Georges B.J. Dreyfus (born 1950 in Switzerland) is an academic in the fields of Tibetology and Buddhology, with a particular interest in Indian Buddhist philosophy.[2] In 1985 he was the first Westerner to receive the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest available within the Tibetan scholastic tradition.

Georges Dreyfus
Personal
Born1950 (age 73–74)
ReligionBuddhism
OccupationProfessor of Religion
Senior posting
Based inWilliams College

He currently is Jackson Professor of Religion at Williams College, Massachusetts.

Selected bibliography

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Books:

  • Dreyfus, Georges B.J. (2003) The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-23260-0
  • Dreyfus, Georges B.J (1997) Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and its Tibetan Interpretations. State University of New York Press, Albany. ISBN 0-7914-3098-7

Articles:

• “Self and Subjectivity: a Middle Way Approach” in Self vs. No-Self (Oxford University Press, 2010)

• “Can a Madhyamika be a Skeptic?” in Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy (Oxford, 2010)

• “Should We Be Afraid? The Return of the Sacred and the Rise of Religious Nationalism.” (2010)

• “Philosophical Issues, Asian Perspectives: Indian Theories of the Mind” in Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness, 2007

• “Emotional Pathologies and their Remedies: An Abhidharmic View,” in The Dalai Lama at MIT, 2007

References

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  1. ^ "Buddhism and Science: Tibetan and Zen Buddhist Perspectives | Harvard Divinity School". Hds.harvard.edu. 2007-04-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  2. ^ "The Department of Religion » Dreyfus". Religion.williams.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
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