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Baoyun 寶雲 (376?–449) was from Liangzhou. He traveled to Central Asia, Khotan (Hotan), and India around 397. There he met Faxian and other Chinese pilgrims. In India he studied languages, then returned to Chang’an and became a follower of Buddhabhadra (359–429). Buddhabhadra was in Chang’an from 406–408. Baoyun then followed Buddhabhadra south to Mount Lu, and ultimately to Jiankang (Nanjing). His good friend Huiguan accompanied Baoyun throughout the entire journey. All three men stayed at Daochang Temple in Jiankang. Baoyun later moved to Liuheshan Temple, outside of Jiankang. It was at these two temples that he made his translations [of the ''Buddhacarita''], reading the Indian text and translating orally. In this way the ''Buddhacarita'' was rendered in 421 C.E. (Yongchu 2 of the Liu Song), at Liuheshan Temple. (Willemen, ''Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts'', translator's introduction, xiv–xv). In addition to the ''Buddhacarita'' Baoyun is recorded as having assisted in the translation of several sūtras, including the ''Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra'' and the ''Sāgaramatiparipṛcchāsūtra''. +
André Bareau (December 31, 1921- March 2, 1993) was a prominent French Buddhologist and a leader in the establishment of the field of Buddhist Studies in the 20th century. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1971 to 1991 and Director of the Study of Buddhist Philosophy at L'École Pratique des Hautes Études. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bareau Source Accessed Apr 8, 2022]) +
Nancy J. Barnes received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Sanskrit and Indian Studies, with specialization in Buddhism in India and China. She has taught at Wesleyan University, the Hartford Seminary Foundation, the Hartford College for Women, and in the Religion Department of Trinity College and the Art History Department of the University of Hartford. She has published in the fields of women in Buddhism, and Mahāyāna Buddhist thought and practice. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=dyQpNKH1oOYC&pg=PA430&lpg=PA430&dq=Nancy+J.+Barnes+received+her+Ph.D.+from+the+University+of+Toronto+in+Sanskrit+and+Indian+Studies,+with+specialization+in+Buddhism+in+India+and+China.&source=bl&ots=zwKFr5ovW9&sig=ACfU3U1-X8HBUyE0JdRsjqzJsBdZ_Rx3mQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAkpiQlvTuAhUTZc0KHVS-AtUQ6AEwAHoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=Nancy%20J.%20Barnes%20received%20her%20Ph.D.%20from%20the%20University%20of%20Toronto%20in%20Sanskrit%20and%20Indian%20Studies%2C%20with%20specialization%20in%20Buddhism%20in%20India%20and%20China.&f=false Adapted from Source Feb 18, 2021]) +
Lionel David Barnett CB FBA (21 October 1871 – 28 January 1960) was an English orientalist. The son of a Liverpool banker, Barnett was educated at Liverpool High School, Liverpool Institute, University College, Liverpool and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first class degree in classics and was three times a winner of a Browne medal. In 1899, he joined the British Museum as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts. In 1908 he became Keeper, remaining in the post until his retirement in 1936. He was also Professor of Sanskrit at University College, London from 1906 to 1917, founding Lecturer in Sanskrit at the School of Oriental Studies (1917–1948), Lecturer in Ancient Indian History and Epigraphy (1922–1948), and Librarian of the School (1940–1947). In 1948, at the age of 77, he rejoined the British Museum, which was desperately short of staff, as an Assistant Keeper, remaining there until his death. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Barnett Source Accessed Jan 19, 2021]) +
Michael Barnhart is a professor in the History-Philosophy and Political Science Department at Kingsborough Community College in New York. +
Nicholas Barr received his BA in comparative religion from Columbia University, where he studied Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. As a Princeton in Asia fellow, he worked in education and development in Laos before earning his MSW with a concentration in adult mental health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He then worked as a clinical social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health for two years before completing his PhD at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Before joining the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was a Cohen Veteran’s Network funded postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families.
Dr. Barr’s research focuses on enhancing understanding of risk and protective factors for populations with an elevated likelihood of traumatic experiences, like homeless young adults and military service members. His work includes intervention development and implementation leveraging principles of mindfulness to enhance resilience and improve mental and behavioral health outcomes in these populations. He holds certifications in a number of evidence based practices including Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. ([https://www.unlv.edu/people/nicholas-barr Source Accessed May 24, 2021]) +
Richard Barron is a Canadian-born translator who specializes in the writings of Longchenpa. He has served as an interpreter for many lamas from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, including his first teacher, Kalu Rinpoche. He completed a traditional three-year retreat at Kagyu Ling in France and later became a close disciple of the late Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. He was engaged in a long-term project to translate ''The Seven Treasuries'' of Longchenpa.
