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===Published Works=== | ===Published Works=== | ||
*''Mahāmāyātantra'' as part of the ''84000'' translation intiative (forthcoming) | *''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]]) | *Maitreya, Mipham, [[Khenpo Shenga]]. ''[[Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes]]'', Snow Lion, 2007. (with the [[Dharmachakra Translation Committee]]) | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 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. 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
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)
- 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
rdamron@berkeley.edu