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|bio=Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama’s own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he professor emeritus. In 1975, he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama’s first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He is the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching, ''Steps on the Path to Enlightenment''. ([https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/geshe-lhundub-sopa/ Source accessed April 10, 2020]) | |bio=Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama’s own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he professor emeritus. In 1975, he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama’s first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He is the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching, ''Steps on the Path to Enlightenment''. ([https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/geshe-lhundub-sopa/ Source accessed April 10, 2020]) | ||
|publications=* Cutting through appearances: Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism, co-authored with Jeffrey Hopkins | |publications=* ''Cutting through appearances: Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism'', co-authored with Jeffrey Hopkins | ||
* Wheel of Time: the Kalachakra in Context, co-authored with Roger Jackson and John Newman | * ''Wheel of Time: the Kalachakra in Context'', co-authored with Roger Jackson and John Newman | ||
* Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhists Texts for Training the Mind | * ''Peacock in the Poison Grove: Two Buddhists Texts for Training the Mind'' | ||
* Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo | * ''Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on the Lamrim Chenmo'' | ||
Volume 1: The Foundation Practices | Volume 1: The Foundation Practices | ||
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Volume V Insight | Volume V Insight | ||
* Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas, co-authored | * ''Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas'', co-authored | ||
* Like a Waking Dream: | * ''Like a Waking Dream: The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundrub Sopa'' | ||
* The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems: A Tibetan Study of Asian Religious Thought | * ''The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems: A Tibetan Study of Asian Religious Thought'' | ||
|religiousaffiliation=Tibetan Buddhism; Geluk | |religiousaffiliation=Tibetan Buddhism; Geluk | ||
|IsInGyatsa=No | |IsInGyatsa=No | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 10 April 2020
| PersonType | Category:Authors of English Works Category:Geshes Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Category:Professors Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers |
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| MainNamePhon | Geshe Lhundub Sopa |
| bio | Born in the Tsang region of Tibet in 1923, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was both a spiritual master and a respected academic. He rose from a humble background to complete his geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University in Lhasa with highest honors and was privileged to serve as a debate opponent for the Dalai Lama’s own geshe examination in 1959. He moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1963 and in 1967 began teaching in the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he professor emeritus. In 1975, he founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, site of the Dalai Lama’s first Kalachakra initiation granted in the West. He is the author of several books in English, including the five-volume comprehensive teaching, Steps on the Path to Enlightenment. (Source accessed April 10, 2020) |
| YearBirth | 1923 |
| YearDeath | 2014 |
| BornIn | Shang region of Tsang province, Tibet |
| associatedwebsite | http://www.deerparkcenter.org/NewFiles/sopa.html |
| religiousaffiliation | Tibetan Buddhism; Geluk |
| publications |
Volume 1: The Foundation Practices Volume II Karma Volume III Way of the Bodhisattva Volume IV Śamatha Volume V Insight
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| IsInGyatsa | No |
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Names
Tibetan: ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བཟོད་པ།
Wylie:
- lhun grub bzod pa
- lHun grub bzod pa
Other Transliterations in use:
- Lhundub Sopa
- Lhundup Sopa
- Lhundrup Sopa
- Geshe Lhundub Sopa
Dates
Born 1923, Tsang, Tibet