Wallace, V.

Wallace, V. on the DRL

Professors • Authors of English Works

Vesna Wallace

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/staff/isa/vwallace.html;http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/?page_id=692

About

Primary Language:	English
Translates from:	Sanskrit
Translates to:	English

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

University of California, Santa Barbara

PhD University

University of California, Berkeley

Education

Ph.D. in South and Southeast Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1995. M.A. in Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, 1988. B.A. in Indology and Comparative Literature, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1979. Postdoctoral Study, Pedagogical State University (Mongolian Language Department, Ulaanbaatar), 2000.

Biographical Information

Vesna A. Wallace is an American educator, Buddhist Studies scholar, translator, and author of several writings. Her research interests focus on Indian Mahāyāna, as well as Vajrayāna Buddhism and Mongolian Buddhism. Currently, Vesna is a Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Curriculum Vitae

https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/Vesna_Wallace_CV.pdf

Links

Wiki Pages

• Wallace, V. on the DRL
• Wallace, V. on the LIB

Full Name

Vesna Wallace

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.