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After nine years | 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. When not buried under a pile of books, he can be spotted among 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, Vaisnava and unaffiliated tantric groups in pre-modern and modern South Asia | |||
*The Kathmandu Valley as a site for tantric culture and the transmission of Buddhist Tantra to Tibet. | |||
*Tantric works composed in Sanskrit, various Prakrits and Tibetan | |||
===Published Works=== | ===Published Works=== | ||
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*[[Paltrul Rinpoche]]. ''[[A Brillant Sun: The Stages of Practice for the Bodhisattvacaryavatara]]''. with [[Catherine Dalton]] and [[Matthew Stephensen]]. Out of Print | *[[Paltrul Rinpoche]]. ''[[A Brillant Sun: The Stages of Practice for the Bodhisattvacaryavatara]]''. with [[Catherine Dalton]] and [[Matthew Stephensen]]. Out of Print | ||
===Contact=== | |||
arrdamron@gmail.com | |||
[[Category:Translators]] | [[Category:Translators]] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 28 March 2010
Short description
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. When not buried under a pile of books, he can be spotted among 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, Vaisnava and unaffiliated tantric groups in pre-modern and modern South Asia
- The Kathmandu Valley as a site for tantric culture and the transmission of Buddhist Tantra to Tibet.
- Tantric works composed in Sanskrit, various Prakrits and Tibetan
Published Works
- 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. Out of Print
Contact
arrdamron@gmail.com