Yaroslav Komarovski
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Department of Classics and Religious Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
240 Andrews Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0337
(402) 472-2420
ykomarovski2@unlnotes.unl.edu
Degrees:
- Ph.D. 2007, Religious Studies, University of Virginia
- M.A. 2003, Religious Studies, University of Virginia
- Certificate 2002, Completion of an Advanced Japanese Summer Program
- B.A. 1999, International Academy of Psychology, Russia
- Certificate 1996, Completion of Prajnaparamita Program
- Certificate 1990, Advanced Tibetan Language Proficiency Exam
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor, Department of Classics & Religious Studies, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, 2009 -
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Religions, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, 2008 - 2009
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2008
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, 2007 - 2008
- Instructor in Religious Studies, University of Virginia, 2005 - 2007
- Visiting Instructor of Religion, Washington and Lee University, 2004 - 2005
- Instructor of Religion, University of Virginia, 2003 - 2004
- Teaching Assistant, Religious Studies, University of Virginia, 2001 - 2004
Articles Published:
- Unique interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka systems by the Fifteenth Century Tibetan Thinker Shakya Chokden; Buddhist contributions to the question of mediated and unmediated “mystical experience”; Comparative analysis of Tibetan Dzokchen and Chinese Hua-yen thought (In progress)
- “Competing Compatibilities: Ratnākaraśānti, Mipam, Chödrak Gyamtso, and Shakya Chokden on the Issue of Compatibility of Madhyamaka and Yogācāra. In Madhyamaka and Yogācāra Models of Truth or Reality in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism," forthcoming as a special volume of Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (2009)
- "Review of Kenneth Liberman, Dialectical Practice in Tibetan Philosophical Culture: An Ethnomethological Inquiry into Formal Reasoning," Sophia, vol. 15, no. 1 (2009)
- “Encountering Ineffability—Counting Ineffability: On Divergent Verbalizations of the Ineffable in 15 th Century Tibet.” Acta Tibetica et Buddhica, vol. 1 (2008): 1-15
- “Reburying the Treasure—Maintaining the Continuity: Two Texts by Śākya Mchog Ldan on the Buddha-Essence.” Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 34, no. 6 (2006): 521-570
Books Published:
- Three Texts on Madhyamaka by Shakya Chokden. Dharamsala, India: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2000
- Nature of Consciousness and Process of Perception in the Buddhist Worldview, Moscow: Shechen, 2002 (In Russian)
- Purified Gold: Instructions on the Practice of the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Moscow, Starklait, 2002, (Translation from Tibetan into Russian)
- Fourteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet: A Brief Description of the Dalai Lamas' Lives and Reign, Uddiyana: Saint-Petersburg, 2001 (Translation from Tibetan into Russian)
- Lectures on the History of Madhyamaka and 'Bodhicaryavatara' by Santideva with Mipham's Commentary, Saint-Petersburg, 2009 (Audio book in Russian)
Conference Papers:
- "Approaching the Ineffable: Buddhist Contributions to the Question of (Un)mediated Mystical Experience." Will be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at Fordham University, 2009
- "Building Bridges and Burning Bridges: On the Question of Transition from Conceptual to Non- Conceptual Understanding of Reality." Presented at the AAR conference in Chicago, 2008
- "Shakya Chokden's Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhaga; "Contemplative: or "Dialectical"?" Presented at the AAR conference in Chicago, 2008
- "Competing Compatibilities: Ratnakarasanti, Mipam, Chodrak, Gyamtso, and Shakya Chokden on the Issue of Compatibility of Madhyamaka and Yogacara." Preented at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies in Atlanta, GA., 2008
- "Encountering Ineffability--Counting Ineffability: On Divergent Verbalizations of the Ineffable in 15th Century Tibet." Presented at the AAR conference in San Diego, CA., 2007
- "Slicing the Pie Alternatively: Sakya Mchog Ldan on Divisions of the Mahayana Systems." Presented at the AAR conference in Washington, DC., 2006
Invited Lectures:
- "Buddhist Approaches to Enlightment," University of Nebraska-Lincoln (forthcoming), 2010
- "Reconsidering Yogacara and Madhyamaka," University of Chicago, Chicago, IL., 2009
- "Shakya Chokden: Intellectual Portrait of the 15th Century Tibetan Yogacara Thinker," Emory University, Atlanta, GA., 2008
- "Buddhist Perspectives on Death and Dying," St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA., 2007
- "Shakya Chokden's Interpretation of Mahayana Systems," University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA., 2006
Teaching Competence:
- Buddhist philosophy, logic, epistemology, cosmology, ritual, comtemplative systems, ethics: models of the Buddhist paths; polemical issues in Buddhism; Buddhist biographies; Buddhist literature; Buddhism in contemporary societies; Buddhism in the West; Buddhist and Hindu Tantra; Hinduism; Religions of India; Religions of the Himalayas; Taoism and Confucianism; Chinese Religions; Japanese Religions; Tibetan language (literary, colloquial, classical, modern)
Fieldwork Experience:
- India, Nepal, Thailand, 1990-2000
- Travel and long-term stay in Buryat-Mongolian regions of Ulan Ude, Ivolginsk, Aginsk and Chita, Russia, 1988-1989
Professional Experience:
- Assistant Professor (Department of Classics & Religous Studies), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009 -
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Religions (Religious Studies Program) Washington University in St. Louis, MO., 2008-2009
- Visiting Assistant Professor (South Asia Summer Language Institute) University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 2008
- Visiting Assistant Professor (Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia) University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI., 2007-2008
- Instructor in Religious Studies(Department of Religious Studies) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA., 2005-2007
- Visiting Instructor of Religion(Religion Department) Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA., Charlottesville, VA., 2004-2005
- Insttructor (Department of Religious Studies) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA., 2003-2004
- Teaching Assistant (Department of Religous Studies) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA., 2001-2004
- Interpreter and translator (Tibetan-English) Buddhist centers in United States, Brazil, and India, 1993-2008
- Lecturer on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophical systems, Friends of Tibet Society, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2000-2001
- Interpreter (Tibetan-Russian) for Russian Buddhists during H.H. the Dalai Lama's public teachings, Dharamsala, India, 1999
Languages:
- Russian: native language
- Tibetan: fluent, written, spoken and reading
- Japanese: fluent, spoken, advanced reading
- Sanskrit: advanced reading
