Prof. Dr. Ronald Nakasone United States of America Beauty is the Color of Truth: Exploring Buddhist Wisdom for Awakening Society Ronald Y. Nakasone is a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California and a faculty at the Stanford University Geriatric Education Center. Professor Nakasone shares his reflections on bioethical and other modern dilemmas at a variety of international and national forums and publications. He is currently exploring the structure of Buddhist thinking and its implications as an alternative to rational (Western) traditions that posit a single center (perspective). He is an ordained J?doshinsh? cleric and a skilled sho (calligraphy) artist. Professor Nakasone has published more than 90 academic books and articles on Buddhist Studies, Aging and Spirituality, and Okinawan Studies. He has a special interest in Buddhist aesthetics. Most notable are Okinawa Diaspora (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002), "Buddhist Views on Biotechnology" (Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal & Policy Issues in Biotechnology, Wiley, 2000); "Buddhism and Science" (Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, Macmillan, 2003); "Ethics of Ambiguity: A Buddhist Reflection on the 1997 Japanese Organ Transplant Law" (Handbook of Bioethics and Religion, Oxford, 2006); "Spiritual Cartography: Mapping the Huayen Mind" (Humanity and Religion in the Age of Science, Nagata, 2010). "Spirituality of Asia and Oceania" (Asian & Oceanic American Religious Cultures Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press, forthcoming).