Lance S. Cousins
Lance Selwyn Cousins (born April 7, 1942 in Hitchin , Hertfordshire , Great Britain , † March 14, 2015 in Oxford ) was a leading British scholar in the field of Buddhism research .
Live and act
Cousins studied history and oriental studies at Cambridge University , including Sanskrit with Sir Harold Bailey and Middle Indian with KR Norman . With Norman he received his doctorate with a thesis on Saṃyutta Nikāya ṭīkā. He then worked as a lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester . There he taught on the subjects of Buddhism , Hinduism , mysticism in the world religions, Pali and Sanskrit and worked on the board of the English Pali Text Society . In the 1990s he became a Fellow at the Wolfson College of the University of Oxford and was a member of the of Richard Gombrich founded Oxford Center for Buddhist Studies . Cousins published important scientific work in the field of Pali - Buddhism and Abhidhamma . From 2002-2003 he was President of the Pali Text Society . Cousins has received numerous awards for his scientific work, including an honorary professorship from Mahamakut Buddhist University , Bangkok , Thailand .
In Cambridge, Cousins had met the Thai ex-monk and meditation teacher Boonman Poonyathiro , whose form of samatha meditation inspired him very much. Since that time, Cousins has worked as a teacher of Buddhist meditation in addition to his academic work . He was a founding member of the English Samatha Trust , the Samatha Association , the Manchester Center for Buddhist Meditation in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and initiated Samatha meditation groups at all universities where he taught. In his work as a meditation teacher, he has led retreats in Great Britain , Ireland , the USA and Sri Lanka .
Publications
Web links
- Lance S. Cousins (1942-2015): An Obituary, Bibliography and Appreciation.
- Lance Cousins Collection
- Samatha Trust.
- Samatha Association Cambridge.
- Lance Cousins RIP.
- Lance Cousins - A True Paṇḍita.
Individual evidence
- ↑ LS Cousins: The Dating of the Historical Buddha: A Review Article ( December 24, 2010 memento on WebCite ) In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Series 3, 6.1, 1996, pp. 57-63.
- ^ The State of Buddhist Studies in the World 1972-1997 , ed Swearer & Promta, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 2000, page 182
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cousins, Lance S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cousins, Lance Selwyn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Buddhologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hitchin , Hertfordshire , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2015 |
| Place of death | Oxford |