Dr. Patricia Palazzo Tsai
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Dr. Patricia Palazzo Tsai
@palazzotsai.bsky.social
Tibetan Buddhism | Translation of Buddhist texts | Associação Buddha-Dharma | Instituto Pramāṇa | CSRP University of St Andrews Visiting Scholar
A mind-blowing experience checking my email box to discover that my paper was read by James Apple, Ned Bertz, and other amazing scholars 🤯
It's a sign that I'll have a great day 🍀
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Very excited to share I'll be presenting "Beyond Neoliberal Erasure: Recovering a shared world through Universal Responsibility and Amor Mundi" at the #WorldChristianityConference2026 Princeton Theological Seminary!
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just submitted my latest piece for publication - written together with two other brilliant minds. If all goes well, by December, I will know if it has been approved for a dossier on Social Justice and Global Religions. Fingers crossed 🍀
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Tomorrow, I'll have the pleasure of sharing part of my PhD research with fellow members of the CSRP (Uni. St. Andrews) @profmarioaguilar.bsky.social (4 pm UK). Thank you, Prof. Aguilar for your kindness in inviting me! In case anyone wishes to watch, please contact Prof. Aguilar!
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Me and Plinio are already on our way for the conference. Arrived in Salvador and now to the final leg of our journey (to João Pessoa). A full day of planes and coffee.
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A 6km run in a beautiful blue sky day lifted me up. Tomorrow a plane to catch for a conference in Joao Pessoa, near wonderful beaches. ANPTECRE here I come!
September 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sharing the cover of my presentation at the 11th Colloquium of Philosophy (Unicamp), "A tree without roots: an analysis of the meditation object transmitted by the seven women to Indra in the 佛說七女經".
Tomorrow at 14.00 Brazil time! Link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruwU...
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Next week I will be presenting "A tree without roots: an analysis of the meditation object given by the seven women to Indra in the 佛說七女經" at the 9th International Colloquium of Philosophy (State University of Sao Paulo). It will be my first presentation as a Dr.!
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After a long time without posting, I am now a Dr.! A huge thank you to the examiners Robert Thurman, Vesna Wallace, Marcelo Carneiro, and Daniel Omar. Also, thank you to my supervisor, Jung Mo Sung and co-supervisor Mario Aguilar. Thank you to my beloved Plinio and dear friends. It was cum laude!
September 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Being a PhD candidate means that quite soon, scholarships end, and we'll have to search for jobs in the academic world. It can be overwhelming to think about competition and all that jazz, but I am a firm believer that helping others and being solidary is always best. 🙏
March 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
No electricity today. Reason? Privatization of the electricity company! This is what neoliberalism really looks like 🙄
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm still here is a must watch, and the soundtrack is also superb. I grew up listening to these songs, and they are pure poetry and cleverness to fight back the military regime. We, the people, are power!
March 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Yes! 🙌🇧🇷🎊
Walter ganhou!! Brasil ganhou!!
March 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I can call myself privileged because I was invited by my friend and supervisor Jung Mo Sung to his son's wedding celebration, and he articulated the tables so me and Plinio (my partner) could sit together with Analzira Nascimento (a legend!) and her sister.
Liberation Theology is a ❤️ family
January 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Delighted to see this photo from the Vatican News media! Please look carefully to the book that was gifted to Pope Francis... this presents us with many layers of reflection.

Keep this image while you read my paper: www.jstor.org/stable/27198...
December 1, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Got an early Christmas "gift": shingles.
Was it caused by PhD stress? ✔️
To any PhD candidate out there, including myself, make sure to rest and take your time.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Chapter 3 of my thesis is going well! Arendt has been my companion for the last couple of months. In these conversations with her, I can imagine what she would say about right-wing politics, war, and Human Rights violations going on.
I can see a Buddhist interpretation of Arendt being birthed.
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Today was an amazing day. Had the opportunity to listen and learn from Ivone Gebara. As part of the Brazilian Feminist Theologians network, it was a wonderful moment.
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Long time since I posted something over here. So I offer a nice photo of a perfectly yellow orchid I got as a gift 💛
November 12, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Excalation in violence means only one thing: We failed. Our institutions, the UN, even we as a collective body, failed. Israel, as a state, has failed its people and the entire world by exterminating Palestinians. Hamas failed its people as well. Violence will never be an answer, it will only grow.
October 7, 2023 at 4:41 PM
A good tea and a good book make a day perfect. Cannot recommend enough this book from Peg Birmingham, "Hannah Arendt and Human Rights".
October 5, 2023 at 2:51 PM
I share a house with another PhD student who has two cats. One of them - Michi - was not a lap cat... apparently, the person's wrong. I've got proof:
September 30, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Having access to books, journals, etc. is a reality in the Global North, but in the Global South, many universities struggle to give conditions to their students. This reality should change. I am having an opportunity many don't have, so I'll struggle to give the community back. Book #1
September 29, 2023 at 5:57 PM
The first post! A nice seal welcoming you all 🙂
September 29, 2023 at 8:35 AM