CV | Troy Harris
CV | TROY DEAN HARRIS 1953 Born, Los Angeles 1976 Graduates in philosophy, moves to Japan Upasampada induction with keepership of sovereign lineage Watazumi, Kasap, international sangha, Gaya 1981-1983 Travels in India 1983-1989 Five year private training and research under Rene Laubies , Puri, Kerala, Paris, Venice 1984-1988 Five year private training and research under Saint Rajguru Chod Hasbamrer, Yoga Conservatory, Bangkok, Rishikesh 1994 Thai upasampada confirmation, Supreme Patriarch, Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, Bangkok Begins independent ethnologic research in South, Southeast and Far-East Asian soteriological ascetic-art legacies 1999 Lecturer, University of the West, Rosemead, California, Poetic Arts Methodology 2002 Preliminary ethnologic research findings published in Hannover, Germany 2006 Founds Jasmine Hermitage, Center for Ascetic-arts Research, Singapore Publishes two works, "The Savage Buddha: Gautama and the Kapalika vr