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Steven A. Tainer (born July 26, 1947) is a respected scholar and instructor of contemplative traditions.〔Lojeski, 2009 p. xix〕 He is a logician, philosopher, teacher and writer with an extensive background in philosophy of science, mathematical logic and Asian contemplative traditions. One of the central themes of his work involves how different ways of knowing can be compared, contrasted, and/or integrated. ==Biography== Steven Tainer's initial training was in Western analytic philosophy, with a particular specialization in philosophy of science. He was pursuing a PhD in philosophy of science, with great success, when he first became acquainted with Eastern philosophy. Just prior to finishing his PhD, he decided to rededicate himself to the study of Eastern philosophy and contemplative traditions. Since then, he has studied Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism with sixteen Tibetan, Chinese and Korean teachers, as well as a number of senior monks and nuns. Steven Tainer began his study of Tibetan Buddhism in 1970, training in the traditional way with many Tibetan masters, mostly from the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, with a particular emphasis on the Dzogchen or “Great Perfection” school. His primary teachers included Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche and Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Upon the publication of ''Time, Space, and Knowledge''〔Time, Space and Knowledge, A New Vision of Reality〕 in 1978, which he ghost wrote for his first instructor, Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, he earned an advanced degree in Tibetan Buddhist studies. He was eventually named a Dharma heir of Tarthang Tulku, however he did not take up the position and decided to continue his study and practice on his own. After a collaboration with Ming Liu (born Charles Belyea) in the 1980s and eight years of training and retreat practice, Steven Tainer was declared a successor in a family lineage of yogic Taoism. In 1991 he co-authored a book with Ming Liu (Charles Belyea), ''Dragon's Play''〔Dragon's Play: A New Taoist Transmission of the Complete Experience of Human Life〕 and together they also founded Da Yuen Circle of Yogic Taoism.〔Komjathy, 2004, p. 16〕 In addition, starting in the mid-80’s, he studied Confucian views of contemplation emphasizing exemplary conduct in ordinary life. He taught at first under the direction of his masters in the early 1970s, and after a series of mountain retreats spanning most of 1989 and 1990, finally began teaching his own groups on his own. He teaches Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, with particular emphasis on Ch'an contemplation, the "Unity of the Three Traditions" in Chinese thought, Taoist yogic practice, Tibetan dream yoga,〔Ochiogrosso, 1997〕 and Indian Buddhist philosophy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Tainer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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