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Radiant Play of the Unborn - Shechen Gyaltsap IV's Illuminating Jewel Mirror and the Mandala of Appearances

Goetz, Laura. "Radiant Play of the Unborn: Shechen Gyaltsap IV's Illuminating Jewel Mirror and the Maṇḍala of Appearances." MA Theses, Naropa University, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Radical nondualism in the Works of 'Ju Mi pham rNam rgyal rGya mtsho (1846-1912)- the Interplay of Knowledge and Liberation in a Tibetan Philosophical Discourse on yuganaddha

Forgues, Gregory. Radical nondualism in the Works of 'Ju Mi pham rNam rgyal rGya mtsho (1846-1912)- the Interplay of Knowledge and Liberation in a Tibetan Philosophical Discourse on yuganaddha. PhD Diss, University of Vienna, 2016.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Rasayana Siddhi: Medicine and Alchemy in the Buddhist Tantras

Fenner, Edward Todd. Rasayana Siddhi: Medicine and Alchemy in the Buddhist Tantras. PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Ratnakirti's Apohasiddhi - A Critical Edition, Annotated Translation, and Study

McAllister, Patrick. "Ratnakīrti's Apohasiddhi: A Critical Edition, Annotated Translation, and Study". PhD diss., University of Vienna, 2011.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Recognizing Purity: Space, Non-change, Luminosity, and Effort in Longchen Rabjam's Presentation of the Great Completeness (rdzogs chen)

Kelley, Justin J. "Recognizing Purity: Space, Non-change, Luminosity, and Effort in Longchen Rabjam’s Presentation of the Great Completeness (rdzogs chen)." PhD diss., Rice University, 2022.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Reconciliation and Legitimization - The Fifth Karmapa Deshin Shegpa's Trip to Ming China

Qujie, Suolang. "Reconciliation and Legitimization: The Fifth Karmapa Deshin Shegpa's Trip to Ming China". Master's thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Red Tara - Lineages of Literature and Practice

Stevens, Rachael. "Red Tārā: Lineages of Literature and Practice". PhD diss., Oxford University, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Redeeming the Particular: Maximos the Confessor's Critique of Origenism and the Tibetan Debates on Practice

Cattoi, Thomas. Redeeming the Particular: Maximos the Confessor's Critique of Origenism and the Tibetan Debates on Practice. PhD diss., Boston College, 2006.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Reflexion pure, Verite, Violence. Pour une pensee de la conditionnalite. Lecture croisee de Sartre et d'un texte tibetain

Filipucci, Alexis. "Réflexion pure, Vérité, Violence. Pour une pensée de la conditionnalité. Lecture croisée de Sartre et d'un texte tibétain". PhD diss., University of Liège, 2012.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Refugees From Two Homelands: Race, Nation, Ethical Selfhood, and the Education of Tibetan Youth in Exile

Stevens, Tracy Ann. Refugees From Two Homelands: Race, Nation, Ethical Selfhood, and the Education of Tibetan Youth in Exile. PhD diss., University of Utah, 2006.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Refuting the Conditioned - The Samskrtarthapratisedha of Candrakirti's Catuhsatakatika

Johnson, Dennis. "Refuting the Conditioned - The Saṃskṛtārthapratiṣedha of Candrakīrti's Catuḥśatakaṭīkā". MA Thesis, University of Vienna, 2012.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Relativism and Madhyamaka - Candrakirti on Mutual Dependence and the Basis of Convention

Walsh, Elena Inez. "Relativism and Madhyamaka: Candrakīrti on Mutual Dependence and the Basis of Convention ". Master's thesis, University of Melbourne, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism

Bernstein, Anya. Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism. PhD diss., New York University, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Reproducing the Sacred Places - The Eight Great Events of the Buddha's Life and their Commemorative Stupas in the Medieval Art of Tibet (10th-13th Century)

Pakhoutova, Elena. "Reproducing the Sacred Places: the Eight Great Events of the Buddha's Life and their Commemorative Stūpas in the Medieval Art of Tibet (10th-13th century)". PhD diss., University of Viginia, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Revelations of a Modern Mystic - The Life and Legacy of Kun bzang bde chen gling pa 1928-2006

Hall, Amelia. "Revelations of a Modern Mystic: The Life and Legacy of Kun bzang bde chen gling pa 1928-2006". PhD diss., Oxford University, 2012.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Revival of Indigenous Practices and Identity in 21st Century Inner Asia

