Thupten Jinpa

About The Author

Thupten Jinpa was educated in the Tibetan monastic system, where he received the highest degree of geshé lharam. Jinpa also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1985, he has been the principal translator to the Dalai Lama. His works include Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought, several volumes of translations in The Library of Tibetan Classics, and the modern biography Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, and he also chairs the Mind and Life Institute and the Compassion Institute.

Books by Thupten Jinpa

Stages of the Path and the Oral Transmission

Selected Teachings of the Geluk School

Translated by Thupten Jinpa
Book #6
A major contribution to the literature on Buddhist practice according to the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism from its foremost interpreter.
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