+Adapted+from+Source+Oct+1%2C+2022%5D%29 +
The+Korean+scholar+Sangyeob+Cha%2C+who+was+born+in+1969%2C+is+Humanities+Korea+Professor+at+Geumgang+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+Geumgang+University+%28%E9%87%91%E5%89%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%EF%BC%8C+%E7%94%98%E3%83%95%E3%83%8D%E9%82%99%E5%93%A5%E4%B8%91+Geumgang+Daehakgyo%29+in+South+Korea+and+is+the+Head+of+the+center%E2%80%99s+research+team+for+tath%C3%A3gatagarbha+studies.+He+received+the+MA+degree+in+1999+from+Dongguk+University+%28%E6%9D%B1%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%BE%E5%8F%B7%E9%82%99%E8%A8%88%E4%B8%91+Dongguk+Daehakgyo%29+in+Seoul%2C+followed+by+the+PhD+degree+in+2007+from+the+same+institution+with+a+dissertation+on+%27%27%C5%9Bamatha%27%27+meditation+practice%2C+comparing+the+explanations+given+in+Tsong+kha+pa%27s+%27%27Lam+rim+chen+mo%27%27+with+related+explanations+from+Indian+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+texts%2C+particularly+the+YBh.+This+made+him+one+of+the+first+Tibetologists+to+be+educated+in+South+Korea.+He+joined+the+Geumgang+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies+in+2007+as+a+researcher+and+was+promoted+to+Professor+in+2011.%0A%0AHis+research+has+mainly+been+concerned+with+meditation+doctrines+of+the+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+tradition+in+India+and+Tibet+as+represented+in+texts+and+Buddhist+art%2C+as+well+as+the+doctrine+of+buddha-nature+%28%27%27tath%C4%81gatagarbha%27%27%29+especially+as+found+in+the+commentarial+writings+on+the+%27%27Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga%27%27+by+the+Tibetan+scholar+Rngog+Bio+ldan+shes+rab+%281059-1109%29.++%0A%28Source%3A+The+Foundation+for+Yoga+Practitioners%2C+page+239%2C+footnote+428%29 +
An+eminent+scholar%2C+also+known+as+%27Jam+dpal%2C+cha+%27gab+tshang.+He+has+as+also+written+on+Tibetan+language+and+literature. +
Chah+Subhaddo+%28Thai%3A+%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2+%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%2C+known+in+English+as+Ajahn+Chah%2C+occasionally+with+honorific+titles+Luang+Por+and+Phra%29+also+known+by+his+honorific+name+%22Phra+Bodhi%C3%B1%C4%81%E1%B9%87athera%22+%28Thai%3A+%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A3%2C+Chao+Khun+Bodhinyana+Thera%3B+17+June+1918+%E2%80%93+16+January+1992%29+was+a+Thai+Buddhist+monk.+He+was+an+influential+teacher+of+the+Buddhadhamma+and+a+founder+of+two+major+monasteries+in+the+Thai+Forest+Tradition.%0A%0ARespected+and+loved+in+his+own+country+as+a+man+of+great+wisdom%2C+he+was+also+instrumental+in+establishing+Theravada+Buddhism+in+the+West.+Beginning+in+1979+with+the+founding+of+Cittaviveka+%28commonly+known+as+Chithurst+Buddhist+Monastery%29+in+the+United+Kingdom%2C+the+Forest+Tradition+of+Ajahn+Chah+has+spread+throughout+Europe%2C+the+United+States+and+the+British+Commonwealth.+The+dhamma+talks+of+Ajahn+Chah+have+been+recorded%2C+transcribed+and+translated+into+several+languages.%0A%0AMore+than+one+million+people%2C+including+the+Thai+royal+family%2C+attended+Ajahn+Chah%27s+funeral+in+January+1993%5B5%5D+held+a+year+after+his+death+due+to+the+%22hundreds+of+thousands+of+people+expected+to+attend%22.%5B3%5D+He+left+behind+a+legacy+of+dhamma+talks%2C+students%2C+and+monasteries.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAjahn_Chah+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Niranjan+Prasad+Chakravarti+OBE+%281+July+1893+%E2%80%93+19+October+1956%29+was+an+Indian+archaeologist+who+served+as+Chief+epigraphist+to+the+Government+of+India+in+1934+to+1940+and+as+Director-general+of+the+Archaeological+Survey+of+India+from+1948+to+1950.%0A%0AChakravarti+was+born+on+1+July+1893+at+Krishnanagar+in+the+Nadia+district+of+Bengal+Presidency%2C+India.+After+graduation%2C+he+served+as+lecturer+of+Sanskrit+and+Pali+at+the+University+of+Calcutta.+After+working+at+Sorbonne+in+Paris+and+Berlin+universities+on+a+scholarship+in+1921%2C+Chakravarti+went+to+the+United+Kingdom+and+obtained+a+doctorate+from+the+University+of+Cambridge+in+1926.+%0A%0AChakravarti+returned+to+India+in+1929+and+joined+as+Assistant+Superintendent+for+Epigraphy+at+Ootacamund.+In+1934%2C+he+was+promoted+to+the+post+of+Chief+Epigraphist+for+the+Government+of+India.+In+1940%2C+he+was+promoted+to+Deputy+Director-General+of+the+Archaeological+Survey+of+India+becoming+Joint+Director-General+in+1945.+In+1948%2C+Chakravarti+succeeded+Mortimer+Wheeler+as+the+Director+General+of+the+ASI+serving+in+his+position+till+1950.%0A%0AFollowing+his+retirement%2C+Chakravarti+was+appointed+advisor+to+the+Department+of+Archaeology%2C+Government+of+India+and+served+till+1952.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FN._P._Chakravarti+Source+Accessed+Apr+18%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Chiwah+Chan+completed+his+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+1993+with+a+dissertation+on+%22The+Formation+of+Orthodoxy+in+Sung+Dynasty+Buddhism%3A+Chih-li+and+the+T%27ien-t%27ai+School.%22+He+has+published+widely+on+the+Chinese+Tiantai+tradition.+He+has+served+as+Librarian+for+the+Chinese+Collection+at+Yale+University+and+as+Adjunct+Lecturer+in+Yale%27s+Department+of+East+Asian+Languages+and+Literatures.+Prior+to+that%2C+he+spent+four+years+as+a+cataloger+with+the+international+cooperative+Chinese+Rare+Books+Project%2C+based+in+the+East+Asian+Library+at+Princeton+University.+He+is+now+the+Chinese+Librarian+at+the+University+of+Pennsylvania%2C+where+he+selects+scholarly+resources+to+support+the+University%27s+Chinese+Studies+program%2C+organizes+and+supervises+the+technical+processing+of+these+materials%2C+and+provides+specialized+China-related+reference+and+instructional+services+for+faculty+and+students.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.international.ucla.edu%2Fbuddhist%2Fperson%2F1008+Source+Accessed+Sept+10%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Prof.+Lokesh+Chandra+%28born+11+April+1927%29+is+a+prominent+scholar+of+the+Vedic+period%2C+Buddhism+and+the+Indian+arts.+He+was+the+president+of+Indian+Council+for+Cultural+Relations+during+2014%E2%80%932017.+He+has+also+served+as+a+member+of+the+Indian+Rajya+Sabha%2C+Vice-President+of+the+Indian+Council+for+Cultural+Relations%2C+and+Chairman+of+the+Indian+Council+of+Historical+Research.+In+2006+he+was+conferred+with+Padma+Bhushan+by+the+Indian+Government.%3Cbr%3E%0A%0AHe+is+the+son+of+the+famous+Sanskrit+scholar%2C+linguist+and+politician+Raghu+Vira.+After+obtaining+a+master%27s+degree+at+the+University+of+the+Punjab+in+Lahore+in+1947%2C+he+edited+the+Gavamayana+portion+of+the+Vedic+work+Jaiminiya+Brahmana+with+the+help+of+newly+discovered+manuscripts.+Chandra+went+to+the+Netherlands+to+study+Old+Javanese+with+the+Indologist+Jan+Gonda+at+Utrecht+University%2C+where+he+obtained+a+Ph.D.+with+the+dissertation+%27%27Jaiminiya+Brahmana+of+the+Samaveda+II.1-80%27%27+in+March+1950.+Among+them+are+classics+like+his+%27%27Tibetan-Sanskrit+Dictionary%27%27%2C+%27%27Materials+for+a+History+of+Tibetan+Literature%27%27%2C+%27%27Buddhist+Iconography+of+Tibet%27%27%2C+and+his+%27%27Dictionary+of+Buddhist+Art%27%27+in+about+20+volumes.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLokesh_Chandra+Source+Accessed+Apr+2%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Garma+Chen-Chi+Chang+was+Emeritus+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+the+Pennsylvania+State+University+and+a+renowned+Buddhist+scholar.+His+books+include+%27%27The+Buddhist+Teaching+of+Totality%27%27+and+%27%27The+Practice+of+Zen%27%27%2C+as+well+as+his+English+translation+of+the+Tibetan+classic%2C+%27%27The+100%2C000+Songs+of+Milarepa%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.psupress.org%2Fbooks%2Ftitles%2F0-271-00341-3.html+Source+Accessed+May+20%2C+2021%5D%29 +
The+Venerable+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+U+Janak%C4%81bhiva%E1%B9%83sa%2C+%28Burmese%3A+%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B7%E1%80%86%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA+%E1%80%A6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%87%E1%80%94%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%98%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9D%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9E%2C+pronounced+%5Bt%C9%95%CA%B0%C3%A1%C9%B0%CC%83mj%E1%B8%9B+s%CA%B0%C9%99j%C3%A0d%C9%94%CC%80+%C3%BA+za%CC%B0n%C9%99k%C3%A0b%E1%B8%ADw%CA%8A%CC%80%C9%B0%CC%83%CE%B8a%CC%B0%5D%3B+born+24+July+1928%29+is+a+Theravada+Buddhist+monk+from+Myanmar.%0A%0A%27%27%27Early+life+and+studies%27%27%27%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+Pyinma+village%2C+Taungdwingyi+Township%2C+British+Burma%2C+on+Tuesday%2C+24+July+1928.+His+parents+were+U+Phyu+Min+and+Daw+Shwe+Yee.+He+started+to+study+the+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+age+of+fifteen+as+a+novice+monk.+He+received+the+higher+upasampada+ordination+in+1947+and+continued+advanced+studies+of+Buddhist+scriptures.+He+practised+Vipassana+meditation+under+the+instruction+of+the+most+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+from+1953+to+1954.+He+was+then+invited+by+the+State+Buddha+Sasana+Organization+to+be+an+editor+of+the+Buddhist+scriptures+in+Pali+for+reciting+Buddhist+scriptures+at+the+Sixth+Buddhist+Council+in+Myanmar.%0A%0AStarting+from+1957%2C+the+Venerable+Sayadaw+spent+six+years+in+Colombo%2C+Sri+Lanka%2C+where+he+continued+his+studies+of+English%2C+Sanskrit%2C+Hindi+and+Sinhalese+languages.+He+returned+to+Myanmar+in+June+1963.+At+the+invitation+of+the+state+Buddha+Sasana+Organisation%2C+he+took+up+residence+at+Kaba-Aye+where+he+edited+the+publications+of+Pali+Texts.%0A%0A%27%27%27Teaching+career%27%27%27%0A%0AIn+1967%2C+he+was+appointed+by+the+Venerable+Mahasi+Sayadaw+as+a+meditation+teacher+at+Mahasi+Sasana+Yeiktha%2C+Yangon.+In+1977+Sayadaw+Ashin+Janakabhivamsa+took+up+residence+at+Chanmyay+Yeiktha+Meditation+Center+which+was+donated+to+him+by+some+devotees+and+became+the+abbot+of+the+center.+He+has+been+since+then+well+known+as+Chanmyay+Sayadaw.%0A%0AIn+1979-1980%2C+Chanmyay+Sayadaw+accompanied+the+Mahasi+Sayadaw%27s+Dhamma+Mission+to+Europe+and+the+USA.+He+has+undertaken+many+Dhamma+missions+to+countries+in+Asia%2C+Europe%2C+and+the+United+States.+As+recently+as+July+2015%2C+at+the+age+of+87%2C+he+travelled+to+the+UK%2C+Ireland%2C+and+Canada+giving+Dhamma+Talks.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChanmyay_Sayadaw+Source+Accessed+March+17%2C+2022%5D%29
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David+Wellington+Chappell+%281940%E2%80%932004%29+was+a+professor+of+Buddhist+studies+whose+specialties+were+Chinese+Buddhist+traditions+%28esp.+Tiantai%29+and+interreligious+dialogue.+After+receiving+a+B.A.+from+Mount+Allison+University+and+a+B.D.+from+McGill+University%2C+he+completed+a+Ph.D.+in+the+history+of+religions+at+Yale+University.+His+subsequent+teaching+career+included+three+decades+as+a+professor+of+religion+at+the+University+of+Hawaii%2C+where+he+founded+the+journal+Buddhist-Christian+Studies+in+1981%2C+edited+it+through+1985%2C+then+helped+found+the+Society+for+Buddhist-Christian+Studies+in+1987.+His+publications+include+Buddhist+and+Taoist+Practice+in+Medieval+Chinese+Society%2C+T%27ien-t%27ai+Buddhism%3A+An+Outline+of+the+Fourfold+Teachings%2C+Buddhist+Peace+Work%3A+Creating+Cultures+of+Peace%2C+and+Unity+in+Diversity%3A+Hawaii%27s+Buddhist+Communities.%0A%0AAfter+retiring+from+the+University+of+Hawaii%2C+he+taught+comparative+studies+at+Soka+University+of+America+and+was+actively+engaged+in+Buddhist-Muslim+dialogue+in+Asia%2C+Europe%2C+and+North+America.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_W._Chappell+Source+Accessed+June+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
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Heramba+Chatterjee+%C5%9A%C4%81stri+is+Professor+and+Head+of+the+Department+of+P%C4%81li%2C+Sanskrit+College%2C+Calcutta. +
Dr.+Mrs.+Alaka+Chattopadhyaya+obtained+her+doctorate+degr%C3%A8e+of+the+Calcutta+University+with+her+highly+acclaimed+work+based+on+Tibetan+sources+published+with+the+title+%27%27Atisa+and+Tibet%27%27.+By%0Aprofession+she+was+until+recently+the+principal+of+the+Vidyasagar+College+of+Women%2C+Calcutta.+Her+other+published+works+include+the+translation+%28in+Bengali%29+of+the+%27%27Caturasitisiddha-pravrtti%27%27%E2%80%94life+of%0Athe+84+Siddhacaryas+available+hithertobefore+only+in+its+Tibetan+version%2C+besides+many+other+Tibetan+studies.+She+has+extensively+toured+abroad%2C+delivering+lectures+in+%5Bthe%5D+USSR%2C+China%2C+Oxford%2C+Cambridge%2C+Budapast+and+other+places.+%28Source%3A+inside+jacket%2C+%27%27T%C4%81ran%C4%81tha%27s+History+of+Buddhism+in+India%27%27%29 +
Debiprasad+Chattopadhyaya+%28the+editor%29+is+M.A.%2C+D.Ltt.+of+the+Calcutta+University%2C+Honorary+D.Sc.+of+the+Moscow+Academy+of+Sciences%2C+Member+of+the+German+Academy+of+Sciences.+Besides+working+as+Visiting+Professor+at+various+universities%2C+he+is+the+author+of+a+considerable+number+of+works+on+Indian+Philosophy+and+Science+inclusive+of+many+that+are+published+abroad+in+Russian%2C+Chinese%2C%0AJapanese%2C+German+and+other+languages.+Currently%2C+he+is+elected+National+Fellow+of+the+Indian+Council+of+Philosophical+Research%2C+though+he+is+also+working+in+an+honorary+capacity+as+a+Guest+Scientist+of+National+Institute+of+Science+Technology+and+Development+Studies+%28a+constituent%0Aestablishment+of+CSIR%29.+%28Source%3A+inside+jacket%2C+%27%27T%C4%81ran%C4%81tha%27s+History+of+Buddhism+in+India%27%27%2C+1990%29 +
Angraj+Chaudhary+was+appointed+Professor+of+P%C4%81li+at+the+Nava+Nalanda+Mahavihara+University+in+the+Indian+State+of+Bihar+in+1980.+Besides+teaching+English+and+P%C4%81li%2C+the+professor+carried+out+research+and+editing+work%2C+and+guided+MA%2C+PhD%2C+and+D.+Litt+students+in+their+research.+Soon+after+retirement+from+Bihar+Education+Service+in+1992+the+professor+joined+Vipassana+Research+Institute+at+Dhamma+Giri%2C+established+by+our+late+Vipassana+Teacher+S.N.+Goenka.%0A%0ABased+at+Dhamma+Giri%2C+the+professor+has+worked+on+editing+P%C4%81li+books+and+translating+some+of+the+P%C4%81li+atthakathas%2C+or+commentaries%2C+%28written+1500+year+ago+but+not+translated+into+any+other+language%29+into+Hindi+for+the+first+time.+The+Professor+has+also+transliterated+some+of+the+P%C4%81li+atthakathas+into+Devanagari+script+and+he+was+one+of+the+editors+who+edited+the+P%C4%81li+Tipi%E1%B9%ADaka+with+its+atthakathas%2C+tikas+%28sub-commentaries%29%2C+and+anutikas+in+Devanagari+script+in+140+volumes+for+the+first+time-a+Himalayan+task+never+undertaken+anywhere+in+the+whole+world.%0A%0AFrom+the+various+books+he+published%2C+mostly+on+different+aspects+of+Buddhist+philosophy+and+P%C4%81li+literature%2C+the+Pariyatti+Edition+%27%27Aspects+of+Buddha-Dhamma%27%27+is+his+latest.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstore.pariyatti.org%2Fchaudhary-angraj%3F_gl%3D1%2A1d2aaft%2A_gcl_au%2AMTM4NDI0NDg2MC4xNzAwMDkzNDE3+Source+Accessed+Nov+15%2C+2023%5D%29 +
%C3%89mmanuel-%C3%89douard+Chavannes+%285+October+1865+%E2%80%93+29+January+1918%29+was+a+French+sinologist+and+expert+on+Chinese+history+and+religion%2C+and+is+best+known+for+his+translations+of+major+segments+of+Sima+Qian%27s+%27%27Records+of+the+Grand+Historian%27%27%2C+the+work%27s+first+ever+translation+into+a+Western+language.%0A%0AChavannes+was+a+prolific+and+influential+scholar%2C+and+was+one+of+the+most+accomplished+Sinologists+of+the+modern+era+notwithstanding+his+relatively+early+death+at+age+52+in+1918.+A+successor+of+19th+century+French+sinologists+Jean-Pierre+Abel-R%C3%A9musat+and+Stanislas+Julien%2C+Chavannes+was+largely+responsible+for+the+development+of+Sinology+and+Chinese+scholarship+into+a+respected+field+in+the+realm+of+French+science.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25C3%2589douard_Chavannes+Source+Accessed+Apr+21%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Shinge-shitsu+Roko+Sherry+Chayat+%28born+1943%29+is+the+current+abbot+of+the+Zen+Studies+Society%2C+based+at+the+International+Dai+Bosatsu+Zendo+Kongo-ji+monastery%2C+outside+Livingston+Manor%2C+NY%2C+and+at+the+New+York+Zendo+Shobo-Ji+on+the+upper+east+side+of+Manhattan.+She+is+also+the+abbot+of+the+Zen+Center+of+Syracuse+Hoen-ji.+Chayat+is+an+advocate+for+the+use+of+meditation+in+medical+settings%2C+with+Hoen-ji+running+the+program+%27%27Well%2FBeing+Contemplative+Practices+for+Healing%27%27+for+healthcare+professionals.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSherry_Chayat+Source+Accessed+Nov+15%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Anne+Chayet+donated+her+personal+library+to+Tsadra+Foundation+when+she+passed+in+2015.+See+the+collection+here%3A+%5B%5BCategory%3AAnne+Chayet+Donation+2017%7CDonations+from+Anne+Chayet%5D%5D.+Thank+you+Anne%21+%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnne_Chayet%0A%0AWe+are+deeply+saddened+to+inform+you+of+the+passing+away+of+our+colleague+and+friend+Anne+Chayet%2C+struck+down+by+a+heart+attack+during+the+night+of+the+4th+to+the+5th+of+May+2015.+Her+disappearance%2C+totally+unexpected%2C+shatters+all+those+who+had+the+chance+to+work+closely+with+her.%0A%0ARenowned+historian+of+Tibet%2C+especially+its+art+and+society%2C+wielding+both+Tibetan+and+Chinese+sources%2C+Anne+Chayet+largely+contributed+to+the+broad+reach+of+Tibetology.%0A%0ALongtime+Director+of+the+Research+Team+on+the+history+and+society+of+the+Tibetan+cultural+areas+at+the+CNRS%2C+Director+of+the+Institute+of+Tibetan+Studies+of+the+College+de+France+until+recently%2C+a+member+of+the+National+Committee+of+the+CNRS%2C+Anne+Chayet+has+played+a+leading+role+in+the+development+of+Asian+Studies.+Associate+Director+of+the+UMR+8155+created+in+2006%2C+she+devoted+herself+tirelessly+to+ensure+the+success+of+the+scientific+projects+of+our+team.%0A%0ATo+one+degree+or+another%2C+many+researchers+have+benefited+from+her+judicious+guidance%2C+from+her+involvement+in+the+life+of+our+laboratory%2C+and+from+the+help+she+brought+to+all+with+great+generosity%2C+without+sparing+time+and+asking+nothing+in+return.+In+her+commitment+to+research%2C+Anne+was+a+woman+of+ideas+and+passion%2C+while+remaining+very+modest.+May+her+example+remain+alive+in+our+memories.%0A%0AHer+funerals+were+held+yesterday+morning+%28Tuesday+13th%2C+May+2015%29+in+the+strictest+privacy+according+to+her+wish.+Homage+will+soon+be+paid+to+her+in+several+scientific+journals.%0A%0ANicolas+Fi%C3%A9v%C3%A9+and+Alain+Thote%0A%0AEcole+Pratique+des+Hautes+Etudes+%28EPHE%29%2C+Paris%0A%0ACentre+de+recherche+sur+les+Civilisations+de+l%E2%80%99Asie+Orientale+%28CRCAO%29%0A%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftibetanstudies.forumprod.com%2Fanne-chayet-1943-2015-t219.html+Source%5D+Accessed+February+26%2C+2018%29%0A%0A%2A%27%27%27Recent+Publication%3A%27%27%27+%5B%5BEdition%2C+%C3%A9ditions%3A+l%E2%80%99%C3%A9crit+au+Tibet%2C+%C3%A9volution+et+devenir%5D%5D.+Collectanea+Himalayica+3.+%5B%5BIndus+Verlag%5D%5D%2C+2010.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indus-verlag.de%2Fbooks-edition.html+-+PDF%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fepub.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F18011%2F1%2FChayet_et_al_2010.pdf
Tulku+Urgyen+Chemchog+%281915%3F-2003%3F%29+was+one+of+the+closest+disciples+of+Khenpo+Ngawang+Palzang+and+a+disciple+of+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Jigdral+Yeshe+Dorje.+He+was+able+to+teach+quite+a+few+disciples+in+secret+while+spending+twenty+years+in+Chinese+labor+camps+in+Tibet.+After+being+freed%2C+he+lived+and+taught+in+Konjo+province.+After+his+passing+away%2C+his+body+shrank+to+the+size+of+an+arm%27s+length%2C+a+phenomenon+considered+to+be+similar%2C+though+not+identical%2C+to+the+achievement+of%0Athe+rainbow+body.+%28Source%3A+Enlightened+Vagabond%29.+See+also+his+biography+on+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DGojo_Orgyen_Chemchok+Rigpa+Wiki%5D. +
Dr.+Frederick+Shih-Chung+Chen+holds+a+DPhil+degree+in+Oriental+Studies+from+the+University+of+Oxford+and+two+MA+degrees%2C+in+Oriental+and+African+Religions+and+in+the+History+and+Culture+of+Medicine%2C+respectively%2C+from+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies%2C+University+of+London.+He+is+a+Fellow+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland.+In+2004-2005%2C+he+was+a+research+fellow+at+the+Institute+of+Oriental+Studies%2C+University+of+Tokyo%2C+sponsored+by+the+Bukky%C5%8D+Dend%C5%8D+Ky%C5%8Dkai+fellowship.+After+completing+his+DPhil+degree%2C+he+was+awarded+Post-doctoral+fellowships+by+the+National+Science+Council+of+Taiwan+R.O.C.+and+the+Chiang+Ching-kuo+Foundation+of+European+Region+during+2010-2012%2C+to+conduct+his+research+project%2C+The+Early+Formation+of+the+Buddhist+Otherworld+Bureaucracy+in+Early+Medieval+China%2C+at+the+Faculty+of+Oriental+Studies%2C+University+of+Oxford.+He+has+published+articles+on+related+topics%2C+which+will+eventually+be+collected+in+a+planned+book.+Before+arriving+at+IKGF%2C+he+was+a+researcher+on+the+project%2C+Buddhist+Stone+Inscriptions+in+China%2C+at+the+Heidelberg+Academy+of+Science+and+Humanities+and+a+research+associate+at+the+Faculty+of+Archaeology%2C+University+of+Oxford.%3Cbr%3E%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3B%26nbsp%3BDr.+Chen+specializes+in+East+Asian+Buddhism+and+Chinese+religions.+He+is+also+interested+in+the+history+of+Chinese+medicine+and+the+history+of+knowledge+transmission.+His+current+research+focuses+on+transcultural+exchange+between+Buddhism+and+Chinese+religions+in+the+border+areas+of+China+during+the+early+medieval+and+medieval+periods.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikgf.uni-erlangen.de%2Fpeople%2Findex.shtml%2Ffrederick-chen.shtml+Source+Accessed+May+26%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Huaiyu+Chen+is+an+associate+professor+of+religious+studies+at+the+School+of+Historical%2C+Philosophical%2C+and+Religious+Studies%2C+with+a+joint+appointment+at+the+School+of+International+Letters+and+Cultures.+He+has+also+held+several+visiting+positions+in+North+America%2C+Europe%2C+and+Asia%2C+such+as+a+membership+of+the+Institute+for+Advanced+Study+in+Princeton+in+2011-2012%2C+a+Spalding+Visiting+Fellowship+at+Clare+Hall+of+Cambridge+University+in+2014-2015%2C+a+visiting+professorship+at+Beijing+Normal+University+in+June-July+2015%2C+a+visiting+scholarship+at+Max+Planck+Institute+for+the+History+of+Science+%28MPIWG%29+in+Berlin+in+June-July%2C+2018%2C+and+a+visiting+scholarship+at+Institute+for+Religions+and+Ethics+of+Tsinghua+University+in+August%2C+2018.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fisearch.asu.edu%2Fprofile%2F1268668+Source+Accessed+Mar+21%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Shuman+Chen%E2%80%99s+primary+research+is+Chinese+Tiantai+Buddhist+philosophy.+Her+secondary+research+interests+include+Chan%2FZen+Buddhism%2C+Buddhist+art%2C+and+Daoist+philosophy.+With+a+hermeneutic+approach%2C+her+dissertation+explores+the+idea+of+the+Buddha-nature+of+insentient+beings+in+the+Chinese+and+Japanese+Buddhist+traditions%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+philosophy+of+Jingxi+Zhanran+in+the+Tang+dynasty.+Her+dissertation+also+covers+East+Asian+art+with+a+discussion+on+how+plants+are+portrayed+as+sages+and+why+pagodas+and+relics+might+be+considered+sentient.+From+an+environmental+perspective%2C+she+also+examines+how+to+appreciate+the+insentient+world%E2%80%99s+Buddha-nature%2C+hoping+to+increase+our+awareness+of+the+mutual+relationship+between+human+beings+and+nature.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsites.northwestern.edu%2Fasgc%2Fgraduate-students%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Shu-hui+Jennifer+Chen+completed+her+doctorate+in+Buddhist+studies+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison+in+1998.+According+to+her+dissertation%2C+her+major+advisor+was+Professor+Gudrun+Biihnemann.+She+also+worked+closely+with+Professor+Minoru+Kiyota%2C+who+introduced+her+to+the+topic+of+tath%C4%81gatagarbha.+In+addition%2C+she+also+worked+with+Professor+Tsai-fa+Cheng%2C+Professor+Geshe+Sopa%2C+and+Professor+Muhammad+Memon. +
See+bio+at+Sorigkhang+Portland%27s+website+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sorigkhangportland.org%2Fdr-nida-chenagtsang%2F%5D. +
Cheng+Yen+or+Shih+Cheng+Yen+%28Chinese%3A+%E8%AD%89%E5%9A%B4%E6%B3%95%E5%B8%AB%2C+%E9%87%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%9A%B4%3B+pinyin%3A+Zh%C3%A8ngy%C3%A1n+F%C7%8Esh%C4%AB%3B+born+Chin-Yun+Wong%3B+14+May+1937%29+is+a+Taiwanese+Buddhist+nun+%28bhikkhuni%29%2C+teacher%2C+and+philanthropist.+She+is+the+founder+of+the+Buddhist+Compassion+Relief+Tzu+Chi+Foundation%2C+ordinarily+referred+to+as+Tzu+Chi%2C+a+Buddhist+humanitarian+organization+based+in+Taiwan.+In+the+West%2C+she+is+sometimes+referred+to+as+the+%22Mother+Teresa+of+Asia%22.%0A%0ACheng+Yen+was+born+in+Taiwan+during+the+Japanese+occupation.+She+developed+an+interest+in+Buddhism+as+a+young+adult%2C+ordaining+as+a+Buddhist+nun+in+1963+under+the+well+known+proponent+of+humanistic+Buddhism%2C+master+Yin+Shun.+After+an+encounter+with+a+poor+woman+who+had+a+miscarriage%2C+and+a+conversation+with+Roman+Catholic+nuns+who+talked+about+the+various+charity+work+of+the+Catholic+Church%2C+Cheng+Yen+founded+the+Tzu+Chi+Foundation+in+1966+as+a+Buddhist+humanitarian+organization.+The+organization+began+as+a+group+of+thirty+housewives+who+saved+money+for+needy+families.+Tzu+Chi+gradually+grew+in+popularity+and+expanded+its+services+over+time+to+include+medical%2C+environmental%2C+and+disaster+relief+work%2C+eventually+becoming+one+of+the+largest+humanitarian+organizations+in+the+world%2C+and+the+largest+Buddhist+organization+in+Taiwan.%0A%0ACheng+Yen+is+considered+to+be+one+of+the+most+influential+figures+in+the+development+of+modern+Taiwanese+Buddhism.+In+Taiwan%2C+she+is+popularly+referred+to+and+is+the+last+surviving+of+the+%22Four+Heavenly+Kings%22+of+Taiwanese+Buddhism%2C+along+with+her+contemporaries+Sheng-yen+of+Dharma+Drum+Mountain%2C+Hsing+Yun+of+Fo+Guang+Shan+and+Wei+Chueh+of+Chung+Tai+Shan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCheng_Yen+Source+Accessed+Aug+8%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Fran%C3%A7ois+Chenique+is+a+French+essayist+and+author+of+studies+on+esotericism.+He+was+a+professor+of+computer+science+at+Sciences-Po+Paris+and+participated+in+the+creation+of+one+of+the+first+computer+management+services+within+the+Society+of+Pont-%C3%A0-Mousson.+He+is+a+specialist+in+classical+and+modern+logic+and+has+written+several+books+on+this+subject.+%0A%0AChenique+also+held+a+doctorate+in+Religious+Sciences+from+the+University+of+Strasbourg.+He+devoted+himself+mainly+to+the+study+of+Christian+esotericism+in+the+traditionalist+tradition+initiated+by+Ren%C3%A9+Gu%C3%A9non.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFran%25C3%25A7ois_Chenique+Source+Accessed+Oct+18%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Mario+Poceski+received+both+his+MA+%281995%2C+Chinese+Language+and+Culture%29+and+PhD+%282000%2C+Buddhist+Studies%29+at+UCLA.+His+main+research+areas+include+Chinese+Buddhist+history%2C+literature%2C+and+philosophy%2C+with+a+focus+on+the+Tang+period+%28618%E2%80%93907%29.+He+also+has+research+and+teaching+interests+in+medieval+Chinese+history%2C+Chan%2FZen+Buddhism%2C+Korean+and+Japanese+Buddhism%2C+monastic+culture+and+institutions%2C+religious+pluralism%2C+and+globalization+of+Buddhism.+He+has+published+extensively%2C+including+four+books%3A+%27%27Introducing+Chinese+Religions%27%27+%282009%29%2C+%27%27Ordinary+Mind+as+the+Way%3A+The+Hongzhou+School+and+the+Growth+of+Chan+Buddhism%27%27+%282007%29%2C+%27%27Manifestation+of+the+Tath%C4%81gata%3A+Buddhahood+According+to+the+Avatamsaka+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+%281993%29%2C+and+%27%27Sun-Face+Buddha%3A+The+Teachings+of+Ma-tsu+and+the+Hung-chou+School+of+Ch%27an%27%27+%281993%2C+2000%29+%28the+latter+two+of+which+are+published+under+the+name%2C+Cheng+Chien+Bhikshu%29.+Dr.+Poceski+is+currently+Associate+Professor+in+the+Religion+Department+of+University+of+Florida.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fterebess.hu%2Fzen%2Fmesterek%2FMarioPoceski.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+23%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Professor+Lama+Chimpa+was+the+head+of+Indo-Tibetan+Studies%2C+Visvabharati+University%2C+Santiniketan.+He+is+the+translator+of+works+including+%27%27At%C4%AB%C5%9Ba+and+Tibet%3A+Life+and+Works+of+D%C4%ABpa%E1%B9%83kara+%C5%9Ar%C4%ABj%C3%B1%C4%81na+in+Relation+to+the+History+and+Religion+of+Tibet+with+Tibetan+Sources%27%27+%28Motilal+Banarsidass%2C+1996%29%2C+and+%27%27T%C4%81ran%C4%81tha%27s+History+of+Buddhism+in+India%27%27+%28Indian+Institute+of+Advanced+Study%2C+1970%2C+reprinted+by+Motilal+Banarsidass+1990%29. +
