Erik Pema Kunsang

PersonType	Category:Translators
MainNamePhon	Erik Pema Kunsang
namealt	Erik Hein Schmidt
bio	Erik Pema Kunsang is one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators and interpreters today. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late 1970s. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and was one of the founding directors of Rangjung Yeshe Publications. (Source Accessed Jul 24, 2020)
associatedwebsite	http://www.erikpemakunsang.com Official; http://erik-pema-kunsang-a-live-biography.blogspot.com; http://www.lotsawaschool.org/2008/09/erik-pema-kunsang.html
affiliation	Gomde Denmark
affiliationsecondary	Rangjung Yeshe Publications
religiousaffiliation	Kagyu; Nyingma; Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
StudentOf	Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche  ·  Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
IsInGyatsa	No
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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.