Jonathan C. Gold joined the faculty in 2008. He teaches courses on the religions of India and Tibet, and his research focuses on Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions-especially theories of interpretation, translation, and learning. His book, Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu’s Unifying Buddhist Philosophy (2015), traces a continuity of philosophical interest and purpose across diverse works attributed to one of Buddhism’s greatest philosophers. His first book, The Dharma’s Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet (2007), explains the nature of language and the role of the scholar from the unique perspective of a great thirteenth-century Tibetan philosopher. Current projects include studies in Buddhist ethics through the Tibetan “Three Vows” (sdom gsum) literature and Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra, and a trans-national history of the doctrine of non-violence. He is founder of the Princeton University Buddhist Ethics Reading Group and co-chair of the Columbia University Seminar on Comparative Philosophy. He serves as Director of the Graduate Studies for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Interview with Robert Wright on “The Wright Show”, meaningoflife.tv:
http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/36591
Interview with Ronney Mourad on “Ultimate Concerns” Podcast:
http://ultimateconcerns.org/vasubandhu-and-virtual-reality
Courses – Fall 2017
REL 324 (EC) na, npdf
Mind and Meditation
Jonathan C. Gold
1:30 pm – 4:20 pm T
Courses – Spring 2017
REL 538 */AUD
Studies in Tibetan Religions – Buddhist Lineages
1:30 pm – 4:20 pm W
REL 281 / SAS 281 (EM) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit
Buddhist Philosophy
11:00 am – 11:50 am T Th
Department Area Requirement: Religions of Asia