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Casey Alexandra Kemp
Tibetology
In the Clear Light of Emptiness: An Introduction to the Doctrine of Luminosity in the Mahāmudrā Tradition
Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes
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Casey Kemp is currently a doctoral candidate in Buddhist Studies. After completing her Bachelor’s degree (2007) in Religious Studies at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Casey continued her studies in Tibetan history and language at the University of Oxford where she received a Master’s in Philosophy (2009). Casey has travelled extensively throughout South Asia, and has conducted her fieldwork primarily in the Himalayan border regions including in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Spiti and Lahoul, Himachal Pradesh, and Ladakh. She has edited numerous translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts including 35 Heartfelt Advices by Drikung Dharmakirti, which has been published through the Songtsen Library in Dehradun. She has also published an annotated bibliography to the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bar do thos grol) through Oxford University Press. Casey’s research interests include Buddhist Death Studies, Tantra, Mahāmudrā, Zhentong (gzhan stong) philosophy, and Drikung (’Bri gung) lineage history. For her current research, she is working principally with Sanskrit and Tibetan primary materials from the Dagpo Kagyu (Dwags po Bka’ brgyud) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
