Holmes, Ken

PersonType	Category:Translators Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Ken
LastName / namelast	Holmes
bio	Ken Holmes studied Tibetan Buddhism in Dharamsala, India, before joining Samye Ling in Scotland, the first Tibetan monastery in the West, in 1970. As the center’s director of studies, Ken spends much of the year teaching at Samye Ling’s branches in Europe and Africa. Previous publications include Maitreya on Buddha Nature, Karmapa, and the novel Tibet or Not Tibet.
YearBirth	1947
BornIn	London, England
ReligiousAffiliation	Kagyu
ClassicalProfAff	Kagyu Samye Ling
StudentOf	Akong Rinpoche
IsInGyatsa	No
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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.