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My sentimental side would like to go back to grade school to give thanks to the wonderful teachers who shaped my childhood and young adult life, but we\u2019ll skip those for now and jump to university days.<\/p>\n

Alan Sponberg (aka Saramati)<\/strong>: Buddhism<\/a>, academic and practical.
\nDr. Sponberg left the academic \u201crat race\u201d of Princeton and Stanford to come to Montana around 1990. He combined a no-nonsense approach and his own experience to make studying Buddhism exciting and interesting. I\u2019m happy to see him cited to this day in journals and discussions of Buddhist<\/a> and Ecology (e.g. see here<\/a>), Buddhism and Women, and early Chinese Yogacara, amongst other topics. As with many great teachers, my appreciation of Dr. Sponberg has only grown over the years, leaving me wishing that I had been a better student in my younger days.<\/p>\n

Bodhipaksa<\/strong>: Buddhist Meditation<\/a>.
\nI remember Bodhipaksa mostly for his Scottish accent and a story he told about making vegetarian haggis with way too much nutmeg, which is apparently\u00a0 hallucinogenic\u00a0in high doses<\/a>. I took an intro to meditation course with him through my university and sat with him and other FWBO (now TBO) members during my undergraduate career. I also worked for a while for\/with him on wildmind.org<\/a>\u00a0doing some sort of web design\/programming\/promoting\/SEO-type stuff. I was (and am<\/em> if\/when I manage to contribute) a guest-author on the wildmind blog<\/a>. These days I enjoy his blogs, Bodhi Tree Swaying<\/a> and Fake Buddha Quotes<\/a>, and we keep in touch via the www.<\/p>\n

(now, as I need to get on with other things, just a tentative list to get back to later)<\/p>\n

David Clarke<\/strong>: Philosophy\/Ethics<\/p>\n

Robert Balch<\/strong>: Sociology of Religion<\/p>\n

Albert Borgmann<\/strong>: Philosophy<\/p>\n

David Sherman<\/strong>: Philosophy, Continental<\/p>\n

Deni Elliott<\/strong>: Philosophy\/Applied Ethics<\/p>\n

Matthiew Flickstein<\/strong>: Meditation (Theravada)
\nMention at the Bhavana Society History page<\/a>; his wiki<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Michael Roach<\/strong>: Buddhism, Tibetan
\nI studied his Asian Classics Institute \u201cmini-Geshe\u201d course on Tibetan Buddhist thought. I met him briefly when he was teaching in Ireland in 2005. I like his teachings and style and still think that they were very valuable. His activities post 2003 led me to be wary of him and I eventually found a better \u2018fit\u2019 for myself in academia with Theravadin study and practice. After the events of 2012, I am glad I did.<\/p>\n

MA:<\/p>\n

Paul Williams<\/strong>: Buddhism, Mahayana and Tibetan<\/p>\n

Rupert Gethin<\/strong>: Buddhism, Theravada<\/p>\n

John Peacock<\/strong>: Buddhism, Theravada<\/p>\n

Rita Langer<\/strong>: Sanskrit<\/p>\n

PhD:<\/p>\n

Damien Keown<\/strong>: Buddhist Ethics<\/p>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

Venerable Yifa<\/strong>: Woodenfish 2009, China, and 2010, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"