Dorje, G.

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Gyurme
LastName / namelast	Dorje
languagetranslation	Tibetan;Sanskrit
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Tsadra Foundation Grantee;84000
StudentOf	Longchen Yeshe Dorje  ·  Dudjom Jikdral Yeshe Dorje  ·  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche  ·  Chatral Sangye Dorje  ·  Tulku Pema Wangyal  ·  Zenkar Rinpoche  ·  Thubten Nyima
phduniversity	SOAS,University of London
Other wikis	drl:Dorje, G. buddhanature:Dorje, G. bca:Dorje, G. rtz:Dorje, G. dnz:Dorje, G. dudjom:Dorje, G. khyentselineage:Dorje, G. lcp:Dorje, G.

Names

Gyurme Dorje

Affiliation

Tsadra Foundation Grantee

Other Biographical Information

Gyurme Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary.

Trans Himalaya, under the direction of Dr Gyurme Dorje, a Tibetologist and Tibet travel writer, organise travel throughout the Tibetan plateau, as well as in Mongolia, China and the Himalayas (Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, and Ladakh).

RYWIKI page

Main Teachers

The previous Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Tulku Pema Wangyal, Zenkar Rinpoche Thubten Nyima

Some Published Works of Gyurme Dorje

(includes translations, editions and original compositions)

• The Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth Century Commentary Phyogs-bcu mun-sel. PhD Thesis, SOAS, University of London (3 vols), 1987. See [1]

• Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History. Wisdom Publications, Boston. 1st edition (2 vols), 1991; 2nd edition (1 vol), 2002; ISBN 0861711998. See Wisdom Books

• Tibetan Medical Paintings. Serindia Publications, London (2 Vols); ISBN 0-906026-26-1. 1992. See Serindia

• Tibet Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 1996; 2nd edition 1999; 3rd edition 2004; ISBN 1900949334 See Footprintbooks

• Bhutan Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 2004. See Footprintbooks

• Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings Eskenazi & Fogg, London. 2001. See Whiteberyl
• Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscript from the White Beryl of Sangs-Rgyas Rgya-Mtsho. Holberton, Paul Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9780953994106 ISBN 0953994104

• An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vol. 1, 2001). Enquiries: tedic@hotmail.com

• “A Rare Series of Tibetan Banners”, in Pearls of the Orient, Serindia, 2003. See Serindia

• The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete English Translation, Penguin Classics, 2005 See [2]

• Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist Temple, Thames & Hudson, 2010

• The Guhyagarbha Tantra: Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions (Snowlion)

• An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vols. 2-3