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'''Peter Alan Roberts''' began learning Tibetan at [[Samye Ling]] in Scotland in 1976. Since then, he has translated for many lamas all over the world, and especially for his main teacher, [[Thrangu Rinpoche]]. He is renowned for the clarity of translation, and for his humility and rather eccentric sense of humour. He recently moved to Los Angeles, California, in order to combine translation with Hollywood screenplay writing.
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He has translated several books by Thrangu Rinpoche, including ''The Practice of Tranquility and Insight'' and ''Ocean of the Ultimate Meaning: Teachings on Mahamudra''.
  
 
===Main teachers===
 
===Main teachers===
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*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]]
  
 
===Published Works===
 
===Published Works===
 
A Contribution to Mahâyâna Iconography.  Stepping Stones 2 no 8 (1951) 1-10.
 
 
A Tibetan Protective Deity.  Eastern Anthropologist 5 (1952) nos. 2/3 (Dec. 1951-May 1952) 87-95.
 
 
Ancient Funeral Ceremonies of the Lepchas.  Eastern Anthropologist 5 (1951) no. 1 (Sep) 27-40.
 
 
Bon: The Pre-Buddhist Religion of Tibet.  Aryan Path 23 (1952) 509-513, 533-557.
 
 
Catalogue of the Collections of Tibetan Blockprints and Manuscripts in the National Museum of Ethnology (Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde) (Leiden 1953-55) n 35 (inv. no. 270/H569).  This is in mimeographed form.
 
 
Contribution à l'iconographie du Mahâyâna.  Samâdhi 3 no 3 (1969) 121-129.
 
 
Das tibetische Staatsorakel.  Archiv für Völkerkunde.  2/3? (1947? 1948?).
 
 
Die Legende vom Turmbau der Lepcha.  Anthropos 48 (1953)  889-897.
 
 
Die tibetische Bon Religion.  Archiv für Völkerkunde 2 (1947) 26-68.
 
 
Ein Beitrag zur tibetischen Ikonographie: Mgon-po Phyag-drug-pa und seine Begleiter.  Archiv für Völkerkunde.  5 (1950) 138-158.
 
 
Einige tibetische Werke über Grammatik und Poetik.  Archiv für Völkerkunde 4 (1949) 154-159.
 
 
Hochzeitslieder der Lepchas.  Asiatische Studien 6 (1952) 30-40.
 
 
Hunting and Fishing among the Lepchas.  Ethnos (1953) 21-30.
 
 
Neuerwerbungen aus Sikkim und Tibet.  Arch. f. Völkerk. 8 (1953) 269-272.
 
 
Pehar and Related Protective Deities of Tibetan Buddhism.  Int'l Orientalist's Congress (London 1954) 247-248.
 
 
Prehistoric Beads from Tibet.  Man (London) 52 (1952) article no. 183, pp. 131-132.
 
 
Schriftwiesen, Papierherstellung und Buchdruck bei den Tibetern (Wien 1949).
 
 
The Tibetan Kagyupa Sect.  Stepping Stones (1950) 185-187.
 
 
The Use of Thread-Crosses in Lepcha Lamaist Ceremonies.  w/ Geoffrey Gorer.  Eastern Anthropologist 4 (1950-1) no. 2 (Dec-Feb) 65-87.
 
 
Tibetan Block Prints and Manuscripts in Possession of the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna.  Archiv für Völkerkunde 12 (1958) 174-209.  Collections of Troll, Leder, Gebauer, Handel-Mazetti, Harrer & Nebesky-Wojkowitz.
 
 
Tibetan Drum Divination: "Ngamo".  Ethnos (Lund, Sweden) 17 (1952) 149-157.
 
  
 
===Active Projects===
 
===Active Projects===
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===Interview===
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*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/school/id16.html Interview on Lotsawa School]
  
 
[[Category:Translators]]
 
[[Category:Translators]]
 
[[Category:lotsawas]]
 
[[Category:lotsawas]]

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Short description[edit]

Peter Alan Roberts began learning Tibetan at Samye Ling in Scotland in 1976. Since then, he has translated for many lamas all over the world, and especially for his main teacher, Thrangu Rinpoche. He is renowned for the clarity of translation, and for his humility and rather eccentric sense of humour. He recently moved to Los Angeles, California, in order to combine translation with Hollywood screenplay writing. He has translated several books by Thrangu Rinpoche, including The Practice of Tranquility and Insight and Ocean of the Ultimate Meaning: Teachings on Mahamudra.

Main teachers[edit]

Published Works[edit]

Active Projects[edit]

Unpublished Works (completed)[edit]

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Email:

Interview[edit]