Nathaniel Rich

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bio	Nathaniel Rich earned his Ph.D. at UCSB with an academic focus on the intellectual and institutional history of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is currently an editor for 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.
affiliation	84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
phduniversity	University of California, Santa Barbara
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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.