Richard Hayes (aka Dharmacārī Dayāmati) (born 1945) is an Emeritus professor of

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at the

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. He received his Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian studies from the

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in 1982. Hayes moved to Canada in 1967 in order to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War. Hayes is a noted scholar in the field of

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Sanskrit, specializing in the study of

Dharmakīrti Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: ''chos kyi grags pa''), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā.Tom Tillemans (2011)Dharmakirti Stanford ...

and

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. Hayes was formerly Associate Professor of religious studies at

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. He joined the University of New Mexico in the fall of 2003 and retired in 2013. Hayes was co-founder, moderator and a prolific contributor to the online discussion group Buddha-L. Buddha-L attracted a mix of scholars and amateurs and hosted vigorous and at times acrimonious debates. As well as teaching Buddhism and Sanskrit, Hayes is himself a Buddhist and a Quaker. In a brief blog bio he says he was "Initiated as a dharmachari with the name Dayāmati into the

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on January 26, 2000. I am also a member of Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)."Dayamati. New City of Friends. http://dayamati.blogspot.co.uk/ Hayes is a noted essayist (''Land of No Buddha'') and blogger (''New City of Friends'', ''Out of a Living Silence'' https://dayamati.blog) of considerable wit and clarity. He has expressed vehement political opinions, and been critical in particular of Republican politicians. His website "Inquiring Buddhist" is at http://dayamati.org.

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Prof. Hayes site at The University of New MexicoNew City of Friends
- Richard Hayes' blog
Audio recording
of Richard Hayes lecture on "Self: Myth, Delusion, Fiction, or Prerequisite?" at the University of Chicago 1945 births American Quakers People from New Mexico American Buddhist studies scholars Buddhist writers University of Toronto alumni University of New Mexico faculty 20th-century Quakers Living people Linguists from the United States {{US-linguist-stub