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RICHARD KARL PAYNE office: Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2140 Durant Avenue Berkeley, California 94704 home: 16216 Kennedy Road, Los Gatos, California 95032 mobile: 650.796.8983 z email: [email protected] EDUCATION AND TRAINING Ph.D., History and Phenomenology of Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, in conjunction with the University of California, Berkeley. 1985. Dissertation: “Feeding the Gods, The Shingon Fire Ritual” (published). Ajari, ordained Shingon Buddhist priest, Yochi-in, Kōyasan, Japan: 1983. Graduate Degree, Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, California. 1981. Thesis: “The Theory of Meaning in the Buddhist Logician: The Historical and Intellectual Context of Apoha” (published). M.A., Philosophy, San José State University, San José, California. 1975. B.A., Philosophy/Psychology, San José State University, San José, California. 1972. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor (Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies, 2009), Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California, 1993 to present. Dean, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California, 1994 to 2016. Acting Dean, 1993. Administrative Assistant to the Dean, 1991 to 1992 (concurrent). Member of the Graduate Theological Union Core Doctoral Faculty. 1994 to present. Convener of the doctoral program in the Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions. 1996 to 2002, and 2010-11. Lecturer, Religious Studies Program, San José State University, San José, California. 1988 to 1993 (concurrent). Lecturer, Religious Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley, California. 1988 to 1993 (concurrent). Adjunct Professor, Japanese Buddhism and Religion, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California. 1986 to 1993 (concurrent). Faculty representative to Academic Council, 1986 to 1991. Instructor of Philosophy and Religion, part-time, Philosophy Department, West Valley College, Saratoga, California. 1974 to 1991 (concurrent). Member of the Honors Program Faculty, invitational position. Part-Time Faculty Representative to the President’s Task Force on Pathways to the Future, invitational position. Instructor of Philosophy and Religion, part-time, Philosophy Department, San José City College, San José, California. 1985 to 1990 (concurrent) . Instructor of Philosophy and Religion, part-time, Philosophy Department, Evergreen Valley College, San José, California. 1981 to 1989 (concurrent). Instructor, History and Phenomenology of Religions (in partial fulfillment of requirements), Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. 1979, Spring quarter (concurrent). Graduate Assistant, Philosophy Department, San José State University, San José, California. 1974, Spring and Fall semesters (concurrent). RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Co-Editor in Chief with Georgios Halkias, University of Hong Kong, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, Buddhism < http://religion.oxfordre.com/browse?t0=ORE_REL:REFREL005> Co-chair with Fabio Rambelli, University of California, Santa Barbara, “Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Buddhism,” American Academy of Religion seminar, 2015–2019. Editor in Chief, Oxford Bibliographies: Buddhism <http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/buddhism#2>. 2011 to present. Chair, Editorial Committee, The Pure Land, Journal of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, 2006 to 2013. Editor, 1993–2006. Founding member of the Steering Committee for the Buddhist Critical–Constructive Reflection group of the American Academy of Religion, 2005–2006. Founding chair of the Editorial Committee of the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series, jointly published by University of Hawai’i Press and Brill Academic, 2001 to present. As of 2017: seven published titles in series, three more in production. Coordinator for “Meditation in American Shin Buddhism.” A conference co-hosted by the Stanford Buddhist Studies Center. Held at Stanford University, February, 2005. Co-coordinator with Prof. David Eckel (Boston University) and Prof. Mark Unno (University of Oregon, Eugene) for “Buddhism and Psychotherapy: Cross-Cultural Appropriations.” An international conference co-hosted with the Open Research Center of Ryukoku University, Kyoto, and Boston University. Held at Boston University, October 2004. Coordinator for the Eleventh Biennial Conference of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies. Held in Berkeley, September, 2003. Coordinator for “Japanese Buddhism in America: Shared Issues, Common Concerns.” A conference co-hosted by UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and the Japanese American National Museum, held at UCLA and the Japanese American National Museum, February, 2003. Co-coordinator, with