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[[Image:Dalai Lama with Geshe Thupten Jinpa, 18 september 2006.jpg|thumb|300px|[[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] with Geshe Thupten Jinpa, 18 september 2006]] | [[Image:Dalai Lama with Geshe Thupten Jinpa, 18 september 2006.jpg|thumb|300px|[[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] with Geshe Thupten Jinpa, 18 september 2006]] | ||
| − | Geshe Thupten Jinpa (b. 1958) has been a principal English translator to the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] since 1985. He has translated and edited more than ten books by the Dalai Lama including The World of Tibetan Buddhism (Wisdom Publications, 1993), A Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (Wisdom Publications, 1996), and the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium (Riverhead, 1999). | + | Geshe Thupten Jinpa (b. 1958) has been a principal English translator to the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] since 1985. He has translated and edited more than ten books by the [[Dalai Lama]] including {{Wiki|The World of Tibetan Buddhism}} ({{Wiki|Wisdom Publications}}, 1993), {{Nolinking|A Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (Wisdom Publications, 1996)}}, and the {{Wiki|New York Times}} bestseller {{Wiki|Ethics for the New Millennium}} (Riverhead, 1999). |
| − | Geshe Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of [[Ganden monastery|Ganden monastic university]], South India, where he received the [[Geshe]] Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in Western Philosophy and a Ph.D. degree in Religious Studies, both from Cambridge University, UK. | + | Geshe Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at [[Zongkar Chöde Monastery]] in {{Wiki|South India}} and later joined the Shartse College of [[Ganden monastery|Ganden monastic university]], {{Wiki|South India}}, where he received the [[Geshe]] Lharam degree. He taught [[Buddhist epistemology]], {{Wiki|metaphysics}}, [[Middle Way]] philosophy and [[Buddhist psychology]] at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in {{Wiki|Western Philosophy}} and a Ph.D. degree in {{Wiki|Religious Studies}}, both from {{Wiki|Cambridge University}}, UK. |
| − | From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at Girton College, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute, dedicated to fostering creative dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and Western science. | + | From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at {{Wiki|Girton College}}, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute, dedicated to fostering creative dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and Western science. |
| − | He is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences at Stanford University. | + | He is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences at {{Wiki|Stanford University}}. |
Geshe Thupten Jinpa has written many books and articles. His latest works are Tibetan Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-edited with Jas Elsner) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle View. | Geshe Thupten Jinpa has written many books and articles. His latest works are Tibetan Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-edited with Jas Elsner) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle View. | ||
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| + | '''Geshe Thupten Jinpa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[dge bshes thub bstan sbyin pa]]'') has been a principal English translator to the [[Dalai Lama]] since 1985. | ||
| + | ==Biography== | ||
| + | Geshe Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at [[Zongkar Chöde Monastery]] in South India and later joined the Shartse College of [[Ganden Monastery]], {{Wiki|South India}}, where he received the [[Geshe Lharampa]] degree. He taught at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in {{Wiki|Western Philosophy}} and a Ph.D. degree in {{Wiki|Religious Studies}}, both from {{Wiki|Cambridge University}}, UK. | ||
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| + | From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at {{Wiki|Girton College}}, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute. | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.tibetanclassics.org/index.html Institute of Tibetan Classics] | ||
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Revision as of 19:10, 8 July 2014
Geshe Thupten Jinpa (b. 1958) has been a principal English translator to the Dalai Lama since 1985. He has translated and edited more than ten books by the Dalai Lama including The World of Tibetan Buddhism (Wisdom Publications, 1993), A Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (Wisdom Publications, 1996), and the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium (Riverhead, 1999).
Geshe Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden monastic university, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in Western Philosophy and a Ph.D. degree in Religious Studies, both from Cambridge University, UK.
From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at Girton College, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute, dedicated to fostering creative dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and Western science.
He is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences at Stanford University.
Geshe Thupten Jinpa has written many books and articles. His latest works are Tibetan Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-edited with Jas Elsner) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle View.
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Geshe Thupten Jinpa (Wyl. dge bshes thub bstan sbyin pa) has been a principal English translator to the Dalai Lama since 1985.
Biography
Geshe Thupten Jinpa was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Chöde Monastery in South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden Monastery, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharampa degree. He taught at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in Western Philosophy and a Ph.D. degree in Religious Studies, both from Cambridge University, UK.
From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at Girton College, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute.
