Ph.D., Buddhist Studies, Dept. of Asian Languages & Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, California, US, June 2014. Dissertation Title: "Toward a New Paradigm of East Asian Yogācāra Buddhism: Taehyŏn (ca.8th century CE), a Korean Yogācāra monk, and His Predecessors." Advisors: Robert E. Buswell, William M. Bodiford, John B. Duncan, Richard von Glahn.;
M.A., Buddhist Studies (Dept. of East Asian Languages & Cultures), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, US, May 14, 2006. Advisor: Alexander Mayer.;
M.A., Oriental Philosophy (Dept. of Philosophy), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea,August 30, 2000. Thesis Title: Pulsŏng ŭi chungdo chŏk ŭimi: '"Pulsŏngnon'' ŭl chungsim ŭro" 佛性의 中道的 意味:『불성론』을 중심으로 [The Meaning of Buddha-nature as the Middle Way: Centered on the ''Foxing lun'']. Advisor: Jaeryong Shim.;
B.S., Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, February 26, 1996 +
Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
M.A. in Hindu Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
B.A. in Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970 +
Ph.D. in Religion, Temple University, (1989);
M.A. in Religion, Temple University, (1981);
B.A. in Philosophy and Religion), SUNY Stony Brook, (1979) +
Ph.D. University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies, 1998.
Dissertation: “Tradition and Innovation in the Consequence School: ''Svabhāva'' in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.” +
MA in South Asian Area Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
M. Litt. in Sanskrit Language and Literature, Kyoto University, Japan +
Doctorate in Tibetan Studies, received April 1991, with doctoral minors in Religious Studies and Social & Cultural Anthropology.
Master of Arts degree in Inner Asian Studies, received June 1986.
Graduate School, Department of Uralic & Altaic Studies (now renamed the Department of Central Eurasian Studies), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983 -1991.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, Department of Religious Studies, 1971-1976, Honors Division. +
*2010 PhD thesis submitted to: Institute of Philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany</br>
Title of thesis: »Dōgen’s Language Thinking: Systematic and Historical Perspectives from the Theory of Symbols.«
*2003 Magister studies of Philosophy and Japanology, Magister thesis submitted to: Institute of Philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany</br>
Title of thesis: »The Exteriority of Inner Life. The Concept of Death in the Philosophy of Nishida.«
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Ph.D., ongoing, Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Dissertation working title: Prospecting for Buddha in the Mine of Enlightenment: The Pedagogy of Experience in the Great Perfection Mind Series Traditions.
M.A. in Buddhist Philosophy and Himalayan Languages, 2008. Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Thesis: In the Presence of the Dharmakāya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King
(mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos).
B.A. in Religion and Philosophy, 1999. Long Island University, South Hampton, (Friends World Program). +