Dan Lusthaus is an American writer on Buddhism. He is a graduate of
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...
's Department of Religion, and is a specialist in ''
Yogācāra''. The author of several articles and books on the topic, Lusthaus has taught at
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
,
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...
, the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
, and in the Autumn of 2020 he was an Associate in the Department of South Asian Studies at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
.
Lusthaus also collaborated with Heng-ching Shih in the translation of
Kuiji's (K'uei-chi) commentary on the
Heart Sutra with the Numata
translation project
A translation project is a project that deals with the activity of translating.
From a technical point of view, a translation project is closely related to the project management of the translation process. But, from an intercultural point of vi ...
. Lusthaus is an editor for the
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, in the area of Indian/East Asian ''Yogācāra''/''
Tathāgatagarbha''. He contributed the contents of his catalogue of the major ''Yogācāra'' translations of ''
Xuanzang
Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...
'' to the DDB, as well as a number of other terms related to the ''
Cheng Weishi Lun'' and ''
Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra''.
Publications
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
References
* Members database a
Daoist Studies.org* We
listing alumni of various universities' Religion programs.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lusthaus, Dan
American Buddhists
American non-fiction writers
Temple University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Buddhist writers
University of Missouri faculty