Sparham, G.

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Gareth Sparham

English Phonetics	Gareth Sparham
Sort Name	Sparham, Gareth

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

Gareth Sparham was a monk for more than twenty years and an oral interpreter for many learned lamas while living in India. He holds a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia. The author and translator of numerous works, many focusing on the writings of Tsongkhapa, he has taught Tibetan language at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of California at Berkeley. He lives with his wife in Walnut Creek, California. (Source: Wisdom Experience)

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Gareth Sparham

Education

Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 1989

Other Information

Gareth Sparham was born in Britain and studied at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics from 1974 to 1982. He earned his Ph.D. in 1989 from the University of British Columbia. He lecturered at the University of Michigan before coming to Berkeley. Source (Accessed Dec 5, 2013)

Selected Publications

• The Tibetan Dhammapada. Wisdom Publications, 1986. A translation of the Udānavarga from the Tibetan.
• Ocean of Eloquence: Tsong kha pa's Commentary on the Yogācāra Doctrine of Mind. SUNY Press, 1993.
• The Fulfillment of All Hopes: Guru Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism. Wisdom Publications, 1999. Translation of a commentary by Tsongkhapa on Aśvaghoṣa's Gurupañcāśika.
• Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta. Wisdom Publications, 1999. A translation of Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen's Jewel Lamp.
• Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayāna Practice. Wisdom Publications, 2005. Translation of a work by Tsongkhapa.
• Abhisamayālaṃkāra with Vṛtti and Āloka (in four volumes). Jain Publishing, 2006 (vol. 1) and 2008 (vol. 2). Translation of a Prajñāpāramitā commentary attributed to Maitreya, with two key subcommentaries by Ārya Vimuktisena and Haribhadra.
• Golden Garland of Eloquence, vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Jain Publishing. 2008-2013. Translation of an Abhisamayālaṃkāra commentary by Tsongkhapa.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

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