Prof. Fabio Rambelli (University of Sapporo, Japan), for “Segni, simboli e corpi nelle tradizioni mistiche dell’Oriente e dell’Occidente.” An international conference held at the International Center for Semiotic and Cognitive Studies, University of San Marino, San Marino, Italy, June, 2002. Coordinator for “Buddhism and Cognitive Science.” A symposium co-sponsored by the GTU Center for Theology and Natural Science, at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, May, 2002. Coordinator for “Visions and Visualization: Buddhist Praxis on the Silk Road.” A conference co-sponsored by the Buddhist Studies Center, at Stanford University, March, 2002. Co-coordinator, with Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton, for “Language and Discourse in the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism.” An international conference co- sponsored by the San Francisco Zen Center held at Green Gulch Zen Center, Marin, California, September, 2001. Member of the editorial board of Theology and Science, published by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union. 2001 to present. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Society for Tantric Studies, and its consultation at the American Academy of Religions. 1990 to present. Secretary, American Academy of Religion Subcommittee on Electronic Publishing. 1992 to 1997. Founding Member of the Board of Directors, Western Commission on the Study of Religion. 1992. Academic Director, “Kyoto: Heart of Japanese Culture.” International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Extension Division. 1990 to 1992. Managing Editor/Chair, Editorial Committee for Pacific World, Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California. 1992 to present. Book Review Editor for Pacific World, Journal of the Insitute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California. 1987 to 1992. Coordinator for “Tantra Occluded, The 1992 Conference of the Society for Tantric Studies.” An international conference held in Menlo Park, California, May, 1992. President, American Academy of Religion, Western Region. 1990 to 1991. Vice President and Program Chair, American Academy of Religion, Western Region. Coordinated the Annual Conference, March, 1990. 1989 to 1990. Member of the Steering Committee, Ritual Studies Group, American Academy of Religions. 1988 to 1991. Member of the Advisory Council for the “Inside Japan” Television Project of the Japanese Cultural Center, Foothill College, Los Altos, California. 1988. Editor for the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, California. Review of English translation of The Sutra of Golden Light (Konkomyo-saisho-o-kyo, Taisho number 665). Instructor for University of California Extension, Santa Cruz. “Fire: Archetypal Symbol of Transformation,” November 19, 1987. Coordinator of the Apple // User’s Group, American Academy of Religion, 1984 to 1986. Educational Consultant, 1970 to 1982. Specialized in needs assessment, program design, proposal preparation, and program evaluation. Complete résumé of consulting experience available upon request. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Japanese Tantric Buddhism, and Ritual Studies AREAS OF COMPETENCE: History and Phenomenology of Religion, and Asian Religions RESEARCH LANGUAGES: Japanese, Tibetan, French and German PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Academy of Religions North American Association for the Study of Religion International Association of Buddhist Studies Association for Asian Studies Society for Tantric Studies—founding member International Association for Shin Buddhist Studies PUBLICATIONS “Mantra and Grammar: A Linguistic Dimension of Extraordinary Language,” in Charles Willemen Felicitation Volume, in press. “Religion, Self-Help, Science: Three Economies of Western/ized Buddhism,” in Journal of Global Buddhism, in press. Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan: Roots of Mantra, London: Bloomsbury, 2018. “Mindfulness and Morality,” in Handbook of Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness, ed. Steven Stanley, Ronald E. Purser, and Nirbhay N. Singh. Springer, 2018: 323–337. “Study of Buddhist Tantra: An Impressionistic Overview,” in Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, 3rd series, no.20 (2018): 25–53. “Lethal Fire: The Shingon Yamāntaka Abhicāra Homa,” in Journal of Religion and Violence, 6.1 (2018), 11–31. Special issue guest edited by Dr. Jimmy Yu. “On not Understanding Extraordinary Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan,” in Religions 8 (2017), doi:10.3390/rel8100223. [open access] Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue Durée, ed. with Michael Witzel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. “Jesus Christ, Tantric Deity: Syntax and Semantics in Ritual Change,” in On Meaning and Mantra: Essays in Honor of Frits Staal, ed. George Thompson and Richard K. Payne. Berkeley,