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Professor Herbert V. Guenther (1917-2006)
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Main teachers
Published Works
Books
- Das Seelenproblem im älteren Buddhismus, 1949.
- Yuganaddha - the Tantric View of Life, 1952
- Concept of Mind in Buddhist Tantrism, 1956
- Philosophy and psychology in the Abhidharma, 1957
- Levels of Understanding in Buddhism, 1958
- The Philosophical Background of Buddhist Tantrism, 1959-60
- sGam-po-pa - The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, 1959
- The Life and Teaching of Naropa, 1963
- Tibetan Buddhism without mystification: The Buddhist way from original Tibetan sources, 1966
- The Royal Song of Sahara: a Study in The History of Buddhist Thought, 1969
- Buddhist Philosophy in Theory & Practice, 1972
- Tantra als Lebensanschauung, 1974
- Kindly Bent to Ease Us, vols. 1-3, 1975-6 (Ngal-gso skor-gsum)
- Treasures on the Tibetan Middle Way: A Newly Revised Edition of Tibetan Buddhism Without Mystification, 1976
- On Spiritual Discipline, (Dreadnaugt Press) 1975
- Mind in Buddhist Psychology: A Translation of Ye-shes rgyal-mtshan's "The Neclace of Clear Understanding", 1975 (with Leslie S. Kawamura)
- The Dawn of Tantra 1975 (with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche)
- Tibetan Buddhism in Western Perspective, 1977
- Looking Deeper: A Swan’s Questions and Answers, 1983
- Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of Dzogs-chen Thought, 1985
- Creative Vision, 1988
- Visionary Journey: The Story of Wildwood Delights: The Story of The Mount Potala Delights, 1989
- From Reductionism to Creativity: RDzogs-chen and the New Sciences of Mind, 1989
- Meditation Differently: Phenomenological-psychological Aspects of Tibetan Buddhist (Mahamudra and sNying-thig) Practices from Original Tibetan Sources, 1992
- Some Aspects of rDzogs-chen Thought in Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation, 1992
- Wholeness Lost and Wholeness Regained: Forgotten Tales of Individuation from Ancient Tibet, 1994
- Ecstatic Spontaneity: Saraha's Three Cycles of Doha, 1994
- Klong-chen rab-'byams-pa Dri-med 'Od-zer - The Full-fledged Kyung-chen Bird, 1996
- The Teachings of Padmasambhava (Brill's Indological Library, Vol 12),1996
Articles
- "Some Aspects of Tibetan Religious Thought." History of Religions, vol. 3, 1963.
- "Saraha's Song of Human Action." Middle Way, 1965.
- "Art and Thought in the Eastern World." Art Journal, Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art, 1965.
- "Mentalism and Beyond in Buddhist Philosophy." Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 86, 1966.
- "Le Maitre Spirituel en Tibet." Hermes, 1966-67.
- "An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism." The Tibet Society Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 7, 1967.
- "The Concept of Freedom in Cross-Cultural Perspective." Saskatchewan History Teacher's Newsletter, vol. 5, no. 1, 1968.
- "Tantra and Revelation." History of Religions, vol. 7, no. 4, 1968.
- "Tantra - Meaningful Existence" in Maitreya vol. 1, 1970, Shambala
- "Absolute Perfection" in Crystal Mirror I (Dharma Press, 1971)
- "Fact and Fiction in the Experience of Being" in Crystal Mirror II (Dharma Press, 1972)
- "On 'Spiritual Discipline'" in Maitreya vol. 3, 1972, Shambala
- "The Male-Female Polarity in Oriental and Western Thought" in Maitreya vol. 4, 1973, Shambhala
- "Early Forms of Tibetan Buddhism" in Crystal Mirror III (Dharma Press, 1974)
- "The Teacher and the Student" in Maitreya vol. 5, 1974, Shambhala
- "Tantra and Contemporary Man" in Loka (Anchor/Doubleday 1975)
- "Towards Spiritual Order" in Maitreya vol. 6, 1977, Shambhala
- "Buddhist rDzogs-chen Thought and Western 'Daseinsanalyse'" in Nathan Katz (ed.), Buddhist and Western Psychology (Prajna Press, 1983)
- "'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet" in Lewis Lancaster and Whalen Lai (eds.), Early Ch'an in China and Tibet (University of California, 1983)
- "Buddhism in Tibet" in Joseph M. Kitigawa and Mark D. Cummings (eds.) Buddhism and Asian History (Macmillan, 1987)
- "Basic Features of Buddhist Psychology" in John Pickering (ed.), The Authority of Experience: Essays on Buddhism and Psychology (Curzon 1997)
- "The Spiritual Guide as Mystical Experience." The R.M. Bucke Memorial Society Newsletter-Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1968.
