Ph.D., Indian Ancient Languages and Literature
2005−2009 Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Peking University, Beijing, China
M.A., Indian Ancient Language and Literature
2002−2005
Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Peking University, Beijing, China
B.A., Traditional Chinese Painting 1998−2002
Central academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China +
PhD in Anthropology (sociocultural), University of California, Davis, (1996)
MA in Anthropology (sociocultural), California State University Hayward, (2000) +
*2000 Ph.D. University of Hamburg in Indology; Dissertation: "The Tathagatagarbhasutra: A Text-critical and Philosophical Analysis with an Annotated Translation from the Tibetan Canonical Version" (passed with summa cum laude)
*1996 M.A. University of Hamburg in Indology, Tibetology, Japanology; Thesis: "The Nine Illustrations of the Buddha-Nature in the Tathagatagarbhasutra"
*1988 Business Manager Diploma: Joint Project between the Robert Bosch Corp. and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Stuttgart - Nürnberg, Germany) ([http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/index.php?id=23&L=1%27%20and%20char%28124%29%2Buser%2Bchar%28124%29%3D0%20and%20%27%27%3D%27 Source: UHamburg])
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Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
M.A. in Hindu Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
B.A. in Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970 +