Category: Publications
ARTICLE: What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports?
As with football or violin practice, young people could gain versatile life skills through routine contemplative training. Article…
PRESS: UVAToday Interview on Climate Anxiety
Q&A: How Do You Fight Climate Anxiety? An interview in UVAToday, the newsletter of the University of Virginia,…
PRESS: National Geographic Interview on Lucid Dreaming
Lucid Dreaming Article in National Geographic Michael weighed in on the state of becoming aware of one’s dream…
PRESS: BuddhistDoor Global Features Contemplative Fluency Workshop, Hong Kong
Meditation: A Sampler Workshop with Professor Michael Sheehy A write-up in the Buddhist magazine, BuddhistDoor Global on the…
ARTICLE: Cognitive Illusion and Lucid Dreaming in Dzogchen Contemplative Practices
Cognitive Illusion, Lucid Dreaming, and the Psychology of Metaphor in Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Contemplative Practices International Journal of…
PRESS: Translating Tibetan Buddhism for Today
Translating Tibetan Buddhism for Today Feature article in Wheaton Quarterly, Winter 2023 Read the full article. “We are…
ARTICLE: “Images of Emptiness in a Prognostic Mirror”
Images of Emptiness in a Prognostic Mirror: Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Early Jonang Kālacakra Yoga Manuals…
ARTICLE: “The Distinctive Mindfulness of Dzogchen”
The Distinctive Mindfulness of Dzogchen: Jigme Lingpa’s Advice on Meta-Awareness and Nondual Meditation with Marc-Henri Deroche, Kyoto University…
REVIEW: Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by Roger R. Jackson
Review of Mind Seeing Mind: Mahāmudrā and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by Roger R. Jackson. Journal of World…
EVENT: Voices from Larung Gar: A Symposium
Voices from Larung Gar: A Symposium Online symposium for the launch of the book, “Voices from Larung Gar:…
REVIEW: “The Buddhist Science of Mind”
The Buddhist Science of Mind Review of the book, Science and Philosophy in Indian and Buddhist Classics, vol. 2:…
TRANSLATION: Guidance on Being at Ease with Illusion
A Wish-Fulfilling Gem: Guidance on the Meaning of Being at Ease with Illusion, A Dzogchen Teaching By Lonchen Rabjam…
BLOG : Remaking Cosmology in Tibet
Remaking Cosmology in Tibet A think piece on the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. When and…
ARTICLE: “The Offering of Mount Meru” On Buddhist Cosmology in History of Science in Tibet
The Offering of Mount Meru: Contexts of Buddhist Cosmology in the History of Science in Tibet. 2021. In…
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…
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…
ARTICLE : “Teaching Contemplation in 3D”
Article that outlines contemplation in three dimensions: (1) Reflection, (2) Contextualization, and (3) Transformation. Published in a thematic…
ARTICLE : “The Jonangpa after Tāranātha”
“THE JONANGPA AFTER TĀRANĀTHA: AUTO/BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS ON THE TRANSMISSION OF ESOTERIC BUDDHIST KNOWLEDGE IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TIBET” MICHAEL…
TALK : “Contemplation and the Sciences in Dialogue”
Talk, “Contemplation and the Sciences in Dialogue: On the Horizon of New Ways of Knowing” presented at the Science…
TRANSLATION : “Traversing the Path of Meditation”
Translation with introduction to two Tibetan texts on concise meditation instructions, “Traversing the Path of Meditation” by the…
BLOG : “The PhenoTank” – Microphenomenology of Contemplative Experience
Blog article about a Mind & Life Think Tank on the microphenomenology of contemplative practice, and the language…
REVIEW : “Investigating the Rainbow Body”
Review of the book, “Rainbow Body and Resurrection” by Francis V. Tiso. In Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly, Winter…
PUBLICATION : Religions Journal, Special Issue – “Pedagogy and Performance in Tibetan Buddhism”
With colleague Dr. Joshua Schapiro, Dr. Sheehy guest edited the special issue of the journal Religions on the…
ARTICLE : “Variegations of Mind”
“Rangjung Dorje’s Variegations of Mind: Ordinary Awareness and Pristine Awareness in Tibetan Buddhist Literature” Available for download via…
BLOG : Shangpa Sites on Tibet Map
The Jonang Foundation has published the historical and active sites of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition on its online…
The Dreams of Trinlé Wangmo
