Buddhist Rebirth III: Modern Takes
Rebirth, or reincarnation, was assumed by most premodern Buddhists – and is believed by many modern Buddhists – to be “the way things are” for
Roger Jackson
Roger Jackson is John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Emeritus, at Carleton
College, where he taught the religions of South Asia and Tibet. He also has taught at the
University of Michigan, Fairfield University, McGill University, and Maitripa College. He has a
B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where
he studied under Geshe Lhundub Sopa. His scholarly interests include Indian and Tibetan
Buddhist systems of philosophy, meditation, and ritual; Buddhist religious poetry; the study of
mysticism; religion in Sri Lanka; and the contours of modern Buddhist thought. He is the author of several acclaimed books.
Courses
Rebirth: Rhetoric, Reality, and Argument in Indian Buddhist Texts
In this second of three talks, Professor Jackson will briefly review the basic Indian ideas about rebirth covered in the first lecture, then focus on
Buddhist Rebirth: Contexts, Structures, and Functions
In this first of two talks, Professor Jackson will examine the Buddhist idea of rebirth in the context of world and Asian cultures; analyze the
The Indian Roots of Mahāmudrā
Mahāmudrā, the Great Seal, is a vital “term of art” in Tibetan Buddhism, where it typically connotes the view of the ultimately empty nature of
Saraha and Sahaja
Saraha was a mahasiddha, a founder of the mahamudra tradition of Indian tantric Buddhism, and, along with Tilopa, Krishnacharya, and others, a key figure in