Madan+Gopal+Chitkara+%28Hindi%3A+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%29%2C+born+on+September+22%2C+1932+in+the+Bannu+district+of+what+is+now+Pakistan%2C+is+an+Indian+lawyer+and+writer.+After+the+partition+of+India%2C+he+moved+with+his+family+to+Shimla.+He+has+served+as+the+Advocate+General+of+Himachal+Pradesh+and+Vice-President+of+the+Himachal+Pradesh+Administrative+Court+since+1993.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMadan_Gopal_Chitkara+Source+Accessed+Apr+8%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Eun-su+Cho+%28%E8%B6%99%E6%81%A9%E7%A7%80%29+is+a+professor+of+Buddhist+Philosophy+at+Seoul+National+University+in+Korea.+She+received+her+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+California+and+was+an+assistant+professor+in+the+Department+of+Asian+Languages+and+Cultures+at+the+University+of+Michigan+before+she+joined+SNU+in+2004.+Her+research+interests+include+Indian+Abhidharma+Buddhism%2C+Korean+Buddhist+thought%2C+and+women+in+Buddhism.+She+has+written+articles+and+book+chapters%2C+including+%22W%C5%8Fnch%E2%80%99%C5%ADk%E2%80%99s+Place+in+the+East+Asian+Buddhist+Tradition%2C%22+%22From+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Speech+to+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Essence%3A+Philosophical+Discussions+of+Buddha-vacana+in+India+and+China%2C%22+%22Re-thinking+Late+19thCentury+Chos%C5%8Fn+Buddhist+Society%2C%22+and+%22The+Uses+and+Abuses+of+W%C5%8Fnhyo+and+the+%E2%80%98T%E2%80%99ong+Pulgyo%E2%80%99+Narrative.%22+Recently+her+article+titled+%E2%80%9CRepentance+as+a+Bodhisattva+Practice%E2%80%94W%C5%8Fnhyo+on+Guilt+and+Moral+Responsibility%E2%80%9D+was+published+in+%27%27Philosophy+East+%26+West%27%27+%282013%29.+She+co-translated+the+Jikji+simgyeong+into+English%2C+and+edited+a+volume+%27%27Korean+Buddhist+Nuns+and+Laywomen+%E2%80%93+Hidden+Histories+and+Enduring+Vitality%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2011%29.+She+was+the+founding+director+of+the+International+Center+for+Korean+Studies+at+SNU+in+2007-2008%2C+had+served+as+the+chair+of+the+Editorial+Subcommittee+of+the+MOWCAP+%28Asia%2FPacific+Regional+Committee+for+the+Memory+of+the+World+Program%29+of+UNESCO+in+2007-2009%2C+and+was+the+elected+president+of+the+Korean+Society+for+Buddhist+Studies+%28Bulgyohak+y%C5%8Fn%E2%80%99guhoe%29+from+2012-2014.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsnu-kr.academia.edu%2FEunsuCho+Source+Accessed+Nov+27%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Venerable+Geshe+Tenzin+Chodrak+%28Dadul+Namgyal%29+is+a+prominent+scholar+in+Tibetan+Buddhism.+He+has+a+doctorate+%28Geshe+Lharampa%29+in+Buddhism+and+Philosophy+from+the+Drepung+Monastic+University+earned+in+1992.+He+also+holds+a+Master%E2%80%99s+degree+in+English+Literature+from+Panjab+University+in+Chandigarh%2C+India.%0A%0AAuthor+of+several+articles+on+Buddhism%2C+Geshe-la+was+also+a+professor+of+Philosophy+at+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies+at+Sarnath%2C+Varanasi%2C+India+for+seven+years.+In+addition%2C+he+has+been+the+Spiritual+Director+of+LSLK+Tibetan+Buddhist+Center%2C+Knoxville%2C+USA.%0A%0ADue+to+his+facility+in+both+Tibetan+and+English%2C+he+has+served+as+interpreter+and+speaker+for+numerous+conferences+exploring+the+interface+of+Buddhism+with+modern+science%2C+Western+philosophy+and+psychology%2C+and+other+religious+traditions+on+both+a+national+and+international+level.+His+language+ability+has+also+enabled+him+to+serve+as+an+English+language+translator+for+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+throughout+the+world.%0A%0AAs+a+published+author+and+translator%2C+Geshe-la%E2%80%99s+credits+include+a+Tibetan+translation+of+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%E2%80%99s+%27%27Power+of+Compassion%27%27%2C+a+language+manual%2C+%27%27Learn+English+through+Tibetan%27%27%2C+and+a+critical+work+on+Tsongkhapa%E2%80%99s+%27%27Speech+of+Gold%27%27.+He+also+serves+as+a+Board+Member+for+Tibet+House%2C+New+York.%0A%0AFrom+2010+until+recently%2C+he+had+served+as+Senior+Resident+Teacher+at+Drepung+Loseling+Monastery+in+Atlanta.+Around+the+same+time%2C+he+began+full-time+position+as+Senior+Translator%2FInterpreter+with+the+Center+for+Contemplative+Science+and+Compassion-based+Ethics+at+Emory+University%2C+Atlanta.+There+he+was+working+in+producing+a+six-year+bilingual+%28English+and+Tibetan%29+science+curriculum+and+preparing+additional+research+%26+pedagogy+materials+in+Modern+Science+for+use+in+Tibetan+monasteries+and+nunneries.%0A%0AGeshe-la+visited+several+times%2C+inspiring+us+with+his+passion+for+Madhyamaka+philosophy+and+his+sheer+joy+in+sharing+Buddha%E2%80%99s+teachings.+See+photos+of+Geshe-la+teaching+at+Sravasti+Abbey+in+2016.%0A%0AThe+Sravasti+Abbey+community+is+delighted+that+Geshe-la+is+now+a+resident+teacher+at+the+Abbey.+He+brings+his+abundant+knowledge%2C+compassion%2C+and+humility+and+acts+as+an+excellent+role+model+for+new+monastics+at+the+Abbey.+Since+joining+our+community%2C+he+has+decided+to+go+by+his+ordination+name%2C+Venerable+Tenzin+Chodrak.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsravastiabbey.org%2Fadvisory-member%2Fgeshe-dadul-namgyal%2F++sravastiabbey.org%5D%29
Ani+Migme+as+she+was+known+to+anyone+who+met+her+during+her+long+tenure+at+Gampo+Abbey+for+many+she+embodied+what+it+was+to+be+a+western+Buddhist+monastic.++Her+commitment+to+monasticism+was+unwavering+and+her+influence+on+life+at+Gampo+Abbey+was+all+pervasive.++In+2008+a+short+biography+and+interview+with+Ani+Migme+The+Fortunate+Life+of+Ani+Migme+was+included+in+the+Abbey%E2%80%99s+newsletter+The+Lionsroar.+https%3A%2F%2Fgampoabbey.org%2Ffiles%2F2016%2F10%2FAni-Migme-a-Fortunate-Life.pdf.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+her+unwavering+commitment+to+the+monastic+tradition+Migme+Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n+worked+tirelessly+to+make+the+dharma+available+to+others+through+her+work+as+a+transcriber%2C+editor+and+translator+of+Buddhist+teachings.++Gampo+Abbey+has+had+the+privilege+to+host+many+prominent+Buddhist+teachers+over+the+years+most+of+whom+would+give+teachings+to+the+community.++Ani+Migme+transcribed+and+edited+all+of+these+teachings+which+amounted+to+dozens+of+talks%2C+most+in+the+early+years+were+done+with+a+manual+typewriter.++Many+of+these+talks+became+the+basis+for+some+of+the+earliest+published+teachings+of+their+kind+available+to+western+students+including+Acharya+Pema+Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n%E2%80%99s+first+book.++In+later+years+working+in+conjunction+with+Lodro+Sangpo+under+the+mandate+of+the+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Gyatso+Translation+Committee%2C+Ani+Migme+translated+many+scholarly+Buddhist+texts+from+French+into+English.++For+more+details+on+her+translation+work+visit+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kccl.ca%2Fcommittees-projects-2%2F+the+Karma+Changchub+Ling+website%5D.%0A%0AGelongma+Migme+Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n+has+produced+translations+of+the+following+texts%3A%0A%0AMah%C4%81praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81%C5%9B%C4%81stra.+Translated+by+%C3%89tienne+Lamotte.%3Cbr%3E%0AVij%C3%B1aptim%C4%81trat%C4%81siddhi.+Translated+by+Louis+de+La+Vall%C3%A9e+Poussin.%3Cbr%3E%0AMah%C4%81y%C4%81nasa%E1%B9%83graha.+Translated+by+%C3%89tienne+Lamotte.%3Cbr%3E%0ALes+Sectes+Bouddhiques+du+Petit+V%C3%A9hicule.+By+Andr%C3%A9+Bareau.%3Cbr%3E%0ALa+Saveur+de+l%E2%80%99Immortel+%28Am%E1%B9%9Btarasa%29.+Translated+by+Van+den+Broeck.%3Cbr%3E%0AVie+et+chants+de+%E2%80%98Brug-pa+Kun-legs+le+yogin+%28The+Life+and+Songs+of+Drugpa+Kunlegs%29.+Translated+by+R.A.+Stein.+%28Note+that+Ch%C3%B6gyam+Trungpa+Rinpoche+was+said+to+be+an+incarnation+of+Drugpa+Kunlegs%2C+who+was+known+as+the+Madman+of+Bhutan.%29
Khandro+Thrinlay+Chodon+was+born+in+Lahoul%2C+which+is+known+in+the+dharma+texts+as+the+%27Land+of+the+Dakinis%27.+She+was+born+into+a+family+of+great+Tibetan+yogis+who+were+renowned+for+their+extensive+and+pure+practice.+She+has+therefore+been+trained+since+childhood+in+the+practices+of+Vajrayana+Buddhism%2C+and+grew+up+in+an+environment+where+spirituality+was+an+integral+part+of+everyday+life.%0A%0ADue+to+a+generous+sponsorship+from+an+Australian+man+named+Laurie+Seaman%2C+and+also+to+the+visionary+encouragement+of+her+parents%2C+Khandro-la+was+able+to+attend+a+catholic+boarding+school+in+Kullu.+The+school+was+only+two+hours+from+her+family+home+so+she+could+keep+regular+contact+with+her+family+and+ancient+culture.+At+the+school+she+learnt+English+and+received+the+beginnings+of+her+excellent+western+academic+education.+Khandro-la+went+on+to+earn+her+B.A.+in+Psychology+from+Punjab+University+in+Chandigarh%2C+India%2C+in+1986+and+then+in+1998%2C+she+graduated+with+an+M.A.+in+East-West+Psychology+from+the+California+Institute+of+Integral+Studies%2C+San+Francisco%2C+USA%0A%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.khachodling.org%2Fbiography.html+Source%5D%29 +
Reverend+Dr.+Chodrung-ma+Kunga+Chodron+%28also+known+as+Lois+Peak%29%2C+teaches+courses+meditation+at+Vassar+College.+She+served+for+five+years+as+an+Assistant+Research+Professor+at+The+George+Washington+University%2C+where+she+taught+courses+in+Buddhism%2C+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+and+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+the+Department+of+Religion.+Professor+Kunga+Chodron+has+been+the+recipient+of+numerous+grants+and+fellowships%2C+including+several+recent+grants+for+translation+of+Buddhist+sutras+from+the+Khyentse+Foundation%2C+as+well+as+fellowships+and+grants+from+the+Association+of+Asian+Studies%2C+Spencer+Foundation%2C+and+Social+Science+Research+Council.+She+has+authored+several+books+and+many+articles+on+Buddhism+and+education+in+Asia.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EKunga+Chodron+speaks+and+reads+the+Tibetan+language%2C+and+together+with+Khenpo+Kalsang+Gyaltsen+has+co-translated+eight+book-length+works+on+Buddhist+philosophy+and+ritual+as+well+as+over+a+hundred+shorter+works.+She+is+a+core+member+of+the+working+committee+of+the+Buddhist+Literary+Heritage+Project%2C+which+is+undertaking+the+translation+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Canon%2C+known+as+the+Tripitaka%2C+into+English.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EKunga+Chodron+received+a+doctorate+in+Comparative+Human+Development+and+a+master%E2%80%99s+degree+in+Human+Development+from+Harvard+Graduate+School+of+Education.+At+Harvard%2C+she+also+served+for+two+years+as+an+editor+of+the+Harvard+Educational+Review.+She+worked+for+the+U.S.+government+for+over+15+years%2C+serving+in+senior+research+and+policy+positions+in+the+U.S.+Department+of+Education.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EKunga+Chodron+has+been+a+Buddhist+nun+for+over+twenty+years.+She+has+received+many+teachings+from+eminent+Sakya+lineage+holders%2C+including+His+Holiness+the+Sakya+Trizin%2C+His+Eminence+Luding+Khen+Chen+Rinpoche%2C+and+the+Very+Venerable+Dezhung+Rinpoche.+Her+primary+teacher+is+Venerable+Khenpo+Kalsang+Gyaltsen.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EIn+2001%2C+Kunga+Chodron+assisted+in+the+founding+of+and+has+since+continuously+served+as+Secretary%2FTreasurer+of+Tsechen+Kunchab+Ling+Temple%2C+which+is+the+Seat+of+His+Holiness+Sakya+Trizin+in+the+United+States.+In+1986%2C+she+also+assisted+in+the+founding+and+has+since+served+as+President+of+Sakya+Phuntsok+Ling+Center+for+Tibetan+Buddhist+Studies+and+Meditation+in+Silver+Spring+Maryland.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EHis+Holiness+Sakya+Trizin+appointed+Kunga+Chodron+as+a+member+of+the+Committee+of+Western+Bhiksunis+in+2009.+In+2011%2C+he+bestowed+upon+her+the+title+of+Chodrung-ma+%28Senior+Nun%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bhiksuniordination.org%2Fabout_cmt_KC.html+Source+Accessed+Apr+2%2C+2021%5D%29
A+native+of+the+U.S.%2C+Ven.+Chodron%2C+whose+Chinese+Dharma+name+is+De+Lin%2C+is+particularly+qualified+to+teach+Western+monastics.+She+trained+in+Asia+for+many+years%2C+receiving+novice+ordination+from+Kyabje+Ling+Rinpoche+in+1977+and+full+ordination+in+Taiwan+in+1986.+Her+teachers+include+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+Tsenzhab+Serkong+Rinpoche%2C+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche%2C+and+Lama+Thubten+Yeshe+and+many+others.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+founding+Sravasti+Abbey%2C+Ven.+Chodron+is+a+well-known+author+and+teacher.+She+has+published+many+books+on+Buddhist+philosophy+and+meditation%2C+including+four+volumes+%28so+far%29+in+The+Library+of+Wisdom+and+Compassion%2C+co-authored+with+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+with+whom+she+has+studied+for+nearly+forty+years.+Find+info+on+the+first+four+volumes+in+the+series+here%3A+Volume+1%2C+%27%27Approaching+the+Buddhist+Path%27%27%3B+Volume+2%2C+%27%27The+Foundation+of+Buddhist+Practice%27%27%3B+Volume+3%2C+%27%27Samsara%2C+Nirvana%2C+%26+Buddha+Nature%27%27%2C+and+Volume+4%2C+%27%27Following+in+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Footsteps%27%27.%0A%0AVen.+Chodron+teaches+worldwide+and+is+known+for+her+practical+%28and+humorous%21%29+explanations+of+how+to+apply+Buddhist+teachings+in+daily+life.+She+was+resident+teacher+at+Amitabha+Buddhist+Centre+in+Singapore+and+Dharma+Friendship+Foundation+in+Seattle.+Ven.+Chodron+is+also+actively+involved+in+prison+outreach+and+interfaith+dialogue.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsravastiabbey.org%2Fcommunity-member%2Fthubten-chodron%2F+Source+Accessed+Nov+1%2C+2021%5D%29 +
TSERING+CHOEKYI+completed+postgraduate+studies+in+International+Relations+at+the%0ANational+Chengchi+University%2C+Taipei%2C+where+her+research+focused+on+the+role+of%0AInternational+NGOs+and+HR+in+China.+She+currently+works+as+an+intern+at+Global%0APeace+Initiative+of+Women+in+New+York. +
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Venerable+Tenzin+Chogkyi+is+a+Buddhist+nun+who+first+became+interested+in+meditation+and+Buddhism+in+the+early+1970s%2C+and+became+a+student+of+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+other+Tibetan+Buddhist+teachers+in+early+1991.+Venerable+Tenzin+took+novice+ordination+in+2004+with+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+completed+several+long+meditation+retreats+over+a+six+year+period.+Venerable+Tenzin+teaches+Buddhist+philosophy+and+meditation+within+the+FPMT+network%2C+and+also+teaches+Cultivating+Emotional+Balance+%28a+secular+program+developed+by+Alan+Wallace+and+Paul+Ekman%29.+She+is+passionate+about+social+justice+and+interfaith+work+in+addition+to+her+Buddhist+practice%2C+and+has+been+teaching+in+prisons+for+the+last+13+years.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.compassioninstitute.com%2Fteachers%2Ftenzin-chogkyi%2F+Source+Accessed+Oct+29%2C+2021%5D%29 +
A+modern+Tibetan+biography+is+available+on+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbrc.org%2F%23%21rid%3DW1KG17214+BDRC+W1KG17214+%5D%3A+bco+brgyad+khri+chen+rin+po+che%27i+mdzad+rnam+mdor+bsdus.+Edited+by+Yon+tan+bzang+po+%28P5949%29.+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%3A+Sachen+International%2C+2008.+%0A%0AHis+Eminence+Chogye+Trichen+Rinpoche%2C+Ngawang+Khyenrab+Thupten+Lekshe+Gyatso%2C+is+the+most+senior+Sakya+Lama+and+the+head+of+the+Tsar+sub-school+of+Sakya+tradition.+His+Eminence+is+a+renowned+tantric+master%2C+a+dedicated+practitioner%2C+an+outstanding+scholar%2C+an+eloquent+poet%2C+and+embodies+the+wisdom%2C+spirit+and+activities+of+the+holy+Dharma.+His+Eminence+is+a+master+of+masters+as+most+Tibetan+Buddhist+lineage+holders+are+his+disciples.+Amongst+these+disciples+are+His+Holiness+the+14th+Dalai+Lama%2C+Tenzin+Gyatso%2C+and+His+Holiness+the+41st+Sakya+Trizin%2C+Ngawang+Kunga%2C+and+His+Eminence+is+regarded+as+the+definitive+authority+on+Kalacakra+Tantra.+In+addition+to+His+Eminence%27s+stature+among+Tibetan+lamas%2C+the+late+King+Birendra+of+Nepal+awarded+His+Eminence+%22Gorkha+Dakshin+Babu%22%2C+a+tribute+which+has+never+been+awarded+to+a+Buddhist+monk+in+Nepal+before.%0A%0ABorn+in+1919+in+the+Tsang+province+of+Central+Tibet+into+the+Zhalu+Kushang+family+of+the+Che+clan%2C+a+lineage+descended+from+the+clear+light+gods%2C+he+was+recognized+as+the+reincarnation+of+the+previous+Chogye+Rinpoche+of+Nalendra+Monastery+by+the+13th+Dalai+Lama%2C+Thupten+Gyatso.+Many+auspicious+and+marveleous+signs+accompanied+His+Eminence%27s+birth.+His+Eminence+is+the+26th+patriarch+of+Phenpo+Nalendra+Monastery%2C+North+of+Lhasa.+Founded+by+Rongton+Sheja+Kunrig+%281367-1449%29%2C+Nalendra+is+one+of+the+most+important+Sakya+monasteries+in+Tibet.+Wondrously%2C+each+generation+of+the+Kushang+family+has+produced+no+less+than+four+sons%2C+most+of+who+have+served+as+throne+holders+of+many+important+monasteries+including+Nalendra%2C+Zhalu+and+Ngor.%0A%0AThe+name+%22Kushang%22+meaning+%27royal+maternal+uncle%27+derived+from+the+fact+that+many+daughters+from+the+family+were+married+to+numerous+Sakya+throne+holders%2C+one+of+whom%2C+Drogon+Chagna%2C+was+supreme+ruler+of+Tibet%2C+who+succeeded+Chogyal+Phakpa.%0A%0AThe+name+%22Chogye%22+means+%27Eighteen%27+and+comes+from+the+time+of+Khyenrab+Choje%2C+the+8th+abbot+of+Nalendra+who+also+belonged+to+the+aristocratic+Kushang+family.+Khyenrab+Choje%2C+a+great+teacher+possessing+the+direct+lineage+of+Kalacakra+received+from+Vajrayogini%2C+was+invited+to+be+the+abbot+of+Nalendra+by+Sakya+Trizin+Dagchen+Lodro+Gyaltsen+%281444-1495%29.+Khyenrab+Choje+visited+the+Emperor+of+China+who+was+greatly+impressed+by+the+tantric+scholar+from+Tibet+and+bestowed+on+him+%27eighteen%27+precious+gifts.+From+Khyenrab+Choje+the+lineage+of+Chogye+Rinpoches+began.%0A%0AAt+the+age+of+twelve+His+Eminence+was+officially+enthroned+at+the+Phenpo+Nalendra+Monastery.+In+these+early+years+he+studied+intensively+all+the+basic+liturgies+and+rituals+of+Nalendra+Monastery.+His+two+main+root+Gurus+were+the+4th+Zimwog+Tulku%2C+Ngawang+Tenzin+Thrinley+Norbu+Palzangpo%2C+the+other+main+incarnate+lama+of+Nalendra+Monastery%2C+and+Dampa+Rinpoche+Shenphen+Nyingpo+of+Ngor+Ewam.+From+these+two+great+teachers+His+Eminence+recieved+all+the+major+and+minor+teachings+of+Sakya+such+as+the+two+Lamdre+Traditions%2C+the+Greater+and+Lesser+Mahakalas%2C+the+Four+Tantras%2C+the+Thirteen+Golden+Dharmas%2C+Kalacakra%2C+etc.+His+Eminence+completed+extensive+studies+in+all+major+fields+of+study+taught+in+Lord+Buddha%27s+teachings.+His+Eminence+becomes+a+master+in+both+Sutrayana+and+Mantrayana+teachings.+His+Eminence+is+also+a+great+scholar+of+literature%2C+poetry%2C+history+and+Buddhist+metaphysics+and+a+highly+accomplished+poet.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.yuloling.com%2Fkhacho-yulo-ling%2Fspiritual-leaders%2Fhis-eminence-chogye-trichen-rinpoche.html+Source+Accessed+June+16%2C+2020%5D%29
Potprecha+Cholvijarn%2C+also+known+as+Achan+Jak%2C+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Bristol%2C+in+the+UK.+He+is+the+author+of+%27%27%27Nibbana+as+Self+or+not-Self%3A+Some+Contemporary+Thai+Discussions%27%27%27%2C+%E2%80%98Meditation+Manual+of+King+Taksin+of+Thonburi%E2%80%99+and+%E2%80%98Ayutthaya+period+meditation+manual+from+Wat+Pradusongtham%E2%80%99.+He+is+currently+a+special+lecturer+at+the+Thai+Studies+Centre%2C+Faculty+of+Arts%2C+Chulalongkorn+University.+%28Personal+Communication%2C+March+28%2C+2022.%29 +
Lama+Ch%C3%B6nam%2C+Ch%C3%B6ying+Namgyal%2C+was+born+in+the+Golog+area+of+eastern+Tibet+in+1964.+His+root+teacher%2C+Khenpo+M%C3%BCnsel%2C+was+a+direct+disciple+of+Khenpo+Ngagchung+and+was+himself+one+of+the+great+authentic+Dzogchen+masters+of+the+twentieth+century.+Lama+Ch%C3%B6nam+escaped+Tibet+in+1992+and+later+came+to+the+United+States%2C+where+he+resides+today.+Over+the+past+sixteen+years+Lama+Ch%C3%B6nam+has+been+teaching+Tibetan+language+and+the+Buddhadharma.+He+is+one+of+the+founders+of+the+Light+of+Berotsana+Translation+Group.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fproduct%2Flives-and-liberation-princess-mandarava%2F+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
Ven.+Thubten+Chonyi+began+attending+classes+with+Venerable+Thubten+Chodron+at+Dharma+Friendship+Foundation+in+Seattle+in+1996+and+has+practiced+steadily+under+Venerable%E2%80%99s+guidance+ever+since.%0A%0AShe+was+a+founder+of+Friends+of+Sravasti+Abbey%2C+which+formed+in+2003+to+support+Ven.+Chodron%E2%80%99s+dream+to+start+a+monastery.+She+moved+to+the+Abbey+in+2007+and+took+%C5%9Br%C4%81ma%E1%B9%87erik%C4%81+and+%C5%9Bik%E1%B9%A3am%C4%81%E1%B9%87%C4%81+precepts+in+May+2008.+See+photos+of+her+ordination.%0A%0AAlong+with+Ven.+Jigme%2C+Ven.+Chonyi+received+bhikshuni+%28full%29+ordination+at+Fo+Guang+Shan+temple+in+Taiwan+in+2011.+See+the+photos.%0A%0AAt+the+Abbey%2C+Ven.+Chonyi+is+involved+with+publicity+and+inviting+generosity.+She+also+shares+Buddha%E2%80%99s+teachings+at+the+Abbey%2C+online%2C+and%2C+occasionally%2C+at+Buddhist+centers+in+the+US+and+abroad.+She+has+co-taught+meditation+and+Buddhist+ideas+at+the+Unitarian+Universalist+Church+of+Spokane+for+13+years%2C+and+especially+enjoys+interfaith+exchange+and+bringing+Buddhist+values+into+social+justice+issues.%0A%0AVen.+Chonyi%E2%80%99s+formal+education+was+in+theatre+at+Wesleyan+College+in+Macon%2C+GA.+She+worked+for+many+years+as+a+performer%2C+publicist%2C+fundraiser%2C+and+producer+in+the+performing+arts.+As+a+Reiki+teacher+and+practitioner+for+19+years%2C+she+co-founded+two+Reiki+centers+and+the+Reiki+AIDS+Project%2C+and+led+classes+and+workshops+in+Europe+and+North+America.+She+was+communications+director+for+the+international+The+Reiki+Alliance+and+served+eight+years+as+Managing+Editor+for+%27%27Reiki+Magazine+International%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsravastiabbey.org%2Fcommunity-member%2Fthubten-chonyi%2F+Source+Accessed+May+16%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Yoke+Meei+Choong+%E5%AE%97%E7%8E%89%E5%AA%BA+currently+teaches+as+an+Associate+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Buddhist+Studies+at+Fo+Guang+University%2C+Taiwan.+Her+research+combines+Buddhist+philological+study+with+the+historical+study+of+Buddhist+thought.+Her+interest+lies+mainly+in+the+derivation%2C+adaptation+and+development+of+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+concepts+or+thought+from+the+ideas+of+mainstream+Buddhism.+Her+chief+publications+include+%22%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%27%27+and+%27%27Tathat%C4%81%27%27+in+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+Texts%3A+The+Bodhisattva%E2%80%99s+Adaptation+of+the+%27%27%C5%9Ar%C4%81vaka%27%27-Path%22%2C+%22To+Realize+or+Not+to+Realize+the+Supreme+Truth%3A+A+Change+of+the+Conception+of+Realization%E2%80%9D%2C+%E2%80%9COn+the+Interpretation+of+%27%27na+%C5%9B%C5%ABnyatay%C4%81+%C5%9B%C5%ABnya%27%27%22%2C+and+a+book%2C+%27%27Zum+Problem+der+Leerheit%27%27+%28%C5%9B%C5%ABnyat%C4%81%29+%27%27in+der+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%27%27A+Distant+Mirror%27%27%2C+about+the+authors%2C+529%29 +
Wrote+an+interlinear+commentary+on+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+titled+%27%27Byang+chub+sems+dpa%27i+spyod+pa+la+%27jug+pa%27i+rnam+par+bshad+pa+dam+pa%27i+zhal+lung+rmongs+pa%27i+mun+sel%27%27.+His+commentary+on+chapter+9+has+a+separate+title+called+%27%27Shes+rab+le%27u%27i+brjed+byang+dam+pa%27i+zhal+lung+rmongs+pa%27i+mun+sel%27%27. +
Chos+kyi+%27od+zer+%28Nom-un+gerel%2C+Choiji+Odser%2C+or+%C4%8Cosgi+Odsir%29+was+a+Uighur+scholar+of+the+Sakya+order+who+translated+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27+into+Mongolian+in+1305+%28other+sources+say+1312%2C+see+Baumann%2C+2008%29+and+wrote+a+commentary+on+the+text%2C+of+which+only+a+fragment+remains.+According+to+Liland%27s+MA+thesis+%282009%29%2C+he+flourished+between+1305%E2%80%931321.+According+to+Alexander+Berzin%2C+%22The+first+Buddhist+text+translated+from+Tibetan+into+Mongolian+was+Shantideva%27s+%27%27Engaging+in+Bodhisattva+Behavior%27%27+%28%27%27Byang-chub+sems-dpa%E2%80%99i+spyod-pa-la+%E2%80%98jug-pa%27%27%2C+Skt.+%27%27Bodhisattvacaryavatara%27%27%29.+It+was+prepared+by+the+Uighur+translator+Chokyi+Ozer+%28Chos-kyi+%E2%80%98od-zer%29%2C+during+the+reign+of+the+Mongol+Yuan+Emperor+Khaisan+K%C3%BCl%C3%BCg+%28Chin.+Wuzong%2C+Wu-tsung%2C+1308%E2%80%931311%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fstudybuddhism.com%2Fen%2Fadvanced-studies%2Fhistory-culture%2Ftransmission-of-buddhism%2Ftraditional-guidelines-for-translating-buddhist-texts+See+Berzin%5D%29.+Vesna+Wallace+also+notes+that+he+was+this+first+to+translate+the+%27%27Four+Medical+Tantras%27%27+from+Tibetan+to+Mongolian.+His+student+was+Shes+rab+seng+ge. +
It+is+as+of+yet+unclear+who+this+figure+is+and+there+are+several+possibilities+on+BDRC%2C+such+as+rdzong+sngon+blo+gros+chos+kyi+go+cha+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bdrc.io%2Fresource%2FP7921+P7921%5D%29.+His+termas+have+also+been+published+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bdrc.io%2Fresource%2FMW1KG6249+here%5D+with+authorship+attributed+to+rdzong+sngon+pad%2Bma+thugs+mchog+rdo+rje+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.bdrc.io%2Fresource%2FP7959+P7959%5D%29 +
Translator+of+the+%27%27Vimalak%C4%ABrtinirde%C5%9Bas%C5%ABtra%27%27+and+the+%27%27Ratnameghas%C5%ABtra%27%27. +
Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa%2C+also+known+as+Rokje+Lingpa+as+well+as+several+other+names%2C+was+initially+recognized+as+the+rebirth+of+a+Kagyu+master+by+the+Seventh+Shamarpa+and+installed+at+Rechung+Phuk%2C+an+institution+named+after+Milarepa%27s+disciple+Rechungpa+and+the+site+where+Tsangny%C3%B6n+Heruka+wrote+his+famous+biography+of+Milarepa.+Though+Ch%C3%B6je+Lingpa+he+would+become+an+important+teacher+to+several+important+Kagyu+hierarchs+including+the+Karmapa+and+Shamarpa%2C+he+we+also+involved+with+several+Nyingma+masters%2C+including+the+tert%C3%B6n+Taksham+Nuden+Dorje+who+granted+him+prophecies+and+made+him+the+steward+of+his+treasures.+He+would+become+a+prolific+tert%C3%B6n+in+his+own+right+and+came+to+be+considered+the+penultimate+emanation+of+Gyalse+Lhaje%2C+prior+to+his+rebirth+as+Jamyang+Khyentse+Wangpo. +
Tarapada+Chowdhury+%281906-59%29+M.A.%2C+B.L.%2C+Ph.D+%28London%29+was+Head+of+Department+Sanskrit%2C+Patna+College%2C+Patna+University.+He+also+taught+Linguistics%2C+German%2C+French+and+Bengali+at+the+University.+Among+his+major+works+is+%27%27Un%C4%81dis%C5%ABtrani%27%27+%281940%29%2C+%27%27Avyayaviveka%27%27+%281946%29%2C+and+the+critical+editions+of+%27%27%C5%9Aai%C5%9Biriya-%C5%9Aiks%C4%81%27%27+%281935%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.in%2FInterpretation-Doubtful-Words-Atharvaveda-Essays%2Fdp%2F9388540921+Source+accessed+June+7%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Junjie+Chu+%E8%A4%9A%E4%BF%8A%E5%82%91+is+an+Indologist+and+Tibetologist%2C+and+teaches+IndoTibetan+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+Sanskrit+and+classic+Tibetan+in+the+Department+of+Indology+and+Central+Asian+Studies+at+the+University+of+Leipzig%2C+Germany.+His+current+research+centers+on+the+Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra+system%2C+especially+its+epistemological+theories.+He+is+the+author+of+%22On+Dign%C4%81ga%E2%80%99s+Theory+of+the+Object+of+Cognition+as+Presented+in+PS%28V%29+1%22+%28%27%27Journal+of+the+International+Association+of+Buddhist+Studies%27%27%29+and+%22A+Study+of+Sataimira+in+Dign%C4%81ga%E2%80%99s+Definition+of+Pseudo-Perception+%28PS+1.7cd-8ab%29%22+%28%27%27Wiener+Zeitschrift+f%C3%BCr+die+Kunde+S%C3%BCdasiens%2FVienna+Journal+of+South+Asian+Studies%27%27%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de%2Fpdf%2F4-publikationen%2Fhamburg-buddhist-studies%2Fhamburgup-hbs03-authors-linradich-mirror.pdf+Source+Accessed+June+29%2C+2020%5D%29 +
The+Chung+Tai+Translation+Committee+comprises+of+Dharma+Masters+and+lay+disciples+and+convenes+regularly.+To+view+or+download+other+sutra+translations+by+CTTC%2C+visit+%E2%80%9CDharma+Gems%E2%80%9D+on+http%3A%2F%2Fsunnyvale.ctzen.org.+See+also+the+publisher%2C+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fresearch.tsadra.org%2Findex.php%2FChung_Tai_Shan_Buddhist_Foundation+Chung+Tai+Shan+Buddhist+Foundation%5D. +
Felin+Chung+is+a+graduate+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%27s+Translator+Training+Program+%28TTP%29.+She+is+a+member+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee. +
Ven.+George+Churinoff+%28Gelong+Thubten+Tsultrim%29+has+taught+and+studied+in+FPMT+centers+around+the+world.+Since+attending+his+first+November+Course+in+Kopan+in+1974+and+ordaining+in+1975%2C+he+has+studied+extensively.+A+physics+graduate+from+MIT%2C+Venerable+George+earned+a+Masters+degree+in+Buddhist+studies+from+Delhi+University%2C+India.+He+took+ordination+in+1975+and+studied+the+Geshe+Studies+Program+at+Manjushri+Institute%2C+England%2C+where+he+also+served+as+Spiritual+Program+Coordinator.%0A%0AVenerable+George+was+instrumental+in+founding+the+Masters+Program+at+Istituto+Lama+Tzong+Khapa+in+Italy%2C+where+he+also+served+as+Program+Coordinator.+After+studying+and+teaching+there+for+eight+years+he+spent+several+years+at+Tushita+Centre+in+Delhi%2C+followed+by+three+years+as+Lama+Osel+Rinpoche%27s+English+curriculum+tutor+at+Sera+Je+Monastery+in+South+India.+Venerable+George+has+done+many+retreats+in+the+sutra+and+tantra+traditions+and+taught+extensively+in+FPMT+centers+all+over+the+world.+He+taught+the+Basic+Program+as+resident+teacher+at+Dorje+Chang+Institute%2C+New+Zealand+and+at+Land+of+Medicine+Buddha%2C+USA.+Venerable+George+now+resides+in+Asheville%2C+NC.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Flandofmedicinebuddha.org%2Fevents%2Fbasic-program-tenets-module-with-ven-george-churinoff-2021-03-19%2F+Source+Accessed+Aug+19%2C+2021%5D%29 +
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Ch%C7%92ngjung+Musang.+%28C.+Jingzhong+Wuxiang%3B+J.+J%C5%8Dshu+Mus%C5%8D+%28680-756%2C+alt.+684-762%29.+Korean-Chinese+Chan+master+of+the+Tang+dynasty%3B+because+he+was+of+Korean+heritage%2C+he+is+usually+called+Musang+in+the+literature%2C+following+the+Korean+pronunciation+of+his+dharma+name%2C+or+Master+Kim+%28K.+Kim+hwasang%3B+C.+Jin+heshang%29%2C+using+his+Korean+surname.+Musang+is+said+to+have+been+the+third+son+of+a+Silla+king+and+was%0Aordained+in+Korea+at+the+monastery+of+Kunnamsa.+In+728%2C+he+arrived+in+the+Chinese+capital+of+Chang%E2%80%99an+%28present-day+Xi%E2%80%99an%29+and+had+an+audience+with+the+Tang+emperor+Xuanzong+%28r.+712-756%29%2C+who+appointed+him+to+the+monastery+of+Chandingsi.+Musang+subsequently+traveled+to+Chu+%28in+present+day+Sichuan+province%29+and+became+a+disciple+of+the+monk+Chuji+%28alt.+648-734%2C+650-732%2C+669-736%29%2C+who+gave+him+dharma%0Atransmission+at+the+monastery+of+Dechunsi+in+Zizhou+%28present+day+Sichuan+province%29.+He+later+resided+at+the+monastery+of+Jingzhongsi+in+Chengdu+%28present-day+Sichuan+province%3B+later+known+as+Wanfosi%29%2C+which+gave+him+his+toponym+Ch%C7%92ngjung+%28C.+Jingzhong%29.+Musang+became+famous+for+his+ascetic+practices+and+meditative+prowess.+Musang+also+began+conferring+a+unique+set+of+precepts+known+as+the+three+propositions+%28sanju%29%3A+%E2%80%9Cno+recollection%E2%80%9D+%28wuji%29%2C+which+was+equated+with+morality+%28%C5%9B%C4%ABla%29%3B+%E2%80%9Cno+thought%E2%80%9D+%28wunian%29+with+concentration+%28sam%C4%81dhi%29%3B+and+%E2%80%9Cno+forgetting%E2%80%9D+%28mowang%29+with+wisdom+%28praj%C3%B1%C4%81%29.+He+also+taught+a+practice+known+as+yinsheng+nianfo%2C+a+method+of+reciting+the+name+of+the+Buddha+by+extending+the+length+of+the+intonation.+Musang%E2%80%99s+prosperous+lineage+in+Sichuan+came+to+be+known+as+the+Jingzhong+zong+line+of+Chan.+Musang+seems+to+have+taught+or+influenced+several+renowned+Chan+monks%2C+including+Heze+Shenhui+%28668-760%29%2C+Baotang+Wuzhu+%28714-774%29%2C+and+Mazu+Daoyi+%28707-786%29%3B+he+also+played+an+important+role+in+transmitting+Chan+to+Tibet+in+the+750s+and+760s.+%28Source%3A+%22Ch%C7%92ngjung+Musang.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+187.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
