Richard Hayes Thesis Supervision
Ph.D. theses supervised
Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University
- Mathieu Boisvert. “A study of the five aggregates in Theravāda
Buddhism: their order and their relation to the doctrine of
paṭiccasamuppāda.” (1992) Published as The Five
Aggregates: Understanding Theravāda Psychology and Soteriology.
(Waterloo, ON: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion,
1995)
- Francis Brassard. “The concept of bodhicitta in Śāntideva's
Bodhicaryāvatāra.” (1996, Dean's honour list) Published as The Concept of Bodhicitta in
Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (Albany: SUNY Press, 2000)
- Noel A. Salmond. “Hindu Iconoclasts: Rammohun Roy, Dayananda
Sarasvati, and nineteenth century polemics against idolatry.” (1999,
co-supervised with Dr. Katherine K. Young) Published as Hindu
Iconoclasts: Rammohun Roy, Dayananda Sarasvati, and Nineteenth Century
Polemics Against Idolatry (Kolkata, India: Sampark
Publications, 2004)
- Lynken Ghose. “Emotion in Buddhism: A case study of Aśvaghosa's
Saundarananda.” (1999)
- Barbra R. Clayton. “Ethics in the Śiksasamuccaya: A study in
Mahāyāna morality.” (2002, Dean's honour list, co-supervised with Dr.
Katherine K. Young)
Published as Moral Theory in Śāntideva's Śikṣasamuccaya:
Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue (London; New York: Routledge,
2005)
- Martin T. Adam. “Meditation and the concept of insight in
Kamalaśīla's Bhāvanākramas.” (2003, Dean's honour list)
- Vanessa R. Sasson. “Telling Birth Stories: A Comparative
Analysis of the Birth Stories of Moses and the Buddha.” (2003,
co-supervised with Dr. Barry Levy)
- Lara E. Braitstein. “Saraha's adamantine songs: texts,
contexts, translations and traditions of the great seal.” (2005,
Dean's honour list, co-supervised with Dr. Thupten Jimpa
Langri)
Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico
- Stephen E. Harris. “Demandingness, Self-Interest and Benevolence in Śāntideva’s Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryāvatāra).” (2013, passed with distinction)
MA theses supervised
McGill University
- Dmitrieva, Victoria. “The Legend of Shambhala in its Eastern
and Western Interpretations.” (1998)
- Ferland, Eric. “Impermanence et moments chez Vasubandhu.”
(1997)
- Fernandes, Karen (†2013). “Transforming emotions: the practice of
lojong in Tibetan Buddhism.” (2000)
- Fillion, Christine Marguerite. “The role of scriptural
testimony, reason and spiritual practice in the
Upadeśasāhasrī: a non-commentarial work of Śankara.”
(2003)
- Goldberg, Kory. “Inside-out: A Study of Vipassana as
taught by S.N. Goenka and its social contribution” (2001)
- Khanbaghi, Aptin A. “Early Zoroastrianism and Early Buddhism: A
comparative study of religious innovation as an occasion for social
reform.” (1996)
- Mai, Ba Tong. “The role of reason in the search for Nirvana.”
(1994)
- MacDonald, Kathleen. “Sacred Healing, health and death in the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition.” (2001)
- McVey, John (1958–2009). “Bhrāntivāda: reading the Lankāvatāra Sūtra
in lieu of metaphysics.” (1991)
- Mortson, Darrin Douglas. “Neither nihilism nor absolutism: On
comparing the middle path of Nāgārjuna and Derrida.” (2004)
- Niderost, Heather. “The myth of Maitreya in modern Japan, with
a history of its evolution.” (1992)
- Parent, Marcel. “Is comparative philosophy postmodern?”
(2003)
- Prévèreau, Raynald. “Dharmakīrti's account of yogic intuition
as a source of knowledge.” (1994)
- Sasson, Vanessa Rebecca. “Compassion in the Tibetan Book of the
Dead and the Tractate Mourning: a comparative study.” (1999)
- Silverman, Marjorie L. “A critical examination of the agnostic
Buddhism of Stephen Batchelor.” (2001, Dean's honour list)
- Sims, Jeff. “Piecemeal streams and Yogācāra dreams: Vasubandhu
and William James.” (1997)
University of New Mexico
- Gatsch, Brian. “Virtue, Consequentialism, and Soteriological Ethics in Buddhist Thought.” (2013)
- Miranda, Kris. “Heralds of the Lightning: Skillful Means, Self-Overcoming and Steps Toward a Nietzschean Bodhisattva.” (2013)
- Unruh, Shawn Denton. “The Person Reduced: Two Views, the East and West.” (2013)
