Schopen, G.
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Full Name[edit]
Gregory Schopen
Education[edit]
M.A. McMaster University, 1975
Ph.D. Australia National University, 1979
Affiliation[edit]
Gregory Schopen is professor of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Buddhist studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Professor Gregory Schopen (MA McMaster University, 1975; PhD ANU, 1979) has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Washington, Indiana, Texas, Stanford, and California. He was awarded a prestigious MacArthur “genius” fellowship (1985-1990) in recognition of his work in Buddhist Studies, which has been described as “Unquestionably the freshest, most exciting scholarship to have emerged in the field in half a century.” Professor Schopen’s numerous publications include:
- Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks. University of Hawai’i Press, 1997.
- Buddhist Monks and Business Matters. University of Hawai’i Press, 2004.
- Figments and Fragments of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India. University of Hawai’i Press, 2005.