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Robert+W.+Clark+is+the+Coordinator+of+the+Stanford+Tibetan+Language+Program.+He+teaches+Tibetan+language+and+literature+at+Stanford+University%2C+and+serves+as+a+curator+and+consultant+for+Asian+Art+collections+in+the+US+and+India.+He+is+the+program+director+of+Tardo+Ling%2C+in+San+Francisco%2C+a+center+for+translation+of+Tibetan+literature.+Dr.+Clark+worked+as+a+translator+in+the+Private+Office+of+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+and+has+served+as+interpreter+for+Tibetan+lamas+and+educators+for+over+25+years.+He+is+an+author+of+numerous+books+and+articles+on+Tibetan%2C+Nepalese%2C+and+Indian+Buddhist+art%2C+history+and+culture+including+%27%27Treasures+of+the+Nying+T%E2%80%99ik%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Universal+Vehicle+Discourse+Literature+%28Mahayanasutralamkara%29%27%27%3B+%27%27Tibet%3A+Treasures+from+the+Roof+of+the+World%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Art+of+Gandhara+and+Tibet%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Tethong+Portraits+of+the+Eighty+Four+Mahasiddhas%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Treasures+of+Buddhist+Tibet%27%27%3B+%27%27Art+of+the+Qianlong+Emperor%27%27%3B+and+%27%27The+Practice+of+Mahamudra%27%27.+He+has+translated+over+70+Tibetan+texts%2C+and+over+1000+Tibetan+official+and+commercial+documents+from+the+Nepalese+Government+archive.+Dr.+Clark+was+a+curator+and+catalogue+author+for+exhibitions+of+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+art+at+the+Tibetan+Museum+%28Dharamsala%29%2C+Asian+Art+Museum+%28San+Francisco%29%2C+Dallas+Art+Museum%2C+and+Bowers+Museum+of+Culture.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+biographical+account+concerning+Buddhist+culture+in+Tibet+and+India+in+the+20th+century.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdlcl.stanford.edu%2Fpeople%2Frobert-w-clark+Source+Accessed+April+30%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Graham+E.+Clarke+%28United+Kingdom%29+%28d.+1998%29+was+coordinator+of+anthropology+and+development+at+Queens+House+in+Oxford.+A+social+anthropologist%2C+he+specialized+in+developmental+issues%2C+conducting+field+research+in+Nepal+and+Tibet.+Hew+was+a+member+of+the+Panam+Project+Identification+Mission+of+the+European+Community+of+Tibet.+%28Source%3A+%27%27Imagining+Tibet%27%27%2C+List+of+Contributors%2C+453%29 +
Barbra+Clayton+is+an+Associate+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+Mount+Allison+University%2C+a+liberal+arts+institution+located+in+the+heart+of+maritime+Canada.+She+is+the+author+of+%27%27Moral+Theory+in+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27s+%C5%9Aik%E1%B9%A3%C4%81samuccaya%27%27%2C+the+article+on+Buddhist+Ethics+in+the+%27%27Oxford+Handbook+of+World+Philosophy%27%27%2C+and+several+articles+on+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+morality.+Her+recent+work+focuses+on+the+ethics+of+environmentalism+in+the+Shambhala+Buddhist+community%2C+as+well+as+on+Buddhist+monasticism+at+Gampo+Abbey+in+Canada.+She+is+the+co-editor+with+Dan+Cozort+of+the+%27%27Journal+of+Buddhist+Ethics%27%27%2C+though+is+currently+taking+an+extended+sabbatical+from+this+role+.+.+.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cardus.ca%2Fcontributors%2Fbclayton%2F+Source+Accessed+Jan+19%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Thomas+Cleary+passed+away+on+June+20%2C+2021.+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fremembering-thomas-cleary+%0A%3AOf+his+passing%2C+renowned+Buddhist+scholar+Robert+Thurman+wrote+on+Facebook%3A%0A%3A%3A%E2%80%9CThere+is+no+doubt+in+my+mind+that+Thomas+Cleary+is+the+greatest+translator+of+Buddhist+texts+from+Chinese+or+Japanese+into+English+of+our+generation%2C+and+that+he+will+be+so+known+by+grateful+Buddhist+practitioners+and+scholars+in+future+centuries.+Single-handedly+he+has+gone+a+long+way+toward+building+the+beginnings+of+a+Buddhist+canon+in+English.%E2%80%9D%0A%0ACleary+became+interested+in+Buddhism+when+he+was+a+teenager%3B+his+researches+into+Buddhist+thought+began+with+a+desire+to+learn+during+this+time+of+his+life.+When+he+began+translating%2C+he+chose+either+untranslated+works+or%E2%80%94as+in+the+case+of+Sun+Tzu%27s+%27%27The+Art+of+War%27%27%E2%80%94books+whose+extant+translations+were+%22too+limited%22.%0A%0ACleary+earned+a+Ph.D+in+East+Asian+Languages+and+Civilizations+from+Harvard+University+and+a+JD+from+the+Boalt+Hall+School+of+Law+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley.+Since+completing+his+doctoral+studies%2C+Cleary+has+had+little+involvement+with+the+academic+world.+In+a+rare+interview%2C+Cleary+stated%3A+%22There+is+too+much+oppression+in+a+university+setting+.+.+.+I+want+to+stay+independent+and+reach+those+who+want+to+learn+directly+through+my+books.%22%0A%0ACleary%27s+brother+Jonathon+also+completed+his+doctoral+work+in+EALC+at+Harvard.+The+two+brothers+worked+together+to+translate+the+koan+collection+%27%27The+Blue+Cliff+Record%27%27%3B+Shambhala+published+the+translation+in+1977.%0A%0AThomas+Cleary%27s+most+widely+disseminated+translation+has+been+of+Sun+Tzu%27s+%27%27The+Art+of+War%27%27+%28%27%27Sunzi+Bingfa%27%27%29.%0A%0AHe+also+translated+the+monumental+%27%27Avatamsaka+Sutra%27%27+%28also+called+%27%27Huayan+Jing%27%27%2C+or+the+%27%27Flower+Ornament+Scripture%27%27%29.%0A%0AAnother+major+translation+was+of+the+commentaries+of+the+18th+century+Taoist+sage+Liu+Yiming%2C+who+explains+the+metaphoric+coding+of+the+main+Taoist+texts+dealing+with+the+transformation+of+consciousness%2C+and+the+fusion+of+the+human+mind+with+the+mind+of+Tao.%0A%0AIn+2000%2C+Cleary%27s+various+translations+of+Taoist+texts+were+collected+into+four+volumes+by+Shambhala+Publications+as+%27%27The+Taoist+Classics%27%27.+Following+the+success+of+these+publications%2C+a+five-volume+collection+of+Buddhist+translations+was+collected+as+%27%27Classics+of+Buddhism+and+Zen%27%27.+Another+translation+from+the+Muslim+wisdom+tradition+is+%27%27Living+and+Dying+with+Grace%27%27.+In+1993+Cleary+published+a+translation+of+Miyamoto+Musashi%27s+%27%27Book+of+Five+Rings%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThomas_Cleary+Source+Accessed+Sept+18%2C+2020%5D%29
Francis+Woodman+Cleaves+%28born+in+Boston+in+1911+and+died+in+New+Hampshire+on+December+31%2C+1995%29+was+a+Sinologist%2C+linguist%2C+and+historian+who+taught+at+Harvard+University%2C+and+was+the+founder+of+Sino-Mongolian+studies+in+America.+He+is+well+known+for+his+translation+of+%27%27The+Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27.%0A%0ACleaves+received+his+undergraduate+degree+in+Classics+from+Dartmouth+College%2C+and+then+enrolled+in+the+graduate+program+in+Comparative+Philology+at+Harvard%2C+but+transferred+to+the+study+of+Far+Eastern+Languages+under+Serge+Eliss%C3%A9eff+in+the+mid-1930s%2C+prior+to+the+formal+establishment+of+the+department.%0A%0AIn+1935%2C+on+a+fellowship+from+the+Harvard-Yenching+Institute%2C+Cleaves+went+first+to+Paris%2C+where+he+studied+Mongolian+and+other+Central+Asian+languages+with+the+Sinologist+Paul+Pelliot+for+three+years%2C+then+to+Beijing+where+he+studied+with+the+Mongolist+Antoine+Mostaert+S.J.+Always+an+avid+book+collector%2C+he+also+roamed+the+stalls+and+shops+in+Liulichang%2C+the+street+for+books+and+antiques.+There+he+accumulated+an+extensive+collection+not+only+in+Chinese+and+Mongolian%2C+his+own+interests%2C+but+also+in+Manchu%2C+which+he+did+not+plan+to+use+himself.+The+books+in+Manchu+were+particularly+rare+and+form+the+core+of+Harvard%27s+Manchu+collection.%0A%0ACleaves+returned+to+Harvard+in+1941+and+taught+Chinese+in+the+Department+of+Far+Eastern+Languages+as+well+as+worked+on+the+Harvard-Yenching+Institute+Chinese-English+dictionary+project.+In+the+following+year+he+received+his+Ph.D.+with+a+dissertation+entitled+%E2%80%9CA+Sino-Mongolian+Inscription+on+1362%2C%E2%80%9D+and+offered+Harvard%E2%80%99s+first+course+on+the+Mongolian+language.+Cleaves+enlisted+in+the+United+States+Navy+and+served+in+the+Pacific.+After+the+war+ended%2C+he+helped+to+relocate+Japanese+citizens+who+had+lived+in+China+back+to+Japan+and+sorted+through+the+books+they+left+behind+to+find+those+suitable+for+shipping+to+the+Harvard-Yenching+Library.%0A%0AIn+1946%2C+Cleaves+returned+to+Harvard+and+proceeded+to+teach+Chinese+and+Mongolian%2C+without+interruption%2C+for+the+next+thirty-five+years.+He+is+unique+for+being+the+only+professor+in+the+history+of+the+department+never+to+take+a+sabbatical.+He+trained+his+students+in+the+traditional+European+sinology+of+his+mentors.+Among+his+best-known+disciples+were+Joseph+Fletcher%2C+the+distinguished+Mongolist+and+historian%2C+and+Elizabeth+Endicott-West%2C+author+of+basic+studies+on+the+Yuan+dynasty+and+History+of+Mongolia.%0A%0ACleaves+had+an+especially+close+relation+with+William+Hung%2C+a+preeminent+scholar+who+had+become+his+friend+and+mentor+when+they+met+in+China+in+the+1930s.+A+mutual+friend+recalled+that+Cleaves+was+%22an+old-fashioned+gentleman+perhaps+more+at+home+with+his+cows%2C+horses%2C+and+fellow+farmers+in+New+Hampshire+than+with+the+academic+intrigues+of+Cambridge%2C%22+while+Hung+was+a+%22pragmatic+Confucianist.%22+The+two+would+meet+every+weekday+at+three+to+sip+tea+and+perhaps+read+from+the+Chinese+classics+or+dynastic+histories.+Cleaves+introduced+Hung+to+the+Mongol+histories%2C+and+Hung+published+several+articles+in+this+field.+Hung%27s+article+on+the+%27%27Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27%2C+however%2C+drew+conclusions+which+Cleaves+did+not+feel+were+correct.+Out+of+respect+for+his+friend%2C+Cleaves+did+not+publish+his+own+translation+until+1985%2C+after+Hung%27s+death.%0A%0ACleaves+was+renowned+for+his+meticulously+annotated+translations+of+Chinese+and+Old+Mongolian+texts%2C+and+consistently+emphasized+literal+philological+accuracy+over+aesthetic+beauty.+He+published+over+seventy+books+and+articles%2C+many+of+which+were+on+bilingual+Sino-Mongolian+stele+inscriptions+from+the+thirteenth+and+fourteenth+centuries.+His+largest+project+was+a+complete+annotated+translation+of+the+%27%27Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27%2C+of+which+only+the+first+volume+was+ever+published.+In+order+to+give+readers+the+flavor+of+the+original%2C+Cleaves+restricted+the+vocabulary+to+words+used+in+Elizabethan+English%2C+a+decision+which+made+the+text+hard+for+some+readers+to+comprehend.+In+1984%2C+Paul+Kahn+published+a+translation+based+on+Cleaves+but+using+contemporary+English.%0A%0AA+deeply+committed+teacher%2C+Cleaves+reluctantly+retired+in+1980%2C+and+continued+his+scholarship+on+Mongolian+history.+Much+of+his+work%2C+including+notes+on+the+remaining+sections+of+the+%27%27Secret+History%27%27+and+manuscripts+for+dozens+of+additional+articles%2C+remained+unpublished+at+the+time+of+his+death+in+1995.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFrancis_Woodman_Cleaves+Source+Accessed+Mar+12%2C+2021%5D%29
Ian+James+Coghlan+%28Jampa+Ignyen%29+trained+as+a+monk+at+J%C3%A9+College%2C+Sera+Monastic+University%2C+completing+his+studies+in+1995%2C+and+holds+a+Ph.D.+in+Asian+Studies+from+La+Trobe+University.+He+has+translated+and+edited+a+number+of+works+from+Tibetan+including+%27%27Principles+of+Buddhist+Tantra%27%27+%28with+Kirti+Tsenshap+Rinpoch%C3%A9+and+Voula+Zarpani%29%3B+%27%27Hundreds+of+Deities+of+Tusita%2C+An+Offering+Cloud+of+Nectar%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Stairway+to+the+State+of+Union%27%27+%28with+Choden+Rinpoch%C3%A9+and+Voula+Zarpani%29.+Currently+he+is+a+translator+for+the+Institute+of+Tibetan+Classics+and+an+adjunct+research+fellow+at+SOPHIS%2C+Monash+University.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fproduct%2Fornament-abhidharma%2F+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
Alan+Cole+is+the+author+of+a+number+of+books+in+the+field+of+Religious%2FBuddhist+Studies%2C+including+%27%27Mothers+and+Sons+in+Chinese+Buddhism%27%27+%28Stanford+University+Press+1998%29%2C+%27%27Text+as+Father%3A+Paternal+Seductions+in+Early+Mahayana+Buddhist+Literature%27%27+%28University+of+California+Press+2005%29%2C+%27%27Fathering+Your+Father%3A+The+Zen+of+Fabrication+in+Tang+Buddhism%27%27+%28University+of+California+Press+2009%29%2C+%27%27Fetishizing+Tradition%3A+Desire+and+Reinvention+in+Buddhist+and+Christian+Narratives%27%27+%28SUNY+Press%2C+2015%29%2C+and%2C+most+recently%2C+%27%27Patriarchs+on+Paper%3A+A+Critical+History+of+Medieval+Chan+Literature%27%27+%28University+of+California+Press%2C+2016%29.+He+was+Professor+of+Religious+Studies+at+Lewis+%26+Clark+College+from+2006%E2%80%932012+and+Visiting+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+National+University+of+Singapore+from+2013%E2%80%932014.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Findependent.academia.edu%2FColeAlan%2FCurriculumVitae+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Graham+Coleman+is+writer+and+director+of+the+acclaimed+feature+documentary+%27%27Tibet%3A+A+Buddhist+Trilogy%27%27.+He+studied+Tibetan+language+and+literature+at+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies%2C+University+of+London%2C+and+between+1976+and+1989+received+teachings+on+Tibetan+Buddhist+theory+and+practice%2C+privately%2C+from+H.+H.+the+Fourteenth+Dalai+Lama%2C+H.+H.+Trijang+Rinpoche%2C+H.+H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+H.+H.+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+and+H.+E.+the+Sixth+Tharig+Rinpoche.+He+has+been+chief+executive+of+the+Orient+Foundation+for+Arts+and+Culture+since+1983%2C+and+since+1988+has+co-managed+the+creation+of+Tibetan-knowledge.org%2C+one+of+the+world%E2%80%99s+largest+online+multimedia+archives+of+classical+Tibetan+knowledge.+From+2014+to+the+present+he+has+co-managed+the+formation+of+Gompa+%E2%80%93+Tibetan+Monastery+Services+in+cooperation+with+senior+Tibetan+lamas+and+the+major+monasteries+and+nunneries+of+India+and+Nepal.+He+is+editor+of+%27%27A+Handbook+of+Tibetan+Culture%27%27+%28Rider%2C+1993%29%2C+the+first+complete+translation+of+the+%27%27Tibetan+Book+of+the+Dead%27%27+%28Penguin+Classics%2C+2005%29%2C+and+%27%27Meditations+on+Living%2C+Dying%2C+and+Loss%27%27+%28Penguin%2C+2008%29.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fwisdom-podcast%2Fgraham-coleman%2F+Wisdom+Experience%5D%29 +
Dr.+James+William+Coleman+was+born+in+Los+Angeles+and+raised+in+the+San+Fernando+Valley.+He+earned+his+Bachelor+of+Arts+degree+from+Cal+State+Northridge+%28then+called+San+Fernando+Valley+State+College%29+and+his+master%27s+and+Ph.D.+in+Sociology+from+the+University+of+California%2C+Santa+Barbara.+His+areas+of+specialization+were+criminology+and+the+sociology+of+religion.+.+.+.%0A%0AHis+dissertation+was+an+attempt+to+explain+the+process+by+which+heroin+addicts+were+able+to+give+up+drugs+and+change+their+lives%2C+but+his+interest+in+criminology+soon+shifted+to+white+collar+crime.+He+first+published+%27%27The+Criminal+Elite%3A+The+Sociology+of+White+Collar+Crime%27%27+in+1985%2C+and+it+eventually+went+to+six+editions.+His+textbook%2C+%27%27Social+Problems%27%27%2C+which+he+originally+co-authored+with+his+dissertation+advisor%2C+Donald+R.+Cressey%2C+and+later+with+Harold+R.+Kerbo%2C+Professor+Emeritus%2C+first+came+out+in+1980+and+had+a+total+of+10+editions.%0A%0ALater+in+his+career%2C+Coleman%27s+interest+turned+back+to+the+sociology+of+religion%2C+and+more+specifically%2C+to+the+amazing+growth+of+Buddhism+in+the+west.+He+published+%27%27The+New+Buddhism%3A+The+Western+Transformation+of+an+Ancient+Tradition%27%27+in+1991%2C+and+continues+to+be+involved+with+Buddhist+theory+and+practice.+He+edited+the+talks+of+Reb+Anderson+Roshi+into+a+booked+entitled+%27%27The+Third+Turning+of+the+Wheel%3A+The+Wisdom+of+the+Samdhnirmocana+Sutra%27%27%2C+which+was+published+in+2012.+His+latest+book%2C+%27%27The+Buddha%E2%80%99s+Dream+of+Liberation%3A+Freedom%2C+Emptiness+and+Awakened+Nature%27%27+came+out+in+June+2017.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fsocialsciences.calpoly.edu%2Fnewsletter-2017%2Fcoleman-retires+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Professor+of+History+and+East+Asian+Studies%2C+teaches+Japanese+intellectual+and+cultural+history.+His+interests+include+the+history+of+Buddhism+in+Japanese+society%2C+Medieval+society+and+economy%2C+and+Japan%27s+relations+with+China+and+the+West.+Professor+Collcutt+completed+an+English+translation+of+Kume+Kunitake%27s+record+of+the+Iwakura+Embassy%27s+visit+to+the+United+States+in+1872.+He+is+working+on+a+companion+volume+to+be+entitled+%27%27The+Iwakura+Embassy+in+the+United+States%3A+An+Inner+History%27%27.+He+is+translating+%22Dialogues+in+Dreams%22+by+the+fourteenth+century+Zen+master+Muso+Kokushi+and+editing+a+collection+of+papers+on+Medieval+and+Early+Modern+social+history.+His+regular+undergraduate+classes+include+%22History+of+East+Asian+to+1800%22+taught+with+Professor+Peterson%2C+%22The+World+of+the+Tale+of+Heike%3A+an+Introduction+to+Medieval+Japanese+Society%22%2C+and+%22Ideas+and+Images+in+Japanese+Culture.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Feas.princeton.edu%2Fpeople%2Fmartin-collcutt+Source+Accessed+June+14%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Benjamin+is+a+Belgian+national+who+holds+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Buddhist+Studies+with+Himalayan+Language+from+Kathmandu+University.+He+has+been+teaching+classical+Tibetan+at+RYI+since+2008+and+has+both+managed+and+taught+on+several+Summer+Intensive+programs.+His+research+interests+include+Mahayana+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+Indian+and+Tibetan+teachings+on+Buddha+nature%2C+and+Vajrayana+practices.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryi.org%2Ffaculty%2Fbenjamin-collet-cassart+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Steven+Collins+%281951-2018%29+was+Chester+D.+Tripp+Professor+in+the+Humanities+in+the+University+of+Chicago%E2%80%99s+Department+of+South+Asian+Languages+and+Civilizations%2C+and+in+the+Divinity+School%E2%80%99s+History+of+Religions+program.+A+world-renowned+scholar+of+the+Pali+Buddhist+traditions+of+south+and+southeast+Asia%2C+he+contributed+greatly+to+the+University+of+Chicago%E2%80%99s+unusual+strength+in+Buddhist+studies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fdivinity.uchicago.edu%2Fsightings%2Farticles%2Fmemory-steven-collins+Source+Accessed+Jan+17%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Sandrine+Colombo+is+a+French+journalist+working+at+France+%C3%94+and+France+3%2C+where+she+presents+from+Monday+to+Friday%2C+at+11%3A50+am%2C+the+Overseas+edition.+Of+West+Indian+and+Italian+descent%2C+she+lives+in+Paris%2C+but+stays+several+weeks+a+year+in+Martinique+and+Guadeloupe.+She+also+presents+the+Sunday+morning+show+Sagesses+bouddhistes+on+France+2%2C+alternating+with+Aur%C3%A9lie+Godefroy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSandrine_Colombo+Source+Accessed+Nov+10%2C+2020%29%5D +
Paul+Condon+is+an+associate+professor+of+psychology+at+Southern+Oregon+University.+He+has+also+served+as+a+visiting+lecturer+for+the+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%2C+and+is+a+fellow+of+the+Mind+%26+Life+Institute.+His+research+examines+the+relational+basis+for+empathy%2C+compassion%2C+wellbeing%2C+and+prosocial+action%2C+and+the+influence+of+compassion+and+mindfulness+training+on+those+capacities.+His+writing+and+teaching+also+explore+the+use+of+diverse+scientific+theories+in+dialogue+with+contemplative+traditions+to+inform+meditation+practices+of+compassion%2C+mindfulness%2C+and+wisdom.+Paul+teaches+meditation+practices+adapted+from+the+Tibetan+Nyingma+and+Kagyu+traditions+for+multi-faith+and+secular+application.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fpaulcondon.org%2F+Source+Accessed+April+25%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Ryan+Conlon+is+a+doctoral+student+of+Classical+Indology+at+Hamburg+University%2C+where+he+studies+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+tantric+literature.+From+2006+to+2019+he+studied+in+Nepal+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+and+in+the+Sangye+Yeshe+Shedra+of+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery.+He+has+contributed+translations+to+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+Samye+Translations%2C+and+the+scholarly+collective+known+as+the+Yakherds. +
Ben+Connelly+is+a+Soto+Zen+teacher+and+dharma+heir+in+the+Katagiri+lineage+based+at+Minnesota+Zen+Meditation+Center.+He+also+provides+secular+mindfulness+training+in+a+variety+of+contexts+including+police+training%2C+half-way+houses%2C+and+correctional+facilities%2C+and+is+a+professional+musician.+He+lives+in+Minneapolis%2C+Minnesota.+%28Source%3A+Amazon+Author+Page%29%0A%0ALearn+more+at+the+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnzencenter.org%2Fteachers.html+Minnesota+Zen+Meditation+Center+website%5D.%0A%0AWatch+a+video+of+Ben+talking+about+his+book+%27%27Vasubandhu%E2%80%99s+Three+Natures%27%27%3A+%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdBK5k17eYDw%E2%80%8B +
Edward+Conze+%281904-1979%29+was+born+in+London+and+educated+in+Germany.+He+gained+his+Ph.D+from+Cologne+University+in+1928%2C+and+then+studied+Indian+and+European+comparative+philosophy+at+the+Universities+of+Bonn+and+Hamburg.+From+1933+until+1960+he+lectured+in+psychology%2C+philosophy+and+comparative+religion+at+London+and+Oxford+Universities.+Between+1963+and+1973+he+held+a+number+of+academic+appointments+in+England%2C+Germany+and+the+USA%2C+and+was+also+a+Visiting+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Religious+Studies+at+Lancaster%2C+as+well+as+Vice-President+of+the+Buddhist+Society.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DEdward_Conze+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Elizabeth+Cook+is+a+faculty+member+at+Dharma+College+in+Berkeley%2C+CA+and+an+editor+for+Dharma+Publishing. +
Francis+Dojun+Cook+was+born+and+raised+in+a+very+small+town+in+upstate+New+York+in+1930.+He+was+lucky+to+be+an+ordinary+kid+with+ordinary+parents.+By+means+of+true+grit+and+luck%2C+he+managed+to+acquire+several+academic+degrees+and+learn+something+about+Buddhism.+More+luck+in+the+form+of+a+Fulbright+Fellowship+enabled+him+to+study+in+Kyoto%2C+Japan%2C+for+a+year+and+a+half%2C+where+he+would+have+learned+more+had+he+not+spent+so+much+time+admiring+temple+gardens.+He+now+teaches+Buddhism+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Riverside%2C+and+is+director+of+translations+at+the+Institute+for+Transcultural+Studies+in+Los+Angeles.+He+remains+ordinary%2C+but+to+his+credit+it+can+be+said+that+he+raised+four+good+kids%2C+has+a+great+love+for+animals%2C+and+cooks+pretty+well.+A+sign+that+at+last+he+is+becoming+more+intelligent+is+that+he+became+a+student+of+Maezumi+Roshi+several+years+ago%2C+the+best+thing+he+ever+did.+He+is+also+the+author+of+%27%27Hua-yen+Buddhism%3A+The+Jewel+Net+of+Indra%27%27%2C+and+of+various+articles+on+Buddhism+in+scholarly+journals.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Ffrancis-dojun-cook%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+18%2C+2021%5D%29 +
David+E.+Cooper+is+a+British+author+and+philosopher.+He+was+brought+up+in+Surrey+and+educated+at+Highgate+School+and+then+Oxford+University%2C+where+he+was+given+his+first+job+in+1967%2C+as+a+Lecturer+in+Philosophy.+He+went+on+to+teach+at+the+universities+of+Miami%2C+London+and+Surrey+before+being+appointed%2C+in+1986%2C+as+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+Durham+University+%E2%80%93+where+he+remained+until+retiring+in+2008.+During+his+academic+career%2C+David+was+a+Visiting+Professor+at+universities+in+the+United+States%2C+Canada%2C+Malta%2C+Sri+Lanka+and+South+Africa.+Cooper+is+the+former+Chair+%28or+President%29+of+the+Aristotelian+Society%2C+the+Mind+Association%2C+the+Friedrich+Nietzsche+Society%2C+and+the+Philosophy+of+Education+Society+of+Great+Britain.+He+is+Secretary+and+a+Trustee+of+the+charity+Project+Sri+Lanka%2C+and+he+spends+time+each+year+visiting+and+supervising+educational+and+humanitarian+projects.%0A%0ACooper+has+published+across+a+broad+range+of+philosophical+subjects%2C+including+philosophy+of+language%2C+philosophy+of+education%2C+ethics%2C+aesthetics%2C+environmental+philosophy%2C+animal+ethics%2C+philosophy+of+technology%2C+philosophy+of+religion%2C+history+of+both+Western+philosophy+and+Asian+philosophy%2C+and+modern+European+philosophy%2C+especially+Heidegger%2C+Nietzsche%2C+and+Wittgenstein.+In+recent+years%2C+Cooper+has+written+widely+on+environmental+and+Buddhist+aesthetics%2C+music+and+nature%2C+the+relationship+of+beauty+and+virtue%2C+cultures+of+food%2C+the+significance+of+gardens%2C+Daoism%2C+our+relationship+to+animals%2C+and+the+notion+of+mystery.%0A%0ACooper+is+the+author+of+a+number+of+books%2C+including+%27%27World+Philosophies%3A+An+Historical+Introduction%27%27%3B+%27%27Meaning%27%27%3B+%27%27Existentialism%3A+A+Reconstruction%27%27%3B+%27%27The+Measure+of+Things%3A+Humanism%2C+Humility+and+Mystery%27%27%3B+%27%27A+Philosophy+of+Gardens%27%27%3B+%27%27Convergence+with+Nature%3A+A+Daoist+Perspective%27%27%3B+%27%27Senses+of+Mystery%3A+Engaging+with+Nature+and+the+Meaning+of+Life%27%27%3B+and+%27%27Animals+and+Misanthropy%27%27.+He+has+also+edited+a+number+of+collections%2C+including+%27%27Blackwell+Companion+to+Aesthetics%27%27%3B+%27%27Philosophy%3A+The+Classic+Readings%27%27%3B+%27%27Epistemology%3A+The+Classic+Readings%27%27%3B+%27%27Ethics%3A+The+Classic+Readings%27%27%3B+and+%27%27Aesthetics%3A+The+Classic+Readings%27%27+%E2%80%93+the+latter+four+notable+for+their+inclusion+of+material+from+the+Indian+and+Chinese+traditions.+He+is+joint+editor+of+%27%27Key+Thinkers+on+the+Environment%27%27.+Cooper+is+a+regular+reviewer+of+books+for+magazines%2C+including+%27%27The+Times+Literary+Supplement%27%27+and+%27%27The+Los+Angeles+Review+of+Books%27%27.+He+is+also+the+author+of+three+novels%2C+all+set+in+Sri+Lanka%3A+%27%27Street+Dog%3A+A+Sri+Lankan+Story%27%27%2C+its+sequel%2C+%27%27Old+Stripe%27%27%2C+and+%27%27A+Shot+on+the+Beach%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_E._Cooper+Source+Accessed+Mar+12%2C+2021%5D%29
Palmyr+Uld%C3%A9ric+Alexis+Cordier+%281871%E2%80%931914%29+was+a+French+physician+and+Indologist+and+an+early+specialist+of+the+%C4%80yurveda.+Born+in+a+modest+family%2C+he+was+educated+in+Besan%C3%A7on.+He+studied+medicine+in+Toulon+and+Bordeaux%2C+at+Marine+medical+school.+He+became++friends+with+Li%C3%A9tard+and+began+the+study+of+Sanskrit.+Cordier+obtained+a+good+command+of+Sanskrit+and%2C+in+order+to+read+medical+works+lost+in+the+original%2C+learned+also+Tibetan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwhowaswho-indology.info%2F1361%2Fcordier-palmyr-ulderic-alexis%2F%3Fprint%3Dprint+Adapted+from+Source+Dec+19%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Philippe+Cornu+%28b.+1957%29+began+studying+Tibetan+at+the+age+of+18+and+became+a+Buddhist+in+1978.+He+was+one+of+the+first+Rigpa+students+in+France+and+has+studied+and+practised+Tibetan+Buddhism+with+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Sogyal+Rinpoche%2C+Namkhai+Norbu+Rinpoche%2C+and+other+teachers+of+the+Nyingma+tradition.%0A%0APhilippe+is+an+author+and+translator+from+Tibetan+into+French+of+several+books+on+the+Nyingma+school+and+Dzogchen.+He+has+also+devoted+a+large+part+of+his+career+to+teaching+and+transmitting+Buddhist+philosophy+in+French+speaking+universities+such+as+the+French+National+Institute+of+Oriental+Languages+and+Civilizations+%28INALCO%29%2C+and+at+the+Catholic+University+of+Louvain+%28UCLouvain%29%2C+as+well+as+in+different+Buddhist+centres.+He+joined+Rigpa%27s+new+Vision+Board+in+2019.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DPhilippe_Cornu+Source+Accessed+June+10%2C+2021%5D%29 +
I+am+an+associate+professor+of+philosophy+in+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+the+College+of+Charleston.+I+work+in+the+fields+of+philosophy+of+mind%2C+Phenomenology%2C+and+cross-cultural+philosophy%2C+especially+Indian+and+Buddhist+philosophy+in+dialogue+with+Western+philosophy+and+cognitive+science.+I+have+recently+published+a+book%2C+Perceiving+Reality%3A+Consciousness%2C+Intentionality%2C+and+Cognition+in+Buddhist+Philosophy+%28OUP%2C+2012%29+that+develops+a+view+of+Buddhist+epistemology%2C+in+the+tradition+of+Dignaga+and+Dharmakirti%2C+as+continuous+with+the+phenomenological+methods+and+insights+of+Husserl+and+Merleau-Ponty%2C+as+well+as+with+naturalistic+approaches+to+epistenology+and+philosophy+of+mind.+In+2012+I+co-directed+%28with+Jay+Garfield+and+Evan+Thompson%29+an+NEH+Summer+Institute+exploring+the+convergence+of+analytic%2C+phenomenological%2C+and+Buddhist+perspectives+in+the+investigation+of+consciousness.+I+am+currently+completing+a+book+manuscript+on+the+intersections+between+perceptual+and+affective+consciousness%2C+tentatively+entitled+Sense%2C+Self-Awareness%2C+and+Subjectivity.%0A%0ABefore+joining+the+Philosophy+Department+at+the+College+of+Charleston%2C+I+taught+in+the+Centre+for+Asian+Societies+and+Histories+at+the+Australian+National+University.+I+received+my+Ph.D.+from+the+Australian+National+University+in+2005%3B+I+also+hold+a+B.A.+and+M.A.+in+philosophy+from+the+University+of+Bucharest.+While+at+ANU%2C+I+also+worked+on+a+proof+of+concept+model+for+parsing+Sanskrit+based+on+the+Interlingua+System+%28the+project+was+funded+by+an+ARC+grant%29.+I+have+and+continue+to+travel+extensively+for+my+research.+I+spent+four+and+a+half+years+in+India+in+the+mid+1990s+pursuing+studies+in+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Philosophy.+While+in+India%2C+I+was+affiliated+with+several+research+institutes%2C+including+the+Asiatic+Society+in+Calcutta+%281995-1996%29%2C+the+Bhandarkar+Oriental+Research+Institute+and+De+Nobili+College+in+Pune+%281993%29%2C+and+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies%2C+Sarnath%2C+Varanasi+%281995-1997%29.+I+was+a+visiting+scholar+at+Queens%27+College%2C+Cambridge+University+in+2000%2C+and+at+the+Institut+de+Civilisation+Indienne%2C+Paris+in+2001.%0A%0AI+grew+up+on+the+banks+of+the+Danube+in+Galati%2C+Romania.+I+now+live+in+Charleston%2C+and+am+married+to+my+colleague%2C+philosopher+and+author+Sheridan+Hough.
