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Under the tutelage of Emeritus Professor Katsumi MIMAKI of Kyoto University, I began to grasp the sophistication of the M?dhyamaka philosophical systems. My current project is a comparative study of Indian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Bon (Tibetan indigenous religion) theories of emptiness and the two truths utilizing manuscripts heretofore unstudied. The focus of my research is M?dhyamaka thought as it was interpreted within the context of the Bon tradition. To date, my research into Bon has been delayed because of the difficulty of access to manuscripts. However, in my capacity as a member of Hakubi Project, I intend to undertake an intensive study of these important Bon M?dhyamaka texts, long neglected by the scholarly world, and their place in the broader Indian and Tibetan M?dhyamaka traditions.