Author:
Various Dzogchen Masters
Translator:
Erik Hein Schmidt (also known under his pen name Erik Pema Kunsang)
is known as one of the world's most gifted interpreters of Tibetan
into English. Traveling to Nepal from his native Denmark at 20, he
has studied with or translated for more than 60 Tibetan masters. He
is the compiler of a voluminous 3,000-page Tibetan dictionary for
spiritual terms (The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of
Buddhist Culture), used by other Tibetan translators as an
authoritative reference.
He has translated 40 books and six published with Shambhala
Publications. For two decades, Erik has traveled the world
translating for Tibetan lamas; it was his voice tens of thousands
heard. In recent years he has led tours to Tibet for Shambhala
Publications, conducted workshops in the U.S. and Europe, and made
television and radio appearances in the U.S. and Europe. Erik has
been featured in Tricycle: The Buddhist Magazine, as well as in
publications in many other countries. Erik works with his wife and
editor Marcia, publisher of their own imprint, Rangjung Yeshe
Publications (www.rangjung.com).
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