Kawamura, L.

Kawamura, L. on the DRL

Authors of English Works • Professors

Leslie Sumio Kawamura

English Phonetics	Leslie S. Kawamura
Sort Name	Kawamura, Leslie

Dates

Birth:	1935/07/07
Death:	2011/03/10
Place of birth:	Raymond, Alberta, Canada

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

University of Calgary

PhD University

University of Saskatchewan

Education

• PhD in Far Eastern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1974
  

Biographical Information

Leslie S. Kawamura was an Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, in Far Eastern Studies (1974). He studied at the Kyoto University (Japan) and taught at the Nyingma Institute (Berkeley), Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley), and the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon). His publications include Mind in Buddhist Psychology (with H.V. Guenther, Dharma Press, 1975) and Golden Zephyr (Dharma Press, 1975). He was a founding member of the Honpa Buddhist Church of Alberta and the Canada-Mongolia Society. (Adapted from Source May 18, 2021)

Links

Wiki Pages

• Kawamura, L. on the DRL
• Kawamura, L. on the LIB

Full Name

Leslie S. Kawamura

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion

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.