Buddhist Studies

Brian Baumann

	Research Interests: Mongolian Buddhist astral science and analyses in terms of the art and science to the making of an almanac and the function almanacs serve in Mongolian Buddhist tradition. Currently he is working on a book project concerning a Mongolian verse treatise on salvation in Sa skya pa tradition.
	Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

Osmund Bopearachchi

	Research Interests: Buddhist thought and culture, the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan.
	Status: Faculty

David Germano

	Research Interests: Buddhist thought and culture, the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan.
	Status: Faculty

Seishi Karashima

	Research Interests: Buddhist thought and culture, the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan.
	Status: Faculty

Nancy Lin

	Research Interests: Buddhist thought and culture, the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan.
	Status: Faculty

Sanjyot Mehendale

Jan Nattier

	Research Interests: Buddhist thought and culture, the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan.
	Status: Faculty