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This is the list of notable modern scholars in the field of Buddhist studies. Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852) Viggo Fausböll (1821–1908) Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876) T.W. Rhys Davids (1843–1922) Nanjo Bunyu (1849–1927) Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943) C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942) Robert Chalmers ...
Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga. He is known for his work in the phenomenological aspects of Buddhist psychology. Evans also plays bass for the punk-rock band The Out of Sorts. [3] Taitetsu Unno was a scholar, lecturer, and author on the subject of Pure ...
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Modern-day Buddhist monks and laity refer to the long Buddhist robe as haiqing (Chinese: 海青). [23] The wearing of these long robes by Buddhist monks is a legacy of the Tang and Song period. [23] In ancient times, the haiqing was adopted by the Chan temples. [8] The haiqing originated from the hanfu-style worn in the Han and Tang dynasties. [14]
Karuna Dharma (Vietnamese: Thích Nữ Ân Từ; April 21, 1940—February 22, 2014) was an American Buddhist scholar and nun. She was the first American-born woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Vietnamese tradition. She was the abbess of the International Buddhist Meditation Center of Los Angeles.
In 1922, a few years after attending the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Rev. Hosen Isobe established the Zenshuji Soto Mission [3] in a Los Angeles apartment. Anti-immigration laws at that time made it extremely difficult for people of Japanese descent to purchase land in the United States.
Zen Buddhist monks wear a form of formal dress which is composed of two kimono, covered by the jikitotsu; and the kesa is finally worn on top of the jikitotsu. [ 15 ] Japanese buddhism kesa (袈裟) used to be worn covering the entire body beneath the head, including both shoulders, but now they are worn with the right shoulder exposed, except ...
Mitchell grew up in the Los Angeles area and studied philosophy and religion at San Francisco State University under Jacob Needleman and Ronald Epstein. [citation needed] He received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in 2008, studying under Buddhist scholar Richard K. Payne.