Robina+Courtin+%28born+20+December+1944%2C+in+Melbourne%2C+Australia%29+is+a+Buddhist+nun+in+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Gelugpa+tradition+and+lineage+of+Lama+Thubten+Yeshe+and+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche.+In+1996+she+founded+the+Liberation+Prison+Project%2C+which+she+ran+until+2009.%0A%0ACourtin+was+raised+Catholic%2C+and+in+her+youth+was+interested+in+becoming+a+Carmelite+nun.+In+her+young+adulthood%2C+she+trained+as+a+classical+singer+while+living+in+London+during+the+late+1960s.+She+became+a+feminist+activist+and+worked+on+behalf+of+prisoners%27+rights+in+the+early+1970s.+In+1972+she+moved+back+to+Melbourne.+Courtin+began+studying+martial+arts+in+1974%2C+living+in+New+York+City+and%2C+again%2C+back+in+Melbourne.+In+1976%2C+she+took+a+Buddhist+course+taught+by+Lama+Yeshe+and+Lama+Zopa+in+Queensland.%0A%0AIn+1978+Courtin+ordained+at+Tushita+Meditation+Centre+in+Dharamsala.+She+was+Editorial+Director+of+Wisdom+Publications+until+1987+and+Editor+of+Mandala+until+2000.+She+left+Mandala+to+teach+and+to+develop+the+Liberation+Prison+Project.%0A%0ARobina+Courtin%27s+work+has+been+featured+in+two+documentary+films%2C+Christine+Lundberg%27s+On+the+Road+Home+%281998%29+and+Amiel+Courtin%E2%80%93Wilson%27s+Chasing+Buddha+%282000%29%2C+and+in+Vicki+Mackenzie%27s+book+%27%27Why+Buddhism%3F%27%27+%282003%29.+Her+nephew%27s+film%2C+Chasing+Buddha%2C+documents+Courtin%27s+life+and+her+work+with+death+row+inmates+in+the+Kentucky+State+Penitentiary.+In+2000%2C+the+film+was+nominated+for+best+direction+in+a+documentary+by+the+Australian+Film+Institute.%0A%0AIn+2001%2C+Courtin+created+Chasing+Buddha+Pilgrimage%2C+which+lead+pilgrimages+to+Buddhist+holy+sites+in+India%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Tibet+to+raise+money+for+the+Liberation+Prison+Project%2C+an+association+engaged+for+the+Tibetan+cause.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRobina_Courtin+Source+Accessed+Nov+18%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Linda+Covill+received+her+PhD+from+the+University+of+Oxford+and+is+the+author+of+%27%27Handsome+Nanda%27%27%2C+a+translation+and+a+study+of+Asvaghosa%27s+Saundarananda. +
Edward+Byles+Cowell%2C+FBA+%2823+January+1826+%E2%80%93+9+February+1903%29+was+a+noted+translator+of+Persian+poetry+and+the+first+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Cambridge+University.%0A%0ACowell+was+born+in+Ipswich%2C+the+son+of+Charles+Cowell+and+Marianne+Byles.+Elizabeth+%22Beth%22+Cowell%2C+the+painter%2C+was+his+sister.%0A%0AHe+became+interested+in+Oriental+languages+at+the+age+of+fifteen%2C+when+he+found+a+copy+of+Sir+William+Jones%27s+works+%28including+his+%27%27Persian+Grammar%27%27%29+in+the+public+library.+Self-taught%2C+he+began+translating+and+publishing+Hafez+within+the+year.%0A%0AOn+the+death+of+his+father+in+1842+he+took+over+the+family+business.+He+married+in+1845%2C+and+in+1850+entered+Magdalen+College%2C+Oxford%2C+where+he+studied+and+catalogued+Persian+manuscripts+for+the+Bodleian+Library.+From+1856+to+1867+he+lived+in+Calcutta+as+professor+of+English+history+at+Presidency+College.+He+was+also+as+principal+of+Sanskrit+College+from+1858+to+1864.+In+this+year+he+discovered+a+manuscript+of+Omar+Khayy%C3%A1m%27s+quatrains+in+the+Asiatic+Society%27s+library+and+sent+a+copy+to+London+for+his+friend+and+student%2C+Edward+Fitzgerald%2C+who+then+produced+the+famous+English+translations+%28the+%27%27Rubaiyat+of+Omar+Khayyam%27%27%2C+1859%29.+He+also+published%2C+unsigned%2C+an+introduction+to+Khayy%C3%A1m+with+translations+of+thirty+quatrains+in+the+%27%27Calcutta+Review%27%27+%281858%29.%0A%0AHaving+studied+Hindustani%2C+Bengali%2C+and+Sanskrit+with+Indian+scholars%2C+he+returned+to+England+to+take+up+an+appointment+as+the+first+professor+of+Sanskrit+at+Cambridge.+He+was+professor+from+1867+until+his+death+in+1903.+He+was+made+an+honorary+member+of+the+German+Oriental+Society+%28DMG%29+in+1895%2C+was+awarded+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society%27s+first+gold+medal+in+1898%2C+and+in+1902+became+a+founding+member+of+the+British+Academy.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEdward_Byles_Cowell+Source+Accessed+Mar+22%2C+2021%5D%29 +
The+Cowherds+are+scholars+of+Buddhist+studies+from+the+United+States%2C+Great+Britain%2C+Switzerland%2C+Korea%2C+Australia+and+New+Zealand.+They+are+united+by+a+commitment+to+rigorous+philosophical+analysis+as+an+approach+to+understanding+Buddhist+metaphysics+and+epistemology%2C+and+to+the+union+of+philology+and+philosophy+in+the+service+of+greater+understanding+of+the+Buddhist+tradition+and+its+insights.%0A%0AThey+are%3A+Amber+Carpenter%2C+Charles+Goodman%2C+Stephen+Jenkins%2C+Georges+Dreyfus%2C+Bronwyn+Finnigan%2C+Jay+L.+Garfield%2C+Guy+Martin+Newland%2C+Graham+Priest%2C+Mark+Siderits%2C+Koji+Tanaka%2C+Sonam+Thakchoe%2C+Tom+Tillemans%2C+and+Jan+Westerhoff. +
Peter+Coyote+is+an+American+actor%2C+director%2C+screenwriter%2C+author+and+narrator+of+films%2C+theatre%2C+television%2C+and+audiobooks.+He+worked+on+films+such+as+E.T.+the+Extra-Terrestrial%2C+Cross+Creek%2C+Jagged+Edge%2C+Bitter+Moon%2C+Kika%2C+Patch+Adams%2C+Erin+Brockovich%2C+A+Walk+to+Remember%2C+and+Femme+Fatale. +
Dan+Cozort+grew+up+in+North+Dakota%2C+where+he+ran+cross-country+and+track+and+was+a+successful+debater+and+extemporaneous+speaker.+At+Brown+University+he+majored+in+religious+studies%2C+specializing+in+Christian+theology+and+ethics.+At+the+graduate+school+of+the+University+of+Virginia%2C+he+specialized+in+Buddhism%2C+learned+Tibetan+and+Sanskrit%2C+and+began+his+collaboration+with+Tibetan+lamas.+He+did+a+year+of+fieldwork+in+India%2C+traveling+broadly+and+staying+in+Tibetan+monasteries.+His+teaching+career+began+with+a+two-year+appointment+at+Bates+College+in+Maine.+Coming+to+Dickinson+in+1988%2C+he+proposed+that+the+College+join+the+South+India+Term+Abroad+consortium%2C+which+he+directed+in+Madurai%2C+south+India%2C+in+1992-93.+In+1991+he+organized+the+Festival+of+Tibet+at+Dickinson%2C+which+included+an+art+exhibit+he+curated+and+was+the+initial+occasion+in+which+Tibetan+monks+constructed+a+Buddhist+sand+painting+in+the+Trout+Gallery.+The+monks+returned+in+1995+to+construct+another%3B+he+collaborated+with+Prof.+Lonna+Malmsheimer+on+a+film+to+document+it.+In+2000+he+began+to+teach+in+the+Norwich+Humanities+Programme+in+England+and+in+2003-2005+he+was+its+resident+director.+Prof.+Cozort%E2%80%99s+teaching+is+principally+in+the+area+of+comparative+religion%2C+where+he+offers+courses+on+Buddhism+and+Hinduism.+However%2C+he+has+also+taught+about+Native+American+religions%2C+about+love+and+sex+in+relation+to+religion%2C+about+happiness%2C+and+has+taught+a+variety+of+courses+in+the+theory+of+religious+studies.+Currently%2C+in+addition+to+introductory+courses%2C+he+frequently+offers+%E2%80%9CContemplative+Practices+in+Asia%2C%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%9CBuddhism+and+the+Environment%2C%E2%80%9D+and+%E2%80%9CSpiritual+Dimensions+of+Healing%2C%E2%80%9D+a+course+on+the+relation+of+religion+and+medicine.+He+is+the+author+of+six+books%3A+Highest+Yoga+tantra%2C+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+Unique+Tenets+of+the+Middle+Way+Consequence+School%2C+Sand+Mandala+of+Vajrabhairava%2C+Sadhana+of+Mahakala%2C+and+Enlightenment+Through+Imagination.+He+also+edited+the+Oxford+Handbook+of+Buddhist+Ethics.He+has+also+written+numerous+book+chapters+and+articles+and+a+film+script.+From+2006+to+2019%2C+he+was+the+Editor+of+the+Journal+of+Buddhist+Ethics.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickinson.edu%2Fsite%2Fcustom_scripts%2Fdc_faculty_profile_index.php%3Ffac%3Dcozort+Source+Accessed+Apr+14%2C+2021%5D%29
Edward+John+Craig+%28born+26+March+1942%29+is+an+English+academic+philosopher%2C+editor+of+the+%27%27Routledge+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy%27%27%2C+and+former+Knightbridge+Professor+of+Philosophy+at+the+University+of+Cambridge.+He+is+also+a+former+cricketer+at+first-class+level%3A+a+right-handed+batsman+for+Cambridge+University+and+Lancashire.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEdward_Craig_%28philosopher%29+Source+Accessed+June+5%2C+2023%5D%29 +
L.+Cranmer-Byng+was+an+author+and+sinologist. +
Jamie+is+a+graduate+student+in+Tibetan+Studies+at+the+Institute+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Vienna%2C+where+he+is+currently+completing+his+MA+thesis+on+the+life+of+G%C3%B6+Lotsawa+Sh%C3%B6nu+Pal.+Jamie+provides+administrative+support+for+the+Translation+Teams+and+is+our+source+text+researcher+and+catalogue+curator.%0AJamie%E2%80%99s+research+focuses+mainly+on+the+philosophical+literature+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+in+particular+the+different+Tibetan+Madhyamaka+interpretations%2C+Tibetan+biography+writing%2C+the+Kadam+teachings+on+mind+training+%28blo+sbyong%29%2C+and+experiential+songs+%28mgur%29.+He+has+also+contributed+to+several+translation+projects%2C+such+as+Study+Buddhism+%28Berzin+Archives%29+and+84000.%0A%0AJamie+currently+lives+in+Vienna%2C+where+he+has+found+the+ideal+environment+to+spend+his+free+time+pursuing+his+interest+in+classical+music+and+playing+the+double+bass.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.khyentsevision.org%2Fteam%2Fjamie-creek%2F+Source+Accessed+Sep+7%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Jamie+Cresswell+was+President+of+the+European+Buddhist+Union+from+2011+to+2017+and+was+elected+Vice-President+in+2017.%0A%0AJamie+is+a+member+of+SGI-UK+and+the+Network+of+Buddhist+Organisations+UK%2C+which+he+represents+at+the+EBU.+He+is+director+of+the+Centre+for+Applied+Buddhism%2C+a+member+of+the+European+Council+of+Religious+Leaders+and+a+trustee+of+Religions+for+Peace%2C+UK.%0A%0AHe+has+practised+Buddhism+for+nearly+30+years+and+his+Buddhist+background+includes+a+degree+in+Buddhist+studies%2C+as+well+as+practice+and+study+in+many+traditions+and+schools.%0A%0AIn+his+spare+time+Jamie+sings+with+a+male+voice+choir%2C+attempts+to+compose+music+and+walks+in+the+beautiful+Oxfordshire+countryside.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Feuropeanbuddhism.org%2Fabout%2Febucouncil%2F+Source+Accessed+may+19%2C+2021%5D%29 +
John+Hurrell+Crook+%2827+November+1930+%E2%80%93+15+July+2011%29+was+a+British+ethologist+who+filled+a+pivotal+role+in+British+primatology.%0A%0AAs+Reader+in+Ethology+%28animal+behaviour%29+in+the+Psychology+Department+of+University+of+Bristol%2C+he+led+a+research+group+studying+social+and+reproductive+behaviour+in+birds+and+primates+throughout+the+1970s%E2%80%9380s%2C+turning+to+the+socio-psychological+anthropology+of+Himalayan+peoples+in+the+1990s.+In+his+later+years+he+was+the+Teacher+of+the+Western+Chan+Fellowship.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJohn_Crook_%28ethologist%29+Source+Accessed+Nov+29%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Kate+Crosby+joined+King%E2%80%99s+as+Professor+of+Buddhist+Studies+in+April+2013.+She+came+to+King%E2%80%99s+from+SOAS+where+she+was+Director+of+the+Centre+of+Buddhist+Studies+and+Seiyu+Kiriyama+Reader+in+Buddhist+Studies.+Before+that+she+held+posts+in+Buddhism%2C+Pali+and+Sanskrit+at+the+universities+of+Edinburgh%2C+Lancaster+and+Cardiff%2C+as+well+as+teaching+in+Oxford+at+a+number+of+colleges+and+the+Oriental+Institute.+She+has+held+visiting+professorships+at+the+Universities+of+McGill%2C+Montreal%2C+Dongguk%2C+Seoul+and+the+Buddhist+Institute%2C+Phnom+Penh.+She+studied+Sanskrit%2C+Pali+and+other+Buddhist+languages%2C+Indian+religions+and+Buddhism+at+Oxford+%28MA+and+D.Phil.%2C+St.+Hugh%E2%80%99s+and+St.+Peter%E2%80%99s%29.+She+also+studied+at+the+universities+of+Hamburg+and+Kelaniya+%28Sri+Lanka%29%2C+as+a+Commonwealth+Scholar%2C+and+with+traditional+teachers+in+Pune%2C+Varanasi+and+Kathmandu.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+textual+work+using+mainly+classical+languages%2C+as+well+as+some+in+mixed+Pali-Sinhala%2C+she+has+conducted+fieldwork+in+most+Theravada+countries.+She+is+co-editor+of+the+international+peer-review+journal+%27%27Contemporary+Buddhism%27%27+and+a+member+of+the+Theravada+Civilizations+Project.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fpeople%2Fkate-crosby+Source+Accessed+Jan+7%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Mike+Chodo+Cross+was+born+in+Birmingham+in+1959%2C+and+graduated+from+Sheffield+University.+With+Gudo+Nishijima%2C+he+is+the+co-translator+into+English+of+Master+Dogen%E2%80%99s+%27%27Shobogenzo%27%27+in+four+volumes.+He+now+divides+his+time+between+England+and+France.+Together+with+his+wife+Chie%2C+who+is+also+an+Alexander+Technique+teacher+and+Zen+practitioner%2C+he+runs+the+Middle+Way+Re-education+Centre+in+Aylesbury%2C+England.+At+a+small+country+retreat+on+the+edge+of+La+Foret+Des+Andaines+in+northern+France%2C+he+indulges+selfishly+in+sitting-Zen%2C+amid+sounds+of+a+valley+stream+and+abundant+singing+of+birds.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.zen-occidental.net%2Fenseignements%2Fcross1.html+Source+Accessed+July+13%2C+2023%5D%29 +
S%C3%A1ndor+Csoma+de+K%C5%91r%C3%B6s+%28Hungarian%3A+%5B%CB%88%CA%83a%CB%90ndor+%CB%88k%C3%B8%CB%90r%C3%B8%CA%83i+%CB%88t%CD%A1%CA%83om%C9%92%5D%3B+born+S%C3%A1ndor+Csoma%3B+27+March+1784%2F8+%E2%80%93+11+April+1842%29+was+a+Hungarian+philologist+and+Orientalist%2C+author+of+the+first+Tibetan%E2%80%93English+dictionary+and+grammar+book.+He+was+called+Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa+in+Tibetan%2C+meaning+%22the+foreign+pupil%22%2C+and+was+declared+a+bosatsu+or+bodhisattva+by+the+Japanese+in+1933.%5B2%5D+He+was+born+in+K%C5%91r%C3%B6s%2C+Grand+Principality+of+Transylvania+%28today+part+of+Covasna%2C+Romania%29.+His+birth+date+is+often+given+as+4+April%2C+although+this+is+actually+his+baptism+day+and+the+year+of+his+birth+is+debated+by+some+authors+who+put+it+at+1787+or+1788+rather+than+1784.+The+Magyar+ethnic+group%2C+the+Sz%C3%A9kelys%2C+to+which+he+belonged+believed+that+they+were+derived+from+a+branch+of+Attila%27s+Huns+who+had+settled+in+Transylvania+in+the+fifth+century.+Hoping+to+study+the+claim+and+to+find+the+place+of+origin+of+the+Sz%C3%A9kelys+and+the+Magyars+by+studying+language+kinship%2C+he+set+off+to+Asia+in+1820+and+spent+his+lifetime+studying+the+Tibetan+language+and+Buddhist+philosophy.+Csoma+de+K%C5%91r%C3%B6s+is+considered+as+the+founder+of+Tibetology.+He+was+said+to+have+been+able+to+read+in+seventeen+languages.+He+died+in+Darjeeling+while+attempting+to+make+a+trip+to+Lhasa+in+1842+and+a+memorial+was+erected+in+his+honour+by+the+Asiatic+Society+of+Bengal.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FS%25C3%25A1ndor_K%25C5%2591r%25C3%25B6si_Csoma+Source+Accessed+May+5%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Bryan+J.+Cuevas+%28Ph.D.%2C+University+of+Virginia%29+joined+the+Department+of+Religion+faculty+of+Florida+State+University+in+Fall+2000.+He+teaches+graduate+and+undergraduate+courses+in+Asian+religious+traditions%2C+specializing+in+Tibetan+and+Himalayan+Buddhism%2C+Tibetan+history%2C+language%2C+and+culture.+His+principal+research+interests+focus+on+Tibetan+history+and+biography%2C+Buddhist+magic+and+sorcery%2C+and+the+politics+of+ritual+power+in+premodern+Tibetan+societies.+He+is+currently+working+on+the+history+of+the+Buddhist+Vajrabhairava+and+Yam%C4%81ntaka%2FYam%C4%81ri+traditions+in+Tibet%2C+with+special+focus+on+the+Raluk+%28Rwa+lugs%29+transmissions+and+their+lineages+from+the+twelfth+through+early+eighteenth+centuries.+This+is+a+component+of+a+broader+long-term+study+of+Tibetan+sorcery+and+the+politics+of+Buddhist+ritual+magic+in+Tibet+up+through+the+nineteenth+century.%0A%0ADr.+Cuevas+has+been+a+Member+of+the+Institute+for+Advanced+Study+in+Princeton%2C+NJ%2C+and+has+held+visiting+appointments+at+UC+Berkeley%2C+Princeton+University%2C+and+Emory+University.+His+research+has+been+supported+by+fellowships+from+the+John+Simon+Guggenheim+Memorial+Foundation%2C+the+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities+%28NEH%29%2C+and+the+American+Institute+of+Indian+Studies+%28AIIS%29%2C+as+well+as+grants+from+public+and+private+endowments.%0A%0ADr.+Cuevas+is+currently+accepting+graduate+students+%28M.A.+and+Ph.D.%29+interested+in+pursuing+research+topics+in+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+studies+for+the+upcoming+2022-23+academic+year.%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.fsu.edu%2Fperson%2Fbryan-j-cuevas+Source+Accessed+Feb+23%2C+2022.%5D%29 +
David+Cummiskey+teaches+courses+on+biomedical+ethics%2C+philosophy+of+law%2C+and+seminars+on+moral+theory%2C+contemporary+liberalism%2C+and+Buddhist+philosophy.+His+research+and+publications+focus+on+Kantian+and+consequentialist+approaches+to+moral+philosophy%2C+political+philosophy%2C+and+intercultural+ethics+and+bioethics.+His+most+recent+articles+discuss+the+relationship+between+Buddhist+and+Kantian+ethics%2C+and+Buddhist+environmental+ethics+and+political+philosophy.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+series+of+articles+that+develop+the+relationships+among+Buddhist+perfectionism%2C+emergent+conceptions+of+agency%2C+compatibilist+conceptions+of+free+will%2C+Kantian+accounts+of+self-constitution%2C+and+Humean+constructivism.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bates.edu%2Ffaculty-expertise%2Fprofile%2Fdavid-r-cummiskey%2F+Source+Accessed+May+18%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Major+General+Sir+Alexander+Cunningham+%28January+1814+%E2%80%93+28+November+1893%29+was+a+British+Army+engineer+with+the+Bengal+Engineer+Group+who+later+took+an+interest+in+the+history+and+archaeology+of+India.+In+1861%2C+he+was+appointed+to+the+newly+created+position+of+archaeological+surveyor+to+the+government+of+India%3B+and+he+founded+and+organised+what+later+became+the+Archaeological+Survey+of+India.%0A%0AHe+wrote+numerous+books+and+monographs+and+made+extensive+collections+of+artefacts.+Some+of+his+collections+were+lost%2C+but+most+of+the+gold+and+silver+coins+and+a+fine+group+of+Buddhist+sculptures+and+jewelery+were+bought+by+the+British+Museum+in+1894.+He+was+also+the+father+of+mathematician+Allan+Cunningham.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlexander_Cunningham+Source+Accessed+Aug+16%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Erik+Curren+has+worked+for+a+decade+in+the+solar+power+industry+while+writing+about+energy%2C+climate+change+and+U.S.+history.+His+previous+books+include+%22The+Solar+Patriot%3A+A+Citizen%27s+Guide+to+Helping+America+Win+Clean+Energy+Independence.%22+His+work+aims+to+draw+inspiration+and+lessons+for+success+today+from+stories+of+people+in+the+past+who+fought+with+courage+and+conscience+to+solve+the+biggest+problems+facing+America+and+the+world.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.audible.com%2Fauthor%2FErik-D-Curren%2FB0719W2748+Source+Accessed+Nov+30%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Brian+Cutillo+%281945%E2%80%932006%29+was+an+American+scholar+and+translator.+He+was+also+an+accomplished+neuro-cognitive+scientist%2C+musician%2C+anthropologist+and+textile+weaver.+Cutillo+was+a+student+of+Geshe+Wangyal+and+other+Tibetan+teachers.+He+also+collaborated+with+Lama+Kunga+Rinpoche+on+the+translation+of+additional+songs+and+stories+of+Milarepa+published+in+the+volume+%27%27Miraculous+Journey%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fbrian-cutillo%2F+Wisdom+Experience%5D%29 +
Along+with+her+husband%2C+Joshua+W.+C.+Cutler%2C+Diana+Cutler+serves+as+co-director+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Learning+Center+%28TBLC%29+in+Washington%2C+N.J. +
As+Editor-in-Chief+of+the+Lamrim+Chenmo+Translation+Committee%2C+Cutler+spent+12+years+overseeing+a+team+of+a+dozen+scholars+in+editing+and+translating+%27%27The+Great+Treatise+on+the+Stages+of+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%27%27%2C+the+early+15th-century+work+by+Tsong-kha-pa.+Along+with+his+wife%2C+Diana%2C+Cutler+serves+as+co-director+of+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+Learning+Center+%28TBLC%29+in+Washington%2C+N.J. +
Olaf+Czaja+studied+Tibetan%2C+Indian+and+Mongolian+studies+as+well+as+history+of+art+at+the+universities+of+Leipzig%2C+Bonn+and+Kathmandu.+He+submitted+his+PhD+thesis+about+the+Phag+mo+ru+pa+ruling+house+in+medieval+Tibet+at+Leipzig+University+in+2007.+His+research+interests+are+Tibetan+history%2C+art%2C+and+medicine.+He+is+currently+research+fellow+in+the+project+Katalogisierung+der+Orientalischen+Handschriften+in+Deutschland+%28KOHD%2C+Union+Catalogue+of+Oriental+Manuscripts+in+Germany%29+at+G%C3%B6ttingen+Academy+of+Sciences.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.iaaw.hu-berlin.de%2Fen%2Fregion%2Fcentralasia%2F03-05-tibet-himalaya-lecture-series-mantras-and-rituals-in-tibetan-medicine+Source+Accessed+Feb+24%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Rev.+J%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D+Adrian+C%C3%AErlea+%28Adrian+Gheorghe+C%C3%AErlea%29+is+the+representative+of+Jodo+Shinshu+Buddhist+Community+from+Romania%2C+and+founder+of+Amidaj+International+temple.+He+is+also+the+author+of+%27%27Buddhism+of+Compassion%27%27%2C+2007%2C+%27%27The+Path+of+Acceptance+%E2%80%93+Commentary+on+Tannisho%27%27%2C+2011%2C+%27%27Jodo+Shinshu+Buddhist+Teachings%27%27%2C+2012%2C+%27%27The+True+Teaching+on+Amida+Buddha+and+His+Pure+Land%27%27%2C+2015%2C+%27%27The+Four+Profound+Thoughts+Which+Turn+the+Mind+Towards+Amida+Dharma%27%27%2C+2018%2C+%27%27The+Meaning+of+Faith+and+Nembutsu+in+Jodo+Shinshu+Buddhism%27%27%2C+2018%2C+%27%27Commentary+on+the+Sutra+on+the+Buddha+of+Infinite+Life%27%27%2C+2020%2C+%27%27Amida+Dharma%27%27%2C+2020. +
Christoph+C%C3%BCppers+studied+Indology+and+Tibetology+at+the+University+of+Hamburg+following+seven+years+at+the+University+of+D%C3%BCsseldorfer+Kunstakademie.+From+1983+to+1988%2C+he+served+as+Deputy+Director+and+Director+at+the+Nepal-German+Manuscript+Preservation+Project.+Since+1995%2C+he+is+Director+of+the+Lumbini+International+Research+Institute.+In+his+research%2C+he+focuses+on+the+history+of+17th+century+Tibet%2C+Tibetan+law+and+the+state+administration%2C+as+well+as+on+cultural+exchanges+between+Tibetan+and+Nepal.+%28Source%3A+%27%27Handbook+of+Tibetan+Iconometry%27%27%29 +
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Daehaeng+Kun+Sunim+%28%EB%8C%80%ED%96%89%2C+%E5%A4%A7%E8%A1%8C%3B+1927%E2%80%932012%29+was+a+Korean+Buddhist+nun+and+Seon+%28%E7%A6%AA%29+master.+She+taught+monks+as+well+as+nuns%2C+and+helped+to+increase+the+participation+of+young+people+and+men+in+Korean+Buddhism.+She+made+laypeople+a+particular+focus+of+her+efforts%2C+and+broke+out+of+traditional+models+of+spiritual+practice%2C+teaching+so+that+anyone+could+practice%2C+regardless+of+monastic+status+or+gender.+She+was+also+a+major+force+for+the+advancement+of+Bhikkunis+%28nuns%29%2C+heavily+supporting+traditional+nuns%E2%80%99+colleges+as+well+as+the+modern+Bhikkuni+Council+of+Korea.+The+temple+she+founded%2C+Hanmaum+Seon+Center%2C+grew+to+have+15+branches+in+Korea%2C+with+another+10+branches+in+other+countries.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDaehaeng+Source+Accessed+Nov+24%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Cortland+J.+Dahl+received+a+Ph.D.+in+Mind%2C+Brain+and+Contemplative+Science+from+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison+and+also+completed+an+MA+degree+in+Buddhist+Studies+and+Tibetan+language+at+Naropa+University.+He+has+worked+as+an+instructor+at+Kathmandu+University%27s+Center+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+located+in+Kathmandu%2C+as+well+as+an+interpreter+for+various+lamas%2C+including+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche+and+Yongey+Mingyur+Rinpoche.+He+currently+serves+as+president+of+Tergar+International+and+as+a+senior+instructor+in+the+Tergar+Meditation+Community.+He+lives+with+his+wife+and+son+in+Madison%2C+Wisconsin. +
Mitsuya+Dake+is+a+Professor+at+Ryukoku+University+in+Kyoto%2C+Japan.+His+research+themes+include+Shinran+thought%2C+engaged+Buddhism%2C+and+interfaith+dialogue.+He+has+taught+courses+in+Japanese+religion+and+thought+and+the+comparative+study+of+Buddhist+culture.+He+is+a+member+of+several+academic+associations%2C+including+The+Academy+of+Japanese+Religions%2C+The+Association+of+Indology+and+Buddhology%2C+and+The+International+Association+of+Shin+Buddhist+Studies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryukoku.ac.jp%2Fenglish2%2Fprog%2Fgraduate%2Fworld%2Fprofessors%2Fdake.html+Source+Accessed+October+17%2C+2019%5D%29 +
Born+in+1974%2C+he+joined+the+main+Sakya+Monastery+in+North+India+as+a+young+boy+and+learned+prayers+and+rituals.+He+also+received+empowerments%2C+teachings%2C+and+training+in+the+s%C5%ABtra+and+tantric+teachings+in+the+Sakya+tradition.+In+1991%2C+he+joined+Sakya+College+in+Dehradun+and+pursued+higher+education+in+Buddhist+Studies%2C+after+which+he+taught+in+the+same+college+for+some+years.+In+2002%2C+according+to+the+wishes+of+H.H.+Sakya+Trichen+Rinpoche%2C+he+was+appointed+as+the+Sakya+lecturer+in+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies.+He+has+served+there+as+a+lecturer+for+over+22+years+and+was+conferred+the+Khenpo+title+by+H.H.+Sakya+Trichen+and+his+sons.+He+has+regularly+participated+in+conferences+and+seminars+and+has+written+articles+on+the+wheel+of+Dharma%2C+Sakya+meditation+practice%2C+store+consciousness%2C+the+luminous+nature+of+the+mind%2C+the+two+truths%2C+the+view+and+Middle+Way+theory+in+the+Sakya+tradition%2C+lower+and+higher+abhidharma%2C+bodhicitta%2C+the+twelve+links+of+dependent+origination%2C+the+four+tenet+systems%2C+etc. +
His+Holiness+the+14th+Dalai+Lama%2C+Tenzin+Gyatso%2C+describes+himself+as+a+simple+Buddhist+monk.+He+is+the+spiritual+leader+of+Tibet.+He+was+born+on+6+July+1935%2C+to+a+farming+family%2C+in+a+small+hamlet+located+in+Taktser%2C+Amdo%2C+northeastern+Tibet.+At+the+age+of+two%2C+the+child%2C+then+named+Lhamo+Dhondup%2C+was+recognized+as+the+reincarnation+of+the+previous+13th+Dalai+Lama%2C+Thubten+Gyatso.%0A%0AThe+Dalai+Lamas+are+believed+to+be+manifestations+of+Avalokiteshvara+or+Chenrezig%2C+the+Bodhisattva+of+Compassion+and+the+patron+saint+of+Tibet.+Bodhisattvas+are+realized+beings+inspired+by+a+wish+to+attain+Buddhahood+for+the+benefit+of+all+sentient+beings%2C+who+have+vowed+to+be+reborn+in+the+world+to+help+humanity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dalailama.com%2Fthe-dalai-lama%2Fbiography-and-daily-life%2Fbrief-biography+Read+more+here+.+.+.%5D%29 +
