Gareth Sparham is a scholar and translator in the field of

Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in maj ...

Biography

Born in Britain, Gareth Sparham lived as a Buddhist monk among the Tibetan exile community of Dharamsala, India, for twenty years, and studied through the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics from 1974 to 1982. Sparham earned his Ph.D. in 1989 from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

. He retired from his position as a lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 2009.

Bibliography (translations)

*''The Tibetan Dhammapada.'' Wisdom Publications, 1986. A translation of the ''Udānavarga'' from the Tibetan. *''Ocean of Eloquence: Tsong kha pa's Commentary on the Yogācāra Doctrine of Mind''. SUNY Press, 1993. *''The Fulfillment of All Hopes: Guru Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism''. Wisdom Publications, 1999. Translation of a commentary by Tsongkhapa on Aśvaghoṣa's ''Gurupañcāśika''. *''Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta''. Wisdom Publications, 1999. A translation of Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen's ''Jewel Lamp''. *''Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayāna Practice.'' Wisdom Publications, 2005. Translation of a work by Tsongkhapa. *''Abhisamayālaṃkāra with Vṛtti and Āloka'' (in four volumes). Jain Publishing, 2006 (vol. 1) and 2008 (vol. 2). Translation of a Prajñāpāramitā commentary attributed to Maitreya, with two key subcommentaries by Ārya Vimuktisena and Haribhadra. *''Golden Garland of Eloquence,'' vols. 1., 2., 3., 4. Jain Publishing. 2008. Translation of an ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra'' commentary by Tsongkhapa.

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