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==Biography== | ==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. | 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. | 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. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.tibetanclassics.org | *[http://www.tibetanclassics.org Institute of Tibetan Classics] | ||
[[Category:Gelugpa Teachers]][[Category:Translators]] | [[Category:Gelugpa Teachers]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:55, 28 July 2015
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.