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Jacob P. Dalton
American professor of religion and Tibetan studies
Jacob P. Dalton is an American professor of religion and Tibetan studies at the University of California at Berkeley,[1] where he is the first holder of a chair endowed by the Khyentse Foundation. He had previously worked as a professor at Yale University and a researcher at the British Library.
Dalton's research focuses on Tantra in Tibet during the 11th century as it can be studied using the cache of documents found at Dunhuang. He has also done pioneering work on Tibetan paleography.
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- The Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
- Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
- Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library. Co-authored with Sam van Schaik. Leiden: Brill, 2006.
Articles
[edit]- “The Questions and Answers of Vajrasattva.” In: David G. White, ed., Yoga in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, pp. 185–203.
- “Mahayoga Ritual Interests at Dunhuang: A Translation and Study of the Codex IOL Tib J 437/Pelliot tibétain 324.” In: Y
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Jake Dalton
American gymnast
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Early authentic and education
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Jacob Dalton
Jacob Dalton works on tantric ritual, Nyingma religious history, and the Dunhuang manuscripts. He is co-author of Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library (Brill, 2006) and author of The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism (Yale University Press, 2011), Through the Eyes of the Compendium of Intentions: The History of a Tibetan Ritual Tradition(Columbia University Press, 2016), and Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 2023). He is currently working on two books: an introduction to tantric Budddhism and an interpretive study of Tibet's early Great Perfection Heart Essence tradition.
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Recent Publications
Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism. Columbia University Press, 2023.