Gend%C3%BCn+Drub+was+a+close+disciple+of+Tsongkhapa%2C+after+first+ordaining+and+training+in+the+great+Kadam+monastery+of+Nartang.+Gend%C3%BCn+Drub+was+instrumental+in+spreading+the+new+Geluk+tradition+in+Tsang%3B+he+founded+the+great+monastery+Tashilhunpo+in+1447+and+was+its+first+abbot%2C+until+1484.+He+was+posthumously+identified+as+the+First+Dalai+Lama%2C+a+previous+incarnation+of+the+third+Dalai+Lama%2C+Sonam+Gyatso%2C+who+first+held+the+title.+Gend%C3%BCn+Drub+was+identified+as+an+emanation+of+Avalokiteshvara%2C+the+bodhisattva+of+compassion+believed+to+be+embodied+in+the+Dalai+Lama+incarnation+line. +
The+life+of+the+Seventh+Dalai+Lama+Kelzang+Gyatso+spanned+a+troubled+period+in+Tibetan+history%2C+during+which+the+Land+of+Snows+was+transformed+from+the+battleground+of+competing+Mongol+factions+into+a+protectorate+of+the+Manchu+Qing+dynasty.+Trained+as+a+monk-scholar%2C+the+turmoil+that+surrounded+his+youth+and+early+adulthood+had+effectively+excluded+him+from+an+active+political+role+until+the+events+of+1747-1750+propelled+him+to+head+the+Tibetan+government+at+the+age+of+forty-three.+It+may+be+said+that+the+institution+of+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+given+its+characteristic+religio-political+foundations+under+the+leadership+of+the+Great+Fifth%2C+assumed+its+mature+form+under+the+Seventh%2C+whose+relations+with+the+Manchus+set+the+pattern+for+Sino-Tibetan+affairs+throughout+the+remainder+of+the+Qing+dynasty.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FSeventh-Dalai-Lama-Kelzang-Gyatso%2F3107+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2022%5D%29 +
The+tenure+of+the+Eighth+Dalai+Lama%2C+Jampel+Gyatso%2C+was+a+tumultuous+era+in+the+Himalayan+region%2C+filled+with+battles+and+intrigues.+This+period+saw+the+emergence+of+the+first+contacts+between+Tibet+and+the+British%2C+and+the+Manchurian+representatives+of+the+Qing+Empire+also+managed+to+enhance+its+position+in+Tibet+when+it+was+called+upon+to+eject+the+invading+Gurkhas.+The+Eighth+Dalai+Lama+was+an+active+leader+in+the+midst+of+all+of+this%2C+despite+being+disinclined+to+rule.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FEighth-Dalai-Lama-Jampel-Gyatso%2F2339+Source+Accessed+Sep+27%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Catherine+Dalton+is+an+oral+interpreter+and+a+translator+for+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee.+She+has+published+a+number+of+translations+with+Dharmachakra%2C+including+several+for+84000.+Catherine+studied+and+taught+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Nepal+for+a+number+of+years%2C+and+is+the+co-director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Center+for+Translation+and+Translation+Studies+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Gomde%2C+CA.+She+holds+an+MA+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+Kathmandu+University%2C+and+is+currently+a+doctoral+student+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+UC+Berkeley.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fpast-event%2Fthe-2014-tt-conference%2F+2014+Translation+%26+Transmission+Conference+Program%5D%29 +
Jacob+Dalton%2C+Professor+and+Khyentse+Foundation+Distinguished+Professor+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+received+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Michigan+in+2002.+After+working+for+three+years+%282002-05%29+as+a+researcher+with+the+International+Dunhuang+Project+at+the+British+Library%2C+he+taught+at+Yale+University+%282005-2008%29+before+moving+to+Berkeley.+He+works+on+Nyingma+religious+history%2C+tantric+ritual%2C+early+Tibetan+paleography%2C+and+the+Dunhuang+manuscripts.+He+is+the+author+of+The+Taming+of+the+Demons%3A+Violence+and+Liberation+in+Tibetan+Buddhism+%28Yale+University+Press%2C+2011%29+and+Through+the+Eyes+of+the+Compendium+of+Intentions%3A+The+History+of+a+Tibetan+Ritual+Tradition+%28Columbia+University+Press%2C+under+review%29%2C+and+co-author+of+Tibetan+Tantric+Manuscripts+from+Dunhuang%3A+A+Descriptive+Catalogue+of+the+Stein+Collection+at+the+British+Library+%28Brill%2C+2006%29.+He+is+currently+working+on+a+study+of+tantric+ritual+in+the+Dunhuang+manuscripts.%0A%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fealc.berkeley.edu%2Fpeople%2Fdalton-jacob+Source%3A+UC+Berkeley%5D%29 +
A+master+born+in+Khal+Kha+%28Mongolia%29.+His+teachers+included+Blo+bzang+dge+legs+bstan+%27dzin%2C+Tshe+dbang+skyabs+mchog%2C+Bsod+nams+rgya+mtsho%2C+and+Chos+kyi+rdo+rje.+His+students+included+Skal+bzang+ye+shes%2C+Blo+bzang+bstan+%27dzin+dpal+%27byor%2C+Blo+bzang+yon+tan%2C+and+Bsod+nams+rgya+mtsho. +
Eva+Van+Dam+is+a+Dutch+artist+and+illustrator+whose+work+has+appeared+in+numerous+books+and+magazines.+She+has+traveled+extensively+in+Tibet+and+lived+in+Nepal+for+six+years%2C+studying+Buddhism+and+Tibetan+Buddhist+iconography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.shambhala.com%2Fmilarepa.html+Source%3A+Shambhala+Publications%5D%29 +
Born+in+Gasa+in+northern+Bhutan%2C+he+became+a+monk+at+the+age+of+10+in+a+local+Drukpa+Kagyu+monastery+and+learned+prayers+and+rituals+in+the+Drukpa+Kagyu+tradition.+At+15%2C+he+joined+Lekshey+Jungney+College+in+Punakha%2C+and+studied+language%2C+grammar%2C+poetics%2C+Middle+Way%2C+Perfection+Studies%2C+etc.+under+Dralop+Lekshey+Gyatso+and+others.+In+2010%2C+he+entered+Tago+Buddhist+University+and+finished+years+of+higher+Buddhist+studies+and+went+to+India+for+further+study.+He+spent+five+years+in+Sera+Je+Khenyen+Monastery+undertaking+rigorous+study+and+returned+to+Bhutan+to+continue+his+study+for+five+more+years+at+Tago+Buddhist+University.+In+2021%2C+he+finished+his+studies+and+he+currently+serves+as+a+lecturer+at+Tago+Dorden+Buddhist+University. +
Lhundup+Damch%C3%B6+was+born+and+raised+in+New+York.+After+high+school%2C+she+spent+a+year+back-packing+alone+in+Europe+before+starting+her+university+studies+at+Sarah+Lawrence%2C+where+she+earned+a+BA+in+humanities.+She+then+spent+a+year+studying+and+living+abroad+in+Paris+and+Poland%2C+and+then+joined+the+New+School+for+Social+Research%2C+for+MA+studies+in+Continental+and+Greek+philosophy.+In+1989%2C+she+left+to+begin+a+career+as+a+journalist%2C+continuing+for+seven+years+in+her+hometown+of+New+York+and+later+as+bureau+chief+in+Hong+Kong.+Later%2C+during+a+year%E2%80%99s+sabbatical+writing+as+a+freelance+journalist%2C+she+engaged+in+a+10-day+retreat+at+Kopan+Monastery+in+Nepal%E2%80%99s+Kathmandu+valley.+It+was+there+that+she+first+heard+teachings+on+Buddhism%2C+from+Swedish+nun+Ani+Karin.%0A%0AWithin+two+years%2C+Damch%C3%B6+had+left+her+career%2C+completed+several+retreats+and+taken+ordination+vows+in+1999.+She+was+in+Dharamsala+preparing+for+another+retreat+when+she+first+met+His+Holiness+the+Karmapa%2C+weeks+after+his+escape+from+Tibet.+Following+her+retreat%2C+she+returned+to+Madison%2C+Wisconsin%2C+where+she+continued+her+seven+years+of+Buddhist+philosophy+study+with+Geshe+Lhundup+Sopa%2C+her+abbot.+At+the+same+time%2C+Lama+Zopa+Rinpoche+also+had+a+profound+influence%2C+and+his+teachings+on++renunciation+and+the+cultivation+of+compassion+greatly+inspired+her+practice.+In+2003%2C+she+was+sent+to+Puerto+Rico+to+offer+Dharma+talks+at+the+Dharma+center+founded+by+Geshe+Sopa+and+directed+by+Yangsi+Rinpoche.+Upon+arrival+in+Puerto+Rico%2C+Damch%C3%B6+learned+that+Rinpoche+had+informed+the+students+there+that+she+would+be+teaching+in+Spanish+%E2%80%93+although+her+rudimentary+knowledge+of+the+language+at+the+time+came+from+having+a+Cuban+sister-in-law%2C+many+Latino+friends+and+a+lifelong+love+of+languages.+Nevertheless%2C+on+that+slim+toehold+Damch%C3%B6+began+her+long+engagement+with+the+Dharma+in+Spanish.%0A%0ADuring+this+same+period%2C+she+lived+with+other+nuns+at+Deer+Park+and+engaged+in+graduate+studies+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison%2C+studying+Sanskrit%2C+Tibetan+and+interdisciplinary+studies+of+Asian+culture+and+history.+Her+MA+thesis+explored+reading+strategies+of+Mahayana+sutras%2C+particularly+the+Sanghata+Sutra%2C+of+which+she+later+produced+an+English+translation+and+a+website+devoted+to+the+sutra.%0A%0AIn+2006%2C+she+returned+to+India+after+a+six-year+absence.+After+spending+over+a+year+reading+Sanskrit+texts+in+Pune%2C+Varanasi+and+Vishakhapatnam+with+Prabhakara+Shastry%2C+%28you+can+read+her+blog+on+this+period+here%29+she+moved+to+Dharamsala+where+Dapel+and+Nangpel+had+just+received+their+monastic+vows+from+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama.+After+two+years+in+Dharamsala%2C+the+seeds+of+a+nuns%E2%80%99+community+began+to+sprout%2C+and+when+the+nuns+shared+their+aspiration+with+His+Holiness+the+Karmapa%2C+he+quickly+granted+his+blessing+for+them+to+proceed.+In+the+same+year%2C+Damch%C3%B6+received+her+PhD%2C+with+a+thesis+on+gender+and+ethics+in+Sanskrit+and+Tibetan+narratives+about+Buddha%E2%80%99s+direct+female+disciples%2C+entitled+%E2%80%9CFor+the+Sake+of+Women%2C+Too%3A+Ethics+And+Gender+in+the+Narratives+of+the+M%C5%ABlasarv%C4%81stiv%C4%81da+Vinaya.%E2%80%9D+Damch%C3%B6+has+a+project+pending+to+publish+an+English+translation+of+those+stories+of+these+nuns%E2%80%99+lives.%0A%0ASince+completing+her+dissertation+in+2009%2C+Damch%C3%B6+has+lived+in+India+participating+in+the+life+of+the+nuns%E2%80%99+community%2C+serving+His+Holiness+the+17th+Karmapa%2C+Ogyen+Trinley+Dorje%2C+on+various+projects%2C+and+engaging+in+various+Spanish-language+Dharma+initiatives.%0A%0AIn+2010%2C+under+the+guidance+of+the+17th+Karmapa%2C+she+wrote+Karmapa%3A+900+Years%2C+a+historical+survey+of+the+Karma+Kagyu+lineage+that+has+since+been+translated+into+twelve+languages.+She+co-translated+and+edited+The+Heart+Is+Noble%3A+Changing+the+World+from+the+Inside+Out%2C+a+book+of+teachings+by+His+Holiness+the+Karmapa+based+on+several+weeks+of+dialogue+between+the+Karmapa+and+a+group+of+students+from+the+University+of+Redlands.+She+has+since+organized+several+other+extended+interactions+between+young+people+and+His+Holiness.+In+2015%2C+she+co-translated+and+edited+Nurturing+Compassion%2C+teachings+by+the+Karmapa+during+his+first+trip+to+Europe.+Under+the+Gyalwang+Karmapa%E2%80%99s+guidance%2C+she+produced+a+visual+biography+to+commemorate+his+predecessor%2C+Dharma+King%3A+The+Life+of+the+16th+Gyalwang+Karmapa+in+Images%2C+which+will+be+launched+in+2016+as+part+of+a+commemorative+event+in+Bodhgaya.+%28Dapel+served+alongside+Damch%C3%B6+to+photo-edit+this+book.%29+Her+translation+of+his+script+of+a+play+on+the+life+of+Milarepa+is+also+forthcoming+from+KTD+Publications.%0A%0ADamch%C3%B6+gives+weekly+Dharma+talks+in+Spanish%2C+which+can+be+viewed+at+www.facebuda.org.+She+travels+regularly+to+Dharma+centers+across+Latin+America%2C+and+leads+an+annual+retreat+in+Mexico.+With+Silvia+Sevilla%2C+she+co-founded+Editorial+Albri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Venerable+Geshe+Dorji+Damdul+is+presently+Director+-+Tibet+House%2C+New+Delhi.+He+has+undertaken+several+projects+for+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+serving+as+the+primary+translator+for+many+of+his+works.+Born+in+1968%2C+Geshe+Dorji+Damdul+earned+his+Geshe+Lharampa+Degree+in+2002+from+Drepung+Loseling+Monastic+University.%0A%0AHe+has+a+most+fantastic+analytical+mind%2C+and+his+skillful+technique+ensures+that+most+practitioners+understand+the+wisdom+rooted+behind+their+practice.+Geshe+La+regularly+gives+teachings+at+Tibet+House+and+Deer+Park+Institute.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fvidyaloke.in%2Fhome%2Fresource-library%2Four_gurus_and_masters.php+Source+Accessed+Oct+27%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Ryan+began+working+with+84000+in+2013+as+a+translator+with+Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+for+whom+he+translated+the+Mah%C4%81m%C4%81y%C4%81+Tantra+and+The+Dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%3A+Entering+into+Non-conceptuality.+He+joined+the+84000+editorial+team+in+2017%2C+specializing+in+esoteric+literature.+Beyond+his+translation+and+editorial+work%2C+Ryan+has+taught+courses+in+Classical+Tibetan%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+Translation+Studies+at+the+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute+in+Kathmandu+and+Rangjung+Yeshe+Gomde+in+northern+California.+He+earned+his+doctorate+in+Sanskrit+and+South+Asian+Studies+from+the+University+of+California%2C+Berkeley+in+2021.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2F84000.co%2Fabout%2Fteam+Source+Accessed+June+16%2C+2021%5D%29 +
%5BThe%5D+%27%27Ratnar%C4%81%C5%9B%C4%AB%27%27+was+translated+by+%5Bthe%5D+monk+named+Daogong%2C+in+Liangzhou%2C+about+700+km.+ESE+of+Dunhuang+on+the+main+road%2C+in+modem+day+Gansu+province%2C+right+at+the+end+of+the+fourth+or+at+the+very+beginning+of+the+fifth+century.+.+.+.++%5B.+.+.+%5D+%5BT%5Dhere+are+no+biographies+of+Daogong%2C+and+we+know+next+to+nothing+about+him.%5B2%5D+It+is+not+clear+if+the+%27%27Karu%E1%B9%87apu%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Darika%27%27+attributed+to+him+is+attributed+correctly%2C+but+this+seems+to+be+the+less+likely+conclusion.+It+seems+even+less+likely+that+the+%27%27A%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADas%C4%81hasrika+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81%27%27+translation+is+to+be+accepted+as+his.%0A%0AWhile+we+may+know+little+about+the+man%2C+the+time+and+place+in+which+Daogong+lived+certainly+placed+him+in+the+middle+of+one+of+the+most+productive%2C+even+explosive%2C+periods+in+Chinese+Buddhist+history.+The+monk-translators+listed+as+contemporaries+or+near+contemporaries+of+Daogong%2C+and+residing+in+the+same+region%2C+are+Fazhong%2C+Sengqietuo%2C+and+Dharmak%E1%B9%A3ema.+%28Silk%2C+%22The+Origins+and+Early+History+of+the+Mah%C4%81ratnak%C5%AB%E1%B9%ADa%2C%22+671%E2%80%9372%29%0A%0A%0A%3Ch5%3ENotes%3C%2Fh5%3E%0A2.+This+was%2C+I+have+lately+noticed%2C+also+the+conclusion+of+Bagchi+1927%3A211.+As+far+as+I+can+tell+from+the+relevant+indices%2C+Daogong+is+not+mentioned+in+the+Chinese+dynastic+histories+either. +
Daolang+%E9%81%93%E6%9C%97+wrote+comments+and+exegeses+of+Dharmak%C5%9Bema%27s+larger+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27.+He+wrote+a+preface+to+the+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+titled+%27%27Da+niepan+jing+xu%27%27+%E5%A4%A7%E6%B6%85%E6%A7%83%E7%B6%93%E5%BA%8F+%28preserved+in+T.+2145%2C+59b5%E2%80%9360a9%29.+This+preface+was+translated+and+studied+by+Whalen+Lai. +
Daosheng+%28Chinese%3A+%E9%81%93%E7%94%9F%3B+pinyin%3A+D%C3%A0osh%C4%93ng%3B+Wade%E2%80%93Giles%3A+Tao+Sheng%29%2C+or+Zhu+Daosheng+%28Chinese%3A+%E7%AB%BA%E9%81%93%E7%94%9F%3B+Wade%E2%80%93Giles%3A+Chu+Tao-sheng%29%2C+was+an+eminent+Six+Dynasties+era+Chinese+Buddhist+scholar.+He+is+known+for+advocating+the+concepts+of+sudden+enlightenment+and+the+universality+of+the+Buddha+nature.%0A%0ABorn+in+Pengcheng%2C+Daosheng+left+home+to+become+a+monk+at+eleven.+He+studied+in+Jiankang+under+Zhu+Fatai%2C+and+later+at+Lushan+%28Mount+Lu%29+monastery+with+Huiyuan%2C+and+from+405+or+406+under+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva+in+Chang%27an%2C+where+he+stayed+for+some+two+years+perfecting+his+education.+He+became+one+of+the+foremost+scholars+of+his+time%2C+counted+among+the+%22fifteen+great+disciples%22+of+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva.%0A%0ASengzhao+reports+that+Daosheng+assisted+Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva+in+his+translation+of+the+%27%27Lotus+Sutra%27%27%2C+Daosheng+wrote+commentaries+on+the+%27%27Lotus+Sutra%27%27%2C+the+%27%27Vimalak%C4%ABrti-nirde%C5%9Ba+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+and+the+%27%27A%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADas%C4%81hasrik%C4%81+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+%28the+last+of+which+has+been+lost%29.+In+408%2C+he+returned+to+Lushan%2C+and+in+409+back+to+Jiankang%2C+where+he+remained+for+some+twenty+years%2C+staying+at+the+Qingyuan+Monastery+%28%E9%9D%92%E5%9B%AD%E5%AF%BA%29+from+419.%0A%0ADaosheng+controversially+ascribed+Buddha-nature+to+the+icchantikas%2C+based+on+his+reading+on+a+short+version+of+the+%27%27Mah%C4%81parinirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+which+in+that+short+form+appears+to+deny+the+Buddha-nature+to+icchantikas%3B+the+long+version+of+the+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+however+%28not+yet+known+to+Daosheng%29%2C+explicitly+includes+the+icchantikas+in+the+universality+of+the+Buddha-nature.+Daosheng%27s+bold+doctrine+of+including+icchantikas+within+the+purview+of+the+Buddha-nature%2C+even+before+that+explicit+teaching+had+actually+been+found+in+the+long+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27%2C+led+to+the+expulsion+of+Daosheng+from+the+Buddhist+community+in+428+or+429%2C+and+he+retreated+to+Lushan+in+430.%0A%0AWith+the+availability+of+the+long+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+after+430%2C+through+the+translation+of+Dharmakshema%2C+Daosheng+was+vindicated+and+praised+for+his+insight.+He+remained+in+Lushan%2C+composing+his+commentary+on+the+%27%27Lotus+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+in+432%2C+until+his+death+in+434.%0A%0ADaosheng%27s+exegesis+of+the+%27%27Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+S%C5%ABtra%27%27+had+an+enormous+influence+on+interpretations+of+the+Buddha-nature+in+Chinese+Buddhism+that+prepared+the+ground+for+the+Ch%C3%A1n+school+emerging+in+the+6th+century.%3Cbr%3E%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDaosheng+Source+Accessed+Sept.+2+2020%5D%29%0A%0A%27%27Dates+from+The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism+%28Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014%29%27%27
Eva+K.+Dargyay+%28born+October+1+%2C+1937+in+Munich+%29+is+a+German+Tibetologist.+After+earning+her+doctorate+phil.+in+Munich+in+1974%2C+habilitation+there+in+1976+%28structure+and+change+in+the+Tibetan+village%29+and+work+as+a+private+lecturer+from+1981+to+1990+she+was+a+professor+of+religious+studies+with+a+focus+on+Buddhism+and+Tibet+at+the+University+of+Calgary.+From+1991+to+2003+she+was+a+professor+at+the+University+of+Alberta+in+Edmonton.+She+has+been+living+in+Germany+again+since+2006.+She+was+married+to+the+Tibetologist+Lobsang+Dargyay+%281935-1994%29. +
The+late+Geshe+Lobsang+Dargyay+was+trained+at+Drepung+Monastery+in+Tibet.+He+got+his+doctorate+in+Buddhist+and+Tibetan+Studies+from+the+Ludwig+Maximilians+Universit%C3%A4t+and+held+teaching+and+research+positions+in+Vienna%2C+Hamburg%2C+and+Calgary.+Geshe-la+was+the+first+Tibetan+to+receive+a+doctorate+from+a+Western+university.+He+passed+away+in+1994.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fgeshe-lobsang-dargyay%2F+Source+Accessed+Sept+23%2C+2020%5D%29%0A%0AFor+a+more+complete+biography%2C+see+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXzc6AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT11%26lpg%3DPT11%26dq%3DFreedom%2BFrom%2BExtremes%2FIn%2BMemoriam%3A%2BGeshe%2BLobsang%2BDargyay%2B%281935-94%29by%2BEva%2BNeumaier%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3Da2vMqwcDeb%26sig%3DACfU3U1uAhLezrS11HGmbnKtWcEX30VAsQ%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D2ahUKEwi4m_PKy4jnAhUJGc0KHXxeDagQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ%23v%3Donepage%26q%3DFreedom%2520From%2520Extremes%252FIn%2520Memoriam%253A%2520Geshe%2520Lobsang%2520Dargyay%2520%281935-94%29by%2520Eva%2520Neumaier%26f%3Dfalse+%22In+Memoriam%3A+Geshe+Lobsang+Dargyay+%281935%E2%80%9394%29%22%5D+by+Eva+Neumaier%2C+in+%27%27Freedom+from+Extremes%3A+Gorampa%27s+%22Distinguishing+the+Views%22+and+the+Polemics+of+Emptiness%27%27+%28Wisdom+Publications%2C+2007%29%2C+xi%E2%80%93xiv. +
Born+in+Chittagong%2C+eastern+Bengal+to+a+Bengali+Hindu+Vaidya-Brahmin+family%2C+Sarat+Chandra+Das+attended+Presidency+College%2C+as+a+student+of+the+University+of+Calcutta.+In+1874+he+was+appointed+headmaster+of+the+Bhutia+Boarding+School+at+Darjeeling.+In+1878%2C+a+Tibetan+teacher%2C+Lama+Ugyen+Gyatso+arranged+a+passport+for+Sarat+Chandra+to+go+the+monastery+at+Tashilhunpo.+In+June+1879%2C+Das+and+Ugyen-gyatso+left+Darjeeling+for+the+first+of+two+journeys+to+Tibet.+They+remained+in+Tibet+for+six+months%2C+returning+to+Darjeeling+with+a+large+collection+of+Tibetan+and+Sanskrit+texts+which+would+become+the+basis+for+his+later+scholarship.+Sarat+Chandra+spent+1880+in+Darjeeling+poring+over+the+information+he+had+obtained.+In+November+1881%2C+Sarat+Chandra+and+Ugyen-gyatso+returned+to+Tibet%2C+where+they+explored+the+Yarlung+Valley%2C+returning+to+India+in+January+1883.+Along+with+Satish+Chandra+Vidyabhusan%2C+he+prepared+Tibetan-English+dictionary.%3Cbr%3E%0A%0AFor+a+time%2C+he+worked+as+a+spy+for+the+British%2C+accompanying+Colman+Macaulay+on+his+1884+expedition+to+Tibet+to+gather+information+on+the+Tibetans%2C+Russians+and+Chinese.+After+he+left+Tibet%2C+the+reasons+for+his+visit+were+discovered+and+many+of+the+Tibetans+who+had+befriended+him+suffered+severe+reprisals.%3Cbr%3E%0A%0AFor+the+latter+part+of+his+life%2C+Das+settled+in+Darjeeling.+He+named+his+house+%22Lhasa+Villa%22+and+played+host+to+many+notable+guests+including+Sir+Charles+Alfred+Bell+and+Ekai+Kawaguchi.+Johnson+stated+that%2C+in+1885+and+1887+Das+met+with+Henry+Steel+Olcott%2C+co-founder+and+first+President+of+the+Theosophical+Society.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSarat_Chandra_Das+Source+Accessed+Jan+20%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Surya+Das+%28born+Jeffrey+Miller+in+1950%29+is+an+American+lama+in+the+Tibetan+Buddhist+tradition.+He+is+a+poet%2C+chant+master%2C+spiritual+activist%2C+author+of+many+popular+works+on+Buddhism%2C+meditation+teacher%2C+and+spokesperson+for+Buddhism+in+the+West.+He+has+long+been+involved+in+charitable+relief+projects+in+the+Third+World+and+in+interfaith+dialogue.+Surya+Das+is+a+Dharma+heir+of+Nyoshul+Khenpo+Rinpoche%2C+a+Nyingma+master+of+the+non-sectarian+Rime+movement%2C+with+whom+he+founded+the+Dzogchen+Center+and+Dzogchen+retreats+in+1991.+His+name%2C+which+means+%22Servant+of+the+Sun%22+in+a+combination+of+Sanskrit+%28%27%27s%C5%ABrya%27%27%29+and+Hindi+%28%27%27das%27%27%2C+from+the+Sanskrit+%27%27d%C4%81sa%27%27%29%2C+was+given+to+him+in+1972+by+the+Hindu+guru+Neem+Karoli+Baba.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSurya_Das+Source+Accessed+Feb+7%2C+2020%5D%29 +
John+Davenport+is+a+water+resources+development+specialist+with+wide+experience+as+an+aid+consultant+in+South+and+East+Asia+and+Tibet%2C+including+for+the+Tibetan+government-in-exile.+He+is+currently+the+team+leader+of+the+ADB+supported+Western+Basins+Water+Resources+Management+Project+in+Herat%2C+Afghanistan.+He+has+served+as+vice+president+of+Deer+Park+Buddhist+Center+near+Madison%2C+Wisconsin.+He+lives+in+Eugene%2C+Oregon.+Source%3A+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fjohn-davenport%2F+Wisdom+Publications%5D%29 +
Dr.+Ronald+Davidson+has+taught+at+Fairfield+University+since+1990%2C+after+having%0Apreviously+taught+at+Santa+Clara+University+and+at+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies%0A%28Graduate+Theological+Union%29+in+California.+He+has+twice+been+Director+of+Asian+Studies.+He+was+trained+in+Sanskrit+and+Chinese+Buddhist+studies+at+the+University+of+California+Berkeley+under+Drs.+Padmanabh+Jaini%2C+Lewis+Lancaster%2C+and+Michel+Strickmann%2C+but+also+studied+and+lived+with+Tibetans+for+18+years+before+and+during+his+graduate+career%2C+working+for+11+years+with+Ngor+Thartse+Khenpo+%28Hiroshi+Sonami%29.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fworks.bepress.com%2Fronald_davidson%2F+Source%5D%29 +
Bret+W.+Davis+is+Professor+and+Thomas+J.+Higgins%2C+S.J.+Chair+in+Philosophy+at+Loyola+University+Maryland%2C+where+he+teaches+courses+on+Western%2C+Asian%2C+and+cross-cultural+philosophy.+His+research+focuses+on+Japanese+philosophy+%28esp.+the+Kyoto+School+and+Zen+Buddhism%29%2C+on+Continental+philosophy+%28esp.+Heidegger%2C+phenomenology%2C+and+hermeneutics%29%2C+and+on+issues+in+cross-cultural+philosophy+and+comparative+philosophy+of+religion.%0A%0AAlong+with+earning+a+Ph.D.+in+philosophy+from+Vanderbilt+University%2C+he+has+studied+and+taught+for+more+than+a+year+in+Germany+and+for+more+than+a+dozen+years+in+Japan.+In+Japan%2C+he+studied+Buddhist+thought+at+Otani+University%2C+completed+the+coursework+for+a+second+Ph.D.+in+Japanese+philosophy+at+Kyoto+University%2C+taught+philosophy+and+related+courses+in+Japanese+at+various+universities%2C+and+practiced+Zen+Buddhism+at+Sh%C5%8Dkokuji%2C+one+of+the+main+Rinzai+Zen+training+monasteries+in+Kyoto.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+authoring+more+than+75+articles+in+English+and+Japanese%2C+as+well+as+translating+many+articles+from+Japanese+and+German%2C+he+is+author+of+Heidegger+and+the+Will%3A+On+the+Way+to+Gelassenheit+%28Northwestern+University+Press%2C+2007%29%3B+translator+of+Martin+Heidegger%E2%80%99s+Country+Path+Conversations+%28Indiana+University+Press%2C+2010%2C+paperback+edition+2016%29%3B+editor+of+The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Japanese+Philosophy+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2020%29+and+of+Martin+Heidegger%3A+Key+Concepts+%28Acumen%2C+2010%2C+Routledge%2C+2014%29%3B+coeditor+with+Fujita+Masakatsu+of+Sekai+no+naka+no+Nihon+no+tetsugaku+%28Japanese+Philosophy+in+the+World%29+%28Sh%C5%8Dwad%C5%8D%2C+2005%29%3B+and+coeditor+with+Brian+Schroeder+and+Jason+Wirth+of+Japanese+and+Continental+Philosophy%3A+Conversations+with+the+Kyoto+School+%28Indiana+University+Press%2C+2011%29+and+of+Engaging+D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Zen%3A+The+Philosophy+of+Practice+as+Awakening+%28Wisdom+Publishing%2C+2017%29.%0A%0AHis+current+projects+include+a+book+manuscript+on+Zen+Buddhism+and+another+on+the+Kyoto+School+and+interpersonal+as+well+as+intercultural+dialogue.+He+was+the+Director+of+the+2017+Collegium+Phaenomenologicum%2C+is+Associate+Officer+of+The+Comparative+and+Continental+Philosophy+Circle%2C+serves+on+the+board+of+directors+of+the+Nishida+Philosophy+Association+%28Nishida+tetsugakkai%29+as+well+as+on+the+editorial+boards+of+several+journals+and+book+series%2C+and+is+coeditor+of+Indiana+University+Press%E2%80%99s+series+in+World+Philosophies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Floyola.academia.edu%2FBretDavis+Source+Accessed+Nov+25%2C+2019%5D%29
