{"id":2174,"date":"2024-03-01T20:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=2174"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:34:07","slug":"theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">&#8220;What we study and how we study it are inextricably tied to questions of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">theory and method, which may not always be obvious. The goal of this class <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">is to encourage students to do so consciously, to learn how to think about <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and articulate their own assumptions and the assumptions of the broader <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">community of scholars who engage Buddhist traditions within the contexts of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">modernity and postmodernity.&#8221; &#8212; Patrick Lambelet, PHL450 Syllabus, Spring 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><hr>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Sections<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"#religious\">Religious Studies<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"#buddhist\">Buddhist Studies&nbsp;<\/a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"#theology\">Theology<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"#modernism\">Modernism<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"#media\">Media<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"religious\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Religious Studies<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li>Cabez\u00f3n, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio, and Sheila Greeve Davaney, eds. 2004. <em>Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion.<\/em> Routledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8326111\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Olson, Carl. 2003. <em>Theory and Method in the Study of Religion: A Selection of Critical Readings.<\/em> Wadsworth Cengage Learning. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8345474\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"buddhist\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3>Buddhist Studies<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><ul>\n<li>Blumenthal, James A. &#8220;Target Audiences, Translator Training, and the Presumptions and Consequences of Style:&nbsp; Some Considerations for the Role of a Buddhist University.&#8221; (Unpublished paper).<\/li>\n<li>Doboom Tulku, ed. 1995. <em>Buddhist Translation: Problems and Perspectives<\/em>. Manohar. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8318941\">JABL<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/1234%20%20567buddhisttranslationsproblemsandperspectivesdoboomtulku_202002\/mode\/1up?view=theater\">archive.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Lopez, Donald S, Jr. 1995. <em>Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism Under Colonialism<\/em>. University of Chicago Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8313565\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lopez, Donald S., Jr. 2005. <em>Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism<\/em>. University Of Chicago Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8313823\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lopez, Donald S., Jr. 2018. <em>Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West<\/em>. University Of Chicago Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8333023\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Queen, Christopher S, Charles S. Prebish, and Damien Keown, eds. 2016. <em>Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism<\/em>. Routledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8315629\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Schopen, Gregory. 1997. <em>Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India.<\/em> University of Hawaii Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8319445\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"theology\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><h3>Theology<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><ul>\n<li>Moschella, Mary Clark, and Susan Willhauck. 2018. <em>Qualitative Research in Theological Education: Pedagogy in Practice<\/em>. SCM Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/12575828\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jackson, Roger R., and John J. Makransky. 2000. <em>Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars<\/em>. Routledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8314669\/show\">JABL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"modernism\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><h3>Modernism<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><ul>\n<li>Childs, Geoff H. 2004. <em>Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal<\/em>. University of California Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8322229\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dge-\u2018dun-blo-gros, Dge-bshes. 1992. <em>Walking through Walls: A Presentation of Tibetan Meditation<\/em>. Snow Lion <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8326099\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gleig, Ann. 2019. <em>American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity<\/em>. Yale University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13356115\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hackett, Paul, ed. 2017. <em>The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture<\/em>. Lexington Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145758\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>McMahan, David L. 2008. <em>The Making of Buddhist Modernism<\/em>. Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8329951\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Samuels, Jeffrey, Justin McDaniel, and Mark Rowe, eds. <em>Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia<\/em>. University of Hawai\u02bbi Press, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/992540372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorldCat<\/a> (on order JABL)<\/li>\n<li>Tonkinson, Carole. 1995. <em>Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation<\/em>. Riverhead Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8319913\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tsering Dondrup. 2019. <em>The Handsome Monk and Other Stories<\/em>. Columbia University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13658773\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"media\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><h3>Media<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><ul>\n<li><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">Garfield, Jay L. 2008. \u201cTurning a Madhyamaka Trick: Reply to Huntington.\u201d <em>Journal of Indian Philosophy.<\/em> 36 (4): 507\u2013527. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2833575\/Turning_a_Madhyamaka_Trick_Reply_to_Huntington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academia.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">Huntington, C. W. 2007. \u201cThe nature of the Ma\u0304dhyamika trick.\u201d <em>Journal of Indian Philosophy.<\/em> 35 (2): 103\u2013131. <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/54e7ce4ce4b0ffad52ac6d90\/t\/5fcfb4ab5c8977691e48a1bb\/1607447723692\/Huntington%2C+Madhyamika+Trick.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Madhyamaka &amp; Methodology: A Symposium on Buddhist Theory and Method (April 23\u201325, 2010 at Smith College)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLPeMhGupBRES8oZM00LgFsSr3oRcPQiud\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Subject Guides<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/action-research-project\/\">Action Research Project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/bodhisattva-ethics\/\">Bodhisattva Ethics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/buddha-nature\/\">Buddha Nature<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/buddhist-psychology\/\">Buddhist Psychology<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/calm-abiding\/\">Calm Abiding<\/a> &nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/chittamatra\/\">Chittamatra<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/classical-tibetan-texts-and-translation\/\">Classical Tibetan, Texts, Translation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/death-and-dying\/\">Death and Dying<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/ganden-kagyu-mahamudra\/\">Ganden-Kagyu Mahamudra<\/a> &nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/history-of-buddhism-in-india-and-tibet\/\">History of Buddhism in India and Tibet&nbsp;<\/a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/kangyur-and-tengyur\/\">Kangyur and Tengyur<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/lamrim\/\">Lamrim<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/lojong\/\">Lojong<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/madhyamaka\/\">Madhyamaka<\/a> &nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/six-session-guru-yoga-and-highest-yoga-tantra-empowerment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Six-Session Guru Yoga<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/songs-of-realization\/\">Songs of Realization<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/tantra-in-tibet\/\">Tantra in Tibet<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/\">Theories and Methods in Buddhist Studies<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/tibetan-medicine\/\">Tibetan Medicine<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":950,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies - Maitripa College Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maitripa College Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-01T22:34:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"35 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies - Maitripa College Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-01T20:54:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-01T22:34:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Subject Guides\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maitripa.org\\\/library\\\/subject-guides\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"\\\/\",\"name\":\"Maitripa College Library\",\"description\":\"James A. BLumenthal Library : Maitripa College Research Library for Tibetan Buddhism\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies - Maitripa College Library","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies","og_url":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/","og_site_name":"Maitripa College Library","article_modified_time":"2024-03-01T22:34:07+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"35 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/","url":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/","name":"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies - Maitripa College Library","isPartOf":{"@id":"\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-03-01T20:54:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-01T22:34:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/theories-and-methods-of-buddhist-studies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Subject Guides","item":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Theories and Methods of Buddhist Studies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"\/#website","url":"\/","name":"Maitripa College Library","description":"James A. BLumenthal Library : Maitripa College Research Library for Tibetan Buddhism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2351,"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2174\/revisions\/2351"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}