Douglas Osto
Religious Studies Programme Co-ordinator
Senior Lecturer
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Location: Turitea Site Office: SGP, 4.01 |
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Academic qualifications
PhD, 2004, SOAS, University of London
MA, University of Washington
MTS, Harvard
BA. Grinnell
Area of specialisation
South Asian Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism
Teaching
135.101 Hinduism and Buddhism
135.104 Introduction to Sanskrit
135.204/304 East Asian Religions
135.207/307 Sex, Gender and Religion
135.209 Religion and Current Issues
135.305 Religious Writings
134.215 Asian Philosophies
Current research
Currently, Dr Osto is working on a complete, annotated English translation of the Sanskrit Gandavyuha-sutra.
Sample publications
Books
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 and Book Chapter:
• “A New Translation of the Bhadracarī with Introduction and Notes,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 12.2 (December 2010): 1-21
• “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
• “Orality, 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)
• “Merit in the Buddhist Tradition,” in The Buddhist World, edited by John Powers, London and New York: Routledge (forthcoming)
