Thomas Doctor

Thomas has worked as a translator at the Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling Monastery in Kathmandu since 1993. He holds a Bachelor and an M.A. degree in Tibetan Studies from the University of Copenhagen and has worked at the Kathmandu University - Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute since the Centre’s inception. He is preparing a dissertation on reason and truth in Nyingma Madhyamaka and Mantrayana at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Main teachers

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche,and Chokling Rinpoche

Published Works

Speech of Delight – Mipham’s Commentary to Santarakshita’s Ornament of the Middle Way (Snow Lion 2004)

With the Dharmchakra Translation Committee:

The Middle Beyond Extremes - the Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Shenphen Nangwa and Ju Mipham (Snow Lion, forthcoming in 2006)

Unpublished Works (completed)

Shenphen Nangwa. An Annotated Commentary to the Stanzas on Distinguishing Phenomena from their Intrinsic Nature.

External Links

Email: doctor@wlink.com.np