當代108藏密大師簡介：Tulku Thondup Rinpoche 祖古東杜仁波切
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Tulku Thondup Rinpoche (Wyl. sprul sku don grub) was born in Golok in Amdo in 1939. He was recognised at the age of four as the reincarnation of a famous scholar of the Dodrupchen monastery, Konme Khenpo. Thondup Rinpoche entered Dodrupchen monastery and studied various Buddhist texts, becoming the monastery’s ritual master (Dorje Lobpon). In 1958 he moved to India, teaching from 1967-76 at Lucknow University and from 1976-80 at Visva-Bharati University. In 1980 he went to the USA, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He now works at translation of and research into Tibetan Buddhist texts, especially those of the Nyingma lineage tradition, under the auspices of the Buddhayana Foundation, and has published various books, among them Hidden Teachings of Tibet (on terma); Buddhist Civilisation in Tibet; The Practice of Dzogchen (Longchenpa on Dzogchen), and Enlightened Living (on ethical conduct).
祖古東杜仁波切 (Wyl. sprul sku don grub) 在1939年出生於果洛的安多。他在四歲時，被認證為多智欽寺（多竹千寺）一位著名學者孔美堪布的轉世。其後，東杜仁波切進入多智欽寺，研讀各種佛學典籍，因而成為寺院的法會金剛上師 (Dorje Lobpon)。1958年，他搬到印度，於1967年至1976年間在路克瑙大學執教，1976年至1980年間在毘司帕巴拉帝大學執教。1980年他到了美國，擔任哈佛大學的訪問學者。目前他主要專注在翻譯與鑽研藏傳佛教的典籍，尤其以寧瑪巴的傳承為主。在佛乘基金會的贊助之下，已經出版了各類圖書，例如《西藏的隱藏教言》（關於伏藏法教）、《西藏佛教文化》、《大圓滿的修持》（龍欽巴尊者關於大圓滿法教的開示），以及《證悟生活的實踐》（關於修為行止）。
～中譯：Madison 2014.02.19
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