RYI STUDENT BLOG

Congratulations go out to Joyadip (Dhammadipa), who successfully defended his Master of Arts Thesis! " A Study of the Vijñaptimātra Doctrine of Vasubandhu and Dharmapāla in the Context of Critiques Found in Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra". The thesis supervisor was Thomas H. Doctor and the External Reader was Dr. Douglas S.Duckworth from East Tennessee State University, USA.  Joyadip (Dhammadipa), a Bangladeshi Buddhist monk, studied at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, before joining the Master of Arts program at the Centre for Buddhist Studies at RYI.  After his MA graduation Joyadip started working for an E-learning program at a  Buddhist University in Thailand.  Our best wishes for you and we hope to see you again in Boudhanath!

Congratulations to Ryan Conlon ( Lungtok Rabsel ) for passing his Master of Arts (MA) thesis defense! The title of his thesis is: 'Waves on the Ocean:  Tracing the fault-lines of ontological commitments in the Madhyamaka conventional truth.' The thesis supervisor was Dr. Thomas H. Doctor and the External Reader was Dr. Douglas Duckworth.  Ryan Conlon from Canada is a monk at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery. He now completed his studies at the Centre for Buddhist Studies but continues to study in the monastic shedra together with the monks.

Congratulations to Morten Ostensen for passing his MA thesis defense on December 11!  The title of his thesis is:  "In the Presence of the Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King (mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos)".   The thesis supervisor was Dr. Douglas Duckworth and the External Reader was Dr. John Dunne from Emory University, USA.  We are all so proud of you, Mort! So, what's next on your horizon?