Bryan received his B.A. in English Language and Literature from U of T in 1969, afterwards pursuing a career in Communications & Marketing. He went back to school in 1991, receiving an MSc. (Geology) in 2001 from U of T. Since then he has been studying Buddhism, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali and Classical Chinese, pursuing his interest in isolating Buddha’s earliest teachings through Comparative Philology and other means. Bryan is currently a PHD candidate in his third year of the graduate program and the instructor for the introduction to Sanskrit RLG 260Y1Y course. Bryan’s published works on Buddhism include include:
Levman, Bryan. 2009. Vekkhamissakena: Perils of the Transmission of the Buddhadhamma. Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies Number five: 21-38.
——————–. 2009. Sakāya niruttiyā Revisited. Bulletin des Études Indiennes, No. 26-27 2008-2009: 33-59.
——————–. 2010a. Is Pāli Closest to the Western Aśokan Dialect of Girnār? South Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies, Vol 1: 119-142. In Press.
——————–. 2010b. Aśokan Phonology and the Language of the Earliest Buddhist Tradition. Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies Number 6: 59-88.
——————–. 2011. What does amisā/misā mean in Minor Rock Edict I? in Felicitation Volume in Honour of Venerable Dr. Pategama Gnanarama Thera (D.Litt). Accepted.