Thupten Jinpa has been a principal English translator to His
Holiness the Dalai Lama since 1985. He is a Visiting Research
Scholar at Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism
Research and Education where he has played an instrumental
role in the development of our compassion training program. He
has translated and edited more than a dozen books by the Dalai
Lama including the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New
Millennium (Riverhead, 1999), Transforming the Mind (Thorsons,
2000 ), and Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of
Science and Spirituality (Morgan Road Books, 2005). Jinpa's own
works include Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy and
Mind Training: The Great Collection. Thupten Jinpa received his
early education and training as a monk and received the Geshe
Lharam degree from Ganden Monastic University, South India.
Jinpa holds B.A. Honors in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Religious
Studies, both from Cambridge University, UK, where he also
worked as a research fellow in Eastern Religion. Since 1999
Jinpa has been the president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics
and editor-in-chief of the Institute's The Library of Tibetan
Classics series. Jinpa is an adjunct professor at McGill
University’s Faculty of Religious Studies and is a senior
contemplative advisor to the Mind and Life Institute, dedicated to
fostering creative dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and
modern science.
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