Patrick Gaffney (buddhist)

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Patrick Gaffney
Religion Tibetan Buddhism
School Nyingma
Dzogchen
Education Cambridge University
Religious career
Teacher Sogyal Rinpoche

Patrick John Gaffney (born 6 February 1949) is an English author, editor, translator, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism who studied at the University of Cambridge. He is also one of the main directors and teachers of Rigpa—the international network of Buddhist centres and groups founded by Sogyal Rinpoche.[1][2]

Writing and editing

Together with Andrew Harvey, Gaffney was the co-editor of Sogyal Rinpoche's book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.[3] He has also edited two of the Dalai Lama's books, Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection and Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection.

Translation

Also a written translator of teachings from Tibetan into English, he translated the Bodhichitta chapter of A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang under the auspices of the Dipamkara and Padmakara Translation Groups. He is also the senior editor of the Rigpa Translation group.[4]

Teaching

Gaffney teaches regularly at retreats and public events in Rigpa centres around the world and assisted Sogyal Rinpoche in guiding students during the three-year retreat at Rigpa's main international retreat centre, Lerab Ling, in France, which concluded in November 2009. As a teacher, he mainly focuses on compassion and bodhichitta.[1] He is considered the senior-most teacher amongst Sogyal Rinpoche's students. Regarding Gaffney, Rinpoche has said: “He is one of my oldest and closest students; and if anyone were to understand my mind or my work, it is him.” [2]

He is also an adviser on a number of Rigpa's major international projects such as the Tenzin Gyatso Institute of which he is the President and Chairperson.[5] He was a speaker at the Empathy and Compassion in Society conference held in London in November 2012.[6]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Patrick Gaffney". Rigpa Wiki.
  2. 1 2 "Patrick Gaffney". Dzogchen Beara.
  3. ↑ "Tibetan Book of Living and Dying". Amazon. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Rigpa Translations.
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors". Tenzin Gyatso Institute.
  6. ↑ Patterson, Christina. "The science of compassion". The Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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