Difference between revisions of "Swanson, P."
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+ | |email=pswanson@nanzan-u.ac.jp | ||
+ | |phone=81-52-833-3111 | ||
+ | |associatedwebsite=https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/staff/pswanson/ | ||
+ | |yearbirth=1951 | ||
+ | |bornin=Tokyo, Japan | ||
+ | |bio=Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, and Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Letters of Nanzan University, in Nagoya, Japan. He is editor of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies and has published on Tiantai/Tendai Buddhism and other aspects of East Asian Buddhism and religion. ([https://www.society-buddhist-christian-studies.org/paul-swanson Source Accessed June 13, 2019]) | ||
+ | |cv=([https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/files/2012/11/Swanson-CV-ALL-2012.pdf Click here for full CV and Publications list]) | ||
+ | |currentworks=* Translating the ''Mo-ho chih-kuan'' 『摩詞止観 and other T’ien-t’ai texts into English | ||
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+ | * Table of Contents for complete ''Mo-ho chih-kuan''. | ||
+ | |affiliation=Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture | ||
+ | Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Nanzan University | ||
+ | |education=Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, minor in Japanese; M.A. in Eastern Thought and Religion, Sophia University; B.A. in Western Philosophy, Bethel College, St. Paul Minnesota | ||
+ | |languagetranslation=Japanese | ||
+ | |languagetarget=English | ||
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Revision as of 16:35, 13 June 2019
Birth: | 1951 |
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Place of birth: | Tokyo, Japan |
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Website: | https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/staff/pswanson/ |
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Translates from: | Japanese |
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Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Nanzan University
Current projects
- Translating the Mo-ho chih-kuan 『摩詞止観 and other T’ien-t’ai texts into English
- Table of Contents for complete Mo-ho chih-kuan.
Education
Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, minor in Japanese; M.A. in Eastern Thought and Religion, Sophia University; B.A. in Western Philosophy, Bethel College, St. Paul Minnesota
Biographical Information
Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, and Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Letters of Nanzan University, in Nagoya, Japan. He is editor of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies and has published on Tiantai/Tendai Buddhism and other aspects of East Asian Buddhism and religion. (Source Accessed June 13, 2019)
Curriculum Vitae
(Click here for full CV and Publications list)
- Wiki Pages
- Person description or short bio
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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Full Name[edit]
Paul L. Swanson
Affiliation[edit]
He is a permanent fellow of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture and Associate Professor at Nanzan University.
Education[edit]
Other Information[edit]
Publications[edit]
His publications include Foundations of T'ien-t'ai Philosophy: The Flowering of the Two Truths Theory in Chinese Buddhism.