Phuntsho, Karma

PersonType	Category:Independent Researchers Category:Translators Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors Category:Authors of Tibetan Works
FirstName / namefirst	Karma
LastName / namelast	Phuntsho
MainNamePhon	Karma Phuntsho
SortName	Phuntsho, Karma
bio	Read a complete bio on Wikipedia Lopen (Dr) Karma Phuntsho was trained as a monk in Bhutan and India, and received a M.St and D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a researcher at CNRS, Paris and the Spalding Fellow for Comparative Religion at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is currently the president and the founder of Loden Foundation and the director of Shejun Agency (www.shejun.org), a non-profit organization that focuses on the documentation and study of Bhutan’s written heritage and oral traditions. He is currently based in Thimphu, Bhutan. He is the author of the Books: History of Bhutan and The Autobiograpahy of Terton Pema Lingpa. (Source Accessed May 7, 2020)
BornIn	Ura gewog in Bumthang district of central Bhutan.
associatedwebsite	Loden Foundation Website
phduniversity	Oxford University
education	Lopon - Chagri Monastery in Bhutan, then south India to Sera Monastery then ten years at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute. M.St and D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford
IsInGyatsa	No
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