Manfred Seegers
Manfred Seegers started studying Tibetan Buddhism as early as 1985 in independent institutions such as “Kamalashila Institute” in Germany and the “Karmapa International Buddhist Institute” in New Delhi, India. In 2005, he began his studies at the Canterbury Christ Church University and after having completed the approved program of research on “The Life and Works of the Third Karma-pa (1284–339)” was awarded in 2009 the degree of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Theology and Religious Studies by the University of Kent. Since 2010 he has been enrolled at the Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, as a PhD candidate and has been investigating therNam shes ye shes ’byed pa’i bstan bcos by the Third Karma-pa along with other works by the same author and the rNam shes dang ye shes brtag pa by the Fifth Zhwa-dmar-pa dKon-mchog-yan-lag (1525–1583), a tentative title of his dissertation being “Transcending Delusion: The Third Karma-pa Rang-byung-rdo-rje’s Discourses on the Distinction Between Perception (rnam shes: vijñāna) and Gnosis (ye shes: jñāna).” His research interests lie in Tibetan Buddhist literature, with special focus on Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and art.
e-mail: Manfred.Seegers@studium.uni-hamburg.de