Gordon+Davis%E2%80%99s+research+includes+both+historical+work+on+ethical%2C+political+and+metaphysical+themes+in+the+works+of+Hume%2C+Kant+and+their+contemporaries%2C+and+investigations+into+the+applicability+of+methods+of+argument+developed+by+these+philosophers+%E2%80%93+as+well+as+neo-Humean+and+neo-Kantian+variations+%E2%80%93+to+contemporary+debates+in+ethics+and+metaethics.+One+of+Gordon%E2%80%99s+current+projects+explores+the+prospects+for+a+theoretical+synthesis+of+key+elements+within+the+three+main+traditions+of+contemporary+ethical+theory+%28consequentialism%2C+Kantian+deontology+and+virtue+ethics%29.+He+also+has+a+strong+interest+in+applied+ethics+%E2%80%93+especially+issues+surrounding+biotechnology+and+obligations+to+future+generations.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fcarleton.ca%2Fphilosophy%2Fpeople%2Fdavis-gordon%2F+Source+Accessed+Apr+16%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Jake+Davis+is+currently+a+Postdoctoral+Associate+with+the+Virtues+of+Attention+project+at+New+York+University.+He+has+taught+at+Brown+University+and+at+the+City+of+College+of+New+York.+He+earned+a+Ph.D.+in+Philosophy+from+CUNY+Graduate+Center%2C+with+an+Interdisciplinary+Concentration+in+Cognitive+Science%2C+as+well+as+a+Masters+in+Philosophy+from+the+University+of+Hawai%60i.+His+research+at+the+intersection+of+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+moral+philosophy%2C+and+cognitive+science+draws+on+his+textual%2C+meditative%2C+and+monastic+training+in+the+Therav%C4%81da+Buddhist+tradition+of+Burma+%28Myanmar%29%2C+including+work+as+an+interpreter+and+teacher+at+meditation+retreats.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fnyu.academia.edu%2FJakeHDavis+Adapted+from+Source+May+13%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Khenpo+Dawa+Tsering+was+born+in+1987+in+Tichurong+Drigung+Gonpa+in+the+Dolpo+region+of+Nepal.+At+11%2C+he+started+learning+Tibetan+and+in+2000+he+met+H.H.+Senge+Tenzin+and+joined+Drigung+Monastery+in+India.+He+received+his+novice+ordination+from+H.H.+Drigung+Kyapgon+Thinley+Lhundrup+and+undertook+monastic+education.+In+2005%2C+he+joined+Kagyu+Buddhist+University+and+finished+his+education+in+common+sciences+and+Buddhist+Studies+in+general+and+Kagyu+systems%2C+including+the+Single+Intent%2C+Five+Verse+Mah%C4%81mudra%2C+etc.%2C+in+particular+under+Khenchen+Koncho+Gyaltsen%2C+Khenchen+Nyima+Gyaltsen%2C+and+H.H.+Nubri+Rinpoche.+Since+grade+seven%2C+he+also+taught+language+and+grammar%2C+and+in+2014+he+finished+his+education+and+taught+at+Samtenling+Nunnery+for+eight+years.+In+2019%2C+he+was+conferred+the+Khenpo+title.+He+currently+serves+as+the+disciplinarian+at+Drigung+Jangchubling+Monastery. +
Born+in+1998+in+Mang+village+in+the+Mukhum+region+of+Nepal%2C+he+joined+Jonang+Ngedon+Takten+Shedrup+Chokhorling+in+Parping+after+meeting+Tashi+Gyaltsen+Rinpoche+in+2006.+He+learned+reading%2C+writing%2C+grammar%2C+rituals%2C+and+how+to+play+musical+instruments.+In+2010%2C+he+started+learning+logic+and+epistemology+under+Khenpo+Ngawang+Rinchen+Gyatso+and+Geshe+Drime+Ozer+and+received+novice+ordination+from+Khentrul+Chokyi+Nangwa+and+full+monastic+ordination+from+Chogtrul+Jamyang+Jinpa.+In+2016%2C+he+received+further+education+in+Buddhist+literature%2C+including+the+five+great+treatises%2C+from+Khenpo+Ngawang+Gedun+Gyatso%2C+and+he+completed+his+higher+Buddhist+education+in+2022+and+received+the+Lopen+title+in+first+rank.+He+currently+serves+as+an+assistant+lecturer+at+Jonang+Monastery+in+Parping. +
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TSERIl%5CC+DAWA+is+a+postgraduate+student+at+the+College+of+Tibetan+Studies%2C%0ANationalities+University+of+China%2C+Beijing.+His+research+focuses+on+Buddhist+rituals%0Aand+the+Bo+dong+school+of+Tibetan+Buddhism. +
Lala+Har+Dayal+Singh+Mathur+%28Punjabi%3A+%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE+%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B2%3B+14+October+1884+%E2%80%93+4+March+1939%29+was+an+Indian+nationalist+revolutionary+and+freedom+fighter.+He+was+a+polymath+who+turned+down+a+career+in+the+Indian+Civil+Service.+His+simple+living+and+intellectual+acumen+inspired+many+expatriate+Indians+living+in+Canada+and+the+U.S.+to+fight+against+British+Imperialism+during+the+First+World+War.%0A%0AHar+Dayal+Mathur+was+born+in+a+Hindu+Mathur+Kayastha+family+on+14+October+1884+at+Delhi.+He+was+the+sixth+of+seven+children+of+Bholi+Rani+and+Gauri+Dayal+Mathur.+His+father+was+a+district+court+reader.+Lala+is+not+so+much+a+surname+as+a+sub-caste+designation%2C+within+the+Kayastha+community%2C+but+it+is+generally+termed+as+an+honorific+title+for+writers+such+as+the+word+Pandit+which+is+used+for+knowledgeable+persons+in+other+Hindu+communities.+At+an+early+age%2C+he+was+influenced+by+Arya+Samaj.+He+was+associated+with+Shyam+Krishnavarma%2C+Vinayak+Damodar+Savarkar+and+Bhikaji+Cama.+He+also+drew+inspiration+from+Giuseppe+Mazzini%2C+Karl+Marx+and+Mikhail+Bakunin.+He+was%2C+according+to+Emily+Brown+as+quoted+by+Juergensmeyer%2C+%22in+sequence+an+atheist%2C+a+revolutionary%2C+a+Buddhist%2C+and+a+pacifist%22.%0A%0AHe+studied+at+the+Cambridge+Mission+School+and+received+his+bachelor%27s+degree+in+Sanskrit+from+St.+Stephen%27s+College%2C+Delhi%2C+India+and+his+master%27s+degree+also+in+Sanskrit+from+Punjab+University.+In+1905%2C+he+received+two+scholarships+of+Oxford+University+for+his+higher+studies+in+Sanskrit%3A+Boden+Scholarship%2C+1907+and+Casberd+Exhibitioner%2C+an+award+from+St+John%27s+College%2C+where+he+was+studying.+In+a+letter+to+%27%27The+Indian+Sociologist%27%27%2C+published+in+1907%2C+he+started+to+explore+anarchist+ideas%2C+arguing+that+%22our+object+is+not+to+reform+government%2C+but+to+reform+it+away%2C+leaving%2C+if+necessary+only+nominal+traces+of+its+existence.%22+The+letter+led+to+him+being+put+under+surveillance+by+the+police.+Later+that+year%2C+saying+%22To+Hell+with+the+ICS%22%2C+he+gave+up+the+prestigious+Oxford+scholarships+and+returned+to+India+in+1908+to+live+a+life+of+austerity.+But+in+India+too%2C+he+started+writing+harsh+articles+in+the+leading+newspapers%2C+When+the+British+Government+decided+to+impose+a+ban+upon+his+writing+Lala+Lajpat+Rai+advised+him+to+leave+and+go+abroad.+It+was+during+this+period+that+he+came+into+the+friendship+of+the+anarchist+Guy+Aldred%2C+who+was+put+on+trial+for+printing+%27%27The+Indian+Sociologist%27%27.%0A%0AAmong+his+many+literary+works+include+%27%27The+Bodhisattva+Doctrines+in+Buddhist+Sanskrit+Literature.%27%27+Lala+Lajpat+Rai%2C+who+was+a+mentor+of+Har+Dayal%2C+had+suggested+him+to+write+an+authentic+book+based+on+the+principles+of+Gautam+Buddha.+In+1927+when+Har+Dayal+was+not+given+permission+by+the+British+Government+to+return+to+India%2C+he+decided+to+remain+in+London.+He+wrote+this+book+and+presented+it+to+the+University+as+a+thesis.+The+book+was+approved+for+Ph.D.+and+a+Doctorate+was+awarded+to+him+in+1932.+It+was+published+from+London+in+the+year+1932.+Motilal+Banarsidass+Publishers+of+India+re-published+this+book+in+1970+as+%27%27The+Bodhisattva+Doctrines+in+Buddhist+Sanskrit+Literature%27%27.%0A%0AThis+392-page+work+of+Lala+Hardayal+consists+of+7+chapters+which+deal+with+the+Bodhisattva+doctrine+as+expounded+in+the+principal+Buddhist+Sanskrit+Literature.%0A%0A%2AIn+Chapter+I+the+nature+of+the+Bodhisattva+doctrine+is+described%2C+with+particular+emphasis+upon+the+distinct+characteristics+of+arhat%2C+Bodhisattva%2C+and+Sravaka.%0A%2AChapter+II+recounts+the+different+factors+which+contributed+to+the+rise+and+growth+of+the+Bodhisattva+doctrine+including+the+influences+of+Persian+religio-cult%2C+Greek+art%2C+and+Christian+ethics.%0A%2AIn+Chapter+III+the+production+of+the+thought+of+Enlightenment+for+the+welfare+and+liberation+of+all+creatures+is+expounded.%0A%2AChapters+IV+describes+thirty-seven+practices+and+principles+conducive+to+the+attainment+of+Enlightenment.%0A%2AIn+Chapter+V+ten+perfections+that+lead+to+welfare%2C+rebirth%2C+serenity%2C+spiritual+cultivation%2C+and+supreme+knowledge+are+explained.%0A%2AChapter+VI+defines+different+stages+of+spiritual+progress+in+the+aspirant%27s+long+journey+to+the+goal+of+final+emancipation.%0A%2AThe+last+Chapter+VII+relates+the+events+of+the+Gautama+Buddha%27s+past+lives+as+Bodhisattva.%0A%0AThis+book+contains+comprehensive+notes+and+references+besides+a+general+index+appended+at+the+end.+This+book+has+been+written+in+a+particularly+lucid+style+which+exhibits+scholarly+acumen+and+the+mastery+of+Lala+Hardayal+in+literary+art.+It+proved+influential+with+Edward+Conze%2C+a+German+Marxist+refugee+from+Nazi+Germany+who+made+Har+Dayal+%27s+acquaintance+in+London+in+the+1930%27s.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHar_Dayal+Adapted+from+Source+Mar+26%2C+2021%5D%29
A+disciple+of+Lat%C3%B6+K%C3%B6nchok+Khar%2C+he+became+the+abbot+of+Nering. +
William+Theodore+de+Bary+%28Chinese%3A+%E7%8B%84%E5%9F%B9%E7%90%86%3B+pinyin%3A+D%C3%AD+P%C3%A9il%C7%90%3B+August+9%2C+1919+%E2%80%93+July+14%2C+2017%29+was+an+American+Sinologist+and+scholar+of+East+Asian+philosophy+who+was+a+professor+and+administrator+at+Columbia+University+for+nearly+70+years.%0A%0ADe+Bary+graduated+from+Columbia+College+in+1941%2C+where+he+was+a+student+in+the+first+year+of+Columbia%27s+famed+Literature+Humanities+course.+He+then+briefly+took+up+graduate+studies+at+Harvard+University+before+leaving+to+serve+in+American+military+intelligence+in+the+Pacific+Theatre+of+World+War+Two.+Upon+his+return%2C+he+resumed+his+studies+at+Columbia%2C+where+he+completed+his+Ph.D.+in+1953.%0A%0AIn+order+to+create+text+books+for+the+non-Western+version+of+the+Columbia+humanities+course%2C+he+drew+together+teams+of+scholars+to+translate+original+source+material%2C+%27%27Sources+of+Chinese+Tradition%27%27+%281960%29%2C+%27%27Sources+of+Japanese+Tradition%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Sources+of+Indian+Tradition%27%27.+His+extensive+publications+made+the+case+for+the+universality+of+Asian+values+and+a+tradition+of+democratic+values+in+Confucianism.+He+is+recognized+as+training+the+graduate+students+and+mentoring+the+scholars+who+created+the+field+of+Neo-Confucian+studies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWm._Theodore_de_Bary+Source+Accessed+July+18%2C+2023%5D%29 +
J.+W.+de+Jong+was+born+in+Leiden.+He+attended+primary+school+and+gymnasium+in+Leiden%2C+and+went+on+to+study+at+the+University+of+Leiden+from+1939%E2%80%931945%2C+where+he+began+his+lifelong+study+of+the+%22canonical+languages%22+of+Buddhism%3A+he+took+Chinese+as+his+major%2C+while+minoring+in+Japanese+and+Sanskrit.+With+the+closing+of+the+university+in+1940+following+the+German+invasion+of+the+Netherlands%2C+de+Jong+was+forced+to+continue+his+studies+on+his+own.+With+the+war%27s+end+in+1945%2C+the+university+reopened+and+de+Jong+passed+his+candidaatsexamen.+In+1946%2C+he+traveled+to+the+United+States+as+a+visiting+professor+at+Harvard+University%2C+where+he+continued+his+study+of+Sanskrit+texts.%0A%0AFrom+1947-1950%2C+he+lived+in+Paris%2C+studying+at+both+the+Sorbonne+and+the+Coll%C3%A8ge+de+France%2C+where+he+began+studying+Tibetan.+While+still+in+Paris%2C+he+met+his+future+wife+Gis%C3%A8le+Bacqu%C3%A8s%2C+whom+he+married+in+1949.+That+same+year%2C+he+was+awarded+his+PhD+from+the+University+of+Leiden%3B+his+doctoral+thesis+was+a+critical+translation+of+Candrak%C4%ABrti%27s+%27%27Prasannapad%C4%81%27%27.+He+also+began+studying+Mongolian.%0A%0AHe+returned+to+the+Netherlands+in+1950+to+act+as+senior+research+assistant+%281950%E2%80%931954%29+and+continuing+academic+employee+%281954%E2%80%931956%29+at+the+Univ.+of+Leiden%2C+working+at+the+university%27s+Sinologisch+Instituut%3B+in+1956%2C+he+became+the+first+Chair+of+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+when+the+position+was+created+at+the+Insituut+Kern+%28the+Indological+institute+at+the+Univ.+of+Leiden%29.+In+1957%2C+de+Jong+founded+the+Indo-Iranian+Journal+with+Univ.+of+Leiden+colleague+F.+B.+J.+Kuijper+in+1957+in+order+to+facilitate+the+publishing+of+scholarly+articles+in+Indology.+In+1965%2C+he+moved+to+Australia+to+become+professor+of+Indology+at+the+Australian+National+University+in+Canberra%2C+a+position+he+held+until+his+retirement+in+1986.%0A%0ADe+Jong+became+a+corresponding+member+of+the+Royal+Netherlands+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences+in+1978.%0A%0ADe+Jong+is+well+known+for+his+amazing+linguistic+ability+having+had+a+command+of+Dutch%2C+French%2C+English%2C+German%2C+Chinese%2C+Japanese%2C+Russian%2C+Danish%2C+Mongolian%2C+Sanskrit%2C+P%C4%81li%2C+and+Tibetan%2C+as+well+as+the+rather+acerbic+quality+of+his+reviews.+His+scholarly+publications+number+more+than+800%3B+700+of+these+are+reviews.+He+made+major+contributions+to+the+field+of+Tibetan+studies%2C+including+a+study+of+an+account+of+the+life+of+Milarepa+by+Tsangnyong+Heruka+R%C3%BCp%C3%A4gy%C3%A4nc%C3%A4n+%28Gtsang-smyon+he-ru-ka+rus-pa%27i-rgyan-can%29+%281490%29%2C+and+the+editing+and+translation+of+all+Dunhuang+fragments+apropos+of+the+R%C4%81m%C4%81ya%E1%B9%87a+story+in+Tibetan.+Furthermore%2C+his+work+on+Madhyamaka+philosophy+in+the+1940s+is+some+of+the+earliest+to+treat+that+topic+in+detail.%0A%0ADe+Jong+died+in+Canberra.+In+April+2000%2C+some+12%2C000+items+from+his+personal+library+%28which+itself+contained+over+20%2C000+volumes%29+was+purchased+from+his+family+in+Canberra+by+the+University+of+Canterbury+in+Christchurch%2C+New+Zealand.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJan_Willem_de_Jong+Source+Accessed+Mar+17%2C+2020%5D%29
Igor+de+Rachewiltz+was+an+Italian+historian+and+philologist+specializing+in+Mongol+studies.+%5BHe%5D+was+born+in+Rome%2C+the+son+of+Bruno+Guido+and+Antonina+Perosio.+The+de+Rachewiltz+family+was+of+noble+roots.+His+grandmother+was+a+Tatar+from+Kazan+in+central+Russia+who+claimed+lineage+from+the+Golden+Horde.+In+1947%2C+he+read+Michael+Prawdin%27s+book+%27%27Tschingis-Chan+und+seine+Erben%27%27+%28Genghis+Khan+and+his+Heritage%29+and+became+interested+in+learning+the+Mongolian+language.+He+graduated+with+a+law+degree+from+a+university+in+Rome+and+pursued+Oriental+studies+in+Naples.+In+the+early+1950s%2C+de+Rachewiltz+went+to+Australia+on+scholarship.+He+earned+his+PhD+in+Chinese+history+from+Australian+National+University%2C+Canberra+in+1961.+His+dissertation+was+on+Genghis+Khan%27s+secretary%2C+13th-century+Chinese+scholar+Yel%C3%BC+Chucai.%0A%0AStarting+in+1965+he+became+a+fellow+at+the+Department+of+Far+Eastern+History%2C+Australian+National+University+%281965%E2%80%9367%29.+He+made+a+research+trip+to+Europe+%281966%E2%80%9367%29.+He+published+a+translation+of+%27%27The+Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%27%27+in+eleven+volumes+of+%27%27Papers+on+Far+Eastern+History%27%27+%281971%E2%80%931985%29.+He+became+a+senior+Fellow+of+the+Division+of+Pacific+and+Asian+History+at+the+Australian+National+University+%281967%E2%80%9394%29%2C+a+research-only+fellowship.+He+completed+projects+by+prominent+Mongolists+Antoine+Mostaert+and+Henri+Serruys+after+their+deaths.+He+was+a+visiting+professor+at+the+University+of+Rome+three+times+%281996%2C+1999%2C+2001%29.+In+2004+he+published+his+translation+of+the+%27%27Secret+History%27%27+with+Brill%3B+it+was+selected+by+Choice+as+Outstanding+Academic+Title+%282005%29+and+is+now+in+its+second+edition.+In+2007+he+donated+his+personal+library+of+around+6000+volumes+to+the+Scheut+Memorial+Library+at+the+Katholieke+Universiteit+Leuven.+Late+in+his+life+de+Rachewiltz+was+an+emeritus+Fellow+in+the+Pacific+and+Asian+History+Division+of+the+Australian+National+University.+His+research+interests+included+the+political+and+cultural+history+of+China+and+Mongolia+in+the+thirteenth+and+fourteenth+centuries%2C+East-West+political+and+cultural+contacts%2C+and+Sino-Mongolian+philology+generally.+In+2015%2C+de+Rachewiltz+published+an+open+access+version+of+his+previous+translation%2C+%27%27The+Secret+History+of+the+Mongols%3A+A+Mongolian+Epic+Chronicle+of+the+Thirteenth+Century%27%27%2C+that+is+a+full+translation+but+omits+the+extensive+footnotes+of+his+previous+translations.+Igor+de+Rachewiltz+died+on+July+30%2C+2016.+He+was+87.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIgor_de_Rachewiltz+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29
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Yasuo+Deguchi+is+a+professor+in+the+Department+of+Philosophy+at+Kyoto+University+in+Japan.+His+research+interests+include%3A+Philosophy+of+Mathematical+Sciences+that+include+Probability+Theory+and+Statistics%2C+Scientific+Realism%2C+Philosophy+of+Computer+Simulation+and+Chaos+Studies%2C+Kant%E2%80%99s+Philosophy+of+Mathematics%2C+Skolem%E2%80%99s+Philosophy%2C+and+Analytic+Asian+Philosophy.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.philosophy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp%2Fstaff%2Fdeguchi%2F+Source+Accessed+Dec+2%2C+2019%5D%29 +
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Mark+Dennis+is+Associate+Professor+of+Religion+at+Texas+Christian+University+in+Fort+Worth+Texas.+He+earned+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin-Madison+in+2006%2C+focusing+on+early+Japanese+Buddhism.+Before+joining+the+Religion+Department+at+TCU+in+2007%2C+he+taught+for+four+years+at+Gustavus+Adolphus+College+in+St.+Peter%2C+Minnesota.+He+has+lived+in+Japan+and+India+for+eight+years+where+he+studied+Buddhism+and+Hinduism%2C+and+has+traveled+widely+in+Asia.+His+research+focuses+on+the+reception+history+of+Japanese+Buddhist+texts%2C+looking+particularly+at+notions+of+authorship%2C+textuality%2C+and+canon.+He+has+published+a+translation+of+the+%27%27Shomangyo-gisho%27%27%2C+a+Japanese+Buddhist+text+written+in+classical+Chinese+and+attributed+to+Japan%E2%80%99s+Prince+Shotoku+%28574%E2%80%93622+CE%29.+He+has+also+written+articles+looking+at+the+reception+of+this+text+in+various+periods+of+Japanese+history.+One+of+these+articles+examines+the+different+ways+in+which+four+medieval+Japanese+monks+understood+and+used+the+text%2C+while+another+considers+modern+representations+of+it+in+Japanese+manga%2C+or+comic+books.+He+has+also+coedited+a+volume+of+essays+on+Shusaku+Endo%27s+novel+%27%27Silence%27%27+that+was+published+in+2014+by+Bloomsbury-Continuum.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rug.nl%2Fresearch%2Fcentre-for-religious-studies%2Fcentre-religion-culture-asia%2Fabout%2Fassociate-fellows%2Ftextual+Source+Accessed+Jun+6%2C+2019%5D%29 +
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Marc-Henri+Deroche+is+associate+professor+at+Ky%C5%8Dto+University+%28GSAIS%2C+Shishu-Kan%29%2C+Japan%2C+where+he+teaches+Buddhist+studies+and+cross-cultural+philosophy.+His+doctoral+dissertation+%28%C3%89cole+Pratique+des+Hautes+%C3%89tudes%2C+Paris%2C+2011%29+and+a+series+of+articles+have+investigated+the+life%2C+works%2C+and+legacy+of+Tibetan+author+Praj%C3%B1%C4%81ra%C5%9Bmi+%28Tert%C3%B6n+Sherab+%C3%96ser%2C+1518-84%29+in+the+successive+revivals+of+the+Nyingma+school+and+the+nineteenth-century+ecumenical+%28%27%27rim%C3%A9%27%27%29+movement.+He+is+also+the+coeditor+of+%27%27Revisiting+Tibetan+Religion+and+Philosophy%27%27+%28AMI%2C+2012%29.+Recent+research+has+focused+on+Dzokchen%2C+including+%22The+%27%27Dzogs+chen%27%27+Doctrine+of+the+Three+Gnoses%22+%28with+Akinori+Yasuda%2C+RET%2C+No.+33%2C+2015%29+and+a+current+project+on+its+specific+philosophy+of+vigilance.+Having+traveled+extensively+in+Tibet+and+the+Himalayas%2C+and+having+lived+in+Ky%C5%8Dto+since+2008%2C+his+work+centers+on+the+philosophical+and+transcultural+significance+of+the+Buddhist+paradigm+of+the+development+of+wisdom+according+to+%22listening%2C+reflection%2C+and+meditation.%22+%28Source%3A+%27%27A+Gathering+of+Brilliant+Moons%27%27%2C+327%E2%80%9328%29 +
J.F.+Marc+des+Jardins+joined+Concordia+in+2005+as+Assistant+Professor+after+completing+a+postdoctoral+degree+on+Conflict+Resolutions+at+the+Institute+of+Asian+Research+at+The+University+of+British+Columbia.++He+teaches+courses+on+the+various+Buddhist+traditions+%28Indian%2C+Tibetan%2C+Chinese%2C+Japanese+and+South+Asian%29+as+well+as+Chinese+Popular+Cults%2C+Daoism+and+Tibetan+religions.+His+research+focuses+on+the+Tibetan+B%C3%B6n+religion+and+local+societies+and+he+has+been+actively+engaged+in+field-based+research+along+the+Sino-Tibetan+borderlands+since+1991.+Dr.+des+Jardins+combines+anthropological+field+methods+with+textual+analysis+and+historiography.+He+has+recently+published+a+monograph+entitled+%27%27Le+s%C3%BBtra+de+la+Mah%C3%A2m%C3%A2y%C3%BBr%C3%AE%3A+rituel+et+politique+dans+la+Chine+des+Tang+%28618-907%29%27%27+%28Presse+de+l%27Universit%C3%A9+Laval+2011%29+which+is+a+study+and+translation+of+a+key+Chinese+Buddhist+grimoire+important+in+the+history+of+esoterism+in+Buddhism.+In+this+work%2C+he+illustrates+how+Chinese+indigenous+cultural+and+political+traditions+were+highly+compatible+with+the+Buddhist+ritual+traditions+of+Medieval+India.%0A%0AIn+2011%2C+Dr.+des+Jardins+was+promoted+to+the+rank+of+Associate+Professor%2C+and+is+currently+working+on+different+translation+and+research+projects+on+the+indigenous+B%C3%B6n+Research+which+seeks+to+promote+and+support+scientific+research+on+indigenous+Tibetan+cultural+and+social+traditions.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.concordia.ca%2Ffaculty%2Fmarc-des-jardins.html+Source+Accessed+Nov+20%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Rodney+P.+Devenish+%28Karma+Kunzang+Palden+Rinpoche%29+and+his+wife+Lisa+Devenish+are+co-founders+of+the+Hermitage%2C+and+Lama+has+been+teaching+meditation+there+from+the+start%2C+personally+guiding+individuals+as+they+develop+their+meditation+practice.+His+specialty+is+the+Kagy%C3%BC+teaching+of+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81%2C+which+he+received+chiefly+from+his+root+master+Karma+Namgyal+Rinpoche%2C+but+also+from+Trungpa+Rinpoche%2C+Kalu+Rinpoche+and+a+number+of+other+Lamas.+From+those+Lamas%2C+and+from+His+Holiness+the+16th+Karmapa%2C+he+received+an+array+of+Kagy%C3%BC+empowerments--particularly+the+Marpa+lineage+full+crown+empowerments+of+%C5%9Ar%C4%AB+Vajradhara+and+Hevajra-%E1%B8%8D%C4%81ki%E1%B9%87%C4%AB-j%C4%81lasa%E1%B9%83vara.+Having+completed+both+the+Kagy%C3%BC+and+Nyingma+preliminary+practices%2C+he+has+further+received+the+crowning+empowerment+of+the+G%C5%ABhyagarbha+from+Penor+Rinpoche%2C+late+head+of+the+Nyingmapa+school%2C+the+Mindrolling+Vajrasattva-cycle+and+Dzogchen+instruction+from+Khenpo+Palden+Sherab+Rinpoche%2C+and+the+transmission+of+Vajrak%C4%ABl%C4%81ya+from+Khenpo+Jigme+Phuntsok+Rinpoche+%281933-2004%29.+The+Ch%C3%B6d+practice+of+Jigme+Lingpa+was+given+by+Khenchen+Palden+Sherab+Rinpoche.+During+a+ten+year+period+as+a+celibate+Buddhist+monk%2C+Lama+Rodney+spent+his+long+winters+in+isolated+meditation+retreat+in+the+snowy+wilderness+of+the+Rocky+Mountains%2C+where+he+completed+the+Kagy%C3%BC+practices+given+him+by+his+teacher+Namgyal+Rinpoche%2C+with+particular+focus+on+the+Six+Yogas+of+N%C4%81ropa+and+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81.%0A%0AAs+a+Western+Lama+inspired+by+the+broad+interests+of+his+teacher+Karma+Namgyal+Rinpoche%2C+Lama%27s+teaching+style+is+ecumenical+and+universalist%2C+while+remaining+deeply+rooted+in+the+Kagy%C3%BC+tradition.+Originally+trained+as+an+artist%2C+he+has+studied+many+subjects+extensively%2C+including+analytical+psychology%2C+psychotherapy%2C+hypnotherapy%2C+comparative+religion%2C+philosophy+and+classical+metaphysics.+He+takes+a+non-dogmatic+approach%2C+believing+that+the+essence+of+Dharma+chiefly+consists+of+personal+self-enquiry%2C+investigation+of+the+nature+of+consciousness+and+the+world+in+which+we+find+ourselves%2C+coupled+with+a+persistent+effort+to+establish+love+in+the+heart.+Many+students+at+the+Hermitage+have+found+Lama%27s+method+especially+conducive+for+the+rapid+induction+of+blissful+one-pointedness%2C+the+deep+meditative+state+known+as+Sam%C4%81dhi.+Students+practice+on+their+own%2C+in+the+midst+of+nature%2C+supported+by+frequent+personal+interviews+with+the+teacher.
%27%27%27Short+Biography%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AMitra+Tyler+Dewar+met+%5B%5BDzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche%5D%5D+in+1997%2C+just+one+year+after+beginning+his+journey+of+practicing+the+dharma.+Through+an+auspicious+coincidence%2C+he+learned+the+Tibetan+alphabet+that+summer+and+soon+after+formed+the+conviction+to+serve+the+dharma+through+translating+Tibetan+into+English.+He+became+a+formal+student+of+Rinpoche%27s+in+1998+and+began+translating+for+Rinpoche%27s+organizations%2C+Nalandabodhi+and+Nitartha+Institute%2C+in+2000.+In+2001+he+became+the+regular+translator+for+Acharya+Sherab+Gyaltsen+Negi+at+Nalandabodhi+Seattle.+From+that+point+onward%2C+Tyler+has+traveled+extensively+with+The+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche+on+Rinpoche%27s+teaching+tours%2C+translating+for+the+Tibetan+segments+of+Rinpoche%27s+teachings+and+occasionally+presenting+aspects+of+Rinpoche%27s+teachings+himself.+In+2003+Nalandabodhi+welcomed+Acharya+Tashi+Wangchuk+as+a+resident+teacher%3B+Tyler+served+as+Acharya%27s+oral+interpreter+and+also+worked+closely+with+Acharya+on+the+translation+of+several+texts+from+the+philosophical+and+intuitive+traditions+of+Indian+and+Tibetan+Buddhadharma.+Tyler+has+served+as+a+secretary+in+the+Office+of+The+Dzogchen+Ponlop+Rinpoche+for+the+past+seven+years%2C+and+has+thus+felt+enriched+by+the+opportunity+to+support+Rinpoche%27s+teaching+activity+from+many+perspectives.%0A%0AIn+terms+of+his+formative+dharma+training%2C+Tyler+completed+two+dathuns+%28month-long+intensive+meditation+retreats%29+in+the+late+90s+and+resided+for+one+year%2C+1997-1998%2C+at+Gampo+Abbey+Monastery+in+Nova+Scotia%2C+Canada%2C+practicing+intensively%2C+participating+in+several+study+curricula%2C+and+attending+lengthy+seminars+by+Ani+Pema+Ch%C3%B6dr%C3%B6n+on+Mind+Training.+He+has+attended+Nitartha+Institute%27s+summer+program+since+1999+and+has+been+a+faculty+member+since+2000%2C+translating+for+such+courses+as+Collected+Topics%2C+Abhidharma%2C+Mind+Only%2C+and+Madhyamaka.+He+attended+his+first+Nalandabodhi+Sangha+Retreat+in+2001+and+has+been+in+attendance+ever+since.%0A%0ATwo+books+of+Tyler%27s+translations+have+been+published+by+%5B%5BSnow+Lion+Publications%5D%5D%3A+%5B%5BTrainings+in+Compassion%5D%5D%3A+Manuals+on+the+Meditation+of+Avalokiteshvara+%282004%29+and+%5B%5BThe+Karmapa%27s+Middle+Way%5D%5D%3A+Feast+for+the+Fortunate+%282008%29%2C+a+translation+of+a+major+philosophical+work+by+the+Ninth+Karmapa%2C+Wangchuk+Dorje.
