Jeffrey Hopkins
Jeffrey Hopkins (* 1940 ) is an American Tibetologist .
Hopkins is Emeritus for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia , where he taught after 1973. He deals with Tibetan Buddhism in more than 25 books. In 1983 the influential work Meditation on Emptiness was published , in which he laid the foundations for the Gelug School.
From 1979 to 1989 he was the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English. He also had a lasting influence on the development of the International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM).
In 1991 Jeffrey Hopkins fell ill with Lyme disease .
literature
- Jeffrey Hopkins, Elizabeth S. Napper (Eds.): Meditation on Emptiness . Wisdom Publications, Boston 1996, ISBN 0-861711106 .
- with Lati Rinbochay: Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism . Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1980, ISBN 0-937938-00-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jeffrey Hopkins in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ tibet.de Interview with Jeffrey Hopkins ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hopkins, Jeffrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Tibetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |