PROFILE | TROY HARRIS
Senior Research Poet
Venerable Dr. Sritantra
sritantra@gmail.com
1953
Born, Los Angeles
1971–1972
Shaping an Inner Compass:
at 18 years, formally registers
for the draft and straightaway
refuses military participation.
Pursues Conscientious Objector
status (1-O), "In opposition
to the slaughter of Vietnamese
people." Stands before the
Pasadena Draft Board with
testimonies from evangelical
leader, Reverend Watson, and
his father, David Keith Harris,
Second World War veteran.
He attains a landmark victory.
1976
Graduates, BA, Philosophy
Cal Poly Pomona.
Arrives in Japan; wins accord
with one's deepest compass:
Pierces bejeweled coterie of
Supreme Filiation Keepership
Guru Mahākassapa, Guru Isa
and Guru Watazumi instate
the officiant lodestar coronet
in consort with the ancient
guild induction bylaws rite;
The vessel is impregnated by
a disseminative quorum of
five immortal breathing souls.
Upasampadā; Mahākassapa
December full moon, Gaya
1981–1983
Independent research in Nepal,
India, Hong Kong and Bangkok
1983–2001
Studies with Guru Rene Laubies,
Puri, Varkala, Paris and Venice
1983–1987
Private Tantidhara Direct Lineage
Investiture with Guru Buddhadasa,
Wat Suan Mokkh, Chaiya
1984–1988
Five-year training and research with
Saint Rajguru Chod Hasbamrer,
Yoga Conservatoire, Bangkok,
Rishikesh and Wat Suan Mokkh
1994
Upasampadān [reconfirmation]
ritual, 31 January – 1 February
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's
presence on 31 January
bespeaks royal patronage;
Conducted by Supreme Patriarch
Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara,
Wat Bowonniwet Vihar, Bangkok.
Commences private comparative
ethnological research in South,
Southeast and Far East Asian
Soteriological Ascetic-Art Nostalgia
1995
Rains retreat with Ven. Ming Shan
(释明山), Dragon Elephant Cave
Hermitage, Songkhla, near
Padang Besar just across
the Malaysian border.
Teaches yoga-tantra to nuns,
Wanfo Temple (霧峰萬佛寺),
Wufeng Taichung, Taiwan
1996
Publishes preliminary research,
'Buddhismus und Yoga' (trans.
A. Sartiono), Der Mittlere Weg,
Buddhistischer Bund Hannover
1999
Lecturer,
University of the West
Rosemead, California
'Poetic generation & composition'
2005–2008
Guest Lecturer
National University of Singapore
Founds Jasmin Hermitage,
Resident Researcher
108 Lorong 31, Singapore
Publishes two research works:
(one) The Savage Buddha,
Gautama and the Kapalika vrata,
(two) Grafting Plato's Shadow Play,
a spray can version of metaleptic
mimesis, Ashé Journal of
Experimental Spirituality, 2006
2010
Doctoral studies in ascetic
art curation with
Ven. Prof. Dr. Thich Tịnh Hạnh,
Institut Huyen-Vi, Vitry-sur-Seine;
Appointed Rector
2014–2015
Founder-director, Yogabauddha
Research Institute, Munich
Publishes:
Streams to Healthy Living Yoga:
The Source of Ancient Bauddha
2018
Postdoctoral research publication:
Yoga-Shaiva-Bauddha Hybridity
Among the old Khmer & Siamese
under 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
and the Living Presence, 28th –
30th March, in cooperation with
the Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts, New Delhi, India.
2022–2023
Private practice and research,
Das Buddhistische Haus, Berlin.
2024–2025
Private lakeside forest practice
and writer's residency, Sweden
Publishes two poetic works:
s62iv Salamanca, and s5 Asburgo
2026
Observes a fiftieth year in
multi-lineal conduction