Govinda, A.

Govinda, A. on the DRL

Authors of English Works • Authors of German Works • Western Buddhist Teachers

Ernst Lothar Hoffman

English Phonetics	Anagarika Govinda

Dates

Birth:	1898
Death:	1985
Place of birth:	Waldheim, Germany

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Theravadin and later Tibetan Buddhism

Biographical Information

Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, 17 May 1898 – 14 January 1985) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism. He was also a painter and poet. Read more here.

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