Chökyi Gyatso Translation Committee

The Chökyi Gyatso Translation Committee has worked on and is currently engaged in translating scholarly material from German and French into English.

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. Presently he is working on the translation of Lambert Schmithausen’s collection of writings and is editing for publication his annotated translation of Louis de La Vallée Poussin’s Abhidharmakośabhāṣya.

Migme Chödrön has produced draft translations of the following texts:

• Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra. Translated by Étienne Lamotte.
• Vijñaptimatratāsiddhi. 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.

Those who are interested in receiving these translations, please contact her at: animigme@gampoabbey.org

She is currently engaged in translating R.A. Stein’s Vie et chants de ‘Brug-pa Kun-legs le yogin, and in solving crossword puzzles.

Lodrö Palmo has completed the 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 sound-track of movie-producer Leslie Patton's film entitled "The Words of my Perfect Teacher".


William S. Waldron* professor at Middlebury College (Vermont) has been teaching 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) Colour 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 currently teaches South Asian religions and Buddhist philosophy at Middlebury College, Vermont. His research areas include the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism, and comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind.