Assoc. Prof. Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha

By dolma

Published on October 28, 2023

Assoc. Prof. Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha (Vardhana)

Project Consultant

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha (Vardhana) obtained a BA and MA Sanskrit from RKM Vivekānanda College Chennai, India, and a PhD in Buddhist Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London). He is Khyentse Vision Project’s main Sanskrit consultant.

His main research interests are: Buddhist philosophy as expressed in Sanskrit, and especially Madhyamaka; the relationship between philosophy and vyākaraṇa; the relationship between Madhyamaka, Yogācāra, and non-Mahāyāna Abhidharma; Buddhist Sūtras in Sanskrit and Tibetan; Vāstuśāstra; Buddhist kāvya.

During his stay in India and Nepal, he had the opportunity to study with Prof. Rāṁśaṅkar Tripāṭhī and learned from several Tibetan Buddhist masters, especially Ayang Rinpoche, Lama Gelong Tsultrim Gyaltsen, Lama Rinchen Phuntsok, and others.

Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha has taught in Nepal (Rangjung Yeshe Institute), Thailand (Mahidol University), and, as visiting professor, Taiwan (Hua Fan University), Germany (Hamburg University, as a Numata Visiting Professor), and has offered occasionally lectures and reading sessions in UK (Oxford University), Malaysia (Than Hsiang, Brickfields Mahāvihāra, MyBA), Japan (Kyoto University), India (Ashoka University, Delhi University) and mainland China (especially, Wenli Academy).

Currently, Dharmavardhana-Jñānagarbha is the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Dean of Scriptural Studies, International Buddhist College, Thailand.