Dorji Wangchuk

After completing a nine-year course in the study of Tibetan Buddhism from the monastic seminary of India's Ngagyur Nyingma Institute in Bylakuppe, Mysore, Dorji Wangchuk majored in both Classical Indology and Tibetology at the University of Hamburg, graduating with a Masters of Arts in 2002. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on "The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism" and received his PhD from the same university in 2005.

Between 1992 and 1996, he taught Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns in monastic seminaries in India. Since 1998, he has been teaching and researching at the University of Hamburg in various capacities. He also taught a term each at the University of Copenhagen, McGill University, and Renmin University of China.

On January 6, 2011, Wangchuk founded the Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship. The research center focuses on the preservation and distribution of Buddhist texts. In May 2012, the research center launched a bilingual version of its website, available in English and German. In 2015, Wangchuk co-founded BuddhaNexus, a digital library developed for the purposes of matching text with Tibetan works, with professors Orna Almogi and Sebastian Nehrdich.{{Cite web |title=Buddhanexus |url=https://buddhanexus.net/history |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=buddhanexus.net}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-29 |title=Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk |url=https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/people/wangchuk.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de |language=en}} In 2018, BuddhaNexus collaborated with the International Institute for Digital Humanities in Tokyo to create charts of various matches within Tibetan Buddhist texts.

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• {{cite book |last = Wangchuk |first = Dorji

| title = The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism |series = Studia Philologica Buddhica Monograph Series |volume = 23 |publisher = International Institute for Buddhist Studies |location = Tokyo |year = 2007 |url=https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Books/The_Resolve_to_Become_a_Buddha}}

• {{cite chapter |last= Wangchuk |first= Dorji

|chapter = An Eleventh-Century Defence of the Guhyagarbha Tantra |editor-first = Helmut |editor-last = Eimer|editor2-first = David|editor2-last = Germano|title = The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism: Proceedings of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, PIATS 2000, Leiden|publisher = Brill|location= Leiden|year = 2002|pages= 265–291 |url=https://www.academia.edu/471586/An_Eleventh_Century_Defence_of_the_Guhyagarbha_Tantra}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Where Buddhas and Siddhas Meet: Mi-pham’s Yuganaddhavāda Philosophy |title=The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet |editor1-first=Klaus-Dieter |editor1-last=Mathes |editor2-first=Michael |editor2-last=Sheehy |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=2019 |location=Albany, New York |pages=273-322 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/44504808/Where_Buddhas_and_Siddhas_Meet_Mipam_s_Yuganaddhav%C4%81da_Philosophy}}

• {{cite book |last= Wangchuk |first= Dorji |chapter-url =https://www.academia.edu/12480716/The_Diachronic_and_Synchronic_Relationship_between_Philosophical_Theory_and_Spiritual_Praxis_in_Buddhism_With_Special_Reference_to_the_Case_of_the_Four_Applications_of_Mindfulness_sm%E1%B9%9Btyupasth%C4%81na_dran_pa_nye_bar_gzhag_pa_in_Vajray%C4%81na |chapter=The Diachronic and Synchronic Relationship between Philosophical Theory and Spiritual Praxis in Buddhism: With Special Reference to the Case of the Four Applications of Mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna: dran pa nye bar gzhag pa) in Vajrayāna |title=Buddhist Meditative Praxis: Traditional Teachings and Modern Application |publisher=Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong |year=2014 |location=Hong Kong |pages=25}}

• {{cite journal |last= Wangchuk |first= Dorji |title=Biblioclasm/Libricide in the History of Tibetan Buddhism |year=2015 |journal=The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday |url=https://www.academia.edu/20274718/Biblioclasm_Libricide_in_the_History_of_Tibetan_Buddhism}}

• {{cite journal |title=On the Identity and Authenticity of the Sarvadharmacaryopadeśābhisamayatantra: A Tantric Scripture Associated with the Vikramashila Tradition |year=2016 |journal=Relationship between Tantric and Non-Tantric Doctrines in Late Indian Buddhism |editor-last=Baba |editor-first=Norihisa |pages=95-106 |series=Oriental Culture |volume=96 |location=Tokyo |publisher=Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.academia.edu/24375734/On_the_Identity_and_Authenticity_of_the_Sarvadharmacaryopade%C5%9B%C4%81bhisamayatantra_A_Tantric_Scripture_Associated_with_the_Vikrama%C5%9B%C4%ABla_Tradition}}

• {{cite book |chapter=On the Status of the Yogācāra School in Tibetan Buddhism |title=The Foundation for Yoga Practitioners: The Buddhist Yogācārabhūmi Treatise and Its Adaption in India, East Asia, and Tibet |series=Harvard Oriental Series |volume=75 |editor1-first=Ulrich Timme |editor1-last=Kragh |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2013 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |pages=1316–1328 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/471593/On_the_Status_of_the_Yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra_School_in_Tibetan_Buddhism}}

