Kunsang, E.

Kunsang, E. on the DRL

Erik Pema Kunsang

Alternate names

• Erik Hein Schmidt

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	http://www.erikpemakunsang.com Official; http://erik-pema-kunsang-a-live-biography.blogspot.com; http://www.lotsawaschool.org/2008/09/erik-pema-kunsang.html

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Gomde Denmark

Secondary Affiliation

Rangjung Yeshe Publications

Religious Affiliation

Kagyu; Nyingma; Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Teachers

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche · Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Biographical Information

Erik Pema Kunsang is one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators and interpreters today. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late 1970s. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and was one of the founding directors of Rangjung Yeshe Publications.
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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 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.