Richard Barron (Chokyi Nyima)

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Translators Category:Tsadra Fellows and Grantees Category:Western Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Richard
LastName / namelast	Barron
MainNamePhon	Richard Barron (Chokyi Nyima)
SortName	Barron, Richard
namealt	Chokyi Nyima
bio	Richard Barron is a Canadian-born translator who specializes in the writings of Longchenpa. He has served as an interpreter for many lamas from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, including his first teacher, Kalu Rinpoche. He completed a traditional three-year retreat at Kagyu Ling in France and later became a close disciple of the late Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. He was engaged in a long-term project to translate The Seven Treasuries of Longchenpa. His other translations include Buddhahood Without Meditation, The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul: A Gem of Many Colors, and A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage by Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul was his first translation in the Tsadra Foundation Series published by Snow Lion Publications.
YearBirth	1950
BornIn	Canada
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Chagdud Gonpa's Padma Translation Committee
affiliationsecondary	Tsadra Foundation
religiousaffiliation	Nyingma; Tibetan Buddhism; Kagyu Ling, France; Chagdud Gonpa's Padma Translation Comittee
StudentOf	Kalu Rinpoche  ·  Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
IsInGyatsa	No
Other wikis	research:Barron, R. buddhanature:Barron, R. bca:Barron, R. rtz:Barron, R. dnz:Barron, R. dudjom:Barron, R. khyentselineage:Barron, R. lcp:Barron, R. 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.

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.

The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.

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.