His other translations include ''Buddhahood Without Meditation'', ''The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul: A Gem of Many Colors'', and ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'' by Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. ''The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul'' was his first translation in the Tsadra Foundation Series published by Snow Lion Publications. +
Geoff Barstow first encountered Tibetan Buddhism in 1999, while on a study abroad trip in college. Since that time, the study of Tibetan religion, history, and culture has been the focus of his professional life. He has spent more than six years conducting research in Nepal, China, and Tibet. At present, that research focuses on the history of vegetarianism on the Tibetan plateau, asking questions about how animals were viewed, how they were treated (ie: eaten), and what that can tell us about Tibetan Buddhism more broadly. As a teacher, his courses emphasize various aspects of Buddhist religious thought, but also seek to explore how those ideas have been lived and experienced by actual Buddhists. ([https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/geoffrey-barstow Source Accessed Apr 27, 2021]) +
Meghan Barwick received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Thomas Jefferson University in 2020. She received her BA in Journalism with a minor in Studio Art from Lehigh University in 2015. She also participated in a program sponsored by the School for International Training (SIT) in 2014. While in this program, she lived with a host family in New Delhi, India, for over two months, studying Indian arts, Hindi, and Madhubani painting with an artist in the city. She attended lectures on music, painting, architecture, and the religion and politics of India. In addition she executed a research project on Shantideva, the eighth-century Buddhist scholar, entitled "Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: An Internal Pilgrimage to Universal Peace and Compassion." ([https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanbarwick/ Adapted from Source Jan 12, 2021]) +
Arthur Llewellyn Basham FAHA (24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a noted historian, Indologist and author of a number of books. As a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London in the 1950s and the 1960s, he taught a number of famous historians of India, including professors Ram Sharan Sharma, Romila Thapar, and V. S. Pathak and Thomas R. Trautmann and David Lorenzen. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Llewellyn_Basham Source Accessed Feb 5, 2025]) +
Candida Bastos is a translator of Buddhist works into Portuguese. She has translated a number of works by by Chagdud Tulku, including ''Portões da Prática Budista: Ensinamentos Essenciais de um Lama Tibetano'', ''O senhor da dança: a autobiografia de um lama tibetano'', ''Para Abrir o Coração: Treinamento para Paz'', ''Comentários sobre Tara Vermelha'', and ''Vida e morte no Budismo Tibetano''. She has also co-translated, with Manoel Vidal, ''O caminho do bodisatva'', a Portuguese translation of the revised edition of the English translation of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' made by the Padmakara Translation Group. She lives in São Paulo, Brazil. +
Stephen Batchelor is a contemporary Buddhist teacher and writer, best known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism. Stephen considers Buddhism to be a constantly evolving culture of awakening rather than a religious system based on immutable dogmas and beliefs. In particular, he regards the doctrines of karma and rebirth to be features of ancient Indian civilisation and not intrinsic to what the Buddha taught. Buddhism has survived for the past 2,500 years because of its capacity to reinvent itself in accord with the needs of the different Asian societies with which it has creatively interacted throughout its history. As Buddhism encounters modernity, it enters a vital new phase of its development. Through his writings, translations and teaching, Stephen engages in a critical exploration of Buddhism's role in the modern world, which has earned him both condemnation as a heretic and praise as a reformer. ([https://www.stephenbatchelor.org/index.php/en/stephen Source Accessed Jan 12, 2021]) +
Gwendolyn McKee Bays was a professor of French literature as well as a scholar of Buddhism and Eastern mysticism, writing and translating several books on the subject. She was the author of ''The Orphic Vision'' and translator of the book, ''The Voice of the Buddha'' from the original French. ([https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/gwendolyn-bays-obituary?pid=164933470 Source Accessed Aug 25, 2021]) +
Manu Bazzano is a psychotherapist/supervisor in private practice and an internationally recognized author, lecturer, and facilitator. He is an associate tutor at Cambridge University. Among his books: ''Buddha is Dead'' (2006); ''Spectre of the Stranger'' (2012); ''After Mindfulness'' (2014); ''Therapy and the Counter-tradition'' (2016); ''Zen and Therapy'' (2017); ''Re-visioning Person-centred Therapy'' (2018); ''Nietzsche and Psychotherapy'' (2019). He is a regular contributor to several academic journals and magazines. ([https://books.google.com/books/about/Re_Visioning_Existential_Therapy.html?id=i1aFzQEACAAJ&source=kp_author_description Source Accessed Jan 7, 2021]) +
A student of Dkon mchog 'byung gnas. He had a student named Seng+ge ba rgyal ba'i rdo rje. +
Tashi Özer received his name while still a child from the Seventh Karmapa along with some meditation instructions on the six syllable mantra. He later took novice ordination with the First Goshir Gyaltsab. However is early education occurred within the Geluk and Sakya traditions. He encountered the Seventh Karmapa again when he was a young man and received a wide range of instructions from him, which he was said to have thoroughly mastered and experienced numerous visions of buddhas while in extended retreat. He went on to become a prominent teacher of the Kagyu tradition, especially at Zurmang Monastery. His students included some of the most important Kagyu hierarchs of the day, including the Eighth Karmapa and the Third Goshir Gyaltsab. +
Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate directly from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus illuminating Indian history. [Beal] was born in Devonport, Devon, and went to Kingswood School and Devonport. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1847. He was the son of a Wesleyan minister, reverend William Beal; and brother of William Beal and Philip Beal who survived a shipwreck in Kenn Reef. From 1848 to 1850 he was headmaster of Bramham College, Yorkshire. He was ordained deacon in 1850, and priest in the following year. After serving as curate at Brooke in Norfolk and Sopley in Hampshire, he applied for the office of naval chaplain, and was appointed to H.M.S. ''Sybille'' (1847) during the China War of 1856–58. He was chaplain to the Marine Artillery and later to Pembroke and Devonport dockyards 1873–77. In 1857, he printed for private circulation a pamphlet showing that the Tycoon of Yedo (i.e. Tokugawa shōgun of Edo), with whom foreigners had made treaties, was not the real Emperor of Japan. In 1861 he married Martha Ann Paris, 1836–81. In September 1872 he was appointed to examine the Buddhist Chinese books in the India Office Library, London. Of the Chinese language books held by the library, Beale found 72 Buddhist compilations across 112 volumes. His research illustrated key philosophical differences between Indian and Chinese Buddhism. An example was the Chinese version of the Indian Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta. Beale's exegesis of the Chinese narrative revealed a key doctrinal divergence from the Indian version, and therefore between Northern and Southern Asian Buddhism, namely that Nirvana is not the cessation of Being but its perfection. He retired from the navy in 1877, when he was appointed Professor of Chinese at University College, London. He was Rector of Falstone, Northumberland 1877–80; Rector of Wark, Northumberland 1880–88; and of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, 1888–89. He was awarded DCL (Durham) in 1885 "in recognition of the value of his researches into Chinese Buddhism." Beale's reputation was established by his series of works which traced the travels of the Chinese Buddhists in India from the fifth to the seventh centuries AD, and by his books on Buddhism, which have become classics.
In 1874, Beale requested a Japanese copy of the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka, the sacred books of Chinese and Japanese Buddhists, from Japanese ambassador Iwakura Tomomi. The copy was deposited at the India Office Library in 1875. This was the first time that the work became available in the West. Beal finished cataloging the books in June 1876. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beal Source Accessed Aug 16, 2021])
Heinz Bechert (born June 26, 1932 in Munich , † June 14, 2005 in Göttingen) was a German Indologist and Buddhologist.
From 1965 to 2000, Bechert held the professorship in Indology at the University of Göttingen. In 1971, on his initiative, the former "Indological Seminar" was renamed "Seminar for Indology and Buddhist Studies."
Bechert's main research areas were Indology and Buddhism, with a focus on Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Nepal. In addition, he dealt with Buddhist Sanskrit tradition in Central Asia as well as the political and social significance of the Buddhist religious community up to the present day.
His language skills included Sanskrit, Middle Indian languages (Pali, several Prakrits), Tibetan, Sinhala and Burmese.
He published numerous scientific papers and works. Together with Ernst Waldschmidt, he was the editor of the ''Sanskrit dictionary of Buddhist texts from the Turfan finds''. ([https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Bechert Source Accessed Sep 9 2021]) +
Zack leads and coordinates translation teams and manages team processes, workloads, and schedules for the Khyentse Vision Project.
Zack became interested in Buddhist meditation as a teenager. He attended Stanford University, where he completed a BA in Religious Studies focusing on Buddhism, with a minor in creative writing. He then spent eleven years based in the Tibetan community of Boudhanath, Nepal. There, he first studied and earned an MA at Rangjung Yeshe Institute before eventually working at RYI for four years as a teacher and interpreter.
Under the umbrella of Dharmachakra Translation Committee, he has published a number of translations, including works on development-stage practice by Shechen Gyaltsab (in ''Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom'' and ''A Practice of Padmasambhava'', both published by Snow Lion) and several sūtras for 84000. In 2014, he began his PhD studies at the University of California at Berkeley, where he is currently completing a dissertation on the topic of secrecy in early Tibetan Buddhism.
Zack lives in California and spends his free time baking bread and watching birds. +
Cecil Bendall (1 July 1856 – 14 March 1906) was an English scholar, a professor of Sanskrit at University College London from 1895 to 1902 and later at the University of Cambridge from 1903 until his death.
Bendall was educated at the City of London School and at the University of Cambridge, achieving first-class honours in the Classical Tripos in 1879 and the Indian Languages Tripos in 1881. He was elected to a fellowship at Gonville and Caius College.
From 1882 to 1893 he worked at the British Museum in the department of Oriental Manuscripts (now part of the British Library).
In 1894–1895 he was in Nepal and Northern India collecting oriental manuscripts for the British Museum. During the winter 1898–1899 he returned to Nepal and together with pandit Hara Prasad Shastri and his assistant pandit Binodavihari Bhattacharya from the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, the team registered and collected information from palm-leaf manuscripts in the Durbar Library belonging to Rana Prime Minister Bir Shumsher J. B. Rana, and here he found the famous historical document Gopal Raj Vamshavali, describing Nepal's history from around 1000 to 1600. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Bendall Adapted from Source Mar 18, 2021]) +
