Jeffrey Hopkins (born 1940) is an American

Tibetologist Tibetology () refers to the study of things related to Tibet, including its history, religion, language, culture, politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance. The last may mean a collection of ...

. He is Emeritus professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

, where he taught for more than three decades since 1973. He has authored more than twenty-five books about

Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...

, among them the highly influential ''Meditation on Emptiness'', which appeared in 1983, offering a pioneering exposition of Prasangika-Madyamika thought in the

Geluk 240px, The 14th Dalai Lama (center), the most influential figure of the contemporary Gelug tradition, at the 2003 Bodhgaya (India). The Gelug (, also Geluk; "virtuous")Kay, David N. (2007). ''Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain: Transplantati ...

tradition. From 1979 to 1989 he was the

Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current D ...

's chief interpreter into English and he played a significant role in the development of the

Free Tibet Movement The Tibetan Independence Movement () is the political movement advocating for the separation and independence of Tibet from the People's Republic of China. It is principally led by the Tibetan diaspora in countries like India and the United St ...

. In 2006 he published his English translation of a major work by the Jonangpa lama,

Dolpopa Dölpopa Shérap Gyeltsen () (1292–1361), known simply as Dölpopa, was a Tibetan Buddhist master. Known as "The Buddha from Dölpo," a region in modern Nepal, he was the principal exponent of the shentong teachings, and an influential memb ...

, on the Buddha Nature and Emptiness called ''Mountain Doctrine''.Jeffrey Hopkins, ''Mountain Doctrine: Tibet's Fundamental Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha Matrix'', Snow Lion, 2006

Works

* *''Maps of the Profound: Jam-Yang-Shay-Ba's Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality'' *''Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom'' *''Emptiness Yoga: The Tibetan Middle Way'' *''Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism'' *''Meditation on Emptiness'' *''Absorption in No External World: 170 Issues in Mind-Only Buddhism (Dynamic Responses to Dzong-ka-ba's the Essence of Eloquence)'' *''Mountain Doctrine: Tibet's Fundamental Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha Matrix''

Translations

* ''Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine'' (1986),

Yeshi Dhonden Yeshi Dhonden (; 15 May 1927 – 26 November 2019) was a Tibetan doctor of traditional Tibetan medicine, and served the 14th Dalai Lama from 1961 to 1980. In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civil ...

Notes and references

External links

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Jeffrey Hopkins - UVA Tibet Center
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