Erik Pema Kunsang (born Erik Hein Schmidt) is a
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
translator
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and was, along with Marcia Binder Schmidt, director of
Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications
Rangjung is a town on the Gamri River in the Radhi Gewog of Tashigang District, East Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is si ...
in
Kathmandu
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. He has translated over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings. His other projects include the
Rangjung Yeshe Wiki The Rangjung Yeshe Wiki is a Wiki community established in 2005 focused on building a Tibetan-English Dictionary, glossaries of Buddhist terminology, biographies of Buddhist teachers, and articles on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and col ...
, an ongoing electronic publication that is compiling an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
and
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
languages.
Erik has been the assistant and translator for
and his sons since the late 1970s. He was active in facilitating masters of the Practice Lineages to teach in the West. He lives in
Denmark
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.
References
Interview on Lotsawa School
External links
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Publications websiteShedrub Development MandalaGomde DenmarkGomde USA
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Tibetan Buddhists from Denmark
Buddhist translators
Living people
Nyingma Buddhists
Kagyu Buddhists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Tibetan–English translators
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