Douglas Osto, PhD.
Academic Qualifications:
2004,PhD, SOAS, University of London
1999 MA, University of Washington
1995 MTS, Harvard University
1991 BA, Grinnell College
Area of Specialisation:
South Asian Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism.
Current Research:
Currently Dr. Osto is conducting a research project on attitudes toward psychoactive substances among American Buddhists.
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Sample Publications:
Power,
Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism: The Gandavyuha-sutra,
London: Routledge 2008
The Supreme Array Scripture: an annotated translation of the Sanskrit Gandavyuha-sutra (in progress)
Articles & Book Chapters
- “A New Translation of the Bhadracarī with Introduction and Notes,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies (forthcoming)
- “Dialogue, Authority and Conservatism in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras,” in Dialogue and Early South Asian Religions: Reading the Sources, edited by Laurie Patton and Brian Black, Farnham: Ashgate (forthcoming)
- “The Supreme Array Scripture: A new interpretation of the title ‘Gandavyūha-sūtra’,” Journal of Indian Philosophy 37.3 (June 2009): 273–290
- "‘Proto-Tantric’ Elements in the Gandavyuha Sutra," Journal of Religious History 33.2 (June 2009): 165-177
- “Soteriology, Asceticism and the Female Body in Two Indian Buddhist Narratives,” Buddhist Studies Review 23.2 (2006): 203–220