Anya Zilman

PersonType	Category:Translators
MainNamePhon	Anya Zilman
bio	Anna (a.k.a. Anya) holds a MA degree in Buddhist Studies from the Kathmandu University Centre for Buddhist Studies at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute. Her MA thesis was entitled: “Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and the Nonsectarian Movement: A Critical Look at Representations of 19th Century Tibetan Buddhism”. Anna joined the BA program at RYI in 2007, and the Translator Training Program (TTP) in 2008 and has been teaching in RYI since 2009 as a language instructor in the TTP. She is has been the a manager of the TTP since 2010. Anna also interprets for a variety of different teachers from Tibetan into English and Russian.
currentworks	2016-present: Translation for 84000 of The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra: Teaching the Conduct of a Bodhisattva (Skt. Āryabodhisatvatsaryanirdeśanāmamahāyānasūtra, Tib. ’phags pa byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa bstan pa shes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo) 2016-present: Translation for 84000: Checking English translation of Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa against the Tibetan text ('phags pa 'jam dpal gyi rtsa ba'i rgyud). 2015: Translation for 84000 of The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra: Distinguishing Between Phenomena and Reality (Skt. Āryadharmārthavibhāganāmamahāyānasūtra, Tib. ’phags pa chos dang don rnam par ’byed pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo). 2014: Editing Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Open Heart, Open Mind in Russian.
IsInGyatsa	No
Other wikis	research:Zilman, A. buddhanature:Zilman, A. bca:Zilman, A. rtz:Zilman, A. dnz:Zilman, A. dudjom:Zilman, A. khyentselineage:Zilman, A. lcp:Zilman, A. If the page does not yet exist on the remote wiki, you can paste the tag {{PersonCall}} inside the destination page. But please first make sure you are on the right page. Some wikis have the person page on Person/<COMMONS PERSON PAGENAME>, in which case the page <COMMONS PERSON PAGENAME> needs to be redirected. Ask if you need clarification.

A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses.

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.