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[[File:Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup circa 1919.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa | [[File:Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup circa 1919.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup, circa 1919]] | ||
'''Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz''' ([[February 2]], 1878 – [[July 17]], 1965) was a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, and was from his youth a Theosophist associated with the Point Loma community in San Diego. He is most famous for his 1927 translation of ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' and other pioneering works that transmitted [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the West. | '''Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz''' ([[February 2]], 1878 – [[July 17]], 1965) was a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, and was from his youth a Theosophist associated with the Point Loma community in San Diego. He is most famous for his 1927 translation of ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' and other pioneering works that transmitted [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the West. | ||
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===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller] by Richard Power and David Thompson | *[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller] by Richard Power and David Thompson | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 26 February 2014
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (February 2, 1878 – July 17, 1965) was a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, and was from his youth a Theosophist associated with the Point Loma community in San Diego. He is most famous for his 1927 translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead and other pioneering works that transmitted Tibetan Buddhism to the West.
Additional resources
Articles
- Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller by Richard Power and David Thompson