Publications by Dr. Kurtis Schaeffer

Book

Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun. Oxford University Press. 2004.

Book in Press

Dreaming the Great Brahmin: Tibetan Traditions of a Buddhist Poet Saint. Oxford University Press. Publication date: March 2005.

Edited Book

Among Tibetan Texts: Essays on Tibetan Religion, Literature, and History by E. Gene Smith. Edited with an introduction by Kurtis R. Schaeffer. Wisdom Publications, Boston. (2001). In the Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism Series, a refereed series.

Articles

"Professing Buddhism in Alabama." The CSSR (Council of Societies for the Study of Religion) Bulletin 33/2 (2004): 43-46. Refereed.

"Textual Scholarship, Medical Tradition, and Mahayana Buddhist Ideals in Tibet." Journal of Indian Philosophy 31/5-6 (2003): 621-641. Refereed.

"The Attainment of Immortality: From Nathas in India to Buddhists in Tibet." Journal of Indian Philosophy 30/6 (2003). pp. 515-533. Refereed.

"The Religious Career of Vairocanavajra-A Twelfth-Century Indian Buddhist Master from Daksina Kosala." Journal of Indian Philosophy 28/4 (2000). pp. 361-384. Refereed.

"Printing the Words of the Master: Tibetan Editorial Practice in the Collected Works of 'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa'i rdo rje I (1648-1721)." Acta Orientalia 60 (1999). pp. 159-177. Refereed.

Articles in Press

"The Autobiography of a Medieval Tibetan Hermitess." Women in Tibet: Past and Present. Janet Gyatso and Hanna Havnevik, Eds. Columbia University Press, New York. 2004. Invited paper.

"A Letter to Editors of the Buddhist Canon in 14th Century Tibet." Journal of the American Oriental Society (Forthcoming 2004). Refereed.

"Editorial Perfection and Spiritual Failure: Making the Kanjur and Tanjur at Derge." Proceedings of the 8th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Indiana (Forthcoming 2004).

"Dying Like Milarepa: Cremation, Relics, and Marvels in Tibetan Hagiography." The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations. University of Hawaii Press. (Forthcoming 2005). Invited paper.

"Ritual, Festival, and Authority under the Fifth Dalai Lama." in Power, Politics and the Reinvention of Tradition in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Tibet: Proceedings of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Xth Seminar, Oxford University, 2003. Kurtis R. Schaeffer and Bryan J. Cuevas, Editors. (Under contract with Brill Publishers. Expected publication date: 2005).

"Putting Hagiography in Place: Tibetan Narratives on Buddha's Acts at Vajrasana." In Life of the Buddha: New Perspectives and Discoveries. Sonya Quintanilla, Ed. University of British Columbia Press. Invited contribution.

Encyclopedia Article

"Karmapa." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition. Lindsay Jones, Ed. Macmillan, New York. In press.

Book Reviews

"The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism by Matthew Kapstein (Oxford UP: 2000)." Religion 34/3 (2004): 250-253.

"Beacon of Certainty: Illuminating the View of Dzogchen by John Whitney Pettit (Wisdom, 1999)." International Journal of Hindu Studies (2001).

"Tibetan Histories: A Bibliography of Tibetan-Language Historical Works by Dan Martin (Serindia, 1997)." Journal of Asian Studies 57/4 (1998). pp. 856-858.

Book Notes

"The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Tsong-kha-pa" (Snow Lion Publications, 2000). Religious Studies Review (2002).

"Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra by Arya Maitreya." Translated by Rosemarie Fuchs. Religious Studies Review (2002).

"Invitation to Enlightenment: Letter to the Great King Kaniska by Matrceta, Letter to a Disciple by Candragomin by Michael Hahn." (Dharma Publishing 1999). Religious Studies Review (2002).

"Changing Minds: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins." (Snow Lion Publications, 2001). Religious Studies Review (2002).