• {{cite journal |title=Was Mi-pham a Dialectical Monist? On a Recent Study of Mi-pham’s Interpretation of the Buddha-Nature Theory |journal=Indo-Iranian Journal |volume=55 |year=2012 |pages=15–38 |url=https://www.academia.edu/20568559/Was_Mi_pham_a_Dialectical_Monist_On_a_Recent_Study_of_Mi_phams_Interpretation_of_the_Buddha_Nature_Theory}}

• {{cite book |chapter=A Relativity Theory of the Purity and Validity of Perception in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism |title=Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Altered States of Consciousness |editor1-first=Eli |editor1-last=Franco |editor2-first=Dagmar |editor2-last=Eigner |publisher=Austrian Academy of Sciences |year=2009 |location=Vienna |pages=215–237 |chapter-url=https://austriaca.at/0xc1aa5572%200x00229119.pdf}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Cross-Referential Clues for a Relative Chronology of Klong chen pa’s Works |title=Contributions to Tibetan Buddhist Literature. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies |editor1-first=Orna |editor1-last=Almogi |series=Beiträge zur Zentralasienforschung |publisher=International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies |year=2008 |location=Halle |pages=195–244 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/4473342/Cross_Referential_Clues_for_a_Relative_Chronology_of_Klong_chen_pa_s_Works}}

• {{cite journal |title=The rÑiṅ-ma Interpretations of the Tathāgatagarbha Theory |journal=Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens |volume=48 |year=2005 |pages=171–213 |url=https://www.academia.edu/471582/The_r%C3%91i%E1%B9%85_ma_Interpretations_of_the_Tath%C4%81gatagarbha_Theory}}

• {{cite book |chapter=An Eleventh-Century Defence of the Guhyagarbhatantra |title=The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism. PIATS 2000. Tibetan Studies |editor1-first=Helmut |editor1-last=Eimer |editor2-first=David |editor2-last=Germano |publisher=Brill |year=2002 |location=Leiden, Boston, Cologne |pages=265–291}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Das dPal-yul–Kloster in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Die Wiederbelebung einer klösterlichen Tradition der rNying-ma–Schule |title=Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart 11 |publisher=Universität Hamburg |year=2006 |location=Hamburg |pages=213–234 |language=de |chapter-url=https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/media/pdf/publications/wangchuk2006---das-dpal-yul-kloster-in-geschichte-und-gegenwart-die-wiederbelebung-einer-kloesterlichen-tradition-der-rnying-ma-schule.pdf}}

• {{cite journal |title=Die vier buddhistische Traditionen Tibets: Teil 1: Die Nyingmapas |journal=Tibet und Buddhismus |issue=20/78 |year=2006 |pages=24–28 |url=https://www.tibet.de/fileadmin/migration/pdf/tibu/2006/tibu078-2006-24-dw-traditionen.pdf |language=de}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Einige philosophische Grundlagen der rDzogs-chen Meditation |title=Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart 8 |publisher=Universität Hamburg |year=2003 |location=Hamburg |pages=165–181 |language=de |chapter-url=https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/media/pdf/publications/wangchuk2003---einige-philosophische-grundlagen-der-rdzogs-chen-meditation.pdf}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Die große Vollendung wie sie in Rong-zom-pa’s Werk dargestellt wird |title=Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart 5 |publisher=Universität Hamburg |year=2001 |location=Hamburg |pages=41–53 |language=de |chapter-url=https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/media/pdf/publications/wangchuk2001---die-grosse-vollendung-wie-sie-in-rong-zom-pas-werk-dargestellt-wird.pdf}}

• {{cite book |chapter=Madhyamaka aus der Sicht der rNying-ma Tradition |title=Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart 4 |publisher=Universität Hamburg |year=2000 |location=Hamburg |pages=211–233 |language=de |chapter-url=https://www.kc-tbts.uni-hamburg.de/media/pdf/publications/wangchuk2000---madhyamaka-aus-der-sicht-der-rnying-ma-tradition.pdf}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/indtib/personen/wangchuk.html Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk's profile at the University of Hamburg]
• [https://www.academia.edu/18506771/Dorji_Wangchuk_The_Resolve_to_Become_a_Buddha_A_Study_of_the_Bodhicitta_Concept_in_Indo_Tibetan_Buddhism The Resolve to Become a Buddha: A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFJF45lWy0 The Goodman Lectures: When Can Buddhism Be Considered Dead and When Living? by Prof. Dorji Wangchuk]
• [https://buddhanexus.net/ BuddhaNexus Homepage]
• [https://khyentsefoundation.org/ Khyentse Foundation Homepage]
• [https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6183-8657 Dorji Wangchuk's profile] at ORCID

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