Walter Evans-Wentz

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Walter Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup photographed around 1919

Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (born February 2, 1878 in Trenton , New Jersey , † July 17, 1965 ) was an anthropologist and writer .

Life

Influenced early on by theosophy , Evans-Wentz studied at Stanford University and dealt with Celtic mythology on a research trip through Ireland and England in search of reports on sightings of fairies . Extensive travels through Mexico were followed by a five-year stay in Asia, from Ceylon to the Himalayas . During this time he became a Buddhist monk.

He pioneered Tibetan Buddhism , translated the Bardo Thödröl and wrote books on Milarepa , among other things .

Works (selection)

  • The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries , London, New York, H. Frowde, 1911.
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead; or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering , with foreword by Sir John Woodroffe , London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1927.
  • Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines; or, Seven books of wisdom of the great path, according to the late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering; arranged and edited with introductions and annotations to serve as a commentary , London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1935.
  • Tibet's Great Yogī, Milarepa: a biography from the Tibetan; being the Jetsün-Kahbum or biographical history of Jetsün-Milarepa according to the late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering (2d ed.), edited with introd. and annotations by WY Evans-Wentz, London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1951.
  • The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation; or, The method of realizing nirvana through knowing the mind, preceded by an epitome of Padma-Sambhava's biography and followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's teachings. According to English renderings by Sardar Bahädur SW Laden La and by the Lāmas Karma Sumdhon Paul, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, and Kazi Dawa-Samdup. Introductions, annotations, and editing by WY Evans-Wentz. With psychological commentary by CG Jung . London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1954.
    • German
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead . 335 pages, Artemis & Winkler, 2003, ISBN 353807173X
  • Secret teachings from Tibet. Yoga and the Path of Mahayana Buddhism. 364 pages, Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3453125819
  • Milarepa: Tibet's great yogi . OW Barth, Frankfurt / Main 1998, ISBN 3-502-65191-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://oaks.nvg.org/secret-tibetan.html
personal data
SURNAME Evans-Wentz, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anthropologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1965