Dr. Reginald “Reggie†Ray received his PhD from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in 1973. After spending a year in India on a Fulbright-Hays fellowship, studying Tibetan and completing his dissertation, he took up a tenure track position at Indiana University. In the spring of 1974, at the invitation of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, he resigned and moved to Boulder, Colorado where he became the first full-time faculty member and chair of the new Buddhist Studies Department at the Naropa Institute. In 1996, Reggie was named an Acharya (senior dharma teacher) in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Over the last 30 years, Reggie has studied with many accomplished masters of the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. In recent years, he has worked with indigenous teachers from North and South America, and Africa.
Reggie has written extensively on the history and practice of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, including three books and some seventy articles. His scholarly work Buddhist Saints in India examines the history of the practice lineage in India. Indestructible Truth describes in a comprehensive and accessible manner the exoteric traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Secret of the Vajra World explores the esoteric and tantric aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, focusing on the Vajrayana. He is also the author of In the Presence of Masters and the Tibetan Buddhist Pocket Reader, both collections of sayings and teachings of Tibetan teachers.
Reggie continues to teach Buddhist Studies at Naropa University both in the classroom and online.
For Reggie in Vancouver, see: Reggie's Vancouver Video
Or, you can hear a recording of him on the radio, also from his Vancouver trip, here: Reggie's Vancouver Radio Interview