Rubin, Amalia. "Revival of Indigenous Practices and Identity in 21st Century Inner Asia." Master's thesis, University of Washington, 2015.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Riding a Wild Horse: The Role of Metaphor in Tibetan Medicine

Reighter, Cheryl Anne. Riding a Wild Horse: The Role of Metaphor in Tibetan Medicine. PhD diss., University of Colorado, 2000.
Dissertations · MA Thesis

Rong-ston on Buddha-Nature: A Commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Ratnagotravibhāga

Bernert, Christian. "Rong-ston on Buddha-Nature: A Commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Ratnagotravibhāga". MA thesis, University of Vienna, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Sacred Illusion: On Purity and Creation in Je Tsongkhapa's Philosophy of Tantra (Natanya 2017)

Natanya, Eva. "Sacred Illusion: On Purity and Creation in Je Tsongkhapa's Philosophy of Tantra." PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18130/V3ZW5V
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Sacred Literature into Liturgy: Jingyuan (1011–1088) and the Development of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy in Song China

Sure, Heng. "Sacred Literature into Liturgy: Jingyuan (1011–1088) and the Development of the Avataṁsaka Liturgy in Song China." PhD diss., Graduate Theological Union, 2003.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Samrajyalaksmipithika - An Imperial Tantric Manual from Vijayanagara

Dinnell, Darry. "Sāmrājyalaksmīpīthikā: An Imperial Tantric Manual from Vijayanagara". Master's thesis, McGill University, 2012.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Samādhi and Patient Acceptance: Four Chapters of the Samādhirāja-sūtra Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan

Rockwell, John, Jr. "Samādhi and Patient Acceptance: Four Chapters of the Samādhirāja-sūtra Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan." M.A. thesis, The Naropa Institute, 1980.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Samādhirāja Sūtra: An English Translation of Chapters I-XX of the Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes

Dokic, Aleksa. "Samādhirāja Sūtra: An English Translation of Chapters I-XX of the Sanskrit Text with Critical Notes." PhD diss., University of Delhi, 2001.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet

Verhagen, Pieter C. "Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet." PhD diss. University of Leiden, 1991.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Santideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra

Nyanawara, U. "Santideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra." MA thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2004.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Saraha's Adamantine Songs: Texts, Contexts, Translations and Traditions of the Great Seal

Braitstein, Lara E. Saraha's Adamantine Songs: Texts, Contexts, Translations and Traditions of the Great Seal. PhD diss., McGill University, 2004.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Sartre and Nishitani: Toward Developing a Socially Engaged Zen Ethics

Park, Peter. Sartre and Nishitani: Toward Developing a Socially Engaged Zen Ethics. PhD diss., American University, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Secrets of the Vajra Body - Dngos po'i gnas lugs and the Apotheosis of the Body in the Work of Rgyal ba Yang dgon pa

Miller, Willa Blythe. "Secrets of the Vajra Body: Dngos po'i gnas lugs and the Apotheosis of the Body in the Work of Rgyal ba Yang dgon pa". PhD diss., Harvard University, 2013.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Seeing Beyond the State? - The Negotiation of Noral Boundaries in the Revival and Development of Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism in Contemporary China

Caple, Jane. "Seeing Beyond the State?: The Negotiation of Noral Boundaries in the Revival and Development of Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism in Contemporary China". PhD diss., University of Leeds, 2011.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selected Buddhist Educational Texts of Tibet: Translation and Explication

Glass, Joel Howard. Selected Buddhist Educational Texts of Tibet: Translation and Explication. PhD diss., University of Kentucky, 1978.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selected Chapters from the Abhidhānottara-Tantra: The Union of Female and Male Deities

Kalff, Martin Michael. Selected Chapters from the Abhidhānottara-Tantra: The Union of Female and Male Deities. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1979.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selected Chapters from the Catuspithatantra

Szántó, Péter-Dániel. "Selected Chapters from the Catuṣpīṭhatantra". PhD diss., Oxford University, 2013.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selected Verses from the Gaṇdavyūha: Text, Critical Apparatus and Translation

Gómez, Luis Oscar. "Selected Verses from the Gaṇdavyūha: Text, Critical Apparatus and Translation." PhD diss., Yale University, 1968.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selections from the Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Polymath: Chankya Rolpai Dorje (Lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje), 1717-1786

