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|bio=Samten G. Karmay is one of Tibet’s foremost scholars. Karmay was born in Amdo Province and attended a local Bonpo monastery from ages eight to fourteen. He then followed a three-year course of Dzogchen meditation at Kyangthang Monastery. At twenty he obtained the Geshe degree and took further studies at Drepung.
  
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In 1959 Samten and his family left Tibet and settled briefly in India. From 1961 to 1964, he was a visiting scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he earned an M. Phil. degree for his thesis on Bon history, and then a Ph.D. for his thesis on the origin and development of Dzogchen in Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
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'''Tibetan:''' <span class=TibetanUnicode20>བསམ་གཏན་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཁརསྨད་</span><br>
 
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*[[bsam gtan rgyal mtshan mkhar smad]]<br>
 
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*[[Samten Karmay]]<br>
 
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*[[Samten Gyeltsen Karmay]]<br>
 
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*[[Karmay, Samten G.]]<br>
 
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== Dates ==
 
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Born: 1936<br>
 
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[http://www.tibetwrites.org/?_Samten-G-Karmay_ Karmay's page on Tibet Writes.org]
 
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Samten Gyeltsen Karmay (bsam-gtan rgyal-mtshan mkhar-rme'u) (1936-) is a writer and researcher in the field of Tibetan Studies. His work is focused on the study of Tibetan myths, beliefs, Bon religion and religious history.
 
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Samten Gyeltsen was born in 1936 in Sharkhog, eastern Tibet. He received religious training in Dzogchen meditation from his uncle. He completed his studies in the Bon monastery in 1955, obtaining the degree of Geshe, and left with a group of friends to the Gelugpa monastery of Drepung, near Lhasa. The monastery was known for its high philosophical training.
 
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After leaving Drepung due to the difficult political situation, Samten moved to Nepal and later to India. After working for some time in Delhi, he was invited to England by David Snellgrove under a Rockefeller fellowship. Upon moving to Europe, he assumed the surname Karmay. He studied under two mentors, Snellgrove and Rolf Stein, who both recognized Samten's knowledge of Tibetan texts. He earned an M. Phil degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
 
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In 1980 he moved to France, where he entered the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research). During his time there, he was awarded with the CNRS Silver Medal for his contribution to Human Sciences. A number of Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines was dedicated to him in November 2008. He also held the post of the President of the International Association of Tibetan Studies between 1995 and 2000, being the first Tibetan to be elected to the post. In 2005 he was a visiting professor at the International Institute for Asian Studies, under the sponsorship of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samten_Karmay Source]
 
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[http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P7265 TBRC RID: P7265]
 
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In 1980 he entered the National Centre of Scientific Research, Paris, where he became the Director of Research in history and anthropology. In 1996 he was elected President of the International Association of Tibetan Studies. He has written a number of books on Tibetan religions, including a book on the Fifth Dalai Lama. ([https://www.tibetwrites.in/authors/samten-g-karmay/ Source: TibetWrites])
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Revision as of 18:30, 27 September 2021

Karmay, Samten on the DRL

བསམ་གཏན་རྒྱལ་མཚན་མཁར་རྨེའུ་
Wylie bsam gtan rgyal mtshan mkhar rme'u
English Phonetics Samten Karmay
Sort Name Karmay, Samten
Other names
    • bsam gtan rgyal mtshan mkhar smad
    • mkhar rme'u bsam gtan
    • mkhar smad bsam gtan rgyal mtshan
    Alternate names
    • Samten Gyeltsen Karmay
    Dates
    Birth:   1936


    Tibetan calendar dates

    Contact information

    Website:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samten_Karmay
    About

    Biographical Information

    Samten G. Karmay is one of Tibet’s foremost scholars. Karmay was born in Amdo Province and attended a local Bonpo monastery from ages eight to fourteen. He then followed a three-year course of Dzogchen meditation at Kyangthang Monastery. At twenty he obtained the Geshe degree and took further studies at Drepung.

    In 1959 Samten and his family left Tibet and settled briefly in India. From 1961 to 1964, he was a visiting scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he earned an M. Phil. degree for his thesis on Bon history, and then a Ph.D. for his thesis on the origin and development of Dzogchen in Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

    In 1980 he entered the National Centre of Scientific Research, Paris, where he became the Director of Research in history and anthropology. In 1996 he was elected President of the International Association of Tibetan Studies. He has written a number of books on Tibetan religions, including a book on the Fifth Dalai Lama. (Source: TibetWrites)

    Links
    BDRC Link (PP7265)
    https://library.bdrc.io/show/bdr:P7265
    Wiki Pages



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