Georges B.J. Dreyfus (born 1950 in Switzerland) is an academic in the fields of Tibetology and Buddhology, with a particular interest in Indian Buddhist philosophy.[2] In 1985 he was the first Westerner to receive the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest available within the Tibetan scholastic tradition.
Georges Dreyfus | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Occupation | Professor of Religion |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Williams College |
He currently is Jackson Professor of Religion at Williams College, Massachusetts.
Selected bibliography
editBooks:
- Dreyfus, Georges B.J. (2003) The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-23260-0
- Dreyfus, Georges B.J (1997) Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and its Tibetan Interpretations. State University of New York Press, Albany. ISBN 0-7914-3098-7
Articles:
• “Self and Subjectivity: a Middle Way Approach” in Self vs. No-Self (Oxford University Press, 2010)
• “Can a Madhyamika be a Skeptic?” in Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy (Oxford, 2010)
• “Should We Be Afraid? The Return of the Sacred and the Rise of Religious Nationalism.” (2010)
• “Philosophical Issues, Asian Perspectives: Indian Theories of the Mind” in Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness, 2007
• “Emotional Pathologies and their Remedies: An Abhidharmic View,” in The Dalai Lama at MIT, 2007
References
edit- ^ "Buddhism and Science: Tibetan and Zen Buddhist Perspectives | Harvard Divinity School". Hds.harvard.edu. 2007-04-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ "The Department of Religion » Dreyfus". Religion.williams.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
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