Research Bio
Jacob Dalton, Khyentse Foundation Distinguished University Professor in Tibetan Buddhism, teaches in the Departments of East Asian Languages and Cultures and South and Southeast Asian Studies, as well as the Group in Buddhist Studies. His research interests include tantric Buddhist ritual, Nyingma religious history, and the Dunhuang manuscripts. He is co-author of Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library (Brill, 2006) and author of The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism (Yale University Press, 2011), The Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra (Columbia University Press, 2016), and mostly recently, Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 2023). His current research focuses on the early development of Tibet's Great Perfection (Rdzogs chen) tradition.
Research Expertise and Interest
religion, ritual, Tibet, Buddhism, Tantra, Dunhuang
Teaching
Tibetan Buddhism [BUDDSTD C114 - 001]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [BUDDSTD C224 - 001]
Tibetan Buddhism [SASIAN C114 - 001]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [SASIAN C224 - 001]
Tibetan Buddhism [TIBETAN C114 - 001]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [TIBETAN C224 - 001]
Proseminar in Buddhist Studies [BUDDSTD 200 - 001]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [BUDDSTD C224 - 001]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [SASIAN C224 - 001]
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research [SSEASN 299 - 002]
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts [TIBETAN C224 - 001]