Lopon - Chagri Monastery in Bhutan, then south India to Sera Monastery then ten years at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute.
M.St and D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford +
MA in Tibetan Studies, University of Hamburg (with minors in Classical Indology and Ethnology)
PhD from the University of the West of England (taught at Bath Spa University) +
Ph.D., The Australian National University (1985). Dissertation: "A Study of the ''Buddhapālita-mūlamadhyamakavŗtti''.";
M.A., University of Tokyo (1979). Thesis: "Śūnyatā and Satyadvaya Theory of Nāgārjuna" (In Japanese). +
BA in Natural Science (physics), Oxford (1967)
PhD in Social Anthropology, Cambridge (1975).
Dissertation: "The Crystal Rosary: Insight and Method in an Anthropological Study of Tibetan Religion."
Downloadable from http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/236973 +
2000 Ph.D. Tibetan and South Asian Religions<br>
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies<br>
[[Harvard University]], Cambridge MA<br>
[[Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp]]<br>
1995 M.A. Asian Languages and Literatures<br>
[[University of Washington]], Seattle, WA<br>
Advisor: [[Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp]]<br>
BA, The Evergreen State College. Area of Emphasis: Buddhist Studies
1988 B.A. Religious Studies<br>
Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR<br> +
PhD (2003): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Postdoctoral Research: University of Bristol, UK
MA (with Two Gold Medals): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
BTh (Summa cum Laude): Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy
BA: Vikram University, Ujjain, India +