Ngawang Jorden
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
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Lecturer in Tibetan
PhD, Harvard University, 2003
Field Specialties:
Tibetan Language, Tibetan Buddhism
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The University of Chicago
1130 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: (773) 702-0627
Fax: (773) 834-3254
Email: njorden@midway.uchicago.edu
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Ngawang Jorden is a Tibetan Buddhist
monk/scholar trained at Sa-ngor
Monastery (Sikkim, India), Sakya
College (Dehradun, India) and Harvard
University (USA), where he obtained
his doctorate in Indo-Tibetan
Buddhist Philosophy in 2003. Before
joining the SALC at the University of
Chicago in 2001, he taught for
several years at the Department of
Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard
University, and has held visiting
positions in the International
Buddhist Academy (Nepal), Singapore
Buddha Sasana Society (Singapore) and
University of Vienna (Austria). Dr.
Jorden has taught courses on Buddhist
Monasticism, various topics on
Buddhist philosophy, and he has also
worked closely with students on
various levels of Tibetan and
Buddhist literary and historical
texts.
Research
Interests:
Translating Buddhist philosophical
texts dating from the 10th to the 17th
century.
Publications Include:
- Under preparation: Buddha-Nature
through the Eyes of Go rams pa Bsod
nams seng ge in Fifteenth-Century
Tibet.
- Under preparation: Mus chen thugs
rje dpal bzang's commentary on the
Abhisamayalamkara and Gorampa's work
on Abhidharma titled “The Key to the
Exposition of Skandhas, Ayatanas and
Dhatus.” These working titles of two
books are the translations of two
15th century philosophical texts.
- “Education of Tibetan Refugee
Children in Exile,” in Symposium on
Contemporary Tibetan Studies.
Published by the Mongolian and
Tibetan Affairs Commission under the
title of “Collected
Papers,” Taiwan,
pp. 1-30 (2003).
- “The Concept of Two Truths in
Buddhist Schools,” in
Tri-Bodhi Vol.
II, Post- Graduate Deploma (PGD) in
Buddhist Studies, Department of
Buddhist Studies, Tribuvan
University, Nepal. pp. 5-7
(2002).
- “Shakya Chokden on Ultimate
Truth,”
in The Sakya College Silver Jubilee
Commemorative Magazine. Dehradun,
India, pp. 71-73 (1997).
- DVD and website text “Buddhist
Paintings in Lo, Mustang,” together
with Dr. Marcia Lieberman (2003).
See
http://www.brown.edu/Research/BuddhistTempleArt/
- “A Few Words on my Affiliation with
Sakya College,” in The Sakya College
Silver Jubilee Commemorative
Magazine. Dehradun, India, pp.
58-59 (1997).
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