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Asian and Comparative Studies


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Steven D. Goodman, Ph.D., Far Eastern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1984; Program Co-Director • Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, comparative philosophy, classical Tibetan language, Mahayana Buddhism, poetics.

Jim Ryan, Ph.D., South Asian Literature, UC Berkeley, 1985; Program Co-Director • Research in Sanskrit, Hindi and Tamil, Hindu Tantrism, Jainism.

Rina Sircar, Ph.D., Indian Philosophy, Gujurat University, 1974; Ph.D., Buddhist Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1976; Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of South Asian and Comparative Philosophy • Buddhism, mindfulness, healing in the Theravada forest tradition, Pali language.

Yi Wu, Ph.D., University of Chinese Culture, 1970 • Chinese philosophy, religion, and literature, Chinese language.

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