Links to Members' Websites

Walker Blaine
Walker Blaine became a member of the Nālandā Translation Committee in 2008. A student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since 1985, Walker received a bachelor's degree from Naropa University in 1986, and then spent most of the next fifteen years practicing and working at Karme Chöling and Shambhala Mountain Center. From 2001 onward he divided his time between retreat, studying Tibetan in Nepal and the West, and going on pilgrimage to sacred places under the instruction of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In the winter of 2008, at the request of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Walker blogged the Rinchen Terdzo being bestowed upon the Sakyong in Orissa, India by His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche. You can read it at: www.rinchenterdzo.org. Walker's two CD's of dharma music can be sampled at www.highlandeyes.com and on iTunes.

Tony Duff
The Padma Karpo Translation Committee is under the direction of the long-time Buddhist translator Tony Duff. Tony has lived with and translated for Tibetan lamas for over thirty years. His committee specializes in providing high-quality tools for translation and study of the Tibetan language (see the Tibetan Computer Company). His dictionary, The Illuminator Tibetan-English Dictionary, receives wide acclaim for its precision and general excellence. PKTC is now moving on to use those tools to provide very high-quality translations. A free edition of the Bodhisatvacaryavatara is already available. Tony also established and directed the Drukpa Kagyu Heritage Project, which completed the publication of 108 volumes of texts from the Drukpa Kagyu tradition in 2002.

Derek Kolleeny
Derek Kolleeny is a senior teacher in the Shambhala International community. Derek has been a member of the Nālandā Translation Committee since 1982. In 1999, Derek linked up with the other board members of what was to become the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC). His passion and vision focus primarily upon the preservation and dissemination of the treasures of the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist spiritual tradition, both in the original language as well as through authentic translations into English and other western languages, and the development of a database of existent translations, published and unpublished, as well as works in progress.

Robin Kornman
On July 31, 2007, Robin Kornman, one of the founding members of the Nālandā Translation Committee, passed away at age 60, from complications due to cancer following a lengthy illness. For a fuller account of Robin's life and work, see the preceding Members page, as well as Robin's website, www.robinkornman.com, and the tributes at www.chronicleproject.com. The Translation Committee will be working with Jane Hawes, Robin's principal colleague in Milwaukee, to help bring Robin's work on Gesar to publication.

Jules B. Levinson
Working with Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro as a member of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group, Jules B. Levinson gives his time to the translation of literary works drawn from the Kagyü and Nyingma heritages, particularly the work of Jamgön Kongtrül and Jamgön Mipham, and to the translation of oral commentary given by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Khenpo Namdrol, and Tulku Sang Ngak Rinpoche.

Jessie Litven
Beginning as an apprentice with the committee in 2005, Jessie Litven, a second-generation buddhist, continues to translate full-time. She has taught elementary classical Tibetan and her materials and other Tibetan learning resources can be found at Beezwings.org

Reggie Ray
Reggie Ray's activities and teaching can be found at his web site.


Phil Stanley
Phil Stanley is the Chair of the Religious Studies Department of Naropa University and Co-Director of Nitartha Institute. He is currently completing an online catalog of the six printed editions of the Tibetan canon (Kanjur and Tanjur), which is expected to be launched June 1, 2003 on the Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library website at the University of Virginia.

Ives Waldo
Some of the translations of Ives Waldo (Rime Lodrö) may be seen at his web site.

Gerry Wiener
Gerry Wiener lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Hiromi and two children Alyssa and Erica. Under the Vidyadhara, the great Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, he worked primarily on the Life of Marpa the Translator. He now works on translations under the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsering Gyurme from Surmang. In conjunction with Lama Ugyen Shenpen, and more recently with the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Gerry has worked on the Sambhota software for publishing Tibetan. Additional information on this software can be found at www.nitartha.org.