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==Short description==
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Marcus Perman graduated from [http://www.stlawu.edu St. Lawrence] University in 2003 with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from [http://www.naropa.edu Naropa University] in 2007 with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. He joined the Nitartha Translation Network ([http://www.nitarthatranslation.org NTN]) in the summer of 2007. 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  [http://www.uwest.edu/bbs/zboard.php?id=news_notices&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=41 BSGSC 2006]. Other interests include comparative philosophy, writing pedagogy, and rock climbing.
===Main teachers===
Prajñāpāramita <br>
The Nature of Mind <br>
Mother Earth <br>
Experience <br>
===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. <br> 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===Unpublished Works (completed)===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. <br>
M.A. Thesis: “Tshad Ma Literature: Towards a History of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology” <br>
B.S. Honors project: “Neurofeedback: The effect of training attentional abilities in female college students” Advisor: Dr. Artur Poczwardowski.
===Active Projects===
Looking at Mind <br>
Learning stuff <br>
Cataloging the Nartang and Dege Kangyur and Tangyur on [http://www.thdl.org Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library]<br>
The Eight Dharmas of Tillipa (Dege Toh. 2305-2312)
===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.thdl.org <br>
http://www.nitartha.org <br>
http://www.nitarthainstitute.org <br>
http://www.buddhistgeeks.com <br>
http://www.lotsawahouse.org <br>
http://www.naropa.edu <br>
http://www.tbrc.org <br>
 
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Revision as of 22:51, 15 September 2007

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