John+Deweese+served+as+an+editor+for+%27%27Drops+of+Nectar%27%27%2C+Andreas+Kretschmar%27s+translation+of+Khenpo+Kunpal%E2%80%99s+commentary+on+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27.+He+was+also+an+editor+for+Rje+btsun+grags+pa+rgyal+mtshan%27s+%27%27Parting+from+the+Four+Attachments%27%27. +
Scholar+and+digital+humanist%2C+who+is+also+a+full+stack+web+developer+with+experience+in+Ruby+and+JavaScript+frameworks.+I+have+a+lifelong+interest+in+coding%2C+the+Internet%2C+and+other+digital+media%2C+which+I+see+as+innovative+tools+that+allow+me+and+others+to+share+our+knowledge.+In+my+background+in+academia+and+museums%2C+I+have+conducted+rigorous+research%2C+gathered+and+interpreted+data+detail%2C+and+solved+problems.+Studying+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+teaching+diverse+groups+of+students%2C+and+working+in+the+innovative+Rubin+Museum+have+furthered+my+passion+for+communicating+with+an+international+audience.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliam-dewey-phd-156baa32%2F+LinkedIn%5D%29 +
Khenpo+Y%C3%B6nga+aka+Khenchen+Y%C3%B6nten+Gyatso+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%8F%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%92%E0%BE%B1%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%2C+Wyl.+yon+tan+rgya+mtsho%29+%2819th-20th+C.%29+was+a+personal+student+of+Patrul+Rinpoche+and+Orgyen+Tendzin+Norbu.+He+belonged+to+Gemang+Monastery%2C+a+branch+of+Dzogchen+Monastery%2C+and+studied+at+Dzogchen+and+Shechen+monasteries.+He+wrote+a+very+popular+two-part+commentary+on+Rigdzin+Jikme+Lingpa%27s+Treasury+of+Precious+Qualities%2C+called+Lamp+of+Moonlight+and+Rays+of+Sunlight.+Among+his+students+were+Changma+Khenchen+Thubten+Ch%C3%B6pel+%28the+teacher+of+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche+and+Khenpo+Jikm%C3%A9+Phuntsok%29+and+Khenchen+Tsewang+Rigdzin+of+Washul+Mewa+%28who+attained+the+rainbow+body%29.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DKhenpo_Y%C3%B6nga+Rigpawiki%5D%29 +
The+first+of+the+Katok+Getse+%28kaH+thog+dge+rtse%29+incarnations%2C+Gyurme+Tsewang+Chokdrup%2C+Katok+Getse+Mahapandita+%281761-1829%29+was+an+important+Nyingma+scholar+from+Katok+Monastery+who+famously+wrote+a+catalogue+to+the+Nyingma+Gy%C3%BCbum.%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+the+Iron+Snake+year+of+the+thirteenth+calendrical+cycle+%281761%29+and+recognized+as+an+incarnation+of+Tsewang+Trinl%C3%A9%2C+the+nephew+of+Longsal+Nyingpo+%281625-1692%29.+His+teachers+included+Dodrupchen+Kunzang+Shenpen%2C+Ngor+Khenchen+Palden+Ch%C3%B6kyong%2C+Changkya+Rolp%C3%A9+Dorje+and+Dzogchenpa+Ati+Tenp%C3%A9+Gyaltsen.+Through+his+connection+with+the+Derge+royal+family%2C+he+arranged+for+the+printing+of+the+%27%27Collection+of+Nyingma+Tantras%27%27+%28%27%27Nyingma+Gy%C3%BCbum%27%27%29+and+the+writings+of+Longchenpa+and+Jikm%C3%A9+Lingpa%2C+and+took+responsibility+for+proofreading.+Among+his+students+were+the+Third+Dzogchen+Rinpoche+and+the+Third+Shechen+Rabjam%2C+Rigdzin+Paljor+Gyatso+%281770-1809%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DGyurme_Tsewang_Chokdrup+Source+Accessed+Feb+18%2C+2022%5D%29%0A%0ASee+also%3A%3Cbr%3E%0A%2A%5B%5BDeity%2C+Mantra+and+Wisdom%5D%5D%3A+Development+Stage+Meditation+in+Tibetan+Buddhist+Tantra%2C+translated+by+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+Snow+Lion%2C+2007.%0A%2A%2ARonis%2C+Jann+M.+%E2%80%9CCelibacy%2C+Revelations%2C+and+Reincarnated+Lamas%3A+Contestation+and+Synthesis+in+the+Growth+of+Monasticism+at+Katok+Monastery+from+the+17th+through+19th+Centuries%E2%80%9D.+Available+from+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Flibraetd.lib.virginia.edu%2Fdownloads%2Fhq37vp052%3Ffilename%3D1_Ronis_Jann_2009_PHD.pdf+the+University+of+Virginia%2C+here%5D.%0A%2ATomoko+Makidono%2C+%22Kah+thog+Dge+rtse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita%E2%80%99s+Doxographical+Position%3A+The+Great+Madhyamaka+of+Other-Emptiness+%28gzhan+stong+dbu+ma+chen+po%29%22+in+Indian+International+Journal+of+Buddhist+Studies+%28IIJBS%29+vol.+12+%282011%29%2C+pp.+77-119%0A%2ATomoko+Makidono%2C+%22The+Turning+of+the+Wheel+of+Mantray%C4%81na+Teachings+in+the+Rnying+ma+rgyud+%E2%80%99bum+dkar+chag+lha%E2%80%99i+rnga+bo+che+by+Ka%E1%B8%A5+thog+Dge+rtse+Mah%C4%81pa%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dita+%E2%80%99Gyur+med+tshe+dbang+mchog+grub+%28149-186%29%22+in+IIJBS+vol.+13+%282012%29%2C+pp.+149-186
Bhik%E1%B9%A3u%E1%B9%87%C4%AB+Lak%E1%B9%A3m%C4%AB%2C+or+Gelongma+Palmo+as+she+is+known+in+the+Tibetan+world%2C+was+the+originator+of+the+practice+of+nyungne+%28%27%27smyung+gnas%27%27%29.++While+some+Tibetan+sources+identify+her+as+a+princess+of+O%E1%B8%8D%E1%B8%8Diyana+who+later+became+a+nun%2C+the+Adinath+temple+in+the+small+hilltop+village+of+Chobhar+on+the+outskirts+of+Kathmandu+is+believed+to+have+been+either+her+family+home+or+the+original+site+in+which+she+engaged+in+this+practice.+Based+on+the+thousand-armed+form+of+the+deity+Avalokite%C5%9Bvara%2C+nyungne+involves+a+typically+three+day+cycle+of+practice+that+combines+long+periods+of+prostrations+with+intermittent+fasting+and+the+strict+observance+of+vows.+The+practice+was+developed+by+Bhik%E1%B9%A3u%E1%B9%87%C4%AB+Lak%E1%B9%A3m%C4%AB+and+through+it+she+is+reported+to+have+cured+herself+of+leprosy.+The+practice+continues+to+be+popular+among+Himalayan+Buddhists%2C+especially+among+older+lay+people+for+whom+it+is+often+an+annual+event+that+they+practice+collectively+in+groups.+It+is+also+traditional+to+repeat+the+three+day+cycle+eight+times+in+a+row. +
K.+L.+Dhammajoti+%28born+29+May+1949%29+is+a+Buddhist+monk+from+Kuala+Lumpur%2C+Malaysia.+He+was+ordained+according+to+the+Theravada+tradition+of+Buddhism.%0A%0AHe+is+also+one+of+the+leading+scholars+on+Sarvastivada+Abhidharma.+and+is+well+known+in+the+world+of+Buddhist+scholarship+for+several+contributions.+These+include+some+of+his+own+personal+work%2C+such+as+%27%27Sarvastivada+abhidharma%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Chinese+Version+of+the+Dhammapada%27%27%2C+%27%27Entrance+into+the+Supreme+Doctrine%27%27%2C+and+%27%27Abhidhamma+Doctrines+and+Controversies+on+Perception%27%27.+He+is+also+the+founding+editor+of+an+annual+academic+%27%27Journal+of+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+Sri+Lanka%27%27.+Currently%2C+he+is+serving+as+the+director+of+Buddha-Dharma+Centre+of+Hong+Kong+Ltd.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FK._L._Dhammajoti+Source+Accessed+Jan+8%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Born+in+Shan+State%2C+Union+of+Myanmar+and+a+Theravada+Buddhist+monk+over+thirty+years%2C+Venerable+Dr.+K+Dhammasami+has+studied+in+Myanmar%2C+Thailand+and+Sri+Lanka+where+taught+Pali%2C+Abhidhamma+and+meditation.%0A%0ABased+in+Great+Britain+since+1996%2C+he+ran+a+Sunday+School+in+London+for+four+years+before+completing+his+doctorate+study+at+Oxford+and+setting+up+a+monastery+there+in+2003+where+he+is+the+abbot.%0A%0AHe+served+as+secretary+general+of+United+Nations+Day+of+Vesak+in+Bangkok+%282006-2010%29%2C+founder-executive+of+the+two+Buddhist+universities+associations%3A+IATBU+%282007-+present%29+and+IABU+%282007-+present%29.+Among+academic+posts+he+holds+are%3A+Fellow+and+Trustee+at+the+Oxford+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies+%282004-+present%29+and+a+member+of+Theology+Faculty+%282009-present%29+as+well+as+Buddhist+chaplain+at+Oxford+University+%282010-present%29%3B+professor+responsible+for+research%2C+publication+in+Pali%2C+and+international+affairs+at++International+TheravadaBuddhistMissionary+University%2C+Yangon%2C+Myanmar+%282006-present%29.%0A%0ASince+2006%2C+he+has+supservised+and+examined+a+few+theses+for+MPhil+and+PhD+in+London%2C+Colombo%2C+Bangkok+and+Yangon+and+been+a+visiting+lecturer+in+India%2C+Indonesia+and+Thailand.%0A%0AHe+has+been+teaching+midnfulness+vipassana+meditation+since+1996+in+Britain%2C+Singapore%2C+Malaysia%2C+Germany%2C+Spain%2C+Thailand%2C++USA%2C+Canada%2C+Hungary+and+Serbia.+His+book+Mindfulness+Meditation+made+Easy+has+been+translated+into+Thai%2C+Korean+and+Spanish.+Its+Hungarian+and+Serbian+versions+are+expected+to+be+out+soon.+Apart+from+running+regular+retreats%2C+he+also+organises+some+conferences+on+meditation.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Febtc.hu%2Fstaff%2Fdr-khammai-dhammasami%2F+Source+Accessed+May+19%2C+2021%5D%29 +
The+Most+Venerable+Geshe+Ngawang+Dhargyey+was+born+on+the+13th+of+the+fifth+Tibetan+month+in+the+year+of+the+Iron-Bird+%281921%29+in+the+town+of+Y%C3%A4tsak+%28or+Ya+Chak%29+in+the+Trehor+district+of+Tibet%27s+eastern+province+Kham.+He+was+soon+enrolled+in+the+large+local+Dhargyey+Monastery+of+the+Gelug+tradition%2C+where+he+took+pre-novice+ordination+vows.+Although+he+was+enrolled+there+he+studied+mainly+in+the+village+Sakya+monastery%2C+Lona+Gonpa+where+he+received+instruction+in+reading%2C+writing%2C+grammar+etc%2C+and+learned+numerous+texts+and+practices+by+heart.+His+teachers+there+included+two+of+his+uncles%2C+as+well+as+Kushu+Gonp%C3%A4+Rinpoche%2C+who+was+a+master+of+all+the+five+major+fields+of+learning.%0A%0AImage+of+Gen+RinpocheAt+the+age+of+eighteen+Gen+Rinpoche+left+his+home+country+to+further+his+spiritual+education+at+Sera+Monastery%2C+the+great+monastic+university+in+Lhasa.+There+he+underwent+extensive+training+in+all+the+five+divisions+of+Buddhist+philosophical+study%3A+Logic%2C+Perfection+of+Wisdom%2C+the+Middle+View%2C+Metaphysics%2C+and+Ethical+Discipline.+This+was+interspersed+with+periods+of+intensive+retreat+at+some+of+the+many+hermitages+near+Sera.+By+the+time+he+was+nineteen+he+had+already+mastered+his+studies+sufficiently+to+become+a+scriptural+teacher%2C+and+he+began+to+have+many+students+of+his+own.+At+the+age+of+21%2C+he+took+full+ordination+vows+of+a+Bhikshu+from+the+widely+renowned+Purchog+Jamg%C3%B6n+Rinpoche.+He+also+received+numerous+teachings%2C+initiations+and+commentaries+from+the+great+Lamas+of+that+time+such+as+Kyabje+Trijang+Dorje+Chang+%28His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%27s+Tutor%29%2C+Bakri+Dorje+Chang%2C+Lhats%C3%BCn+Dorje+Chang%2C+G%C3%B6nsar+Dorje+Chang+and+others.+His+monastic+teachers+were+the+great+scholar-+practitioners+Gen+Sherab+Wangchuk%2C+Gen+Ch%C3%B6ntse%2C+and+the+now+Gyume+Kensur+Ugy%C3%A4n+Tseten.%0A%0AHe+studied+in+Sera+in+Tibet+for+twenty+years+until%2C+in+1959%2C+Chinese+oppression+forced+him+to+leave+Tibet.+Two+years+earlier+he+had+been+appointed+tutor+to+two+high+incarnate+lamas%2C+Lhag%C3%B6n+Rinpoche+and+Thupten+Rinpoche.+The+three+escaped+from+Chinese+occupied+Tibet+together+taking+a+long+and+dangerous+journey+of+nine+months+under+Chinese+gunfire+and+snowstorms+until+they+reached+the+Mustang+region+of+Nepal.+From+Mustang+it+was+a+comparatively+easy+journey+to+India%2C+where+they+joined+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+some+of+Gen+Rinpoche%27s+other+teachers.%0A%0AIn+India%2C+after+a+brief+pilgrimage+to+the+sacred+Buddhist+sites%2C+he+took+up+his+studies+once+again%2C+and+for+several+continued+tutoring+the+tulkus+%28incarnate+lamas%29.+In+the+mid+1960s%2C+he+was+chosen+along+with+fifty-five+other+scholars+to+attend+an+Acarya+course+at+Mussourie+%28north+of+Delhi%29.+During+his+year+in+Mussourie%2C+he+and+the+other+scholars+wrote+textbooks+for+the+Tibetan+refugee+schools+being+established+in+India+at+that+time.+He+then+returned+to+Dalhousie+where%2C+over+various+periods%2C+he+continued+to+teach+another+seven+incarnate+lamas.+He+also+finished+his+Geshe+studies+and%2C+in+oral+examinations+held+at+the+Buxador+refugee+camp+in+Assam+in+eastern+India+%28the+seat+of+Sera+monastery+at+that+time%29+he+gained+the+highest+grade+%28First+Class%29+Lharampa+Geshe.%0A%0AIn+1971+he+was+asked+by+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+to+start+a+teaching+program+for+westerners+at+the+newly+constructed+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+in+Dharamsala%2C+northern+India.+Two+of+his+incarnate+lama+disciples%2C+Sharpa+Rinpoche+and+Kamlung+Rinpoche%2C+acted+as+translators.+He+stayed+there%2C+teaching+very+extensively+to+thousands+of+Westerners%2C+until+1984.+During+this+time+he+himself+received+extensive+and+often+exclusive+teachings+from+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama+and+from+both+of+the+tutors%2C+Kyabje+Trijang+Rinpoche+and+Kyabje+Ling+Rinpoche.%0A%0AIn+1982+he+travelled+to+the+West+for+the+first+time+to+take+up+a+one-semester+visiting+professorship+for+at+the+University+of+Washington+in+Seattle.+This+was+followed+by+a+year-long+extensive+tour+of+Buddhist+teaching+centres+all+over+North+America%2C+Europe+and+Australasia.%0A%0AHe+spent+six+weeks+in+New+Zealand+during+this+tour%2C+and+at+the+end+of+the+visit+he+was+requested+to+establish+a+Buddhist+centre+here.+In+1985+His+Holiness+advised+Gen+Rinpoche+to+come+to+New+Zealand%2C+initially+for+one+and+a+half+years%2C+to+establish+a+centre.+After+a+six+month+tour+of+Australia%2C+he+arrived+in+Dunedin+in+mid+1985.+Due+to+the+success+of+the+Buddhist+centre+he+remained+here%2C+occasionally+travelling+to+other+parts+of+New+Zealand+and+to+Australia+on+teaching+tours.%0A%0AGen+Rinpoche+was+a+wonderful+teacher+who+loved+to+teach+the+great+treatises%2C+as+well+as+experiential+teachings+which+distilled+their+essence.+He+gave+his+last+formal+teaching+in+February+1995+in+Dunedin.+Gen+Rinpoche+entered+into+the+death+process+on+the+11th+August+1995+%28the+16th+of+the+6th+Tibetan+month%29+remaining+in+meditation+for+of+three+days.%0A%0AHis+body+was+c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Dr.+Gunapala+Dharmasiri%2C+retired+chair+of+the+philosophy+department+at+the+University+at+Peradeniya%2C+was+affectionately+known+as+%E2%80%9CDharme%E2%80%9D+to+his+many+students+in+Sri+Lanka+and+around+the+world.+The+soft-spoken+philosopher+was+one+of+Sri+Lanka%E2%80%99s+foremost+Buddhist+scholars.+Over+the+course+of+his+career%2C+he+integrated+his+profound+understanding+of+the+Theravadan+tradition+with+the+Mahayanan+and+Vajrayanan+paths+to+enlightenment.+Fluent+in+Sinhalese%2C+Pali%2C+Sanskrit%2C+and+English%2C+Dharme%E2%80%99s+books%2C+translations%2C+and+lectures+were+infused+with+his+remarkable+understanding+of+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+teachings+and+with+his+thorough+comprehension+of+Eastern+and+Western+philosophies.+Read+more+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.swarthmore.edu%2Fbulletin%2Farchive%2Ffall-2015-issue-i-cxiii%2Ffarewell-dharm.html+here%5D. +
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Br%C3%ADona+Nic+Dhiarmada+is+the+Thomas+J.+%26+Kathleen+M.+O%27Donnell+Professor+of+Irish+Studies+Emeritus.+and+Concurrent+Professor+of+Film%2C+Television%2C+and+Theatre.%0A%0AProfessor+Nic+Dhiarmada+is+originator%2C+writer%2C+producer%2C+and+executive+producer+of+the+award-winning%2C+multi+part+documentary+series+on+the+Easter+Rising%2C+%27%271916+The+Irish+Rebellion%27%27%2C+and+its+86-minute+feature+version%2C+both+narrated+by+Liam+Neeson%2C+that+were+broadcast+and+screened+internationally+throughout+2016+and+2017.+She+is+also+author+of+the+companion+book+%27%27The+1916+Irish+Rebellion%27%27%2C+published+by+the+University+of+Notre+Dame+Press.%0A%0AAlso+a+Concurrent+Professor+of+Film%2C+Television%2C+and+Theatre%2C+Professor+Nic+Dhiarmada+has+authored+over+35+screenplays+and+10+documentaries.+She+is+the+author+of+%27%27T%C3%A9acs+Baineann%2C+T%C3%A9acs+Mn%C3%A1%3A+Fil%C3%ADocht+Nuala+N%C3%AD+Dhomhnaill%27%27+as+well+as+numerous+articles+on+Irish+language+literature+and+culture.+Additionally%2C+she+is+an+editor+of+%27%27The+Field+Day+Anthology%27%27+and+co-editor+with+M%C3%A1ire+N%C3%AD+Annrach%C3%A1in+of+%27%27T%C3%A9acs+agus+Comhth%C3%A9acs%3A+Gn%C3%A9ithe+de+Chritic+na+Gaeilge%27%27.+%0A%0AProfessor+Nic+Dhiarmada+taught+courses+on+film+and+literature%2C+with+some+emphasis+on+Ireland%27s+west+coast.+In+Fall+2019%2C+she+led+a+community+course+at+the+DeBartolo+Performing+Arts+Center+on+%22Screening+the+Irish+Troubles.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Firishstudies.nd.edu%2Fscholars%2Femeritus-faculty%2Fbriona-nic-dhiarmada%2F+Source+Accessed+July6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Tsering+Wangmo+Dhompa+is+a+Tibetan+poet+and+writer. +
K.+Dhondup+was+a+prominent+literary+and+cultural+figure+of+the+Tibetan+exile+world+in+the+eighties+and+nineties.+Working+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives+%28LTWA%29+in+Dharamsala%2C+he+was+Managing+Editor+of+the+Tibet+Journal+as+well+as+on+the+editorial+board+of+Pema+Thang%2C+which+was+possibly+the+first+Tibetan+literary+journal+in+English.+He+wrote+three+histories+of+Tibet%2C+of+which+two+were+published+and+the+third+remained+incomplete.+An+editor%2C+journalist+and+historian%2C+K.+Dhondup+also+wrote+poetry+and+published+a+translation+of+the+Sixth+Dalai+Lama%27s+poetry. +
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Charles+DiSimone%27s+research+interests+include+the+applications+of+philological+and+critical+analysis+of+Buddhist+s%C5%ABtra+manuscripts+and+literature%2C+both+Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+and+Mainstream%2C+in+order+to+explore+issues+of+intertextuality%2C+translation%2C+and+canonicity.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fugent.academia.edu%2FCharlesDiSimone+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Siglinde+Dietz+PhD%2C+born+1937%2C+is+a+classical+philologist+and+Indologist.+She+was+a+research+assistant+at+the+Academy+of+Sciences+in+G%C3%B6ttingen+from+1980-2002.+Her+areas+of+work+include+Buddhist+studies+and+lexicography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.suhrkamp.de%2Fautoren%2Fsiglinde_dietz_7404.html+Adapted+from+Source+Feb+22%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Dign%C4%81ga.+%5Balt.+Di%E1%B9%85n%C4%81ga%5D+%28T.+Phyogs+glang%3B+C.+Chenna%3B+J.+Jinna%3B+K.+Chinna%29+%28c.+480-c.+540%29.+Indian+monk+regarded+as+the+formalizer+of+Buddhist+logic+%28ny%C4%81ya%3B+hetuvidy%C4%81%29.+Dign%C4%81ga+was+an+influential+innovator+in+Buddhist+inferential+reasoning+or+logical+syllogisms+%28prayoga%3B+s%C4%81dhana%29%2C+an+important+feature+of+Indian+philosophy+more+broadly%2C+which+occupies+a+crucial+place+in+later+Indian+and+Tibetan+philosophical+analysis.+The+Indian+Ny%C4%81ya+%28Logic%29+school+advocated+that+there+were+five+necessary+stages+in+syllogistic+reasoning%3A+%281%29+probandum+or+proposition+%28pratij%C3%B1%C4%81%29%2C+%22The+mountain+is+on+fire%22%3B+%282%29+reason+%28hetu%29%2C+%22because+there+is+smoke%2C%22+%283%29+analogy+%28ud%C4%81harana%29%2C+%22Whatever+is+smoky+is+on+fire%2C+like+a+stove%2C+but+unlike+a+lake%22%3B+%284%29+application+%28upan%C4%81ya%29%2C+%22Since+this+mountain+is+smoky%2C+it+is+on+fire%22%3B+%285%29+conclusion+%28nigamana%29%2C+%22The+mountain+is+on+fire.%22+Using+the+same+example%2C+Dign%C4%81ga+by+contrast+reduced+the+syllogism+down+to+only+three+essential+steps%3A+%281%29+probandum+or+proposition+%28pak%E1%B9%A3a%29%2C+%22the+mountain+is+on+fire%22%3B+%282%29+reason+%28hetu%29%2C+%22because+there+is+smoke%22%3B+%283%29+exemplification+%28d%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%AD%C4%81nta%29%2C+%22whatever+is+smoky+is+on+fire%2C+like+a+stove%2C%22+and+%22whatever+is+not+on+fire+is+not+smoky%2C+like+a+lake%2C%22+or%2C+more+simply%2C+%22like+a+stove%2C+unlike+a+lake.%22+Dign%C4%81ga+is+also+the+first+scholiast+to+incorporate+into+Buddhism+the+Vai%C5%9Be%E1%B9%A3ika+position+that+there+are+only+two+valid%0Ameans+of+knowledge+%28pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87a%29%3A+direct+perception+%28pratyak%E1%B9%A3a%2C+which+also+includes+for+Buddhists+the+subcategory+of+Yogipratyak%E1%B9%A3a%29+and+inference+%28anum%C4%81na%29.+Dign%C4%81ga%E2%80%99s+major+works+include+his+Pram%C4%81%C5%86asamuccaya+%28%22Compendium+on+Valid+Means+of+Knowledge%22%29%2C+%C4%80lambanapar%C4%ABk%E1%B9%A3%C4%81+%28%22Investigation+of+the+Object%22%29%2C+and+Ny%C4%81yamukha+%28%22Primer+on+Logic%22%29%2C+which+is+available+only+in+Chinese+translation.+%28Source%3A+%22Dign%C4%81ga.%22+In+%27%27The+Princeton+Dictionary+of+Buddhism%27%27%2C+259.+Princeton+University+Press%2C+2014.+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt46n41q.27.%29
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Div%C4%81kara+%28%E5%9C%B0%E5%A9%86%E8%A8%B6%E7%BE%85%2C+613%E2%80%9387%29%2C+or+Rizhao+%28%E6%97%A5%E7%85%A7%29+in+Chinese%2C+was+born+in+central+India+in+the+Brahmin+Caste.%0A%0AHe+became+a+Monk+when+he+was+just+a+child%2C+and+he+spent+many+years+at+the+Mah%C4%81bodhi+Temple+and+the+N%C4%81land%C4%81+Monastery.+He+was+an+accomplished+Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka+master%2C+excelled+in+the+five+studies+and+especially+in+Mantra+practices.%0A%0AAlready+in+his+sixties%2C+Div%C4%81kara+went+to+Chang-an+%28%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%89%29%2C+China%2C+in+676%2C+the+first+year+of+the+Yifeng+%28%E5%84%80%E9%B3%B3%29+years+of+the+Tang+Dynasty+%28618%E2%80%93907%29.%0A%0AEmperor+Gaozong+%28%E5%94%90%E9%AB%98%E5%AE%97%29+treated+him+as+respectfully+as+he+had+treated+the+illustrious+Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka+master+Xuanzang.%0A%0AIn+680%2C+the+first+year+of+the+Yonglong+%28%E6%B0%B8%E9%9A%86%29+years%2C+the+emperor+commanded+ten+learned+Monks+to+assist+Div%C4%81kara+in+translating+s%C5%ABtras+from+Sanskrit+into+Chinese.%0A%0AIn+six+years+Div%C4%81kara+translated+eighteen+s%C5%ABtras%2C+including+the+%27%27S%C5%ABtra+of+the+Buddha-Crown+Superb+Victory+Dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27+%28T19n0970%29%2C+the+%27%27S%C5%ABtra+of+the+Great+Cund%C4%AB+Dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%AB%27%27+%28T20n1077%29%2C+and+the+%27%27Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na+S%C5%ABtra+of+Consciousness+Revealed%27%27+%28T12n0347%29.%0A%0ALonging+to+see+his+mother+again%2C+he+petitioned+for+permission+to+go+home.%0A%0AUnfortunately%2C+although+permission+was+granted%2C+he+fell+ill+and+died+in+the+twelfth+month+of+687%2C+the+third+year+of+the+Chuigong+%28%E5%9E%82%E6%8B%B1%29+years%2C+at+the+age+of+seventy-five.%0A%0AEmpress+Wu+%28%E6%AD%A6%E5%90%8E%E5%89%87%E5%A4%A9%29+had+him+buried+properly+at+the+Xiangshan+Monastery+%28%E9%A6%99%E5%B1%B1%E5%AF%BA%29+in+Luoyang+%28%E6%B4%9B%E9%99%BD%29.%0A%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DDiv%25C4%2581kara+Source+Accessed+Aug+18%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Trudy+Dixon+was+a+close+disciple+of+Shunryu+Suzuki+and+the+editor+of+the+book+%27%27Zen+Mind%2C+Beginner%27s+Mind%27%27.+She+passed+away+before+the+book+was+published. +
Abbot+of+Ri+bo+dge+rgyas+dgon+in+Mongolia.+Teacher+was+Zhabs+drung+chos+rje+ngag+dbang+tshe+ring.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.tbrc.org%2F%23%21rid%3DP1KG10437+Source+Accessed+Feb+9%2C+2023%5D%29 +
A+student+of+Khenpo+Drakpa+Bum%2C+Khenchen+Dewa+Pal%2C+Lop%C3%B6n+Tukj%C3%A9+Palzang%2C+Lop%C3%B6n+Ch%C3%B6den+Palzang%2C+etc.+A+teacher+of+Joden+Khenpo+S%C3%B6nam+Drakpa%2C+But%C3%B6n+Rinchen+Drup%2C+Zhangt%C3%B6n+S%C3%B6nam+Drak%2C+etc.+Kadam+master%3B+important+figure+in+the+transmission+lineage+of+both+the+kha+che+tradition+of+the+vinaya+and+the+gzhung+pa+transmission+of+the+lam+rim.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Flibrary.bdrc.io%2Fshow%2Fbdr%3AP2130+Source+Accessed+Feb+8%2C+2023%5D%29 +
A+student+of+Tenpai+Nyima+and+Ngakchen+Palden+Drakpa.+A+teacher+of+Sengchen+Lobzang+Tenzin+Paljor%2C+Lachiwa+Lobzang+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Gyatso%2C+and+Lhach%C3%B6+Khentri+Drupwang+Tulku+Lobzang+Ts%C3%B6ndru+Gyatso. +
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Andreas+Doctor+%28PhD+2004%2C+University+of+Calgary%29+is+the+director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee+and+the+editorial+co-director+of+84000.%0A%0AFor+a+number+of+years%2C+Andreas+has+studied+Buddhist+history+and+philosophy+under+the+guidance+of+Tibetan+monks+and+lamas%2C+mostly+in+Nepal+at+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery.+As+a+founding+member+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%2C+he+spent+fifteen+years+teaching+at+the+Institute+and+for+most+of+this+period+he+served+as+director+of+studies+at+Kathmandu+University%E2%80%99s+Centre+for+Buddhist+Studies%2C+located+at+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute.%0A%0AAs+director+of+the+Dharmachakra+Translation+Committee%2C+Andreas+has+participated+in+numerous+translation+projects%2C+most+recently+in+translating+s%C5%ABtras+and+tantras+from+the+Tibetan+canon.+He+is+also+a+founding+member+of+Rangjung+Yeshe+Gomde%2C+Denmark.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.khyentsevision.org%2Fteam%2Fdr-andreas-doctor%2F+Adapted+from+Source+Oct+1%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Thomas+Doctor+received+his+BA+and+MA+degrees+in+Tibetan+Studies+from+the+University+of+Copenhagen+and+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Lausanne.+He+has+studied+Buddhist+philosophy+at+Ka-Nying+Shedrub+Ling+Monastery+since+the+late+1980s+and+serves+as+a+senior+translator+for+the+lamas+and+scholars+there.+Thomas%E2%80%99+main+research+interests+are+the+p%C4%81ramit%C4%81+and+mantra+views+and+practices+of+Buddhism+in+India+and+Tibet.+He+has+translated+several+classics+of+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+including+Speech+of+Delight+%28Ju+Mipham%27s+commentary+to+the+Madhyamak%C4%81la%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra%29+and+Ornament+of+Reason+%28Mabja+Jangchub+Ts%C3%B6ndr%C3%BC%27s+commentary+to+the+M%C5%ABlamadhyamakak%C4%81rik%C4%81%29.+Thomas+contributes+to+the+84000%2C+an+ongoing+project+to+translate+the+Tibetan+collection+of+the+Buddha%27s+words+and+associated+treaties+into+English.+He+is+currently+teaching+several+courses+on+the+MA+program+at+RYI.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryi.org%2Ffaculty+Rangjung+Yeshe+Institute%5D%29 +
Kyabj%C3%A9+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche%2C+the+Fourth+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche%2C+Tubten+Trinl%C3%A9+Pal+Zangpo+%28Tib.+%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%95%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%9F%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%2C+Wyl.+thub+bstan+phrin+las+dpal+bzang+po%29+aka+Jikm%C3%A9+Trinl%C3%A9+Palbar+%281927-2022%29%2C+was+one+of+the+most+important+masters+in+the+Nyingma+and+Dzogchen+traditions.+As+the+fourth+incarnation+of+Dodrupchen+Jikm%C3%A9+Trinl%C3%A9+%C3%96zer%2C+the+heart-son+of+Jikm%C3%A9+Lingpa+who+revealed+the+Longchen+Nyingtik+cycle%2C+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche+was+the+principal+holder+of+the+Longchen+Nyingtik+teachings.%0A%0AHe+was+born+in+1927+in+the+Golok+province+of+Dokham+in+the+eastern+part+of+Tibet....At+the+age+of+four%2C+he+travelled+to+the+Dodrupchen+monastery%2C+where+he+was+enthroned....%0A%0AAt+Dodrupchen+monastery%2C+he+built+a+Scriptural+College%2C+and+he+provided+the+woodblocks+for+printing+the+Seven+Treasures+of+Longchenpa.+He+gave+many+major+teachings%2C+especially+in+the+eastern+part+of+Tibet.%0A%0AOn+account+of+the+changing+political+situation%2C+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche+left+Tibet+and+arrived+in+Sikkim+in+October+1957%3B+from+then+on%2C+he+made+Gangtok+his+permanent+residence.+Once+again+he+subsidized+the+printing+of+many+books%2C+including+Longchenpa%27s+Seven+Treasures+and+Trilogy+of+Finding+Comfort+and+Ease.+He+has+given+many+empowerments%2C+transmissions+and+teachings+in+Sikkim%2C+where+he+has+two+monasteries%2C+in+Bhutan%2C+where+he+also+heads+a+monastery%2C+and+in+India+and+Nepal.+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche+recognized+the+Seventh+Dzogchen+Rinpoche%2C+whose+enthronement+was+held+in+the+Royal+Temple+at+Gangtok+in+1972...%0A%0AHe+made+a+number+of+visits+to+the+West%2C+his+first+being+in+1973%2C+when+he+established+a+centre+called+the+Maha+Siddha+Nyingmapa+Centre+in+Massachusetts.+Dodrupchen+Rinpoche+also+visited+Britain%2C+France+and+Switzerland%2C+and+in+1975%2C+gave+the+empowerment+of+Rigdzin+D%C3%BCpa+at+Sogyal+Rinpoche%27s+request+in+London.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DDodrupchen_Rinpoche+Rigpa+Wiki%2C+Source+Accessed+February+2%2C+2022%5D%29
Aleksa+Dokic+received+a+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+from+the+University+of+Delhi+in+2001.+The+dissertation+was+titled+%22Sam%C4%81dhir%C4%81ja+S%C5%ABtra%3A+An+English+Translation+of+Chapters+I-XX+of+the+Sanskrit+Text+with+Critical+Notes.%22+The+supervisor+for+the+dissertation+was+Karam+Tej+Singh+Sarao.+Dokic+is+currently+Assistant+Director%2C+Government+Office+for+Human+Rights+and+Rights+of+National+Minorities%2C+Croatia. +
Prof.+Lucia+Dolce+is+Numata+Professor+of+Japanese+Buddhism+in+the+Department+of+Religions+and+Philosophies%2C+School+of+History%2C+Religions+and+Philosophies+at+SOAS%2C+University+of+London.+She+is+the+Chair+of+the+Centre+of+Buddhist+Studies+and+the+Centre+for+the+Study+of+Japanese+Religions.%0A%0ALucia+Dolce+specialises+in+Japanese+religions+and+thought%2C+with+a+particular+research+interest+in+the+religiosity+of+the+medieval+period%2C+including+millenarian+ideas+and+prophetic+writings%2C+the+esotericisation+of+religious+practice%2C+and+kami-Buddhas+associations.+She+is+also+interested+in+Chinese+Buddhist+thought+and+in+popular+religion+in+contemporary+Japan.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fceres.rub.de%2Fen%2Fpeople%2Flucia-dolce%2F+Source+Accessed+Sep+21%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Review+of+PhD+Thesis%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fdissertationreviews.org%2Farchives%2F2594%0A%0ALewis+Doney+is+a+philologist+and+scholar+of+Buddhist+Studies.+He+received+his+BA+%28Religious+Studies%29+from+Lancaster+University+in+2002%2C+and+his+MA+and+PhD+%28Study+of+Religions%29+from+SOAS%2C+London%2C+in+2004+and+2011.+Since+then+he+has+been+engaged+in+postdoctoral+research+on+Tibet+at+LMU%2C+Munich+and+FU%2C+Berlin.+His+publications+include+a+book+with+the+title+The+Zangs+gling+ma%3A+The+First+Padmasambhava+Biography.+%28International+Institute+for+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies%2C+2014%29.+He+researched+reflections+of+India+in+early+Tibetan+Buddhist+historiography+as+part+of+the+European+Research+Council-funded+project+%E2%80%9CAsia+Beyond+Boundaries%E2%80%9D+at+the+British+Museum.+At+Ruhr-Universit%C3%A4t+Bochum+he+worked+on+the+BuddhistRoad+project+on+%22Localising+Tibetan+Tantric+Communities+at+Dunhuang%22+-+https%3A%2F%2Fbuddhistroad.ceres.rub.de%2Fen%2F +
Dong+Qichang+%28Chinese%3A+%E8%91%A3%E5%85%B6%E6%98%8C%3B+pinyin%3A+D%C7%92ng+Q%C3%ADch%C4%81ng%3B+Wade%E2%80%93Giles%3A+Tung+Ch%27i-ch%27ang%3B+courtesy+name+Xuanzai+%28%E7%8E%84%E5%AE%B0%29%3B+1555%E2%80%931636%29%2C+was+a+Chinese+painter%2C+calligrapher%2C+politician%2C+and+art+theorist+of+the+later+period+of+the+Ming+dynasty.%0A%0A%27%27%27Life+as+a+scholar+and+calligrapher%3A%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0ADong+Qichang+was+a+native+of+Hua+Ting+%28located+in+modern-day+Shanghai%29%2C+the+son+of+a+teacher+and+somewhat+precocious+as+a+child.+At+12+he+passed+the+prefectural+Civil+service+entrance+examination+and+won+a+coveted+spot+at+the+prefectural+Government+school.+He+first+took+the+imperial+civil+service+exam+at+seventeen%2C+but+placed+second+to+a+cousin+because+his+calligraphy+was+clumsy.+This+led+him+to+train+until+he+became+a+noted+calligrapher.+Once+this+occurred+he+rose+up+the+ranks+of+the+imperial+service+passing+the+highest+level+at+the+age+of+35.+He+rose+to+an+official+position+with+the+Ministry+of+Rites.%5B1%5D%0A%0A%0A%27%27%27Landscape+with+Calligraphy%2C+Tokyo+National+Museum%3A%27%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AHis+positions+in+the+bureaucracy+were+not+without+controversy.+In+1605+he+was+giving+the+exam+when+the+candidates+demonstrated+against+him+causing+his+temporary+retirement.+In+other+cases+he+insulted+and+beat+women+who+came+to+his+home+with+grievances.+That+led+to+his+house+being+burned+down+by+an+angry+mob.+He+also+had+the+tense+relations+with+the+eunuchs+common+to+the+scholar+bureaucracy.+Dong%27s+tomb+in+Songjiang+District+was+vandalized+during+the+Cultural+Revolution%2C+and+his+body+dressed+in+official+Ming+court+robes%2C+was+desecrated+by+Red+Guards.%0A%0A%27%27%27Painter%3A%27%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AHis+work+favored+expression+over+formal+likeness.+He+also+avoided+anything+he+deemed+to+be+slick+or+sentimental.+This+led+him+to+create+landscapes+with+intentionally+distorted+spatial+features.+Still+his+work+was+in+no+way+abstract+as+it+took+elements+from+earlier+Yuan+masters.+His+views+on+expression+had+importance+to+later+%22individualist%22+painters.%0A%0A%27%27%27Art+theory%3A%27%27%27%27%3Cbr%3E%0AIn+his+art+theoretical+writings%2C+Dong+developed+the+theory+that+Chinese+painting+could+be+divided+into+two+schools%2C+the+northern+school+characterized+by+fine+lines+and+colors+and+the+southern+school+noted+for+its+quick+calligraphic+strokes.+These+names+are+misleading+as+they+refer+to+Northern+and+Southern+schools+of+Chan+Buddhism+thought+rather+than+geographic+areas.+Hence+a+Northern+painter+could+be+geographically+from+the+south+and+a+Southern+painter+geographically+from+the+north.+In+any+event+he+strongly+favored+the+Southern+school+and+dismissed+the+Northern+school+as+superficial+or+merely+decorative.%0A%0AHis+ideal+of+Southern+school+painting+was+one+where+the+artist+forms+a+new+style+of+individualistic+painting+by+building+on+and+transforming+the+style+of+traditional+masters.+This+was+to+correspond+with+sudden+enlightenment%2C+as+favored+by+Southern+Chan+Buddhism.+He+was+a+great+admirer+of+Mi+Fu+and+Ni+Zan.+By+relating+to+the+ancient+masters%27+style%2C+artists+are+to+create+a+place+for+themselves+within+the+tradition%2C+not+by+mere+imitation%2C+but+by+extending+and+even+surpassing+the+art+of+the+past.+Dong%27s+theories%2C+combining+veneration+of+past+masters+with+a+creative+forward+looking+spark%2C+would+be+very+influential+on+Qing+dynasty+artists+as+well+as+collectors%2C+%22especially+some+of+the+newly+rich+collectors+of+Sungchiang%2C+Huichou+in+Southern+Anhui%2C+Yangchou%2C+and+other+places+where+wealth+was+concentrated+in+this+period%22.+Together+with+other+early+self-appointed+arbiters+of+taste+known+as+the+Nine+Friends%2C+he+helped+determine+which+painters+were+to+be+considered+collectible+%28or+not%29.+As+Cahill+points+out%2C+such+men+were+the+forerunners+of+today%27s+art+historians.+His+classifications+were+quite+perceptive+and+he+is+credited+with+being+%22the+first+art+historian+to+do+more+than+list+and+grade+artists.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDong_Qichang+Source+Accessed+July+14%2C+2023%5D%29
