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Dissertations · PhD diss.

Between Patron and Priest - Amdo Tibet under Qing Rule

Oidtmann, Gordon. "Between Patron and Priest: Amdo Tibet under Qing Rule". PhD diss., Harvard University, 2013.
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Bhāvaviveka's Prajñāpradīpa

Ames, William L. . "Bhāvaviveka's Prajñāpradīpa: Six Chapters." PhD diss., University of Washington, 1986.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva: A Study of the Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva

Matics, Marion L. "Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva: A Study of the Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva." PhD diss., Columbia University, 1960.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Bringing Light into the Darkness - An Intellectual History of Tibet's Dark Age (842-978 CE)

Lopez, Manuel. "Bringing Light into the Darkness: An Intellectual History of Tibet's Dark Age (842-978 CE)". PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

British, Chinese, and Tibetan representations of the Mission to Tibet of 1904

Myatt, Timothy Lloyd. "British, Chinese, and Tibetan representations of the Mission to Tibet of 1904". PhD diss., University of Oxford, 2011.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-pham

Duckworth, Douglas S. "Buddha-Nature and a Dialectic of Presence and Absence in the Works of Mi-Pham (mi pham rgya mtsho)." PhD Diss, University of Virginia, 2005.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddha-Nature: Through the Eyes of Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge in Fifteenth-Century Tibet

Jorden, Khenpo Ngawang. "Buddha-Nature: Through the Eyes of Go rams pa Bsod nams seng ge in Fifteenth-Century Tibet." PhD diss., Harvard University, 2003.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhas in the Making - Path, Perfectibility, and Gnosis in the Abhisamayalamkara Literature

Harter, Pierre-Julien. "Buddhas in the Making: Path, Perfectibility, and Gnosis in the Abhisamayalamkara Literature." PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2015.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhism Observed: Western Travelers, Tibetan Exiles, and the Culture of Dharma in Kathmandu

Moran, Peter Kevin. Buddhism Observed: Western Travelers, Tibetan Exiles, and the Culture of Dharma in Kathmandu. PhD diss., University of Washington, 1998.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhism and State in Seventeenth-Century Tibet: Cosmology and Theology in the Works of Sangyé Gyatso

MacCormack, Ian J. "Buddhism and State in Seventeenth-Century Tibet: Cosmology and Theology in the Works of Sangyé Gyatso." PhD diss., Harvard University, 2018.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhism and the Production of American Cool

Royal, James. "Buddhism and the Production of American Cool". PhD diss., 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhism, Colonialism and the Boundaries of Religion: Theravada Buddhism in Burma, 1885-1920

Turner, Alicia Marie. Buddhism, Colonialism and the Boundaries of Religion: Theravada Buddhism in Burma, 1885-1920. PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhist Discourse in Traditional Vietnam

Duong, Dung Ngoc. Buddhist Discourse in Traditional Vietnam. PhD diss., Boston University, 2001.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhist Enlightenment Experience: A Buddhist Study

Tep, Bo. Buddhist Enlightenment Experience: A Buddhist Study. PhD diss., Fielding Graduate Institute, 2004.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Buddhist Mereological Analysis in the Milindapañhā, Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses, and Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra

Falls, Edward Ray. "Buddhist Mereological Analysis in the Milindapañhā, Vasubandhu's Twenty Verses, and Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra." MA thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhist Metaphysics and its Possibilities with Special Reference to Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna

Lao-Areun, Prasarn. "Buddhist Metaphysics and its Possibilities with Special Reference to Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna". PhD diss., University of Mysore, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhist Systems of Transformation

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

Buddhist Translation Procedures in Third-Century China - A Study of Dharmaraksa and his Translation Idiom

Boucher, Daniel. 1996. "Buddhist Translation Procedures in Third-Century China: A Study of Dharmarakṣa and His Translation Idiom."Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Buddhists Discuss Science in Modern China (1895-1949)

Hammerstrom, Erik J. Buddhists Discuss Science in Modern China (1895-1949). PhD diss., Indiana University, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Building Place and Shaping Lives: Nartang Monastery from the Twelfth through Fifteenth Centuries

Schuman, Michael. 2016. "Building Place and Shaping Lives: Nartang Monastery from the 12th through 15th Centuries." PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2016.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Bya rog prog zhu, The Raven Crest - The Life and Teachings of bDe chen 'od gsal rdo rje, Treasure Revealer of Contemporary Tibet