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Conference Baltimore, 2013 Writing Tibetan Women Materializing Dreams and Omens: Narrative Devices in…
TBRC Tibet Printery Project
We in the Department of Literary Research at TBRC have completed an initial survey of printeries (par khang)…
Pilgrimage to Mt. Kailash & Zhang Zhung
We’re gearing-up for the summer excursion to Tibet this August 02-25. The trip is designed as a pilgrimage,…
Translating Buddhist Luminaries Conference
“Translating Buddhist Luminaries: A Conference on Ecumenism and Tibetan Translation” At the University of Colorado, Boulder April 18-20,…
Harvard Divinity School Talk
Please join us for Michael’s lecture, “A Buddhist Tradition on the Edge: The Migration and Marginalization of the Jonangpa…
“The Drepung Catalog and Related Publications”
The 2004 release of the two volume Drepung Catalog was without a doubt a monumental publication event in…
“Tibetan Tulku Lines and Networks”
Successive systems of reincarnation or tulku (sprul sku) are fascinating sources for the study of the social history…
Buddhadharma: The Best Buddhist Books 2012
Straight from the Review Editor’s Desk, we are pleased to make available our selections of the Best Buddhist Books…
“Jonang” in Oxford Bibliographies Online
See the recent article on the Jonang published in the Buddhism section of Oxford Bibliographies Online.
TBRC Workshop Tutorial Video
We recently released the most recent video tutorial, Conducting Tibetological Research in the TBRC Library. This is part of…
TBRC Training Workshop
Wednesday, November 28th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (in English) Michael Sheehy Head of Research, TBRC This workshop is…
REVIEW : Buddhadharma Book Briefs: Fall 2012
by Michael Sheehy Beating the Cloth Drum (Shambhala 2012) From Here to Enlightenment (Snow Lion 2012) The Four Foundations…
REVIEW : Buddhadharma Book Briefs: Summer 2012
by Michael Sheehy Open Heart, Open Mind (Harmony Books 2012) Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies (Oxford 2012) Nothing and Everything (North…
BLOG : The Panchen Lama Enumerations
There are different systems of reckoning Lobzang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662) as the first or the fourth in the incarnate line of…
REVIEW : Buddhadharma Book Briefs: Spring 2012
by Michael Sheehy A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom (Shambhala 2011) Making Zen Your Own (Wisdom 2012) Tsongkhapa’s Praise…
BLOG : Tibetan Literary Genres & Subjects
With our recent launch of the revised library, we are stressing the distinction between Genres (རྩོམ་རིགས།) and Subjects…
REVIEW : Buddhadharma Book Briefs: Winter 2011
by Michael Sheehy The Teachings of Master Wuzhu (Columbia 2011) The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama (Lexington 2011)…
PUBLICATION : Religions Journal, Special Issue – “Pedagogy and Performance in Tibetan Buddhism”
With colleague Dr. Joshua Schapiro, Dr. Sheehy guest edited the special issue of the journal Religions on the…
ARTICLE : “Variegations of Mind”
“Rangjung Dorje’s Variegations of Mind: Ordinary Awareness and Pristine Awareness in Tibetan Buddhist Literature” Available for download via…
BLOG : Shangpa Sites on Tibet Map
The Jonang Foundation has published the historical and active sites of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition on its online…
The Dreams of Trinlé Wangmo
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Conference Baltimore, 2013 Writing Tibetan Women Materializing Dreams and Omens: Narrative Devices in…
TBRC Tibet Printery Project
We in the Department of Literary Research at TBRC have completed an initial survey of printeries (par khang)…
Pilgrimage to Mt. Kailash & Zhang Zhung
We’re gearing-up for the summer excursion to Tibet this August 02-25. The trip is designed as a pilgrimage,…
Translating Buddhist Luminaries Conference
“Translating Buddhist Luminaries: A Conference on Ecumenism and Tibetan Translation” At the University of Colorado, Boulder April 18-20,…
Harvard Divinity School Talk
Please join us for Michael’s lecture, “A Buddhist Tradition on the Edge: The Migration and Marginalization of the Jonangpa…
“The Drepung Catalog and Related Publications”
The 2004 release of the two volume Drepung Catalog was without a doubt a monumental publication event in…
“Tibetan Tulku Lines and Networks”
Successive systems of reincarnation or tulku (sprul sku) are fascinating sources for the study of the social history…