Khenpo+Tsewang+Dongyal+Rinpoche+was+born+in+the+Dhoshul+region+of+Kham+in+eastern+Tibet+on+June+10%2C+1950.+On+that+summer+day+in+the+family+tent%2C+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+birth+caused+his+mother+no+pain.+The+next+day%2C+his+mother%2C+Pema+Lhadze%2C+moved+the+bed+where+she+had+given+birth.+Beneath+it+she+found+growing+a+beautiful+and+fragrant+flower+which+she+plucked+and+offered+to+Chenrezig+on+the+family+altar.%0A%0ASoon+after+his+birth+three+head+lamas+from+Jadchag+monastery+came+to+his+home+and+recognized+him+as+the+reincarnation+of+Khenpo+Sherab+Khyentse.+Khenpo+Sherab+Khyentse%2C+who+had+been+the+former+head+abbot+lama+at+Gochen+Monastery%2C+was+a+renowned+scholar+and+practitioner+who+lived+much+of+his+life+in+retreat.%0A%0ARinpoche%E2%80%99s+first+dharma+teacher+was+his+father%2C+Lama+Chimed+Namgyal+Rinpoche.+Beginning+his+schooling+at+the+age+of+five%2C+he+entered+Gochen+Monastery.+His+studies+were+interrupted+by+the+Chinese+invasion+and+his+family%27s+escape+to+India.+In+India+his+father+and+brother+continued+his+education+until+he+entered+the+Nyingmapa+Monastic+School+of+Northern+India%2C+where+he+studied+until+1967.%0A%0AHe+then+entered+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies%2C+which+was+then+a+part+of+Sanskrit+University+in+Varanasi%2C+where+he+received+his+B.A.+degree+in+1975.+He+also+attended+Nyingmapa+University+in+West+Bengal%2C+where+he+received+another+B.A.+and+an+M.A.+in+1977.%0A%0AIn+1978+Rinpoche+was+enthroned+as+the+abbot+of+the+Wish-fulfilling+Nyingmapa+Institute+in+Boudanath%2C+Nepal+by+%5B%5BH.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche%5D%5D%2C+and+later+became+the+abbot+of+the+Department+of+Dharma+Studies%2C+where+he+taught+poetry%2C+grammar%2C+philosophy+and+psychology.+In+1981%2C+H.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche+appointed+Rinpoche+as+the+abbot+of+the+Dorje+Nyingpo+Center+in+Paris%2C+France.+In+1982+he+was+asked+to+work+with+H.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche+at+the+Yeshe+Nyingpo+Center+in+New+York.+During+the+1980s%2C+until+H.H.+Dudjom+Rinpoche%E2%80%99s+mahaparinirvana+in+1987%2C+Rinpoche+continued+working+closely+with+him%2C+often+traveling+as+his+translator+and+attendant.%0A%0AIn+1988%2C+Rinpoche+and+his+brother+founded+the+Padmasambhava+Buddhist+Center.+Since+that+time+he+has+served+as+a+spiritual+director+at+the+various+Padmasambhava+centers+throughout+the+world.+He+maintains+an+active+traveling+and+teaching+schedule+with+his+brother%2C+Khenchen+Palden+Sherab+Rinpoche.%0A%0AKhenpo+Tsewang+Rinpoche+has+authored+two+books+of+poetry+on+the+life+of+Guru+Rinpoche%2C+including+%27%27Praise+to+the+Lotus+Born%3A+A+Verse+Garland+of+Waves+of+Devotion%27%27%2C+and+a+unique+two-volume+cultural+and+religious+history+of+Tibet+entitled+%27%27The+Six+Sublime+Pillars+of+the+Nyingma+School%27%27%2C+which+details+the+historical+bases+of+the+dharma+in+Tibet+from+the+sixth+through+ninth+centuries.+At+present%2C+this+is+one+of+the+only+books+written+that+conveys+the+dharma+activities+of+this+historical+period+in+such+depth.+Khenpo+Rinpoche+has+also+co-authored+a+number+of+books+in+English+on+dharma+subjects+with+his+brother+Khenchen+Palden+Sherab+Rinpoche%2C+including+%27%27Ceaseless+Echoes+of+the+Great+Silence%3A+A+Commentary+on+the+Heart+Sutra%27%27%3B+%27%27Prajnaparamita%3A+The+Six+Perfections%27%27%3B+%27%27Door+to+Inconceivable+Wisdom+and+Compassion%27%27%3B+%27%27Lion%27s+Gaze%3A+A+Commentary+on+the+Tsig+Sum+Nedek%27%27%3B+and+%27%27Opening+Our+Primordial+Nature%27%27.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.padmasambhava.org%2Fteach%2Flongkhenpo.html+Source+Accessed+Jan+29%2C+2015%5D%29
Gary+Donnelly+is+an+academic+advisor+at+the+University+of+Manchester%2C+and+lectures+in+Indic+Religious+Traditions+at+Liverpool+Hope+University.+He+holds+a+PhD+in+Indian+Philosophy%2C+specializing+in+Theravada%2C+Madhyamaka%2C+Yogacara%2C+and+Vedanta+traditions.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionsroar.com%2Fauthor%2Fgary-donnelly%2F+Source+Accessed+April+25%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Neal+Donner+received+his+Ph.D.+in+Buddhist+Studies+in+1976+from+the+University+of+British+Columbia+for+an+annotated+translation+of+the+first+chapter+of+Chih-i%E2%80%99s+%27%27Mo-ho+chih-kuan%27%27.+His+translation+%28with+Shotaro+Iida%29%0Aof+Yensho+Kanakura%E2%80%99s+%27%27Indo+tetsugaku-shi%27%27+has+been+published+as+%27%27Hindu-Buddhist+Thought+in+India%27%27.+%28%27%27Sudden+and+Gradual%27%27%2C+contributors%2C+458%29 +
Daniel+Donnet+is+professor+emeritus+at+Universit%C3%A9+catholique+de+Louvain. +
Brief+bio+available+at+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bokarmonastery.org%2Fmod%2Fdata%2Findex.php%3FREQUEST_ID%3DcGFnZT1iaW9ncmFwaHktS2hlbnBvRG9ueW8%3D+bokarmonastery.org%5D +
Gyurme+Dorje+%281950+%E2%80%93+5+February+2020%29+was+a+Scottish+Tibetologist+and+writer.+He+was+born+in+Edinburgh%2C+where+he+studied+classics+%28Latin+and+Greek%29+at+George+Watson%27s+College+and+developed+an+early+interest+in+Buddhist+philosophy.+He+held+a+PhD+in+Tibetan+Literature+%28SOAS%29+and+an+MA+in+Sanskrit+with+Oriental+Studies+%28Edinburgh%29.+In+the+1970s+he+spent+a+decade+living+in+Tibetan+communities+in+India+and+Nepal+where+he+received+extensive+teachings+from+Kangyur+Rinpoche%2C+Dudjom+Rinpoche%2C+Chatral+Rinpoche%2C+and+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche.+In+1971+Dudjom+Rinpoche+encouraged+him+to+begin+translating+his+recently+completed+%27%27History+of+the+Nyingma+Schoo%27%27l+%28%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%99%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%29+and+in+1980+his+%27%27Fundamentals+of+the+Nyingma+School%27%27+%28%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A3%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%82%29+-+together+this+was+an+undertaking+that+was+to+take+twenty+years%2C+only+reaching+completion+in+1991.+In+the+1980s+Gyurme+returned+to+the+UK+and+in+1987+completed+his+3+volume+doctoral+dissertation+on+the+%27%27Guhyagarbhatantra%27%27+and+Longchenpa%27s+commentary+on+this+text+at+the+School+of+Oriental+and+African+Studies+%28SOAS%29+at+the+University+of+London.%0A%0AFrom+1991+to+1996+Gyurme+held+research+fellowships+at+London+University%2C+where+he+worked+with+Alak+Zenkar+Rinpoche+on+translating+%28with+corrections%29+the+content+of+the+Great+Sanskrit+Tibetan+Chinese+Dictionary+to+create+the+three+volume+%27%27Encyclopaedic+Tibetan-English+Dictionary%27%27.+From+2007+until+his+death+he+worked+on+many+translation+projects%2C+primarily+as+a+Tsadra+Foundation+grantee.+He+has+written%2C+edited%2C+translated+and+contributed+to+numerous+important+books+on+Tibetan+religion+and+culture+including+%27%27The+Nyingma+School+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%3A+Its+Fundamentals+and+History%27%27+%282+vols.%29+%28Wisdom%2C+1991%29%2C+%27%27Tibetan+Medical+Paintings%27%27+%28+2+vols.%29+%28Serindia%2C+1992%29%2C+%27%27The+Tibet+Handbook%27%27+%28Footprint%2C+1996%29%2C+the+first+complete+translation+of+the+%27%27Tibetan+Book+of+the+Dead%27%27%2C+and+%27%27A+Handbook+of+Tibetan+Culture%27%27+%28Shambhala%2C+1994%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGyurme_Dorje+Source+Accessed+Jul+14%2C+2020%5D%29
Khenpo+Jampal+Dorje+%28mkhan+po+%27jam+dpal+rdo+rje%2C+b.+ca.+1970%29+is+a+teacher+at+Ari+Dza+Monastery+in+Dzachukha%2C+Kham.+%28Source%3A+Enlightened+Vagabond%29 +
Karma+Dorje+%28Rabjampa%29+is+a+member+of+the+Alexander+Csoma+de+K%C5%91r%C3%B6s+Translation+Group+along+with+Krisztina+Teleki%2C+Zsuzsa+Majer%2C+William+Dewey%2C+and+Be%C3%A1ta+Kakas.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2F84000.co%2Fgrants+Source+Accessed+Sep+30%2C+2022%5D%29 +
Tulku+Sherdor+is+Executive+Director+of+Blazing+Wisdom+Institute.++Born+in+Montreal%2C+Canada+in+1961%2C+he+began+studying+Buddhist+Insight+meditation+from+a+very+young+age%2C+and+met+his+principal+teacher%2C+Tulku+Urgyen+Rinpoche%2C+in+Nepal+in+1981.+He+was+fortunate+to+study+with+other+pre-eminent+masters+of+the+20th+century%2C+including+His+Holiness+Dilgo+Khyentse+Rinpoche%2C+Khetsun+Zangpo+Rinpoche%2C+Dung+Say+Trinley+Norbu+Rinpoche%2C+Chokyi+Nyima+Rinpoche%2C+Kalu+Rinpoche%2C+and+many+others.+He+completed+a+3-year+lama+retreat+in+the+Karma+and+Shangpa+Kagyu+schools+of+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+and+a+year-long+solitary+retreat+in+the+Chogling+Tersar+practice+lineage+held+by+Tulku+Urgyen.++Over+the+past+18+years+he+has+traveled+far+and+wide%2C+teaching+and+working+with+and+translating+for+a+great+number+of+distinguished+Nyingma+and+Kagyu+meditation+masters%2C+such+as+helping+Trangu+Rinpoche+establish+the+monastic+retreat+program+at+Gampo+Abbey+in+Cape+Breton%2C+Nova+Scotia+in+the+early+1990s%3B+helping+Kenpo+Sonam+Topgyal+Rinpoche+re-establish+the+vajrayana+Buddhist+tradition+for+the+Chinese+community+in+Thailand+in+the+mid-1990s%3B+and+working+closely+with+his+precious+teacher%2C+His+Holiness+Orgyen+Kusum+Lingpa%2C+to+advance+many+philanthropic+projects+in+Tibet+dedicated+to+world+peace.++%28Source%3A+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.blazingwisdom.org%2Fid1.html+Blazing+Wisdom+Institute%5D%29 +
Geshe+Pema+Dorjee+is+an+internationally+recognized+authority%2C+scholar%2C+and+teacher+of+Tibetan+Buddhism.+His+fluent+English%2C+keen+intellect%2C+clear+and+practical+explanations%2C+warm-hearted+nature%2C+and+infectious+sense+of+humor+enrich+his+talks+and+discussions+with+meaning+and+inspiration.%0A%0AHe+was+born+into+a+nomadic+family+in+Tibet+in+1951.+They+escaped+from+the+invading+Chinese%2C+and+he+settled+in+Dharamsala%2C+India%2C+the+seat+of+the+Tibetan+government-in-exile+and+the+home+of+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama.%0A%0AFrom+1973+to+1981+at+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Dialectics+founded+by+H.H.+the+Dalai+Lama+in+Dharamsala%2C+he+completed+an+undergraduate+degree+and+two+Masters+degrees+in+Buddhist+Philosophy%2C+one+in+Prajnaparamita+%28the+Perfection+of+Wisdom%29+and+one+in+Madhyamika+%28the+Middle+Way%29.%0A%0AFor+the+next+16+years%2C+he+dedicated+himself+to+the+Tibetan+Children%E2%80%99s+Village+School+located+in+Dharamsala.+For+nine+of+those+years%2C+he+taught+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+language%2C+and+culture.+In+1990%2C+he+was+appointed+Principal+of+the+school%2C+and+from+1993+to+1997+he+was+its+Director.%0A%0AIn+1995%2C+he+earned+his+Geshe+degree+at+the+Drepung+Loseling+Monastery.%0A%0AGeshe+Pema+Dorjee+served+for+two+years+as+the+Principal+of+the+Tibetan+Teachers+Training+Center.+He+was+then+named+the+first+Principal+of+the+College+for+Higher+Tibetan+Studies%2C+and+he+remained+in+charge+of+that+College+from+1997+to+2002.%0A%0AThe+Tibetan+government-in-exile+asked+him+to+undertake+various+tasks.+The+Cabinet%2C+for+example%2C+appointed+him+to+the+Higher+Level+Textbook+Review+Committee.+His+Holiness+appointed+him+as+a+member+of+the+Public+Service+Commission.+The+Department+of+Health+appointed+him+as+spiritual+counselor+to+former+political+prisoners+who+had+been+tortured.%0A%0AIn+2001%2C+H.+H.+the+Dalai+Lama+asked+Geshe+Pema+Dorjee+to+revive+an+important+part+of+Tibetan+Buddhism+that+had+fallen+into+desuetude%2C+the+Bodong+tradition.+Fulfilling+this+task+required+him+to+establish+both+a+scholarly+project+and+a+very+practical+one.+To+find+the+lost+writings+of+that+ancient+tradition%2C+to+study+them%2C+translate+them%2C+and+publish+them%2C+he+founded+in+2003+and+continues+to+direct+the+%5B%5BBodong+Research+and+Publication+Center%5D%5D+in+Dharamsala.+To+educate+new+monks+in+the+Bodong+tradition%2C+he+founded+and+continues+to+direct+the+Bodong+monastery+and+school+known+as+Porong+Pelmo+Choeding+in+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal.%0A%0AAlthough+he+insists+that+he+is+only+a+simple+monk%2C+Geshe+Pema+Dorjee+lives+the+compassionate+life+about+which+he+preaches.+He+travels+to+the+most+remote+and+impoverished+regions+of+Himalayan+India+and+Nepal.+After+a+thorough+analysis+of+what+is+most+needed%2C+he+creates%2C+organizes%2C+directs%2C+and+raises+funds+for+numerous+humanitarian+projects.%0A%0AThese+projects+include+establishing+schools%2C+arranging+medical+care+for+the+sick+and+injured%2C+providing+care+for+the+elderly%2C+creating+an+orphanage%2C+supporting+a+drug+rehabilitation+center%2C+educating+villagers+to+protect+them+from+human+trafficking%2C+creating+a+safe+house+for+street+girls%2C+helping+young+people+in+Tibetan+refugee+camps%2C+introducing+new+agricultural+techniques%2C+and+providing+safe+water%2C+toilets%2C+and+smokeless+cookstoves.%0A%0ASince+1997%2C+he+has+donated+much+of+his+time+to+teaching+and+lecturing+about+Buddhist+philosophy+in+countries+around+the+world%2C+including+Sweden%2C+England%2C+Switzerland%2C+Belgium%2C+Germany%2C+Finland%2C+Norway%2C+France%2C+Estonia%2C+India%2C+Nepal%2C+and+Israel.%0A%0ASince+2009%2C+Geshe+Pema+Dorjee+has+lectured+and+taught+in+cities+across+the+United+States%2C+including+New+York%2C+Chicago%2C+Minneapolis%2C+Portland%2C+Miami%2C+San+Francisco%2C+Washington%2C+D.C.%2C+Boston+and+Cambridge.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftibethouse.us%2Fpresenter%2Fgeshe-pema-dorjee%2F+Tibet+House+US%5D%29
Penpa+Dorjee+is+associate+professor+and+head+librarian+of+Shantarakshita%0ALibrary+of+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies%2C+Sarnath%2C+India.%0AHe+received+the+acharya+degree+from+Sampurnanada+Sanskrit+University+in%0AVaranasi+and+his+PhD+from+the+Central+Institute+of+Higher+Tibetan+Studies.+He+has+seventeen+books+in+his+name+as+author%2C+coauthor%2C+translator%2C+and%0Aeditor.+%28Source%3A+Sera+Monastery%2C+2019%29. +
Brandon+Dotson+is+associate+professor+and+Thomas+P.+McKenna+Chair+of+Buddhist+Studies.+Besides+Georgetown%2C+he+has+taught+and+researched+at+Oxford%2C+SOAS%2C+UCSB%2C+and+Ludwig+Maximilians+University+of+Munich.+He+has+also+enjoyed+research+stays+in+China+and+Tibet.+His+work+concerns+ritual%2C+narrative%2C+and+cosmology+and+the+interaction+of+Buddhist+and+non-Buddhist+traditions+in+the+Tibetan+cultural+area.+In+particular%2C+he+works+closely+with+Tibetan+Dunhuang+manuscripts+to+explore+the+history+and+culture+of+the+Tibetan+Empire+%287th+to+9th+centuries+CE%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fgufaculty360.georgetown.edu%2Fs%2Fcontact%2F00336000014SlSxAAK%2Fbrandon-dotson+Source%3A+Georgetown+University+Page%5D%29 +
Keith+Dowman+is+a+translator+and+teacher+of+Dzogchen.+A+student+of+the+great+Dzogchen+lamas+Dudjom+Rinpoche+and+Kanjur+Rinpoche%2C+he+has+lived+in+Banares%2C+India%2C+and+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%2C+for+50+years.+His+translations+include+SkyDancer%2C+and+Longchenpa%E2%80%99s+Natural+Perfection+and+Spaciousness.%0A%0AA+cultural+refugee+from+his+native+England%2C+Keith+Dowman+arrived+in+Banares%2C+India+in+1966%2C+after+travelling+overland+from+Europe.+Apart+from+an+occasional+foray+back+to+the+West+he+has+spent+a+lifetime+in+the+sub-continent%2C+engaged+in+existential+buddha+dharma.+In+India+and+Nepal%2C+not+always+in+Tibetan+refugee+society%2C+he+has+lived+as+a+yogin%2C+monk%2C+pilgrim%2C+and+then+as+a+householder%2C+and+as+a+scholar+and+poet+gloriously+free+from+western+academia+and+cultural+institutions+of+all+shapes+and+sizes.%0A%0AIn+India+in+the+%E2%80%98sixties+he+was+fortunate+enough+to+encounter+the+grandfather-lama+refugees+just+after+their+arrival+in+India+in+the+wake+of+the+Chinese+invasion+of+Tibet.+In+those+heady+years+when+the+old+lamas+were+totally+receptive+to+the+solicitation+of+western+disciples+seeking+confirmation+of+the+validity+of+their+existential+trajectories%2C+he+received+initiation%2C+empowerment%2C+pith+instruction+and+personal+guidance+from+Dudjom+Rinpoche+Jigdral+Yeshe+Dorje+and+Kanjur+Rinpoche+Longchen+Yeshe+Dorje%2C+who+became+his+root+gurus%2C+among+many+other+Nyingma+lamas+and+lamas+of+other+schools%2C+notably+Khamtrul+Rimpoche+and+the+16th+Karmapa+Rikpai+Dorje.+As+Chogyal+Namkhai+Norbu+remarked+%22In+communion+with+many+great+masters+%5BKeith+Dowman%5D+has+fortuitously+absorbed+the+realization+of+Dzogchen.%22%0A%0ASettled+in+Kathmandu%2C+in+the+%E2%80%98eighties+he+translated+the+Rabalaisian+hagiography+of+The+Divine+Madman+%28Drukpa+Kunley%29+and+also+that+of+the+Guru%E2%80%99s+Consort%2C+Yeshe+Tsogyel%2C+in+Skydancer%2C+both+of+which+remain+in+print.+Entering+Tibet+immediately+after+it+opened+to+foreign+travelers%2C+his+three+years+of+seasonal+trekking+in+central+Tibet+resulted+in+The+Pilgrim%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+Central+Tibet.+The+Power+Places+of+Kathmandu+was+also+written+in+the+%E2%80%98eighties%2C+description+of+pilgrimage+in+the+Kathmandu+Valley.+Masters+of+Mahamudra%3A+the+Legends+of+the+Eighty-Four+Mahasiddhas+was+the+fruit+of+his+connection+with+the+Kagyu+school.+More+recently%2C+spending+less+time+in+the+polluted+Kathmandu+Valley%2C+leaving+Vajrayana+behind%2C+he+has+concentrated+exclusively+on+the+translation+of+Dzogchen+texts%3A+The+Flight+of+the+Garuda%2C+Natural+Perfection%2C+Maya+Yoga%2C+The+Great+Secret+of+Mind%2C+and+Spaciousness%3A+Longchenpa%E2%80%99s+Treasury+of+the+Dharmadhatu.+Guru+Pema+Here+and+Now%2C+The+Mythology+of+the+Lotus-Born%2C+his+most+recent+book%2C+reverts+to+the+imagery+of+the+myth+of+Padmasambhava+to+illustrate+the+reality+of+Dzogchen.%0A%0ATeaching+the+Dharma+since+1992%2C+his+original+concern+was+to+assist+in+bridge+building+from+East+to+West%2C+a+conduit+for+the+lamas%E2%80%99+buddha-dharma.+Now+that+aim+has+been+achieved%2C+leaving+even+the+Dzogchen+that+is+embedded+in+Vajrayana+behind%2C+the+essence+of+Dzogchen+which+he+calls+radical+Dzogchen+is+his+primary+concern+and+the+main+content+of+his+teaching.%0A%0AStill+based+in+Kathmandu%2C+he+leads+a+nomadic+lifestyle%2C+teaching+Dzogchen+nonmeditation+worldwide.+This+Dzogchen%2C+derived+from+the+early+Nyingma+tantras%2C+free+of+the+tendency+toward+the+spiritual+materialism+so+evident+in+western+Buddhism%2C+nonculturally+specific%2C+easily+assimilable+into+Western+culture%2C+can%2C+he+believes+provide+a+key+to+a+renaissance%2C+or+at+least+a+reformation%2C+of+Western+mysticism+in+the+existential+mold.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fkeithdowman.net%2Ffooter-pages%2Fabout-keith-dowman.html+Source+Accessed+Feb+3%2C+2021%5D%29
Though+the+names+V%C4%ABraprak%C4%81%C5%9Ba+or+V%C4%ABraprabh%C4%81svara+are+unattested+in+Sanskrit+sources%2C+this+author+is+known+to+Tibetans+as+Pawo+%C3%96sel+and+is+associated+with+a+cycle+of+spiritual+songs+related+to+the+famed+Eighty-four+Mah%C4%81siddhas+of+India. +
A+well+known+scholar+of+the+Dge+lugs+tradition+from+Bla+brang+bkra%27+shis+%27khil+in+Amdo.+The+place+of+his+birth+was+Dpa%27+ri.+He+was+a+teacher+of+the+13th+Dalai+Lama+and+a+close+friend+of+the+Zhwa+dmar+pa.+He+famously+criticized+Mipam+Rinpoche%27s+commentary+to+the+ninth+chapter+of+the+%27%27Bodhicary%C4%81vat%C4%81ra%27%27%2C+%27%27The+Ketaka+Gem%27%27+%28%27%27Nor+bu+ke+ta+ka%27%27%29. +
Patrul+Rinpoche%27s+reincarnation%2C+Patrul+Namkha+Jigme+%28dpal+sprul+nam+mkha%27+%27jigs+med%2C+1888%E2%80%931960%29%2C+who+was+the+seventh+son+of+the+renowned+treasure+revealer+Dudjom+Lingpa+%28bdud+%27joms+gling+pa%2C+1835%E2%80%931904%29%2C+was+Kunzang+Wangmo%27s+father.+He+was+also+know+as+Padma+Khalong+Yangpa+Tsal+and+Tulku+Namkha+Jikm%C3%A9.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Ftreasuryoflives.org%2Fbiographies%2Fview%2FKunzang-Wangmo%2F13819+Treasury+of+Lives%5D%29.+Patrul+Namkha+Jikm%C3%A9%E2%80%99s+two+main+teachers+were+his+father+Dudjom+Lingpa%2C+and+Khenpo+Kunpal.+He+revealed+nine+volumes+of+terma%2C+and+constructed+a+shedra+at+Dza+Pukhung+G%C3%B6n+and+a+Zabch%C3%B6+Shitro+Gongpa+Rangdrol+drupdra+at+Dzagyal+Monastery.+His+main+dharma+heir+was+his+own+daughter%2C+Khandroma+Kunzang+Wangmo%2C+a+great-daughter+of+Dudjom+Lingpa.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DPatrul_Namkha_Jikm%25C3%25A9+Rigpa+Wiki%5D%29 +
A+renowned+scholar+born+in+Chisa+in+the+Amdo+Rebgong+region.+A+student+of+Dzong+Ngon+Lodoe+Tshang%2C+Tsang+Geshe+Tshang%2C+Zhwamar+Pandita%2C+Jampa+Lobsang%2C+Dzoge+Lobsang+Gyatsho%2C+Horchen+Yeshe+Gyatsho%2C+etc.+He+was+an+important+holder+of+Tsongkhapa%27s+transmission+of+the+Whisper+Lineage+%28%27%27snyan+rgyud%27%27%29.+His+primary+students+were+Tulku+Jamyang+Thinle+Wangpo%2C+Dzongkar+Jigme+Sherab+Dagpa%2C+Tulku+Jigme+Thinle+Lhundup%2C+Nangso+Kukey%2C+and+Khaso+Chogtrul. +
Carmen+Dragonetti+%28born+in+Argentina%2C+1937%29+and+Fernando+Tola+%28born+in+Peru%2C+1915%29+are+the+most+prestigious+Indologists+in+the+Spanish-speaking+world%2C+both+being+researchers+from+the+National+Council+for+Scientific+and+Technical+Research%2C+Argentina.+They+were+President+and+Vice-President%2C+respectively%2C+of+the+Institute+of+Buddhist+Studies+Foundation+%28FIEB%29.%0A%0ABoth+were+professors+at+universities+in+Peru+and+Argentina.+Dedicated+to+Indology+and+the+study+of+Buddhism%2C+they+published+a+large+number+of+books+and+articles+in+Spanish+and+English%2C+containing+highly+reliable+translations+of+Sanskrit%2C+Pali%2C+Chinese+and%2For+Tibetan+texts%2C+such+as+the+unsurpassed+Tola+versions+of+the+%27%27Gita+Govinda%27%27+and+the+%27%27Bhagavad+Gita%27%27%2C+and+Dragonetti%27s+%27%27Dhammapada%27%27%2C+which+are+remarkable+for+their+beauty+and+clarity%2C+one+of+the+most+relevant+qualities+of+these+authors+as+writers.%0A%0AOther+translations+by+the+same+authors+include+%27%27Five+Mahayana+Sutras%27%27%2C+also+published+by+Primorda+Media%2C+the+%27%27Udana%27%27+and+%27%27The+Sutra+of+Infinite+Meanings%27%27%2C+%27%27Wu+liang+i+ching%27%27.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww-librosbudistas-com.translate.goog%2Fautor%2Fcarmen-dragonetti-fernando-tola%3F_x_tr_sch%3Dhttp%26_x_tr_sl%3Des%26_x_tr_tl%3Den%26_x_tr_hl%3Den+Adapted+from+Source+Oct+4%2C+2022%5D%29 +
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Martina+Draszczyk+holds+a+PhD+in+Buddhist+Studies+and+Tibetology.+Her+doctoral+thesis+at+the+Department+for+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+of+the+University+of+Vienna+dealt+with+the+integration+of+the+notion+of+buddha-nature+in+meditation+practice.+She+trained+in+Buddhist+philosophy+and+meditation+with+both+Tibetan+Buddhist+and+Therav%C4%81da+teachers+and+acted+as+an+interpreter+for+Tibetan+masters+for+many+years.+In+her+research+projects+she+focuses+on+Tibetan+Madhyamaka%2C+Mah%C4%81mudr%C4%81%2C+and+buddha-nature+theories+mainly+in+the+context+of+the+Bka%E2%80%99+brgyud+tradition.+She+also+teaches+in+Buddhist+centers+in+Europe+as+well+as+in+the+field+of+secular+mindfulness.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fpast-event%2F2019-vienna-symposium%2F+Source+Accessed+Jul+21%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Georges+B.+J.+Dreyfus+%28born+1950+in+Switzerland%29+is+an+academic+in+the+fields+of+Tibetology+and+Buddhology%2C+with+a+particular+interest+in+Indian+Buddhist+philosophy.+In+1985+he+was+the+first+Westerner+to+receive+the+Geshe+Lharampa+degree%2C+the+highest+available+within+the+Tibetan+scholastic+tradition.%0A%0AHe+currently+is+Jackson+Professor+of+Religion+at+Williams+College%2C+Massachusetts.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeorges_Dreyfus+Source+Accessed+March+13%2C+2024%5D%29 +
Georges+Driessens+was+a+Buddhist+monk+%28Sherpa+Tulku%29+from+the+Tibetan+tradition+and+has+translated+a+number+of+Buddhist+texts%3A+%27%27Le+grand+livre+de+la+progression+vers+l%27%C3%A9veil%27%27%2C+by+Tsongkhapa%2C+%27%27La+lettre+%C3%A0+un+ami+%28Suh%E1%B9%9Bllekha%29%27%27+and+%27%27Le+trait%C3%A9+du+milieu+%28M%C4%81dhyamaka-%C5%9B%C4%81stra%29%27%27+by+N%C4%81g%C4%81rjuna.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fgrupsderecerca.uab.cat%2Ftrafil%2Fsites%2Fgrupsderecerca.uab.cat.trafil%2Ffiles%2F00-edite-chez-Benjamins.pdf+Adapted+from+Source+Jan+8%2C+2021%5D%29 +
The+Drikung+Kyabg%C3%B6n+Chetsang%2C+Konchog+Tenzin+Kunsang+Thrinle+Lhundrup%2C+was+born+on+the+4th+day+of+the+6th+Tibetan+month+of+the+Fire-Dog-Year+1946+into+the+aristocratic+family+of+Tsarong+in+Lhasa.+This+auspicious+day+marks+the+anniversary+of+the+Buddha%E2%80%99s+first+turning+of+the+Wheel+of+Dharma.+Many+prodigious+signs+and+visions+accompanied+his+birth.+His+grandfather%2C+Dasang+Damdul+Tsarong+%281888-1959%29%2C+has+been+the+favorite+of+the+13th+Dalai+Lama+%281876-1933%29%2C+Commander+General+of+the+Tibetan+army+and+one+of+the+most+influential+political+figures+in+the+early+20th+century+in+Tibet.+Chetsangs+father%2C+Dundul+Namgyal+Tsarong+%28b.+1920%29%2C+held+a+high+office+in+the+Tibetan+Government+and+he+was+still+active+in+important+positions+for+the+Exile+Government+in+Dharamsala+after+the+escape+of+the+Dalai+Lama+and+the+cabinet+ministers.+His+mother%2C+Yangchen+Dolkar%2C+is+from+the+noble+house+of+Ragashar%2C+which+descended+from+the+ancient+royal+dynasty.%0A%28Continue+reading+at+%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.drikung.org%2Ftheir-holiness%2Fhh-kyabgoen-chetsang+Drikung.org%5D%29 +
Born+in+1977+in+Ngayul+in+the+Amdo+region%2C+he+became+a+monk+at+Jonang+Se+Monastery+when+he+was+young+and+learned+reading%2C+writing%2C+and+rituals+under+Khar+Lama+Sherab+Chophel.+Having+finished+the+training%2C+he+followed+the+tradition+of+the+monastery+and+entered+into+three+year+retreat+under+Lama+Kunga+Thukje+Pal+in+order+to+take+up+the+practice+of+the+six+yogas+of+K%C4%81lacakra.+In+1998%2C+he+arrived+in+India+and+joined+Gomang+College+in+Drepung+Monastery+and+completed+the+full+study+of+the+five+treatises.+He+sat+for+Grand+Geluk+Examination+and+also+successfully+passed+the+defense+for+the+Lharam+Geshe+degree.+Following+this%2C+he+attended+the+Gyuto+College+for+Tantric+Studies+and+passed+the+exams.+He+is+currently+lecturer+at+Jonang+Monastery+in+Parping%2C+Nepal. +
Anne+Holland+%28Pema+Chonyi+Drolma%29%2C+Tibetan+Buddhist+priest%2C+translator%2C+meditation+guide+and+teacher.%0A%0ACh%C3%B6nyi+Drolma+completed+six+years+of+retreat+under+the+direction+of+Thinley+Norbu+Rinpoche+and+Lama+Tharchin+Rinpoch%C3%A9+in+2012+at+Pema+Osel+Ling.++She+translated+the+autobiography+of+Traktung+Dudjom+Lingpa+into+English%2C+published+as+%5B%5BA+Clear+Mirror%5D%5D%2C+as+well+as+the+secret+biography+of+%5B%5BYeshe+Tsogyal%5D%5D+as+%5B%5BThe+Life+and+Visions+of+Yeshe+Tsogyal%5D%5D.+She+currently+lives+in+Montreal+where+she+continues+to+translate+and+take+her+lamas%E2%80%99+instructions+to+heart.%0A%0A%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jnanasukha.org%2Fnews-blog%2Ftranslation-secret-biography+Source+Accessed+16+March%2C+2016%5D +
Delog+Dawa+Drolma+%28%3F-1941%29+was+a+great+female+teacher+of+Tibet%2C+a+d%C3%A9lok%2C+and+the+mother+of+Chagdud+Tulku+Rinpoche.%0A%0AAccording+to+Chagdud+Tulku+Rinpoche%3A%0A%0AMy+mother+was+revered+throughout+Tibet+for+her+extraordinary+powers+as+a+lama%2C+but+she+was+more+famous+for+being+a+delog%2C+one+who+has+crossed+the+threshold+of+death+and+returned+to+tell+about+it.+Hers+was+not+a+visionary+or+momentary+near-death+experience.+For+five+full+days+she+lay+cold%2C+breathless%2C+and+devoid+of+any+vital+signs%2C+while+her+consciousness+moved+freely+into+other+realms%2C+often+escorted+by+the+wisdom+goddess+White+Tara.+She+undertook+her+journey+as+a+delog+according+to+instructions+she+had+received+from+Tara+in+visions%2C+but+against+the+wishes+of+her+lamas%2C+who+pleaded+with+her+not+to+take+such+a+risk.+It+is+remarkable+that+she%2C+a+young+woman+of+sixteen%2C+had+so+much+confidence+in+her+meditation+that+she+prevailed+over+very+wise%2C+much+older+lamas.+However%2C+she+herself+had+been+recognized+as+an+emanation+of+White+Tara%2C+a+powerful+force+of+enlightened+mind+for+the+longevity+and+liberation+of+all+sentient+beings.%0A%0ADelog+Dawa+Drolma+received+teachings+from+Dudjom+Rinpoche.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rigpawiki.org%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DDelog_Dawa_Drolma+Source+Accessed+Feb+22%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Lama+Palden+was+one+of+the+first+Western+women+to+be+authorized+as+a+lama+in+1986%2C+by+her+primary+teacher%2C+Kalu+Rinpoche%2C+following+her+completion+of+the+traditional+Tibetan+three+year%2C+three+month+retreat.+She+has+been+a+student+and+practitioner+of+Buddhism+and+of+Comparative+Mysticism+for+over+40+years.+She+is+the+founding+teacher+of+Sukhasiddhi+Foundation+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sukhasiddhi.org+in+the+SF+Bay+Area%2C+a+Tibetan+Buddhist+center+in+the+Shangpa+and+Kagyu+lineages.+Lama+Palden+has+a+deep+interest+in+helping+to+make+the+teachings+and+practices+of+Vajrayana+Buddhism+accessible+and+practical+for+Westerners+in+order+to+help+students+actualize+our+innate+wisdom%2C+love+and+joy.+As+a+teacher%2C+she+is+committed+to+each+student%27s+unique+unfolding+and+blossoming.%0A%0AIn+1993+Lama+Palden+completed+a+Masters+degree+in+Counseling+Psychology+at+Santa+Clara+University+in+Silicon+Valley.+After+licensing+as+a+psychotherapist%2C+she+engaged+in+facilitating+clients+psycho-spiritual+integration+and+development%2C+through+bringing+together+understandings+and+methods+from+Buddhism+and+Psychology%2C+as+well+as+from+the+Diamond+Heart+work%2C+that+she+engaged+with+and+trained+in+for+many+years.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLama-Palden-Drolma%2Fe%2FB07NLJ87GM%253Fref%3Ddbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share+Source+Accessed+August+13%2C+2020%5D%29 +
%22After+the+death+of+%27Jam+dbyangs+chos+kyi+grags+pa+%28the+3rd+Drukchen+or+Gyalwang+Drukpa%29%2C+monks+found+the+rebirth+in+the+house+of+a+minor+aristocrat+of+Kongpo%2C+to+the+disappointment+of+both+the+families+of+Rwa+lung+and+Bya.+This+child%2C+the+sprul+sku+Ngag+dbang+nor+bu%2C+was+to+be+the+great+Padma+dkar+po.+Padma+dkar+po+was+one+of+those+rare+renaissance+men.+The+breadth+of+his+scholarship+and+learning+invites+comparison+with+the+Fifth+Dalai+Lama.+It+was+Padma+dkar+po+who+systematized+the+teaching+of+the+%27Brug+pa+sect.+It+is+no+wonder+that+the+%27Brug+pa+Bka%27+brgyud+pa+always+refer+to+him+as+Kun+mkhyen%2C+the+Omniscient%2C+an+epithet+reserved+for+the+greatest+scholar+of+a+sect.+Padma+dkar+po+was+a+shrewd+and+occasionally+ruthless+politician.+His+autobiography+is+one+of+the+most+important+sources+for+the+history+of+the+sixteenth+century.+Padma+dkar+po+was+a+monk+and+insisted+on+adherence+to+the+vinaya+rules+for+his+monastic+followers.+He+also+held+that+in+the+administration+of+church+affairs+the+claims+of+the+rebirth+and+the+monastic+scholar+took+priority+over+those+of+the+scion+of+a+revered+lineage.+Although+he+preached+often+at+both+Rwa+lung+and+Bkra+shis+mthong+smon%2C+the+seats+of+his+two+immediate+predecessors%2C+he+never+exercised+actual+control+over+these+monasteries+and+their+estates.+He+founded+his+monastery+at+Gsang+sngags+chos+gling+in+Byar+po%2C+north+of+Mon+Rta+dbang%2C+which+became+the+seat+of+the+subsequent+Rgyal+dbang+%27Brug+pa+incarnation.%22++%28Gene+Smith%2C+%27%27Among+Tibetan+Texts%27%27%2C+81%29 +