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Gregory Forgues
Buddhist Studies
Śāntarakṣita's and Kamalaśīla's Syncretic Interpretations of Madhyamaka and their Influence on Mipham's Presentation of the Two Realities with Regard to Knowledge and Liberation
Supervisors: Univ.Doz. Dr. Helmut Krasser, Dr. Anne MacDonald
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Gregory Forgues is a PhD candidate in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. His PhD dissertation examines Śāntarakṣita's Yogācāra-Madhyamaka synthesis as well as ’Ju Mipham’s syncretic interpretation of satyadvaya. Gregory received his M.A. in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna. He completed a M.A. thesis on Gesar rituals as systematized by ’Ju Mipham. His research interests include Buddhist philosophy (Madhyamaka), logic (Pramāṇa), and practices (śamatha/vipaśyanā, Vajrayāna rituals, e.g. Gesar rituals, and rDzogs chen), and ’Ju Mi pham rGya mtsho’s presentation of Madhyamaka. His main research languages are English, French, German, Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Pali, and Tibetan.
