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Elias Capriles

Author of  The Beyond Mind Papers

Elias Capriles studied Philosophy at the graduate level at the Central University of Venezuela
(Caracas), and at the postgraduate level at the University of The Andes (Merida, Venezuela). He
carried out his studies on Buddhist and in general Asian spirituality, philosophy and psychology
outside academic institutions, with Tibetan teachers and through his own reading and research. The
same applies to his studies on psychology, which were carried out through extensive readings and his
own practice at the spiritual emergency refuges he ran in India and Nepal in the mid 1970s. He also
carried out his own independent psychedelic research in the 1960s and 1970s in Venezuela, India and
Nepal.

He teaches philosophy, Buddhism, Asian art and elective subjects at the University of The Andes in
Merida, Venezuela (formerly as Chairman of Eastern Studies, currently in the Research Center on
Africa and Asia), and is an instructor in the Santi Maha Sangha training in Buddhism and Dzogchen
in the International Dzogchen Community presided by Dzogchen Master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu.
From 1977 through December 1982 he spent most of his time in retreat, intensively practicing
Dzogchen in caves and cabins in the Himalayas. He has authored fourteen books in Spanish a:nd
English, of which 11 were published in Nepal, Spain and/or Venezuela; he has posted provisional
versions of another five books in English on his website; and has had over forty articles and several
book chapters (English and Spanish) published in the US, Spain, France, Italy, India, Russia,
Venezuela and El Salvador (these deal with comparative philosophy, transpersonal psychology,
political philosophy, philosophy of history, political ecology, Buddhism, Dzogchen, Asian and Latin
American history, Asian religions and mysticism, the history of Asian religions, sociology, etc.).

His work has been discussed in books on Latin American philosophy in France, Spain, Mexico and
Venezuela; in papers in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and several other academic journals;
and in various encyclopedia entries. He is a member of the Board of the recently re-founded
International Transpersonal Association; on the Boards of Editors of the International Journal of
Transpersonal Studies, the Journal of Transpersonal Research, the Revista de Derechos Humanos y
Estudios Sociales (Journal of Human Rights and Social Studies: REDHES: Mexico), and of various
Venezuelan academic journals on philosophy, cultural studies, etc.; and is Associate Editor of two
academic journals in Venezuela (Utopfa y Praxis Latinoamericana, on philosophy, and Humania del
Sur, on South-South relations). He has lectured in Universities in Spain, Korea, India, Ecuador, Peru,
Costa Rica and Venezuela, and presented papers in Conferences in Spain, India, Korea, Russia, Peru
and Venezuela. (Details, and full CV are available on his webpage at http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve
/humanidades/elicap/ ) His books include:

Books in English:

1. (1976). The Direct Path: Providing a Background for Approaching the Practice of
rDzogs-chen. Katmandu (Nepal): Mudra Publishing.
2. (1986a). Cremation Grounds/Campos Crematorios (bilingual ed.). Caracas: Centro
Dzogchen.
3. (1989). The Source of Danger Is Fear: Paradoxes of the Realm of.Delusion and
Instructions for the Practice of the rDzogs-chen Upadesha. Merida, Venezuela: Editorial
Reflejos.

Books Edited with Preliminary Study and Notes in English:

1. Chophel, Gendun (translation from Tibetan into Engl:lsh, Perna Wangjie & Jean

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Mulligan; editing, extensive preliminary study and notes by Elias Capriles) (2005).
Clarifying the Core of Madhyamaka: Ornament of the Thought of Nagarjuna. Arcidosso,
GR, Italy: Shang Shung Edizioni.

Provisional e-Books in English (works in progress provisionally posted on the Internet until
they are completed and offered to US publishers):

1. (2003). Buddhism and Dzogchen: Vol. 1: Buddhism: A Dzogchen Outlook. Merida,

Venezuela: Author's personal Webpage (URL indicated above).
2. (2004). Clear Discrimination of Views Pointing at the Definitive Meaning: The Four
Philosophical Schools of the Sutrayana Traditionally Taught in Tibet (with Reference to
the Dzogchen Teachings). Merida, Venezuela: Author's personal Webpage (URL
indicated above).
3. (2007). Beyond Being, Beyond Mind, Beyond History: Dzogchen, Western Philosophy
and Transpersonal Psychology (3 vols.).
Volume I: Beyond Being: A Metaphenomenological Elucidation of the Phenomenon of
Being, The Being of the Subject and the Being of Objects.
Volume II: Beyond Mind: A Metaphenomenological, Metaexistential Philosophy, and a
Metatranspersonal Metapsychology.
Volume Ill: Beyond History: A Degenerative Philosophy of History Leading to a Genuine
Postmodernity. Merida, Venezuela: Author's personal Webpage (URL indicated above).

Books in Spanish:

1. (1985). lntroduccion a la teoria y practica del budismo tantrico (Introduction to the

Theory and Practice ofTantric Buddhism). Caracas: Centro Dzogchen.
2. (1986b). Que somos y adonde vamos. Sobre la crisis mundial y la problematica
individual. Ontologia, filosofia de la historia, ecologia, fisica, psicologia ... (What are We
and Where are We Going: On the World Crisis and the Individual's Problems. Ontology,
Philosophy of History, Ecology, Physics, Psychology ...). Caracas: Unidad de Extension
de la Facultad de Humanidades y Educacion de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
(Central University of Venezuela).
3. (1994). lndividuo, sociedad, ecosistema: Ensayos sabre filosofia, polftica y mistica
(Individual, Society, Ecosystem: Essays on Philosophy, Politics and Mysticism). Merida
(Venezuela): Consejo de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Los Andes (University of
The Andes).
4. (2000a). Budismo y dzogchen. La doctrina del Buda y el vehiculo supremo del budismo
tibetano (Buddhism and Dzogchen: The Doctrine of the Buddha and the Supreme Vehicle
of Tibetan Buddhism). Vitoria (Spain): Ediciones La Llave.
5. (2000b). Estetica Primordial y Arte Visionario: Un enfoque ciclico-evolutivo comparado
(Primordial Aesthetics and Visionary Art: A Cyclic-Evolutionary Comparative
Approach). Merida, Venezuela: Publicaciones del Grupo de Investigacion en Estudios de
Asia y Africa (GIEAA)/CDCHT-ULA.

Book in Press in Spanish:

1. Alienacion, crisis ecologica y regeneracion (Alienation, Ecological Crisis and

Regeneration). Caracas: Editorial El Perro y la Rana.

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