Gregory Schopen is Professor of
Buddhist Studies at
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...
. He received his B.A. majoring in American literature from
Black Hills State College, M.A. in history of religions from
McMaster University
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in Ontario, Canada, and Ph.D. in South Asian and Buddhist studies from the
Australian National University
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in Canberra. His Ph.D thesis is titled "
Bhaisajyaguru-sutra and the Buddhism of
Gilgit."
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Awards
* 1985
MacArthur Fellows Program
Works
''Bones, stones, and Buddhist monks: collected papers on the archaeology, epigraphy, and texts of monastic Buddhism in India'' University of Hawaii Press, 1997,
''Buddhist monks and business matters: still more papers on monastic Buddhism in India'' University of Hawaii Press, 2004,
''Figments and fragments of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India: more collected papers'' University of Hawaii Press, 2005,
''Buddhist Nuns, Monks, and Other Worldly Matters: Recent Papers on Monastic Buddhism in India'' University of Hawaii Press, 2014,
References
External links
The Buddha as a Businessman
Living people
Brown University faculty
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
MacArthur Fellows
People from South Dakota
Epigraphers
American Buddhist studies scholars
American Buddhists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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