CANCELED Understanding the Tibetan Buddhist "Polymath": the Rikné (rig gnas) as Framework for a Buddhist Life and Career

BUDDHIST STUDIES FORUM

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SPEAKER: Joie Szu-Chiao Chen, Harvard University

Joie Szu-Chiao Chen is a PhD candidate in Buddhist Studies at Harvard University, where her research looks at the confluence of various modes of learnedness in Tibetan Buddhism, in particular how the language and visual arts play into the formation of a learned Buddhist person. Her dissertation is entitled: “A Culture of Polymaths: Shuchen Tsultrim Rinchen (1697-1774) and the Tibetan Buddhist Pursuit of Comprehensive Knowledge.” She holds a BA in Film Studies and English from Yale University and an MPhil in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from the University of Oxford.