Profile | Troy Harris
PROFILE | TROY HARRIS VENERABLE SRITANTRA PROJECT sritantra@gmail.com 1953 Born, Los Angeles 1976 Graduates in philosophy moves to Japan Upasampada, Kashap sovereign lineage keepership, International Sangha OT Gaya, December full moon 1981-1983 Private research, India, Nepal 1983-1989 Five year private training and research under Rene Laubies, Puri, Kerala, Paris and Venice 1984-1988 Five year private training and research under Saint Rajguru Chod Hasbamrer, Conservatory of yoga, Bangkok and Rishikesh 1986-1987 Private tantidhara preparation under Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Suan Mokkh Chaiya, Thailand 1994 Upasampada (reconfirmation) Under Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Bangkok, Thailand Begins independent ethnologic research in South, Southeast and Far-East Asian soteriological ascetic arts legacies 1996 Publishes preliminary ethnological research, Hannover Germany 1999 Lecturer, University of the West Rosemead, California 2006 Founds Jas