John Powers
John Powers (born 1957[1]) is a writer and academic in the field of Asian Studies and Tibetan Buddhism.
Powers was born in Massachusetts, USA. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Religious Studies from Holy Cross College, an M.A. from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. from University of Virginia (in 1991).[2][3]
He was Professor of Asian Studies at the Australian National University for 21 years (from 1995 to 2016).[3]
In 2022, Powers joined the University of Melbourne as Lecturer in Buddhism Studies in a joint appointment with the Contemplative Studies Centre and the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts.[4][5]
He is the author of 18 books, including Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, as well as numerous translations of Tibetan works.[3]
A practicing Buddhist, Powers’s main interests are in Buddhist philosophy, meditation theory and practice.[3][4]
Selected publications
- The Yogācāra school of Buddhism: A Bibliography. American Theological Library Association. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8108-2502-4.
- Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra. Indian Thought and Culture. 5. E. J. Brill. 1993. ISBN 978-90-04-09826-8.
- Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Snow Lion Publications. 1995. ISBN 978-1-55939-028-6.
- Religion und Kultur Tibets: Das geistige Erbe eines buddhistischen Landes (in Deutsch). O. W. Barth. 1998. ISBN 978-3-502-65487-2.
- A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Concise Encyclopedia of World Faiths. Oneworld Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-1-85168-233-1.
- History as Propaganda: Tibetan Exiles Versus the People's Republic of China. Oxford University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-517426-7.
- A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Shambhala. 2008. ISBN 978-1-55939-296-9.
- A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism. Harvard University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-674-03329-0.
- Co-authored
- Scriptures of world religions. McGraw Hill, 1998 (with James Fieser)
- Translations
- Wisdom of Buddha: the Saṁdhinirmocana Sūtra. Tibetan translation series, Vol. 16, (Translator), Dharma Publications, 1995
- Jñānagarbha's Commentary on just the Maitreya chapter from the Saṃdhinirmocana-Sūtra: study, translation and Tibetan text. Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 1998
Notes
- ↑
John Powers (academic), Wikipedia
- ↑ John Powers, Australian Academy of Humanities
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 John Powers, The Conversation
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Introducing John Powers, University of Melbourne (2022)
- ↑ John Powers, ORCID
