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Robin Kornman

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Robin Kornman


Born
in New Orleans, LA, The United States
April 17, 1947

Died
July 31, 2007

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Genre
Religion & Spirituality, Literature & Fiction, Poetry


Robin Kornman is best known for his work as a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, as well as a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee. Up until his death, he had spent many years working on an English translation of the Tibetan (living) epic Gesar of Ling―it is his work on this translation that has gained him the most recognition. A longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Kornman had been co-director of Trungpa Rinpoche's first Shambhala retreat center in North America, Karmê Chöling, when first established in 1970.

Having earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University, Kornman was a professor of Comparative Literature, as well as a scholar-in-residence and Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress; he has published various translations ...more

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“When good fortune comes to the mouth, the tongue accidentally pushes it out.”
― Robin Kornman, The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
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“A guru steeped in practice will take joy in death, A prisoner of great crimes takes joy in death, A person maddened by demons takes joy in death, Parents with a burden of great suffering take joy in death.”
― Robin Kornman, The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
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“When life is over, even an artist can’t reconstruct it, Negative character can’t be pounded into shape by a blacksmith.”
― Robin Kornman, The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
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