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==Short description==
==Short Biography==
Ryan has been living in and travelling the greater Indian Sub-Continent since 1998Currently living in Kathmandu, he is a student and intermittent teacher at the [[Rangjung Yeshe Institute]] Shedra, the [[Centre for Buddhist Studies at Kathmandu University]].
After nine years living in and traveling around the greater Indian Sub-Continent, Ryan has returned to the States and embarked on the long road to a PhD in South Asian Studies at UC BerkeleyHe is also a member of the [[Dharmachakra Translation Committee]] and the director of the Center for Translation and Translation Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California.  When not buried under a pile of books, he can be found in the redwoods of Northern California or wandering the alpine regions of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
 
===Current Studies===
*The doctrine of ''sahaja'' (spontaneity, naturalness) among Buddhist, Vaiṣṇava and unaffiliated tantric groups in pre-modern and modern South Asia
*The deliberate cultivation of the power transgression as a religious practice, specifically within South Asian tantric traditions
*Tantric works composed in Sanskrit, various Prākrits and Tibetan
 
===Current Projects===
*A study and translation the ''Mahāmāyātantra'' and its commentary, the ''Guṇavatīṭīkā'' by Ratnākaraśānti


===Published Works===
===Published Works===
*Maitreya, Mipham, [[Khenpo Shenga]]. ''[[Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes]]''. Forthcoming from Snow Lion, 2006. (with the [[Dharmachakra Translation Committee]])  
*''Mahāmāyātantra'', as part of the ''84000'' translation intiative (forthcoming)
 
*Maitreya, Mipham, [[Khenpo Shenga]]. ''[[Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes]]'', Snow Lion, 2007. (with the [[Dharmachakra Translation Committee]])  


*[[Paltrul Rinpoche]].  ''[[A Brillant Sun: The Stages of Practice for the Bodhisattvacaryavatara]]''.  with [[Catherine Dalton]] and [[Matthew Stephensen]].
*[[Paltrul Rinpoche]].  ''[[A Brillant Sun: The Stages of Practice for the Bodhisattvacaryavatara]]''.  with [[Catherine Dalton]] and [[Matthew Stephensen]].
===Contact===
rdamron@berkeley.edu
[[Category:Translators]]

Latest revision as of 13:23, 30 August 2011

Short Biography

After nine years living in and traveling around the greater Indian Sub-Continent, Ryan has returned to the States and embarked on the long road to a PhD in South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. He is also a member of the Dharmachakra Translation Committee and the director of the Center for Translation and Translation Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California. When not buried under a pile of books, he can be found in the redwoods of Northern California or wandering the alpine regions of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.

Current Studies

  • The doctrine of sahaja (spontaneity, naturalness) among Buddhist, Vaiṣṇava and unaffiliated tantric groups in pre-modern and modern South Asia
  • The deliberate cultivation of the power transgression as a religious practice, specifically within South Asian tantric traditions
  • Tantric works composed in Sanskrit, various Prākrits and Tibetan

Current Projects

  • A study and translation the Mahāmāyātantra and its commentary, the Guṇavatīṭīkā by Ratnākaraśānti

Published Works

  • Mahāmāyātantra, as part of the 84000 translation intiative (forthcoming)

Contact

rdamron@berkeley.edu