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==Short description==
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==Short Bio==
Marcus Perman currently works for [[Tsadra Foundation]]. He graduated from [http://www.stlawu.edu St. Lawrence University] in 2003 with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from [http://www.naropa.edu Naropa University] in 2007 with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. He joined the Nitartha Translation Network in the summer of 2007 and [http://www.nitarthainstitute.org Nitartha Institute] in 2008. In the fall of 2007-2008 Marcus studied at [[Tibet University]] in Lhasa, Tibet and Rumtek, Sikkim, India. His interests lie primarily in philosophical interpretations of Tibetan Buddhism and studies of tshad ma (skt. pramāṇa). “Tshad Ma Literature: Towards a History of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology” was presented at the 8th Annual Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference on October 14, 2006  [http://www.uwest.edu/bbs/zboard.php?id=news_notices&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=41 BSGSC 2006]. Other interests include comparative philosophy, writing, Vladimir Nabokov, and rock climbing.
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Marcus Perman is the Executive Director at [https://www.tsadra.org/ Tsadra Foundation], a nonprofit trust established to provide vital funding for the combined study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the west. Marcus graduated from [http://www.stlawu.edu St. Lawrence University] in 2003 with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from [http://www.naropa.edu Naropa University] in 2007 with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. He studied extensively at Nitartha Institute and from 2007 to 2008 he studied at Tibet University in Lhasa. Marcus has been developing a specialized library for Tibetan Buddhist translators in Boulder, Colorado and is the organizer of the [https://conference.tsadra.org/ Translation & Transmission Conference] series.
===Main teachers===
 
Prajñāpāramita <br>
 
The Nature of Mind <br>
 
Mother Earth <br>
 
Experience <br>
 
===Published Works===
 
Tricycle Magazine Review of ''Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner's Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism'' by Andy Karr. Tricycle Summer 2007. <br> http://ny.shambhala.org/documents/CRTricycleReview.pdf
 
  
===Unpublished Works (completed)===
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==Useful Links==
Mind Only Tenet System. Translation of ''sems tsam pa'i grub mtha''' by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. <br>
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[https://www.tsadra.org/ Tsadra.org]
M.A. Thesis: “Tshad Ma Literature: Towards a History of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology” <br>
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[https://conference.tsadra.org/ Translation & Transmission Conferences]
B.S. Honors project: “Neurofeedback: The effect of training attentional abilities in female college students” Advisor: Dr. Artur Poczwardowski.
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[https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page Buddha-Nature Resource]
===Active Projects===
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[https://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/ DharmaCloud (Tibetan eBooks)]
# Director of Research Projects at [http://tsadra.org Tsadra Foundation]<br>
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[https://rtz.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page Rinchen Terdzö Catalog]
# [http://www.thlib.org Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library Digital Canons Project]<br>
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[https://dnz.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page Damngak Dzö Catalog]
# Teacher-in-training @ [http://www.nitarthainstitute.org Nitartha Institute]
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[https://khyentselineage.tsadra.org/index.php/Main_Page Khyentse Wangpo's Writings]
# Translating zhi lhag gi sgom rim bsam gtan sgron me by the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.
 
# [[Nitartha International Digital Library]]
 
 
 
===Internal Links===
 
Lotsawas Unite! [[Karl Brunnhölzl]],
 
[[Kim Colwell]],
 
[[Cortland Dahl]],
 
[[Sarah Harding]],
 
[[Dan Hirshberg]],
 
[[Jules B. Levinson]]([[Light of Berotsana Translation Group]]),
 
[[Chris Stagg]],
 
[[Nick Vail]],
 
[[Tim Walton]],
 
[[Ephie Yannakoura]]
 
===External Links===
 
http://www.tsadra.org <br>
 
http://www.thlib.org <br>
 
http://www.nitartha.org <br>
 
http://www.nitarthainstitute.org <br>
 
http://www.buddhistgeeks.com <br>
 
http://www.lotsawahouse.org <br>
 
http://www.naropa.edu <br>
 
http://www.tbrc.org <br>
 
  
 
[[Category:Translators]][[Category:Lotsawas]]
 
[[Category:Translators]][[Category:Lotsawas]]

Revision as of 16:51, 3 May 2021

Short Bio[edit]

Marcus Perman is the Executive Director at Tsadra Foundation, a nonprofit trust established to provide vital funding for the combined study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the west. Marcus graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2003 with honors in Psychology and Philosophy and graduated from Naropa University in 2007 with an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism focused on Tibetan and Sanskrit languages. He studied extensively at Nitartha Institute and from 2007 to 2008 he studied at Tibet University in Lhasa. Marcus has been developing a specialized library for Tibetan Buddhist translators in Boulder, Colorado and is the organizer of the Translation & Transmission Conference series.

Useful Links[edit]

Tsadra.org Translation & Transmission Conferences Buddha-Nature Resource DharmaCloud (Tibetan eBooks) Rinchen Terdzö Catalog Damngak Dzö Catalog Khyentse Wangpo's Writings