Robin Kornman

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name = Robin Kornman


caption = Robin Kornman in 2006
birthdate = birth date|1947|4|17|df=y
birthplace = New Orleans, LA, United States
deathdate = death date and age|2007|7|31|1947|4|17|df=y
deathplace = Milwaukee, WI, United States
occupation = Buddhist, translator
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website = http://www.robinkornman.com/ Robin Kornman (April 171947 – July 312007) is best known for his work as a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, as well as a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee. Up until his death, he had spent many years working on an English translation of the Tibetan (living) epic "Gesar of Ling" — it is his work on this translation that has gained him the most recognition. A longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Kornman had been co-director of Trungpa Rinpoche's first Shambhala Buddhist retreat center in North America, Karmê Chöling, when first established in 1970. [Midal (2005) p. 478]

Having earned his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, Kornman was a professor of Comparative Literature, published various translations and articles dealing with Buddhism, and acted as a meditation instructor and mentor to the Shambhala Buddhist Community.

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* Midal, Fabrice ed. (2005) Recalling Chögyam Trungpa ISBN 1-59030-207-9