The Chökyi Gyatso Translation Committee

The Chökyi Gyatso Translation Committee translates scholarly material from German and French into English.

Gelong Lodrö Sangpo, under the supervision of Professor Ernst Steinkellner (Vienna) has translated Erich Frauwallner’s classical anthology, Die Philosophie des Buddhismus ("The Philosophy of Buddhism"), published by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2010. For more information about this translation, click here.

Currently, Lodrö Sangpo is working on a translation of Lambert Schmithausen’s collection of writings and is editing for publication his annotated translation of Louis de La Vallée Poussin’s Abhidharmakośabhāṣya.

Gelongma Migme Chödrön has produced translations of the following texts:

• Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra. Translated by Étienne Lamotte.
• Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi. Translated by Louis de La Vallée Poussin.
• Mahāyānasaṃgraha. Translated by Étienne Lamotte.
• Les Sectes Bouddhiques du Petit Véhicule. By André Bareau.
• La Saveur de l’Immortel (Amṛtarasa). Translated by Van den Broeck.
• Abhidharmasamuccaya. Translated by Walpola Rahula.
• Vie et chants de ‘Brug-pa Kun-legs le yogin (The Life and Songs of Drugpa Kunlegs). Translated by R.A. Stein. (Note that Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche was said to be an incarnation of Drugpa Kunlegs, who was known as the Madman of Bhutan.) For more information about this translation, click here.

If you are interested in receiving any of Ani Migme Chödrön's translations, please contact her at animigme@gampoabbey.org.

Former resident Lodrö Palmo has completed a translation into French of the root text of "The 3rd Karmapa's Nyingpo Tenpo (Treatise on Buddha-Essence)" with commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. She has also revised the French translation of the soundtrack of movie-producer Leslie Patton's film entitled "The Words of my Perfect Teacher."

William S. Waldron* professor at Middlebury College (Vermont) has taught at Gampo Abbey. He has provided the following texts of interest:

• Common Ground, Common Cause: Buddhism and Science on the Afflictions of Self-Identity (PDF)
• The Co-arising of Self and Object, World, and Society: Buddhist and Scientific Approaches (PDF)
• Buddhist Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Thinking about "Thoughts without a Thinker" (PDF)
• How Innovative is the Alayavijnana? (PDF) Color version optimized for screen viewing.
• How Innovative is the Alayavijnana? (PDF) Black text version optimized for printing.

* William S. Waldron received his PhD in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin after studying extensively in India, Nepal, and Japan. He teaches South Asian religions and Buddhist philosophy at Middlebury College, Vermont. His research areas include the Yogācāra school of Indian Buddhism, and comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind.

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