Robert Miller (Lozang Zopa)

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FirstName / namefirst	Robert
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MainNamePhon	Robert Miller (Lozang Zopa)
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namealt	Robert Miller
bio	Lozang Zopa (Robert Miller) received a B.A. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1998). After learning Tibetan in India, he worked for several years as an interpreter, translator, and monastic administrator. His research interests include the use of narrative in Vinaya literature, translation in imperial-era Tibet, and the history of Buddhism in northwest India. (Adapted from Source Sep 23, 2021) Robert Miller began working as an interpreter in 2000 under the guidance of Gyume Khensur Rinpoche, Geshe Tashi Tsering at Chenrezig Institute in Australia. In 2007, Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche appointed him Director of Education at Lhundrub Chime Gatsal Ling, a Nyingma monastery near Dharamsala. Since resigning his position in 2015, Robert has begun a PhD with the Group in Buddhist Studies at the University of California-Berkeley. His most recent translations, done under the auspices of 84000, include several chapters from the Vinayavastu, a massive work on monastic community life found in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya. (Source Accessed Sep 23, 2021)
affiliation	University of California at Berkeley
phduniversity	University of California at Berkeley
education	B.A. in History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
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Lozang Zopa

Other name: Robert Miller

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.