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Birth: | 1949 |
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Primary Language: | English |
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Translates from: | Tibetan |
Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Tsadra Foundation
- Religious Affiliation
- Sakya; Tibetan Buddhism; Dezhung Rinpoche; Chogye Tritsen Rinpoche
Current projects
- Volume 15 of the Treasury of Precious Instructions: http://dnz.tsadra.org/index.php/Gdams_ngag_mdzod_Shechen_Printing/Volume_15
- Dölpopa’s Mountain Dharma
PhD University
- University of Washington
Education
PhD. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Biographical Information
Cyrus Stearns is a scholar of Tibetan religion, literature, and history, with a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from the University of Washington. He first began to study Buddhism with Dezhung Rinpoche (1906-87) in 1973 and has studied with and translated for numerous Tibetan teachers.
Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. Interpreter for Dezhung Rinpoche and Chogye Trichen Rinpoche for many years as well as for lamas of all traditions; living in translation/retreat hermitage since 1998. Tsadra Foundation Fellow from 2003-2015. (Source Accessed March 29, 2019)
Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow:
- King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo, Lochen Gyurmé Dechen
- Treasury of Esoteric Instructions: A Commentary on Virupa’s "Vajra Lines," Lama Dampa Sönam Gyaltsen
- The Buddha from Dölpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, rev. ed.
- Treasury of Esoteric Instructions, Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen, Virupa
- Song of the Road, The Poetic Travel Journal of Tsarchen Losal Gyatso, Tsarchen Losel Gyatso
Previously Published Books:
- The Buddha from Dolpo: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
- Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam ’Bras Tradition in Tibet
- Hermit of Go Cliffs: Timeless Instructions from a Tibetan Mystic, Godrakpa
- Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdré Tradition
- Wiki Pages
- Person description or short bio
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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