Giebel, R.
Tibetan calendar dates
Website: | https://independent.academia.edu/RolfWGiebel |
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Primary Language: | English |
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Translates from: | Chinese |
Translates to: | English |
Education
BA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
MA, University of Tokyo
Biographical Information
Rolf W. Giebel was born in Hawera, New Zealand, in 1954. He came to Japan in 1972 and took a B.A. in Japanese at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1977 and an M.A. in Indian Philosophy at the University of Tokyo in 1980. After spending three years on the editorial staff of a publishing company in Tokyo, he returned to the University of Tokyo in 1984 and at present continues his studies while working as a translator. Other of his translations include Tibetan Buddhist Art (Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1984), An Introduction to the Buddhist Canon (Tokyo: Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, 1984), The Alps (Tokyo: Gyosei, 1986), and a Japanese translation of The Theory and Practice of the Mandala by the late Giuseppe Tucci (Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1984). (Source Accessed July 2, 2020)
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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