Terrone, Antonio. Bya rog prog zhu, The Raven Crest: The Life and Teachings of bDe chen 'od gsal rdo rje, Treasure Revealer of Contemporary Tibet. PhD diss., Universiteit Leiden, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Candragomin and the Bodhisattva Vow

Tatz, Mark Joseph. "Candragomin and the Bodhisattva Vow." PhD diss., University of British Columbia, 1978. https://archive.org/details/candragominbodhisattvavowmarkjosephtatzthesis_965_Y/mode/2up.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Candrakīrti and the Moon-Flower of Nālandā: Objectivity and Self-Correction in India's Central, Therapeutic Philosophy of Language

Loizzo, Joseph John. Candrakīrti and the Moon-Flower of Nālandā: Objectivity and Self-Correction in India's Central, Therapeutic Philosophy of Language. PhD diss., Columbia University, 2001.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Carving Out Conventional Worlds - The Work of Apoha in Early Dharmakirtian Buddhism and Pratyabhijna Saivism

Prueitt, Catherine. "Carving out Conventional Worlds: The Work of Apoha in Early Dharmakīrtian Buddhism and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism." PhD diss., Emory University, 2016.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Cataphatic Emptiness: rGyal-tshab on the Buddha-essence Theory of Asaṅga's Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā

Jiang, Bo. "Cataphatic Emptiness: rGyal-tshab on the Buddha-Essence Theory of Asaṅga's Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā." PhD diss., Columbia University, 2008.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Celibacy, Revelations, and Reincarnated Lamas: Contestation and Synthesis in the Growth of Monasticism at Katok Monastery from the 17th through 19th Centuries

Ronis, Jann Michael. Celibacy, Revelations, and Reincarnated Lamas: Contestation and Synthesis in the Growth of Monasticism at Katok Monastery from the 17th through 19th Centuries. PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Charles Bell's Collection of 'Curios' - Negotiating Tibetan Material Culture on the Anglo-Tibetan Borderlands (1900-1945)

Martin, Emma. "Charles Bell's Collection of 'Curios': Negotiating Tibetan Material Culture on the Anglo-Tibetan Borderlands (1900-1945)". PhD diss., School of Oriental and African Studies, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Chi-tsang's Ta-ch'eng-hsüan-lun: The Two Truths and the Buddha-Nature

Koseki, Aaron K. "Chi-tsang's Ta-ch'eng-hsüan-lun: The Two Truths and the Buddha-Nature." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977.
Dissertations · MA Thesis

Chibeto ni okeru hōshōron no juyō to tenkai

Kano, Kazuo. "Chibeto ni okeru hōshōron no juyō to tenkai" (On the Acceptance and Development of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tibet). MA thesis, University of Kyoto, 2001.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Chih-yi's Theory of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Mo-ho chih-kuan

Chen, Kai-Yu. Chih-yi's Theory of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Mo-ho chih-kuan. PhD diss., Temple University, 1997.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Clear Light Dreams and Sleep - An Interview Study of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Masters

Marchevsky, Thomas. "Clear Light Dreams and Sleep: An Interview Study of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Masters". PhD diss., Saybrook University, 2013.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Clinical Applications of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying in a Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program

Fallah, Eman. Clinical Applications of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying in a Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program. PhD diss., California Institute of Integral Studies, 2007.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Coming Down the Mountain - Transformations of Contemplative Culture in Eastern Tibet

McDougal, Elizabeth Ann. "Coming Down the Mountain: Transformations of Contemplative Culture in Eastern Tibet." Master's thesis, University of Sydney, 2016.
Dissertations · BA Honors Thesis

Committenza e Arte nella Vita di un Lama della Diaspora Tibetana: Il Caso di Gancén Rinpocé

Fumolo, Anna. Committenza e arte nella vita di un lama della diaspora tibetana: il caso di Gancén Rinpocé. B. A. thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 2009.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Conceptualizations of Gender in Buddhist Tantra

Lefebvre, Danielle Jean. Conceptualizations of Gender in Buddhist Tantra. PhD diss., University of Alberta, 2003.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Consciousness of Consciousness: Reflexive Awareness in the Trika Śaivism of Abhinavagupta

