Hirshberg, D.

PersonType	Category:Professors Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Dan
LastName / namelast	Hirshberg
namemiddle	Alexander
MainNamePhon	Daniel Alexander Hirshberg
bio	Dan Hirshberg’s study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism began as an undergrad in 1996 and culminated in a PhD at Harvard University (2012) where his dissertation focused on Nyang-rel Nyima Ozer (1124–92), the first of the great Buddhist treasure revealers, and the textual and religious innovations that produced the first biography of Padmasambhava. Since becoming a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 2004, he has translated several liturgies and their supplementary rituals as a member of the Nitartha Translation Network. Dan is now Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Mary Washington. (2014 Translation & Transmission Conference Program)
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	University of Mary Washington
affiliationsecondary	Nitartha Translation Network
religiousaffiliation	Nalandabhodi
StudentOf	Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
phduniversity	Harvard University
education	2012, PhD, Harvard University 2005, M.A. Naropa University B.A. Wesleyan University
IsInGyatsa	No
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