Category: Publications
BIO : Jetsunma Kunga Trinlé Wangmo
Biography authored on the Treasury of Lives site of the 17th c. Tibetan woman author, yoginī, and lineage-holder…
ARTICLE : “Materializing Dreams and Omens”: On the Dreams and Life of Trinlé Wangmo
Materializing Dreams and Omens: The Autobiographical Subjectivity of the Tibetan Yoginī Kun dga’ ‘Phrin las dbang mo (1585-1668)….
EULOGY : The Cool Wizardry of Steven D. Goodman (1945-2020)
Eulogy published by the Lion’s Roar website. Steven D. Goodman (b. 1945) was a maverick scholar, poet, translator,…
REVIEW : “The Problem with Calling Buddhism a Science”
Review of the book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist by Evan Thompson. Yale University Press 2020. In…
TALK : Podcast Interview on “The Other Emptiness” Book
An interview on the New Books in Buddhist Studies podcast with Michael Sheehy and Klaus-Dieter Mathes (Vienna University) about…
BOOK : “The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet”
We are thrilled to announce a multi-author collaborative book on the zhentong philosophy of emptiness in Tibetan Buddhism,…
REVIEW : “The Science of Meditation, Beyond the Brain”
Review of the book, “Meditation, Buddhism, and Science” edited by David L. McMahan and Erik Braun. Oxford University Press,…
ARTICLE : “The Case of the Missing Shangpas in Tibet”
“The Case of the Missing Shangpas in Tibet.” In Reasons and Lives in Buddhist Traditions: Studies in Honor…
TRANSLATION : “Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen on Refraining from Meat”
“Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen on Refraining from Meat.” In The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism. Edited…
BLOG : What is Rainbow Body?
Post on the Lion’s Roar, What is the Rainbow Body? “In Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, tangible matter…
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interesting paper out on how #meditation might alter gray matter in brain for short-term practitioners - important for understanding how meditation traits are formed - "findings indicate that brief #mindfulness meditation induces gray matter plasticity" - https://www.hindawi.com/journals/np/2020/8830005/
What does it mean to “Flourish”? Check out the @UVA Virginia Center for Religious Studies’ profile of CSC grad student Blaine Werner for his unique take on well-being and existential questions alongside the daily stresses of modern life.
https://bit.ly/WernerProfile
@michaelrsheehy
nice profile of one of our grad students who is a research assistant on my @uvacsc team via @VCSR_at_UVA - "Blaine Patrick Werner, Jr.: Buddhist Philosophy and Contemplative Practices" - https://vcsr.virginia.edu/blaine-patrick-werner-jr-buddhist-modernities-and-contemplative-practices
Join us for this event on Feb 7 at @upayazen co-sponsored by @KaleinCentre with @jhalifax @michaelrsheehy @AnnieRigzin john dunne & @enkyo https://www.upaya.org/program/what-is-enlightenment/?id=2375
this ought to be fun! - "What is Enlightenment?" online program this Feb. @upayazen w/ @jhalifax @evantthompson @AnnieRigzin @enkyo, John Dunne & myself - #Buddhism - https://www.upaya.org/program/what-is-enlightenment/?id=2375