Michael D. Schuman

Michael D. Schuman

Michael is currently teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and is also the Cataloguing and Bibliographic Assistant at UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center. Michael’s area of research pertains to textual communities in Tibet during the 11th to 14th centuries, specifically the figures, doctrine(s), and historical issues surrounding the formation of the Kadam (Bka’ gdams) sect. (Source Accessed Jan 6, 2016)

Kadam - The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (phyi dar) in the tenth century. Tib བཀའ་གདམས་  

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