- "Guilt and Purification in Buddhist Tantrism." Proceedings of the XIth International Congress for the History of Religions, vol. 2, Leiden, 1968.
- "Tantra :Meaningful Existence." Maitreya, vol. 1, 1969.
- "Mind, Space and Aesthetic Awareness" Anjali Peradanya, 1970.
- "Absolute Perfection" Crystal Mirror, vol. 1, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1971.
- "The Path and the Goal." The American Theosophist, vol. 60, no. 5, 1972.
- " 'On' 'Spiritual Discipline' " Maitreya, vol. 3, 1972.
- "Fact and Fiction in the Experience of Being." Crystal Mirror, vol. 2, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1972.
- "Buddhist Metaphysics and Existential Meditation" Sciences Religieuses Studies in Religion, vol, 1, no. 4, 1972.
- "Samvriti and Paramartha in Yogacara According to Tibetan Sources." Two Truths in Buddhism and Vedanta, Ed. M. Sprung, Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing, 1973.
- "Forward." Calm and Clear, Lama Mipham, Emeryville: Dharma Publishing, 1973.
- "The Male-Female Polarity in Oriental and Western Thought." Maitreya, 4, 1973.
- "Buddhist Mysticism." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974.
- "Buddhist Sacred Literature." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974.
- "Forward" An Introduction to Tantric Buddhism, S.B. Dasgupta, Berkeley:Shamhala, 1974.
- "The Development of Tibetan Art." Sacred Art of Tibet, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
- "Early Forms of Tibetan Buddhism." Crystal Mirror vol. 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
- "The Teacher and the Student." Maitreya, 5, 1974.
- "Mind is the Root." Crystal Mirror 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
- "A Look Into the Sky Like Mirror." Crystal Mirror 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1974.
- "Mahamudra - The Method of Self - Actualization." The Tibet Journal 1, 1975.
- "The Natural Freedom of Mind." Crystal Mirror 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
- "Three Paths with a Single Goal." Gesar vol. 2, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
- "Tantra and Contemporary Man." Loka, Garden City, N.Y.:Anchor Press Doubleday, 1975.
- "Towards an Experience of Being Through Psychological Purification." A Study of Klesa, ed. Genjun H. Sasaki, Tokyo:Shimizukobundo Ltd., 1975.
- "A Journey Through Life: Five Stages on the Budhist Path." Gesar vol. 3, no. 2, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1975.
- "Conversations with Herbert Guenther." Gesar vol. 3, no. 1, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, Fall 1975.
- "The Activation of Inner Potential." Gesar vol. 3, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, Summer 1976.
- "The Road to Growth:The Budhist Way." Gesar vol. 3, no. 3, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1976.
- "The Prepatory Stage." Garuda IV, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Boulder:Shambala Publications, 1976.
- "Towards Spiritual Order." Maitrey 6, Boulder:Shambhala, 1977.
- "Now That I Come to Die." Crystal Mirror 5, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1977.
- "The Fine Art of Translating, Interview with Dr. H.V. Guenther." Gesar vol. 4, no. 4, Emeryville:Dharma Publishing, 1978.
- "Absolute Perfection." Crystal Mirror - Journal of Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center, Berkeley, CA , Emeryville:Dharma Publishing,
- "The Experience of Being:The Trikaya Idea in its Tibetan Interpretation." In Developments in Budhist Thought, ed. Roy C. Amore, SR Supplements 9, Waterloo:Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 1979.
- "Bodhisattva - The Ethical Phase in Evolution." In The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Budhism, ed. Leslie S. Kawamura, SR Supplements 10, Waterloo:Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 1981.
- "The Old and the New Vision." In The Evolutionary Vision, ed. Erich Jantsch, American Association for the Advancement of Science Selected Symposium no. 61, 1981.
- "Tasks Ahead." Presidential Address Given on the Occasion of the Third Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Winnipeg, Canada, August 1980.
- "Meditation Trends in Early Tibet." In Early Ch'an in China and Tibet, ed. Whalen Lai and Lewis R. Lancaster, Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 5, 1983.
- "Buddhist rDzogs-chen Thought and Western 'Daseinsanalyse'." In Buddhist and Western Psychology, ed. Nathan Katz, Boulder: Prajna Press, 1983.
- "The Existential Import of Dynamic Structures in rDzogs-chen Bu
Other Translations
- "The Natural Freedom of Mind" in Crystal Mirror IV (Dharma Press, 1975)
- "Now That I Come to Die" in Crystal Mirror V (Dharma Press, 1977)
Unpublished Works (completed)
Internal Links
External Links
- Obituary by Prof. Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri
- Glossary of terms used in Herbert Guenther's translations
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