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Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras The Ornament Of Clear Realization And Its Commentaries In The Tibetan Kagyu Tradition (Tsadra) Hardcover – July 16, 2011 by Karl Brunnholzl (Author)

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Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition (Tsadra) Hardcover – August 14, 2012 by Karl Brunnholzl (Author)

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Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, Vol. 2 Hardcover – May 16, 2012 by Karl Brunnholzl (Author)

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Mitra Karl was born in Munich, Germany. He was originally trained, and worked, as a physician. He took Buddhist refuge vows in 1984 and, in 1990, completed a five-year training in higher Buddhist philosophy at Kamalashila Institute, Germany, receiving the traditional Kagyü title of “dharma tutor” (Tib. skyor dpon). Beginning in 1988, he received Buddhist and Tibetan language training mainly at Marpa Institute For Translators in Kathmandu, Nepal (director: Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche) and also studied Tibetology, Buddhology, and Sanskrit at Hamburg University, Germany. In 1989, Karl began serving as a translator, interpreter, and Buddhist teacher mainly in Europe, India, and Nepal. Since 1999, Karl has acted as one of the main translators and teachers at Nitartha Institute (director: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche) in the USA, Canada, and Germany. In addition, he regularly taught at Gampo Abbey’s Vidyadhara Institute from 2000-2007.

Mitra Karl is the author of several books on Buddhism published by Snow Lion Publications: The Center of the Sunlight Sky, Straight from the Heart, In Praise of Dharmadhātu, Luminous Heart, Gone Beyond (2 vols.), Groundless Paths, The Heart Attack Sutra, Mining for Wisdom within Delusion; as well as by Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde: Indian “gzhan stong pas,” and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong.

Karl met Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 1986 during Rinpoche’s first teaching tour through Europe, receiving extensive teachings as well as pratimoksha vows from him during the following years in both Europe and Nepal, and later also in Canada and the USA. He served as Rinpoche’s personal translator during his teachings tours in Europe (particularly at Nitartha Institute in Germany) from 1999-2005. In 2005, he was appointed as one of five Western Nalandabodhi teachers and given the title “Mitra.”

In 2006, he moved to Seattle and works as a full-time Tibetan translator for Tsadra Foundation. Since his arrival in Seattle, Karl has been instrumental in creating the new introductory Nalandabodhi Buddhism 100 Series, leads Nalandabodhi Path of Study classes, presents weekend courses and open house talks at NalandaWest, offers selected teachings to the Vajrasattva and Mahamudra practice communities, and provides personal guidance as a Nalandabodhi Practice Instructor. He also teaches weekend seminars and Nitartha Institute courses in Nalandabodhi centers in the US, Canada, and Mexico, as well as in other locations.

Within the Mitra Council, Karl supervises the Nalandabodhi Path of Study courses, which includes revision of the Hinayana and Mahayana courses and creation of the Vajrayana courses. While enthusiastic about all facets of the dharma, his main interests are the teachings on Mahamudra, Yogacara and Buddha Nature, and to make the essential teachings by the Karmapas and other major Kagyu lineage figures available to contemporary Western audiences. The “Mitra” title: In 2005, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche appointed a group of his long-time students to be senior Western teachers of Nalandabodhi. He gave each of them the title Mitra, or ‘spiritual friend.’ The Mitras teach in Nalandabodhi centers throughout North American mainly, and provide continual guidance and leadership for the practice and study paths of Nalandabodhi.

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Karl Brunnhölzl

Trained and worked as a physician; studied Buddhist Philosophy at Kamalashila Institute, Germany, 1986–1990; continued his training as a translator at Marpa Institute, Kathmandu, and his studies of Tibetology and Sanskrit in Hamburg; from 1989 served as translator for many Tibetan teachers including Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Ontrul Rinpoche, Drupön Kenpo Lodrö Namgyal, and Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen; since 1999 one of the principal translators and faculty at Nitartha Institute in Canada, Germany, and the US; since 2005 one of the principal Western teachers of Nalandabodhi. Tsadra Foundation Grantee 2006–2008 and Fellow since 2009. Were he to ever abandon his profession of translating, muses Karl Brunnhölzl, he might be tempted to become “a caretaker of little animals.” So far, he has resisted this temptation, and perhaps it’s just as well—few are the animal nurses who are familiar with Yogacara, Shentong, Madhyamaka, and the Abhisamayalamkara. All of these, and more—he is competent in six languages—are familiar territory to the well-studied Karl.

Also, he truly enjoys translating, which he believes “is good for my mind when I am not overdoing it, because it makes my mind focused and undistracted, leaving my worldly troubles behind.” He reports that he leans somewhat toward the literal in his translations, while favoring paraphrases or digests of often arcane Tibetan texts into more fluent English in introductions, footnotes, and appendices. He wants his work to be accessible to different levels of readers, “but not too watered down, because it is insulting to people’s intelligence and basically deprives those who can go deeper of the chance to actually do so.” And depth is an important ingredient considering the texts by, among others, “the Karmapas and other major Kagyu figures,” that Karl assays.

He is grateful to Tsadra Foundation for the opportunity to freely indulge “my time-consuming hobby” of translating and writing: “I get so much more done.” Previously Published Translations • The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyu Tradition, Pawo Rinpoche and the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje • Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions • In Praise of Dharmadhatu, Nagarjuna, commentary by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (partial sponsorship by Tsadra Foundation) • Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature Completed Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow

• Gone Beyond - The Prajñaparamita Sutras, “The Ornament of Clear Realization,” and its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyü Tradition (2 vols.), Maitreya, commentaries by the Fifth Shamarpa and the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje

• Groundless Paths - The Prajñaparamita Sutras, “The Ornament of Clear Realization,” and its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition, Maitreya, commentaries by Patrul Rinpoche

• Mining for Wisdom Within Delusion, Maitreya’s Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena, commentaries by Vasubandhu, the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Gö Lotsawa, and others Current Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow • When Clouds Part, Uttaratantrashastra with commentary by Tashi Ozer • Mahayanasamgraha, Asanga with commentaries

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