Skora, Kerry Martin. Consciousness of Consciousness: Reflexive Awareness in the Trika Śaivism of Abhinavagupta. PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2001.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Consorts and Revelation in Eastern Tibet: The Auto-Biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940)

Jacoby, Sarah Hieatt. Consorts and Revelation in Eastern Tibet: The Auto-Biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940). PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2007.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Constructing a Buddhist-Inspired Framework for Examining Tulkus' Use of Cyberspace

Soper, Catherine. "Constructing a Buddhist-Inspired Framework for Examining Tulkus' Use of Cyberspace". Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Consuming the Devil's Idols: (Re)presenting Tibetan Art in the United States - Vol. 1

McGowan, Dianne. "Consuming the Devil's Idols: (Re)presenting Tibetan Art in the United States". Vol. 1. PhD diss., Australian National University, 2010.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Consummation and Compassion in Medieval Tibet: The Maṇi bka'-'bum chen-mo of Guru Chos-kyi dbang-phyug

Phillips, Bradford Lyman. Consummation and Compassion in Medieval Tibet: The Maṇi bka'-'bum chen-mo of Guru Chos-kyi dbang-phyug. PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2004.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Contemporary Tibetan Art and Cultural Sustainability in Lhasa, Tibet

Miller, Leigh. "Contemporary Tibetan Art and Cultural Sustainability in Lhasa, Tibet". PhD diss., Emory University, 2014.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century (Kuijp 1979)

Kuijp, Leonard W. J. van der. "Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century." PhD diss., Universität Hamburg, 1979.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Controversies in Dharma Theory: Sectarian Dialogue on the Nature of Enduring Reality

Cox, Collett Davis. Controversies in Dharma Theory: Sectarian Dialogue on the Nature of Enduring Reality. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1983.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Controversy Over Dharmakāya in Indo—Tibetan Buddhism

Makransky, John J. Controversy Over Dharmakāya in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: An Historical-Critical Analysis of Abhisamayālaṃkāra Chapter 8 and its Commentaries in Relation to the Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra and the Yogācāra Tradition. PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.
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Creating Sacred Space - The Religious Geography of Sa skya, Tibet's Medieval Capital

Venturi, Federica. "Creating Sacred Space: The Religious Geography of Sa skya, Tibet's Medieval Capital". PhD diss., Indiana University, 2013.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Cultural Change of Indian Pure Land Buddhist Teaching in Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism

Chen, Shu-chen. Cultural Change of Indian Pure Land Buddhist Teaching in Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism. PhD diss., University of Virginia, 2007.
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Culture and Subculture - A Study of the Mahāmudrā Teachings of Sgam po pa

Kragh, Ulrich. Culture and Subculture: A Study of the Mahāmudrā Teachings of Sgam po pa. MA Thesis, University of Copenhagen, 1998.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Das Gilgit-Fragment Or. 11878A im Britischen Museum zu London

Näther, Volkbert. Das Gilgit-Fragment Or. 11878A im Britischen Museum zu London. Herausgegeben, mit dem Tibetischen verglichen und übersetzt. PhD diss., Philipps-Universität Marburg/Lahn, 1975. https://dfg-viewer.de/show/?tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.ub.uni-marburg.de%2Feb%2F2010%2F0264%2Fmets-3066.xml.
Dissertations · PhD diss.

Das Jñānavatī-Jātaka aus der Jātakamālā des Gopadatta: nach der manuscript heruasgegeben, Kommantiert, mit dem Samādhirājasuṭra des Gilgits Manuscripts verglichen und ins Deutsche ubersetzt

Ehlers, Gerhard. "Das Jñānavatī-Jātaka aus der Jātakamālā des Gopadatta: nach der manuscript heruasgegeben, Kommantiert, mit dem Samādhirājasuṭra des Gilgits Manuscripts verglichen und ins Deutsche ubersetzt." PhD diss., University of Marburg, 1980.
Dissertations · MA Theses

Das Zusammenspiel von lha pa und yul lha Eine Studie uber die Bedeutung von klu rol zu Ehren der Berggottheiten fur die tibetische Gesellschaft in Amdo

Ladenbauer, Franziska. "Das Zusammenspiel von lha pa und yul lha Eine Studie über die Bedeutung von klu rol zu Ehren der Berggottheiten für die tibetische Gesellschaft in Amdo". Master's thesis, University of Vienns, 2013.
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