Ellerton, D.

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FirstName / namefirst	David
LastName / namelast	Ellerton
bio	David Ellerton grew up in Denver, Colorado, and took his first Shambhala Training level in 1995 after reading several of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s books. A few years later he met Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in Boulder and in 1999 participated in Seminary and Warriors Assembly. The following year he attended Kalapa Assembly. After a year on staff at Shambhala Mountain Center, he travelled with the Sakyong as a Continuity Kusung and Secretary (2001-2002). In 2004 he moved to Japan, where he taught English and continued his study of Japanese and Aikido, which he began practicing as an undergraduate student in Boulder. Upon returning to the United States he enrolled in Naropa University’s M.A. program in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism (Shedra Track), and began his study of Tibetan. During this time he received the Vajrayogini Abhisheka from the Sakyong. After graduating, he spent much of 2008 in both India and Nepal studying Tibetan and receiving commentary on the Uttaratantra Shastra at Pullahari Monastery. In 2008 he began a Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at UCSB and is conducting his dissertation research on Tibetan prophecy (lung bstan) at the Central University of Tibetan Studies in India. (Source Accessed May 26, 2015)
BornIn	Denver, CO
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	University of California, Santa Barbara; Nālandā Translation Committee
affiliationsecondary	Shambhala International
religiousaffiliation	Shambhala
StudentOf	Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
currentworks	Ph.D. research on Tibetan prophecy (lung bstan) (as of 2015).
phduniversity	University of California, Santa Barbara
education	Ph.D. Candidate at UCSB - Tibetan prophecy (lung bstan) 2007, MA, Naropa University 1998, BA, University of Colorado, Boulder
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The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.

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