Nonsectarianism (Ris Med) in 19th- And 20th-Century Eastern Tibet Religious Diffusion and Cross-Fertilization Beyond the Reach of the Central Tibetan Government

Klaus-Dieter Mathes, Ph.D. (1994), Marburg University, is University Professor and Head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. His key publications include A Direct Path to the Buddha Within (Wisdom, 2008) and A Fine Blend of Mahāmudrā and Madhyamaka (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2015).
Gabriele Coura, M.A. (2014, University of Vienna), is a Lecturer at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. Her MA thesis is entitled " The Life and Works of the Thirteenth Karma-pa bDud-'dul-rdo-rje (1733-1797)". She is currently working on her PhD, doing comparative research about Tibetan Buddhist and Cistercian monasteries as places of education.