Profile | Troy Harris
PROFILE | TROY HARRIS
ven.sritantra
sritantra@gmail.com
1953
Born, Los Angeles
1976
Graduates BA philosophy
moves to Japan.
Upasampada
Kashyapa [+Watazumi Doso]
December full moon Gaya
Lineage keepership
1981—1983
Independent research India & Nepal
1983—1989
Five year private training & research
under Rene Laubies, Puri, Kerala,
Paris and Venice
1984—1988
Five year training and research
w/ Saint Rajguru Chot Hasbamrer
Yoga Conservatoire, Bangkok,
Rishikesh and Wat Suan Mokkh
1986—1987
Tantidhara preparation under
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Suan Mokkh
1994
Upasampadan-reconfirmation
rites 31st January-1st February
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's presence
Jan 31st bespeaks royal patronage
conducted by Supreme Patriarch
Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara
Wat Bowonniwet Vihar, Bangkok.
Begins private comparative
ethnological research in South,
Southeast and Far East Asian
soteriological ascetic-arts traditions
1997
Publishes preliminary research,
Buddhismus und Yoga (trans.
A. Sartiono), Der Mittlere Weg,
Buddhistischer Bund Hannover
1999
Lecturer, University of the West
Rosemead California
2005—2008
Founder Jasmine Hermitage
Singapore, publishes two works
The Savage Buddha
(Gautama & the Kapalika vrata)
Grafting Plato's Shadow Play
(a spray can version of metaleptic
mimesis), Ashé Journal of
Experimental Spirituality, 2006
2010
Doctorate, ascetic arts curation
Institut Huyen Vi, Vitry-sur-Seine
director Prof. Dr. Thích Tịnh Hạnh
Appointed rector
2014—2015
Founder-director Yoga-Bauddha
Research Center, Munich
Publishes
Streams to Healthy Living Yoga:
Libertating the Ancient Bauddha
2018
Publishes postdoctoral research,
Shaiva-Yoga-Bauddha Hybridity
among the Old Khmer & Siamese
Superv. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Leads dawn meditation at Angkor
Wat as a rite of reflection on the
Khmer temple's cosmic aspects
for the International Conference
on Angkor Wat: The Monument
& the Living Presence 28th-30th
March, in cooperation w/ the
Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts, New Delhi, India
2022—2023
Private wooded practice & research
Das Bauddha-Haus, Berlin-Frohnau
2024—2025
Private lakeside forest practice
and research residency, Sweden