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Director of Research Projects at Tsadra Foundation | Director of Research Projects at Tsadra Foundation | ||
Cataloging the Nartang and Dege Kangyur and Tengyur on [http://www.thlib.org Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library]<br> | Cataloging the Nartang and Dege Kangyur and Tengyur on [http://www.thlib.org Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library]<br> | ||
Translating | Translating zhi lhag gi sgom rim bsam gtan sgron me by the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. | ||
===Internal Links=== | ===Internal Links=== | ||
Lotsawas Unite! [[Karl Brunnhölzl]], | Lotsawas Unite! [[Karl Brunnhölzl]], | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 29 December 2008
Short description
Marcus Perman graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2003 with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from Naropa University in 2007 with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. He joined the Nitartha Translation Network (NTN) in the summer of 2007. In the fall of 2007-2008 Marcus studied at Tibet University in Lhasa, Tibet and Rumtek, Sikkim, India. His interests lie primarily in philosophical interpretations of Tibetan Buddhism and studies of tshad ma (skt. pramāṇa). “Tshad Ma Literature: Towards a History of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology” was presented at the 8th Annual Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference on October 14, 2006 BSGSC 2006. Other interests include comparative philosophy, writing pedagogy, and rock climbing.
Main teachers
Prajñāpāramita
The Nature of Mind
Mother Earth
Experience
Published Works
Tricycle Magazine Review of Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner's Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism by Andy Karr. Tricycle Summer 2007.
http://www.tricycle.com/issues/tricycle/16_4/reviews/3849-1.html
Unpublished Works (completed)
Mind Only Tenet System. Translation of sems tsam pa'i grub mtha' by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen.
M.A. Thesis: “Tshad Ma Literature: Towards a History of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology”
B.S. Honors project: “Neurofeedback: The effect of training attentional abilities in female college students” Advisor: Dr. Artur Poczwardowski.
Active Projects
Director of Research Projects at Tsadra Foundation
Cataloging the Nartang and Dege Kangyur and Tengyur on Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library
Translating zhi lhag gi sgom rim bsam gtan sgron me by the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.
Internal Links
Lotsawas Unite! Karl Brunnhölzl, Kim Colwell, Cortland Dahl, Sarah Harding, Dan Hirshberg, Jules B. Levinson(Light of Berotsana Translation Group), Chris Stagg, Nick Vail, Tim Walton, Ephie Yannakoura
External Links
http://www.tsadra.org
http://www.thdl.org
http://www.nitartha.org
http://www.nitarthainstitute.org
http://www.buddhistgeeks.com
http://www.lotsawahouse.org
http://www.naropa.edu
http://www.tbrc.org