Immunological Memory (eBook)

David B. Gray is Bernard J. Hanley Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara, California, where he teaches a wide range of courses on Asian religions. His research explores the development of tantric Buddhist traditions in South Asia and their dissemination in Tibet and East Asia, with a focus on yoginitantra, a genre of Buddhist literature focused on female deities and yogic practices involving the subtle body. His publications include numerous articles and book chapters, an edited volume, as well as The Cakrasamvara Tantra: A Study and Annotated Translation (2007), The Cakrasamvara Tantra: Editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts Translation (2012), Illumination of the Hidden Meaning (Chapters 1-24): Mandala, Mantra, and the Cult of the Yoginis (2017) and Illumination of the Hidden Meaning, Part II: Chapters 25-51, Yogic Vows, Conduct, and Ritual Practice (2019).Donald Lopez is an Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is the author of numerous monographs, translations, and edited volumes on South Asian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and the European encounter with Buddhism. In 2014 his Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (with Robert Buswell) was awarded the Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association for best reference work of the year. In 2000 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.