Thupten Gawa Matsushita ｜ Research Fellow ｜ Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy
In my research, I analyze ancient documents that are used for basic research of Bhutanese Buddhism.
Ph.D., Buddhist philosophy, Sera Jey Monastic University Geshe Lharampa, 1999
Lecturer, Buddhist philosophy, Sera Jey Monastic University, 1999-2000
Research collaborator, Humanities Research Institute, Kyoto University, 2009
Assistant Advisor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, 2011
Researcher, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, 2011
Researcher, Department of Bhutanese Studies Laboratory, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, 2012/4-2021/4
Researcher, Department of Bhutanese Studies Laboratory, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, 2021/10-
Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) and Shin'ichiro MIYAKE (Forthcoming).
Practice of Transferring One's Consciousness ('pho ba) to the Pure
Land at the Moment of Death, and Countermeasure for Moral Downfall etc., Kyoto: Otani University Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute (SBCRI).
Shin'ichiro MIYAKE & Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) (2018).
Heart Commentary on the First Chapter of Prasannapadā,
Composed by Bhiksu: Shag rings (rKyen brtag pa: chapter-I), Kyoto: Otani University Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute (SBCRI).
Seiji KUMAGAI, Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) , and Akinori YASUDA (Forthcoming): "Introduction to the Collected Works of the Founder of the Drukpa Kagyu ('Brug pa bKa' brgyud) School: Tsangpa Gyare (gTsang pa rgya ras, 1161-1211)",
Proceedings of the Internatinal Conference on Globalized Buddhism, Thimphu: Centre for Bhutan Studies.
Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) (2014).
“Introduction of the Theory of Mahamudra by the Founder of Drukpa Kagyu: Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211)” in Bhutanese Buddhism and Its Culture, Kathmandu: Vajra Publications.
Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) (2013).
“The Three Objects of Buddhist Epistemology,” In Current Issues and Progress in Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Third International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Kobe 2012 (Journal of Research Institute, vol. 51), Kobe: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, pp. 291-302.
Seiji KUMAGAI, Thupten Gawa (MATSUSHITA) and Akinori YASUDA (2012).
“Introduction to the Collected Works of the Founder of the
Drukpa Kagyu ('Brug pa bKa' brgyud) School: Tsangpa Gyare (gTsang pa rgya ras, 1161-1211).” In Buddhism Without Borders: Proceedings of the International Conference on Globalized Buddhism,Bumthang, Bhutan May 21-23, 2012, Thimphu: Centre for Bhutan Studies, pp. 36-52.