Rina Sircar
Rina Sircar earned a doctoral degree (1974) in Indian Philosophy from Gujarat University in India and a second Ph.D. in South Asian Studies from the California Institute of Asian Studies (1976). She also received degrees in Law, Oriental Philosophy, and the Abhidhamma and Sutta Pitakas from Rangoon University in Burma.
In addition to more than 30 years of teaching experience and several publications, Rina is co-founder and resident meditation teacher of Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Monastery and its San Francisco center, conducts retreats on mindfulness, insight, healing and death and dying in the Theravada forest tradition. She was selected for the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of South Asian and Comparative Philosophy (1988-92). In 1981, she received the honorary title of Vidasanachariya from Calcutta and, in 1982, Dhammaratna from Bangladesh. She holds the World Peace Buddhist chair in the philosophy and religion department.
Program Co-Chair
Program Co-Chair
Rina Sircar, PhD
