Hirshberg, D.
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Daniel Alexander Hirshberg (Dan)
1st year postdoc: UCSB, 2012-2013
Nalandabodhi, USA - Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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| Primary Language: | English |
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| Translates from: | Tibetan |
| Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- University of Mary Washington
- Secondary Affiliation
- Nitartha Translation Network
- Religious Affiliation
- Nalandabhodi
- Teachers
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
PhD University
- Harvard University
Education
2012, PhD, Harvard University
2005, M.A. Naropa University
Biographical Information
Dan Hirshberg’s study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism began as an undergrad in 1996 and culminated in a PhD at Harvard University (2012) where his dissertation focused on Nyang-rel Nyima Ozer (1124–92), the first of the great Buddhist treasure revealers, and the textual and religious innovations that produced the first biography of Padmasambhava. Since becoming a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 2004, he has translated several liturgies and their supplementary rituals as a member of the Nitartha Translation Network. Dan is now Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Mary Washington. (2014 Translation & Transmission Conference Program)
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