Per K. Sørensen
| PersonType | Category:Professors Emeritus Category:Translators |
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| FirstName / namefirst | Per |
| LastName / namelast | Sørensen |
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| MainNamePhon | Per K. Sørensen |
| SortName | Sørensen, Per K. |
| bio | Per Kjeld Sørensen is a prominent Danish Tibetologist who specialises in Tibetan and Himalayan history, literature and culture. From 1994 to 2017 he held the chair of Professor of Central Asian Studies (Zentralasienwissenschaften, Tibetology and Mongol Studies) at Leipzig Universität, Germany, which is the second-oldest university in Germany and has a long tradition of Oriental studies. In 2017 he was the Numata Visiting Professor in Buddhism at the University of California, Berkeley. (Sources: Berkeley Events and Wikipedia Entry)
An interview and detailed biographical information can be found in the book Gateways to Tibetan Studies, Hamburg Indian and Tibetan Studies 12, 2021. |
| associatedwebsite | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_K._S%C3%B8rensen |
| publications | Books or Monographs
1. Gateway to the Temple: Manual of Tibetan Monastic Customs, Art, Building and Celebrations. (Text and translation of bCo brgyad Khri chen Rin po che, bsTan ’dzin mkho deb). Bibliotheca Himalayica, Series III, vol. 12. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1979. 2. The Mollas of Mustang: Historical, Religious and Oratorical Traditions of the Nepalese-Tibetan Borderland. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1984. Reviews: (1) Luciano Petech, East and West 43/1–3 (Sept. 1984): 388f. (2) Jan Willem de Jong, Indo-Iranian Journal 31/1 (1988): 49. 3. (In collaboration with Janice A. Jackson). Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods and Materials. London: Serindia Publications, 1984; revised edition 1988. Reviews: (1) Francoise Pommaret-Imaeda and Yoshiro Imaeda, The Journal of the Tibet Society 5 (1985): 100–102. (2) David Snellgrove, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 48 (1985): 580–582. (3) Hugh Richardson, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 117/1 (1985): 116–117. (4) Jan Willem de Jong, Indo-Iranian Journal 31/1 (1988): 49. (5) Hugh Downs, Himalayan Research Bulletin 9/1 (1989): 29–34. (6) Yin Peet, Himalayan Research Bulletin 14/1–2 (1994): 49f. (Several other reviews appeared.) French translation by Gloria Raab. La Peinture Tibetaine. Préface de Gilles Béguin. Paris: Peuples du Monde, 1990. (with 24 new color plates). Japanese translation by 瀬戸敦朗 (Seto Atsurō), 田上操 (Tagami Misao), 小野田俊蔵 (Onoda Shunzō). チベット絵画の技法と素材 (Chibetto kaiga no gihō to sozai) [book and DVD]. Kyoto: 佛教大 学アジア宗教文化情報研究所 (Bukkyō daigaku ajia shūkyō bunka jōhō kenkyūjo), 2008. 4. The Entrance Gate for the Wise (Section III): Sa-skya Pandita on Indian and Tibetan Traditions of Pramāna and Philosophical Debate. 2 vols. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 17. Wien: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1987.
5. (In collaboration with Shunzō Onoda). Rong-ston on the Prajñāpāramitā Philosophy of the Abhisamayālam. kāra: His Subcommentary on Haribhadra’s ‘Sphut. ārtha’. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Earliest Known Blockprint Edition, from an Exemplar Preserved in the Tibet House Library, New Delhi. Biblia Tibetica Series 2. Kyoto: Nagata Bunshodo, 1988.
284. (2) Leonard van der Kuijp, Journal of the American Oriental Society 111/3 (1991): 584–588. 6. The “Miscellaneous Series” of Tibetan Texts in the Bihar Research Society, Patna: A Handlist. Tibetan and Indo-Tibetan Studies 2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989. 7. The Early Abbots of ’Phan-po Na-lendra: The Vicissitudes of a Great Tibetan Monastery in the 15th Century. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 23. Wien: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 1989.
8. Two Biographies of Śākyaśrībhadra: The Eulogy by Khro-phu lo-tsāba and its Commentary by bSod-nams-dpal-bzang-po. Texts and Variants from Two Rare Exemplars in the Bihar Research Society, Patna. Tibetan and Indo Tibetan Studies 4. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.
(1992): 444f. (2) Leonard van der Kuijp, Journal of the American Oriental Society 114/4 (1994): 599–616. 9. Enlightenment by a Single Means: Tibetan Controversies on the “SelfSufficient White Remedy” (dkar po chig thub). Beiträge zur Kulturund Geistesgeschichte Asiens 12. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1994.
10. A History of Tibetan Painting: The Great Painters and their Traditions. Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens 15. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1996.
11. A Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
12. Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 1. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2009.
13. The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 2. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2010. Review: Robert Linrothe, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 48/11 (2011): 2082. 14. Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 3. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2011. Brief notice: Eve M. Kahn, “Tracking Tibetan Art,” New York Times, October 20, 2011. 15. The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 4. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2012. 16. Painting Traditions of the Drigung Kagyu School. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 5. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2015. 17. Clarifying the Sage’s Intent. (Translation of Sa skya Pan.d.ita Kun dga’ rgyal mtshan, Thub pa’i dgongs pa rab tu gsal ba). In Ulrike Roesler, Ken Holmes, and David P. Jackson (transl.). Stages of the Buddha’s Teachings: Three Key Texts [by] Dölpa, Gampopa, and Sakya Pan.d.ita. The Library of Tibetan Classics 10. Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2015, 383–602.
18. A Revolutionary Artist of Tibet: Khyentse Chenmo of Gongkar. Masterworks of Tibetan Painting Series 6. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2016.
19. Lama of Lamas: The Life of the Vajra-Master Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. 2 vols. Kathmandu: Vajra Books, 2019. Canonical Translations published by 84000 (www.84000.co) 1. The Dhāran.ī of the Vajra Quintessence: ’Phags pa rdo rje snying po’i gzungs (Vajraman.d.anāmadhāran.ī). Toh 139, 2016. 2. The Noble Entering into the Seal of Going to What is Assured or Not Assured: ’Phags pa nges pa dang ma nges par ’gro ba’i phyag rgya la ’ jug pa (Niyatāniyatagatimudrāvatāra). Toh 202, 2017. 3. The Sūtra of the Seer Vyāsa’s Questions: Drang srong rgyas pas zhus pa’i mdo (R. s.ivyāsaparipr.cchāsūtra). Toh 93, 2018. 4. The Sūtra Requested by Vikurvān.arāja: ’Phags pa rnam par ’phrul pa’i rgyal pos zhus pa (Vikurvān.arājaparipr.cchā). Toh 167, 2018. 5. The Dhāran.ī of the Jewel Torch: dKon mchog ta la la’i gzungs (Ratnolkānāmadhāran.ī). Toh 145, 2020. Books edited 1. (Co-edited with Victoria R. M. Scott). Rhoton, Jared D. (transl.). A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes: Essential Distinctions among the Individual Liberation, Great Vehicle, and Tantric Systems. The sDom gsum rab dbye and Six Letters [by] Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen. Suny Series in Buddhist Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. |
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