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[[Image:ErikClementTown1978.jpg|frame|right|Erik Pema Kunsang, Clement Town, Himachal Pradesh, 1978. Taken when Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche conferred the Rinchen Terdzo empowerments at Mindrol Ling Monastery.]]'''Erik Pema Kunsang''' (Erik Hein Schmidt) has translated over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and directs, with his wife [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]], [[Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications]] (www.rangjung.com) in Kathmandu. Other projects included the Dharma Dictionary, an ongoing, electronic publication, compiling an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the Tibetan and English languages.
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Erik has been the assistant and translator for [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] and his sons since the late seventies. He and Marcia are both active in facilitating masters of the Practice Lineages to teach in the West. They live at [[Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery]] in [[Boudhanath]], Nepal, and at the Gomde retreat centers in California and Denmark.  
Erik Pema Kunsang is a respected translator and was a director of [[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]] in California. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings. His other projects includes being an editor of this “Dharma Dictionary”, an ongoing electronic publication on the web to compile an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the Tibetan and English languages.
Programs are listed at the webpages [http://www.gomde.dk Gomde Denmark] and
Erik has been the assistant and translator for [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] and his sons since the late 1970s. He is active in facilitating masters to teach in the West. He lives in Denmark where he lectures regularly. [http://www.gomde.dk Gomde Denmark]
[http://www.gomdeusa.org Gomde USA]. From the jacket of ''[[A Tibetan Buddhist Companion]]''.


==Published Translationss==
 
==Published Translations==
*[[Erik Pema Kunsang's published book translations]] mostly together with [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]]
*[[Erik Pema Kunsang's published book translations]] mostly together with [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]]


==Smaller Published Translations Works==
==Smaller Published Translations Works==
*[[I'm gonna need a lot of help or a lotta time with this one]], including practice texts, chants, pujas, etc.
*[[Rangjung Yeshe Practice Booklets]]
*[[http://rangjung.com/rootfiles/practice_booklets.htm Practice texts, chants, pujas, etc.]]


*[[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]] <br>
*[[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]] <br>
*email: rangjung@gmail.com <br>
*email: rangjungATgmail.com <br>
 
==Websites==
* [http://www.erikpemakunsang.com/ official website]


[http://www.rangjung.com publications website]<br>
[http://www.rangjung.com publications website]<br>

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Erik Pema Kunsang is a respected translator and was a director of Rangjung Yeshe Publications in California. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings. His other projects includes being an editor of this “Dharma Dictionary”, an ongoing electronic publication on the web to compile an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late 1970s. He is active in facilitating masters to teach in the West. He lives in Denmark where he lectures regularly. Gomde Denmark


Published Translations

Smaller Published Translations Works

Websites

publications website
various Dharma activities I'm involved in