Dr. Bill Mak

Bill M. Mak was born in Hong Kong and studied linguistics in Montréal, Canada (B.A. Hons., McGill), specializing in generative linguistics, Sanskrit and Asian languages. He received his doctoral degree at Peking University for his dissertation on the narrative cycle of Sadāprarudita in the Prajñāpāramitāsūtra and its commentary based on Haribhadra's Abhisamayālaṅkārālokā. Currently, he is completing his second dissertation on Indian astronomy and astrology (Jyotiṣa) in Chinese Buddhist Canon at Kyoto University. His research interests include commentarial tradition in Mahāyāna Buddhism, translation of Buddhist texts, contemporary Buddhism in Asia and Indian astronomy. He is at an asscoiate professor at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research of Kyoto University.