Glenn Wallis

in two keys.

(major key)

I hold a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from Harvard University's Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. My academic work focuses on various aspects of Indian Buddhism. Recently, I began writing and speaking to broader audiences on, more specifically, meditation theory and technique, Buddhist canonical literature, Buddhist psychology, and ritual studies.

Over the past decade, I have taught in the religion departments of several universities, including the University of Georgia (where I received tenure), Brown University, Bowdoin College, and the Rhode Island School of Design.

I began formal Buddhist practice in 1975, and subsequently received training in several forms of Buddhist meditation, including Vipassana, Soto Zen, Dzogchen, and traditional Theravada. Here is an interview with some more details.

Currently, I am associate professor and chair of the Applied Meditation Studies program at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies. The Institute is an emerging leader of integrative education. It is located just outside of Philadelphia, in Glenside, Pa. It is a fifteen minute train ride from downtown Philadelphia, a one and a half hour commute from New York City, and a two and a half hour commute from Washington, D.C.

I have published four books: Basic Teachings of the Buddha (New York: Random House, Modern Library, 2007), The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way (New York: Random House, Modern Library, 2004), Mediating the Power of Buddhas (Albany: State University of New York Press, Buddhist Studies Series, 2002), and Meditation Handbook (Philadelphia: Old Tree Press, 2008). and several articles and reviews on various aspects of Buddhism in both leading scholarly journals and more popular magazines. Currently, I am working on a biography of a man named Siddhattha Gotama. You may know him by his stage name: the Buddha. Finally, I have been facilitating meditation groups and leading retreats for many years.

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my family

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alexandra

friederike

Useful is the letting-lie-before-us. So, too, the taking-to-heart. For not separately from the presence of what is present can you find out the taking-to-heart.

–Parmenides

People dull their wits with gibberish, yet cannot use their eyes and ears.

–Heraclitus

Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars.

Respond to this person, this challenge, this situation.

Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. 

It is time to inhabit fully the moment you happen to be in: now!

–Epictetus