Ph.D. in Religion, Temple University, (1989);
M.A. in Religion, Temple University, (1981);
B.A. in Philosophy and Religion), SUNY Stony Brook, (1979) +
Ph.D. University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies, 1998.
Dissertation: “Tradition and Innovation in the Consequence School: ''Svabhāva'' in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.” +
MA in South Asian Area Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
M. Litt. in Sanskrit Language and Literature, Kyoto University, Japan +
Doctorate in Tibetan Studies, received April 1991, with doctoral minors in Religious Studies and Social & Cultural Anthropology.
Master of Arts degree in Inner Asian Studies, received June 1986.
Graduate School, Department of Uralic & Altaic Studies (now renamed the Department of Central Eurasian Studies), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983 -1991.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, Department of Religious Studies, 1971-1976, Honors Division. +
Ph.D. in Chinese literature, University of California, Berkeley (1949). Dissertation: "The Doctrine of Non-Duality in the ''Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra''."
B.A. Princeton University +
*2010 PhD thesis submitted to: Institute of Philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany</br>
Title of thesis: »Dōgen’s Language Thinking: Systematic and Historical Perspectives from the Theory of Symbols.«
*2003 Magister studies of Philosophy and Japanology, Magister thesis submitted to: Institute of Philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany</br>
Title of thesis: »The Exteriority of Inner Life. The Concept of Death in the Philosophy of Nishida.«
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Ph.D., ongoing, Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Dissertation working title: Prospecting for Buddha in the Mine of Enlightenment: The Pedagogy of Experience in the Great Perfection Mind Series Traditions.
M.A. in Buddhist Philosophy and Himalayan Languages, 2008. Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies (Rangjung Yeshe Institute). Thesis: In the Presence of the Dharmakāya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King
(mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos).
B.A. in Religion and Philosophy, 1999. Long Island University, South Hampton, (Friends World Program). +
Doctorate of Philosophy (German/Austrian Literature) at the University of Oxford, 1988; First Class Honours B.A. in German/French Language and Literature from the University of London; University; Freiburg University; Vienna University +