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Eli Franco

Eli Franco (born June 19, 1953 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli Indologist. He received his BA in Philosophy and Jewish Philosophy from the University of Tel Aviv in 1976, the Diplôme de l' Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1978, Paris, and the Doctorat 3e cycle from the Université de Paris X and L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in 1980. Since 2004 he has held the chair for Indology at the Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Among his writings include: Perception, Knowledge and Disbelief: A Study of Jayarāśi's Skepticism (Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1987), Dharmakīrti on Compassion and Rebirth (Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1997), The Spitzer Manuscript: The Oldest Philosophical Manuscript in Sanskrit (Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2004), and (with Miyako Notake) Dharmakīrti on the Duality of the Object: Pramāṇavārttika III, 1 - 63 (Lit Verlag, 2014). (Adapted from Source July 20, 2019)

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Casey Kemp at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

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Casey Kemp presents an overview and analysis of Jigten Gonpo’s explanation of luminosity as outlined in his text 'Od gsal rnam lnga gcig tu bsre ba'i man ngag, a pith instruction on merging (bsre ba).

Kemp, Casey. "The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VQkhK1CE0.

Kemp, Casey. "The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VQkhK1CE0.;Casey Kemp at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium;Buddha-nature as Luminosity;'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po;Mahamudra;Vajrayana;dharmakāya;āgantukamala;Mar pa chos kyi blo gros;Sgam po pa;Ordinary Mind;prabhāsvara;prabhāsvaracitta;Kagyu;Drikung Kagyu;Casey Forgues Kemp;The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya

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• University of Leipzig · workplace affiliation
• https://www.gko.uni-leipzig.de/indologie-zaw/institut/mitarbeiter/prof-dr-eli-franco.html#c28926 · websites