Maruta Kalnins

Michael R. Sheehy

Short description

Michael R. Sheehy is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Buddhist Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. His doctoral disseration research concentrates on the zhentong philosophical view formulated within modern Jonang Tibetan literature. He is the author of several articles on Tibetan Buddhism, and is the President of Jonang Foundation.

Main teachers

Khenpo Kunga Sherab Saljay Rinpoche

Published Works

• Rangjung Dorje's Variegations of Mind: Ordinary Awareness and Pristine Awareness in Tibetan Buddhist Literature in Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research. Routledge Curzon Press, London, 2005. ISBN
• Severing the Source of Fear: Contemplative Dynamics of the Tibetan Buddhist gCod Tradition in Contemporary Buddhism, 6.1. Routledge Curzon Press, London, 2005. ISBN

Active Projects

• The Jonang Art & Literature Collection: A Digital Documentation and Preservation Project

Unpublished Works (completed)

• Paths of Pure Vision: The Histories, Views, and Practices of Tibet's Living Spiritual Traditions (book translated from the Tibetan by Jonang Khenpo Jamphal Lodro)

External Links

Jonang Foundation: [www.jonangfoundation.org official website]

Email: msheehy@jonangfoundation.org