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	Lopen (Dr) Karma Phuntsho is one of Bhutan’s leading intellectuals. He has finished monastic training in Bhutan and India before he pursued a M.St in Classical Indian Religions, and D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a researcher at CNRS, Paris, a Research Associate at Department of Social Anthropology and the Spalding Fellow for Comparative Religion at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, and Research Consultant at University of Virginia. An author of over hundred books and articles including the authoritative History of Bhutan and Mipham’s Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness, he speaks and writes extensively on Bhutan and Buddhism. His work has received extensive media coverage including by BBC, BBS, Kuensel, The Bhutanese, Science, Radio Free Asia, Oxford Today, Times of India, India Today and Channel News Asia. He is also the President and the founder of Loden Foundation, a leading educational, entrepreneurial and cultural initiative in Bhutan. He is currently based in Thimphu, Bhutan. Read a complete bio on Wikipedia.
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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The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.