RYI STUDENT BLOG

We are delighted to share the news that Anders successfully defended his thesis and has now graduated from the Master of Arts program in Buddhist Studies. The dissertation is entitled,  ' The Soteriological Epistemology of The Seventh Karmapa.'   His thesis supervisor was Dr. Karin Meyers and the external reader was Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes from the University of Vienna, Austria. Anders holds a Bachelors degree from Naropa University and joined the Centre for Buddhist Studies in 2006. At CBS Anders graduated with a BA in Buddhist Studies in 2010 and afterwards joined the MA program. Anders also secured a Tsadra foundation scholarship for his MA studies and recently took ordination. We wish you all the best for your future and are delighted that the world gained another "scholar-practitioner'.

John Pickens who we all know as 'Zim', successfully defended on Friday his Master of Arts thesis.  Zim's dissertation title is:  I Remember Seeing Blue: Reflexive Awareness and Memory in Dignāga Pramāṇasamuccaya . Zim's dissertation supervisor was Karin Meyers ( PhD, University of Chicago), and the external examiner was John Dunne ( PhD, Harvard University ) . Zim joined RYI in 2009. He is also an active member supporting Phakchok Rinpoche's activities.  Congratulations, Zim, we will miss you a lot! 

Congratulations Sophie! Today Sophie Pickens  successfully defended her Master of Arts thesis at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute.  Her thesis is titled:  Divine Blue Water: The Contamination Purifying Smoke Offering by the Great Master Padmasambhava .   Sophie's dissertation supervisor was Dr. Karin Meyers ( PhD, University of Chicago), and the external examiner was Dr. Abraham Zablocki ( PhD, Cornell University). Sophie is a well-loved teacher and talented translator at RYI. We are very happy for her success! Sophie will return to the States  this week, and we will greatly miss her.  We wish you all the best, Sophie, and hope that you will be back with us soon...