David Karma Choephel

PersonType	Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	David
LastName / namelast	Choephel
namemiddle	Karma
MainNamePhon	David Karma Choephel
bio	Khenpo David Karma Choephel studied Buddhist philosophy at the Vajra Vidya Institute in Namo Buddha, Nepal, and Sarnath, India. He currently serves as Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s main English-language translator, and also translates for the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Kagyu Monlam. His published translations include Ngondro for Our Current Day by the Gyalwang Karmapa, Heart of the Dharma by Khenchen Trangu Rinpoche, Jewels from the Treasury, Vasubandhu’s Verses on the Treasury of Abhidharma, with commentary by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, all published by KTD Publications; and Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar by Thrangu Rinpoche, published by Shambhala Publications. His most recent translation, The Torch of True Meaning: Instructions and the Practice Text for the Mahamudra Preliminaries by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye and the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, was taught by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, A Collection of Commentaries on The Four-Session Guru Yoga, Compiled by the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, both published by KTD Publications. (Source Accessed Feb 12, 2020)
associatedwebsite	Facebook Page // KTD Blog
religiousaffiliation	Karma Kagyu; Thrangu Tashi Choling; Thrangu Rinpoche
education	B.A. Oberlin College Vajra Vidya Institute & Namo Buddha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in Namo Buddha, Nepal
IsInGyatsa	No
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Full Name

David Karma Choephel

Affiliation

Karma Kagyu - Thrangu Tashi Choling - Thrangu Rinpoche

Education

B.A., Oberlin College

Vajra Vidya Institute & Namo Buddha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in Namo Buddha, Nepal

Other Information

• Facebook Page
• KTD Blog

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.