Leslie S. Kawamura

Leslie S. Kawamura

Leslie S. Kawamura was an Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, in Far Eastern Studies (1974). He studied at the Kyoto University (Japan) and taught at the Nyingma Institute (Berkeley), Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley), and the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon). His publications include Mind in Buddhist Psychology (with H.V. Guenther, Dharma Press, 1975) and Golden Zephyr (Dharma Press, 1975). He was a founding member of the Honpa Buddhist Church of Alberta and the Canada-Mongolia Society. (Adapted from Source May 18, 2021)

Nyingma - The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. Tib རྙིང་མ་  

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