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Luis O. Gómez
Luis Óscar Gómez Rodríguez
Born(1943-04-07)April 7, 1943
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
DiedSeptember 3, 2017(2017-09-03) (aged 74)
México City, Mexico
Occupation(s)Buddhologist, translator and psychologist

Luis O. Gómez[1][2] (7 April 1943 – 3 September 2017) was a buddhologist, translator and psychologist. He spent over three decades at the University of Michigan, working in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Religious Studies Program, and the Department of Psychology. In 2007, he moved to Mexico City, where he joined the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México as a researcher.[3] He was born in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.[4][5]

Gómez received his B.A. degree in 1963 from University of Puerto Rico, enrolling there at age sixteen, earned his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, Indic Philology, and Japanese Language and Literature from Yale University in 1967. He went on to found the Ph.D. program in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan,[6] and was appointed the Charles O. Hucker Professor of Buddhist Studies in 1986.[7] He went on to receive the John H. D’Arms Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities in 1995.[8] In 1997, he became the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures.[9]

In 1998, Gómez earned his second Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan after thirty years since his first.[10]

Works

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  • La traducción en la didáctica de las lenguas clásicas de Asia: reflexiones preliminares.[11] El Colegio de México - Gómez, Luis O. & García, Roberto E. (2019).
  • Oriental wisdom and the cure of souls: Jung and the Indian East. Curators of the Buddha.[12]-Gómez, Luis O. (1995).
  • Land of bliss: The paradise of the buddha of measureless light: Sanskrit and chinese versions of the Sukhāvatīvyūha sutras. University of Hawaii Press.[13] -Gómez, Luis O. (1996).
  • El budismo como religión de esperanza. observaciones sobre la "lógica" de una doctrina y su mito fundacional. Estudios De Asia y Africa, [14]37(3 (119)), pp. 477-501.- Gómez, Luis O. (2002).
  • Barabudur, history and significance of a buddhist monument. University of California.[15]- Gómez, Luis O., & Woodward, Hiram W (1981).

References

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  1. ^ Akinori, Imai; LoBreglio, John (2016). "A Tribute to Professor Luis O. Gómez (1943–2017)". The Eastern Buddhist. 47 (1): 133–138. JSTOR 26799800 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Luis Gomez | U-M LSA Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies". ii.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  3. ^ García, Roberto E.; Muñoz, Adrián (2021). ""Introducción: la huella de Luis"". La sonrisa del Buda: estudios sobre budismo. Ensayos en homenaje a Luis O. Gómez (in Spanish). México: El Colegio de México. p. 10. ISBN 9786075643229.
  4. ^ Śāntideva (2012). Camino al despertar. Introducción al camino del boditsatva (Bodhicaryavatara) (in Spanish). Translated by Gómez, Luis O. Madrid: Siruela. p. 10. ISBN 9788498416312.
  5. ^ Lopez, Donald; Harrison, Paul (2017). "Luis Gomez". ii.umich.edu. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Haynie, Eric. "Luis Oscar Gomez (1943-2017): Remembering the Life and Work of ALC Professor Emeritus | Group in Buddhist Studies". Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. ^ Richard L. Kennedy, ed. (1989). "May 1986 Meeting". Proceedings of the Board of Regents (years 1984–1987). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Board of Regents. p. 654.
  8. ^ "John H. D'Arms Faculty Awards for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities » Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan". Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  9. ^ "Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships | U-M Office of the Provost". Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  10. ^ "Obituary Tribute to Luis Oscar Gómez | IABS". Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  11. ^ Rodríguez, Luis O. Gómez; García, Roberto E. (2019). La traducción en la didáctica de las lenguas clásicas de Asia: Reflexiones preliminares. Colegio de Mexico. ISBN 978-607-628-385-1.
  12. ^ Jr, Donald S. Lopez (August 15, 1995). Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism Under Colonialism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226493091 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Land of Bliss: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light : Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sutras. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. June 21, 2002. ISBN 9788120818132 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Gómez, Luis O. (2002). "El budismo como religión de esperanza. Observaciones sobre la "lógica" de una doctrina y su mito fundacional". Estudios de Asia y Africa. 37 (3 (119)): 477–501. ISSN 0185-0164.
  15. ^ Mabbett, Ian (September 1983). "Barabudur: History and Significance of a Buddhist Monument. Edited by Luiz Gomez and Hiram W. Woodward Jr. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Pp. xvii, 253. Foreword, Bibliography of Textual Sources for the Barabudur Reliefs, Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Hardcover". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 14 (2): 430–432. doi:10.1017/S0022463400011115. ISSN 1474-0680.
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