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1. MATHEW AKESTER
Matthew Akester is a free lance researcher who has travelled
widely in Tibet and has written several articles on
Himalayan Buddhism.
2. Michael D. Smith
Michael D. Smith, a Religious Studies graduate of Rice
University (Houston, Texas) is a Nepal Fulbright scholar
from the USA. He currently lives in Kathmandu studying
Tibetan Buddhism and language.
3. SHOSHIN ICHISHIMA
Shoshin Ichishima is professor at the Department of History
and Literature, Taisho University, Tokyo.
4. CHRISTIAN THOMAS KOHL
Christian Thomas Kohl is an independent researcher from
Germany and has made great contributions to the East-West
dialogue about Buddhist Philosophy and the Sciences.
5. VEN. LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE
Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a native of Khumbu District, Nepal,
is the founder of Kopan Monastery and the Foundation for the
Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). He is the
spiritual head of FPMT centers and has taught many students
all over the world.
6. D. AMARASIRI WEERATNE
Dr. Amarasiri Weeraratne is a Sinhalese writer and has
written many articles on women’s issues from a Buddhist
perspective.
7. SUNITI K. PATHAK
Suniti K. Pathak is a research professor at the Asiatic
Society (Calcutta) and is a renowned scholar in Buddhist and
Tibetan studies in India. He is the author of numerous
publications, including a Tibetan translation of selected
poems of Rabindranath Tagore (sNyan ngag bsdus pa, 1961),
and The Nītiśāstras in Tibet, 1974.
8. SUDAN SHAKYA
Sudan Shakya is a Nepalese research scholar who recently
graduated and received his Ph.D from Tohoku University,
Sendai Japan.
9. VEN. CHIPAMONG CHOWDHURY
Ven. Chipamong Chowdhury is a Buddhist monk from Dhaka,
Bangladesh who graduated in Yangon, Burma and recieved his
MA degree in Sri Lanka.
10. MIN BAHADUR SHAKYA
Min Bahadur Shakya is the director of the Nagarjuna
Institute of Exact Methods. His major work Princess Bhrikuti
Devi, compiled from Tibetan sources. He is presently in
charge of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon project
sponsored by the University of the West, Los Angeles,
California, USA.
11. VEN. BU B. SIRI SIVALI THERO
The Venerable Bu B. Siri Sivali Thero, a Buddhist monk, is a
professor of Buddhist Culture and the Dean of the Buddhist
Faculty, Vidyalankara University, Sri Lanka.
12. SHOHEI ICHIMURA
Prof. Shohei Ichimura recieved his MA from Harvard
University and his Ph.D degree from the University of
Chicago. He is currently the director of the North American
Institute of Zen and Buddhist Studies, USA.
13. IAIN SINCLAIR
Iain Sinclair is an independent scholar who graduated from
the University of Sydney, Australia, specializing in
Buddhist Iconography and Newar Buddhism.
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