Illich, Marina. Selections from the Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Polymath: Chankya Rolpai Dorje (Lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje), 1717-1786. PhD diss., Columbia University, 2006.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Selfhood and the Metaphysics of Altruism

Maroufkhani, Kevin Perry. "Selfhood and the Metaphysics of Altruism." PhD diss., University of Hawai'i, Manoa, 2017.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Shelled: Evocations of a Ghostly Ethics

Burgos, Adam. Shelled: Evocations of a Ghostly Ethics. PhD diss., American University, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Shingon-Mysticism: Śubhākarasiṁha and I-Hsing's Commentary to the Mahāvairocana-Sūtra, Chapter One

Müller, Wilhelm Kuno. Shingon-Mysticism: Śubhākarasiṁha and I-Hsing's Commentary to the Mahāvairocana-Sūtra, Chapter One. PhD diss., University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Situated Knowledge in Classical Tibetan Medicine: Psychiatric Aspects

Jacobson, Eric Emil. Situated Knowledge in Classical Tibetan Medicine: Psychiatric Aspects. PhD diss., Harvard University, 2000.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhist Systems of Transformation: Āśraya-parivṛtti/-parāvṛtti Among the Yogācāra

Davidson, Ronald Mark. Buddhist Systems of Transformation: Āśraya-parivṛtti/-parāvṛtti Among the Yogācāra. PhD diss., University of California at Berkeley, 1985.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Song, Dance, and Instrumental Music in Buddhist Canon Law

Liu, Cuilan. "Song, Dance, and Instrumental Music in Buddhist Canon Law". PhD diss., Harvard University, 2014.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Songs of a Wandering Yogi - mgur as a Distinctly Tibetan Genre in the Verse of Godrakpa

Divall, Jennifer. "Songs of a Wandering Yogi: mgur as a Distinctly Tibetan Genre in the Verse of Godrakpa." Master's Thesis, McGill University, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Spacious Minds, Empty Selves - Coping and Resilience in the Tibetan Exile Community

Lewis, Sara E. "Spacious Minds, Empty Selves: Coping and Resilience in the Tibetan Exile Community". PhD diss., Columbia University, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Sthiramati's Interpretation of Buddhology and Soteriology

Nguyen, Cuong Tu. "Sthiramati's Interpretation of Buddhology and Soteriology." PhD diss., Harvard University, 1990.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Storia dell'Interesse Italiano per l'Arte Himalayana dal Dopoguerra a Oggi

Rovatti, Ilaria. Storia dell’interesse italiano per l’arte himalayana dal dopoguerra a oggi. M. A. thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 2008.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Stotra, Psychological Conditioning, and the Bodhicaryāvatāra: Together with a Translation of the Bodhicittānuśaṃsapariccheda

Thomas, Paul. "Stotra, Psychological Conditioning, and the Bodhicaryāvatāra: Together with a Translation of the Bodhicittānuśaṃsapariccheda." MA thesis, Center for Buddhist Studies, Kathmandu University, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Study of the Tathāgatagarbha as True Self and the True Selves of the Brahmanic, Sāṅkhya and Jaina Traditions

Khosla, Usha. "Study of the Tathāgatagarbha as True Self and the True Selves of the Brahmanic, Sāṅkhya and Jaina Traditions." PhD diss., University of Toronto, 2015. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/77747/3/Khosla_Usha_201506_PhD_thesis.pdf
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Substance and Sense - Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master sog bzlog pa blo gros rgyal mtshan

Gentry, James. "Substance and Sense: Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master sog bzlog pa blo gros rgyal mtshan." PhD diss., Harvard Unversity, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Subversive Sainthood and Tantric Fundamentalism: An Historical Study of Tibet's Holy Madmen

DiValerio, David. Subversive Sainthood and Tantric Fundamentalism: An Historical Study of Tibet's Holy Madmen. PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2011.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Synthesizing a Liturgical Heritage: Abhayākaragupta's Vajrāvalī and the Kālacakramaṇḍala

Lee, Yong-Hyun. Synthesizing a Liturgical Heritage: Abhayākaragupta's Vajrāvalī and the Kālacakramaṇḍala. PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Taboo and Orthodoxy: Making Tantra Respectable in 11th Century Kashmir

Biernacki, Loriliai. Taboo and Orthodoxy: Making Tantra Respectable in 11th Century Kashmir. PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
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