Pearcey, A.

PersonType	Category:Translators Category:Professors
MainNamePhon	Adam S. Pearcey
bio	Adam S. Pearcey is the founder-director of Lotsāwa House, a virtual library of translations from Tibetan. His publications include (as co-translator) Mind in Comfort and Ease by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Wisdom Publications, 2007); Ga Rabjampa’s To Dispel the Misery of the World (Wisdom Publications, 2012), which he translated at the suggestion of the late Khenchen Appey Rinpoche; and Beyond the Ordinary Mind: Dzogchen Advice from Rimé Masters (Snow Lion, 2018). A partial list of the many translations he has published online can be found here. Adam first encountered Tibetan Buddhism in 1994 when he taught English at two monasteries near Darjeeling in India. He went on to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London; the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, where he also taught Tibetan and served as an interpreter; the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala; Oxford University, where he earned a Master’s degree in Oriental Studies; and again at SOAS, where he completed his PhD with a thesis entitled A Greater Perfection? Scholasticism, Comparativism and Issues of Sectarian Identity in Early 20th Century Writings on rDzogs-chen. In 2018 he was a senior teaching fellow at SOAS, lecturing on Buddhist philosophy and critical approaches to Buddhist Studies. (Source Accessed Feb 10, 2020)
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languagetarget	English
affiliation	Lotsawa House
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Full Name

Adam Pearcey

Affiliation

Rigpa - Sogyal Rinpoche - Wu Tai Shan Clan

Other Information

Adam Pearcey began studying Tibetan Buddhism in 1994 at the age of 17, shortly after leaving school, when he taught English in two monasteries near Darjeeling. He went on to study Tibetan and Sanskrit at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, and at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal, where he also taught Tibetan and served as an interpreter. He also holds a master’s degree from Oxford University. He founded Lotsāwa House, an online library of translation, in 2004, and is currently director of the Rigpa Shedra. He was the principal translator of Mind in Comfort and Ease by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Wisdom Publications, 2007), and recently completed Ga Rabjampa’s To Dispel the Misery of the World (Wisdom Publications, 2012), at the request of the late Khenpo Appey.

Source (Accessed Aug 24, 2014)

Adam Pearcey works as a translator for Rigpa Translations and is a member of the Wu Tai Shan Clan. His main teachers are:

• Sogyal Rinpoche
• Khenpo Namdrol

His first publications are:

• A Great Treasure of Blessings: A Book of Prayers to Guru Rinpoche, Rigpa Translations, Dharmakosha, 2004, ISBN 0953125114
• Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection, The Dalai Lama, Wisdom Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-0861714933

• Lotsawa House — Featuring translations of many important texts of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Lotsawa School — News and resources for Tibetan translators in training

Source (Accessed Aug 24, 2014)

A Mahāmudrā term for the basic state of consciousness that has not been fabricated or altered in any way.