Dr. Lozang Jamspal was born in Ladakh, India, in 1933. He trained at Likir Monastery before continuing his studies at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet and Benares Sanskrit University in India. He received his PhD in Buddhism from Columbia University in 1991 and has been translating and training translators since the late 1960s. He is currently a professor at International Buddhist College in Thailand and a translator for 84000.

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