Ian James Coghlan

Ian James Coghlan (Jampa Ignyen) is currently an adjunct research fellow at the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS), Monash University, Melbourne, and a translator for the Institute of Tibetan Classics. He holds a Ph.D. in Asian Studies from La Trobe University, focussing on Buddhist metaphysics, ethics, and hermeneutics.

He trained as a monk at Jé College, Sera Monastic University, completing his studies in 1995.

He has translated and edited a number of works from Tibetan including:

• Ornament of Abhidharma: A Commentary on Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa (Wisdom: 2019)
• Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 1: The Physical World (Wisdom: 2017)
• Hundreds of Deities of Tusita (Awakening Vajra Publications: 2013)
• An Offering Cloud of Nectar (Awakening Vajra Publications: 2012)
• Stairway to the State of Union (Awakening Vajra Publications:2012)
• Principles of Buddhist Tantra (Wisdom: 2011)

Further reading

• http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/session/translating-abhidharma-materials/
• http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ian-Coghlan-A-Brief-Overview-of-Four-Significant-Terms-in-Abhidharma-Literature.pdf