Gareth Sparham

Gareth Sparham

Gareth Sparham is a scholar and translator in the field of Tibetan Buddhism. For twenty years he lived as a Buddhist monk among the Tibetan exile community of Dharamsala, India, and studied through the Insitute of Buddhist Dialectics from 1974 to 1982. Sparham earned his Ph.D. in 1989 from the University of British Columbia. He is presently a lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures of the University of Michigan.

Bibliography (translations)

"The Tibetan Dhammapada." Wisdom Publications, 1995.

"Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayana Practice." Wisdom Publications, 2005. Translation of a work by Tsongkhapa.

"Abhisamayalamkara with Vrtti and Aloka" (in four volumes). Jain Publishing Company, 2006 (vol. 1) and 2008 (vol. 2). Translation of a Prajnaparamita commentary attributed to Maitreya, with two key subcommentaries by Arya Vimuktisena and Haribhadra.

"Golden Garland of Eloquence," vols. 1 and 2. Jain Publishing Company. 2008. Translation of an AA commentary by Tsongkhapa.


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