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Geshe Lhakdor
Born1956
Yakra, Tibet
EducationMaster of Philosophy
Alma materDrepung Loseling Monastic University

University of Delhi, Delhi, India Institute for Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamshala

Central School for Tibetans in Dalhousie
Occupation(s)Director, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Organization(s)Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

Geshe Lhakdor Tibetan: དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷག་རྡོར, Wylie: dge bshes lhag rdor, also Geshe Lobsang Jordhen and Geshe Lhakdor Lobsang Jordan Tibetan: བློ་བཟང་འབྱོར་ལྡན, Wylie: blo bzang 'byor ldan,[1] (born in 1956) is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar who has co-authored and co-translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was also an English translator of the 14th Dalai Lama. He is a Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, India. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.[2][3][4][5]

Early life

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He was born in Yakra, Tibet in 1956. He had to escape from Tibet, when he was only 6 years old in 1962. After coming into exile he attended the Central School for Tibetans in Dalhousie, India from 1972 to 1976.

In 1976, he joined Institute for Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamshala, India where he studied Buddhist Philosophy and successfully completed his Master of Prajnaparamita in 1982.

From 1986 to 1989, he worked as a translator and research assistant at the Tibet House in New Delhi.

In 1989, he received his Master of Philosophy from the University of Delhi. And he completed his Geshe Degree from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in Karnataka State, South India.[6][7]

Career

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He served as the translator and religious assistant of the Dalai Lama in 1989. While working as the Dalai Lama's assistant, he translated several books of the Dalai Lama from English to Tibetan and from Tibetan to English, such as The Way to Freedom, The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace, Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart, etc.

In 2005, he became the Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, India.[8][9]

Honor

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Geshe Lhakdor was conferred with an Honorary Professorship by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 2002 and the University of Delhi, Psychology Department in 2008.[10]

Books co-translated

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He has also worked as a co-translator of the several books by the Dalai Lama .

  • The Way to Freedom[11]
  • The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace[12]
  • Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart[13]
  • Stages of Meditation (commentary on the Bhāvanākrama). Translated with Losang Choephel Ganchenpa and Jeremy Russell. Snow Lion, 2003. ISBN 978-1-55939-197-9

References

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  1. ^ "Buddhist Digital Resource Center".
  2. ^ "Staff Directory". Library of Tibetan Works & Archives. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. ^ Release, Press (2020-05-11). "'Finding Purpose & Meaning in Times of Hopelessness' discussed during International Webinar". Mangalorean.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  4. ^ "Scientists and Buddhists Discuss Physics, Reality at Three-Day Conference". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  5. ^ "Mindfulness Training by Geshe Lhakdor-la". Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  6. ^ "Ven. Geshe Lhakdor | Smithsonian Global". global.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  7. ^ Geshe Lhakdor, Director, Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamshala, 16 July 2014, retrieved 2020-05-26
  8. ^ Woch, Maksymilian (2018-12-07). "The Tibetan Tulkus. An Interview with Ven. Geshe Lhakdor". The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series (in Polish). 2018 (7 (1/2018)): 159–192. doi:10.4467/24506249PJ.18.008.9782. ISSN 2450-6249.
  9. ^ Lama, The 14th Dalai (2020-05-26). "The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama". The 14th Dalai Lama. Retrieved 2020-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "GESHE LHAKDOR". TIBETAN WHO'S WHO. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  11. ^ Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (1994). The way to freedom. Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952- (1st ed.). [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-061722-5. OCLC 31045309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (9 April 1997). The joy of living and dying in peace. Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952- (1st ed.). [San Francisco]. ISBN 0-06-061725-X. OCLC 36138353.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Bstan- ̕dzin-ryga-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (1995). Awakening the mind, lightening the heart (1st ed.). [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-061688-1. OCLC 32396798.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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