René Christiaan van Oosterwijk
South and Southeast Asia
Curriculum vitae
| 1947 | born in Rotterdam on August 4 |
| 1965-1973 | studied political science at Amsterdam University |
| 1974-2005 | civil-servant at the Ministry of Transport of the Netherlands, and work for the European Commission, Brussels |
| 2000-2009 | studied languages and cultures of India and Tibet at Leiden University (with i.a. E.M. Raven, P.C. Verhagen, H.W.A. Blezer); |
| University of Marburg (with bhikkhu Pāsādika) | |
| University of Munich (with M. Zin) | |
| 2013-present | ongoing research on “Investigation of basic Buddhist concepts from canonical texts for sources or justifications for environmental activism related to the livestock-sector” |
Publications
2012 Doctrinal backgrounds of Vipassanā-meditation: insight in current methods and according to canonical sources, Groningen.
2014 The last days of the Buddha: early doctrines attributed to the last phase of the Buddha’s life, [s.l.]: Hesselink Publications (Kindle book).
– Voluntary death to alleviate suffering: euthanasia and suicide according to the Pali- canon, several Prātimokṣa rules and some Chinese Āgama-sūtras, [s.l.]: Hesselink Publications (Kindle book).
2019The Dhamma in relation to the offering and buying of meat: should every Buddhist be a vegetarian. Published on www.Academia.edu, pdf
2020Buddhist discourses related to fear and illness. Published on Academia.edu, pdf
2021Early Buddhism: selection of credible canonical texts about early doctrines. Published on www.academia.edu, pdf
–Equanimity in early Buddhism compared with Stoicism. Published on www.academia.edu, pdf