Anam Thubten grew up in Tibet and began practising in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism at an early age. Dharmata Foundation names Lama Tsurlo, Khenpo Chopel and Lama Garwang as his most formative teachers.
He founded Dharmata Foundation, a non-profit formed in 2005 under his direction, and is its spiritual advisor. The foundation supports meditation groups in several countries, along with daylong, weekend and residential retreats. He teaches widely in the United States and abroad, and writes articles and books in both Tibetan and English.
His English books include No Self No Problem, Choosing Compassion and Into the Haunted Ground, all published by Shambhala, and The Citadel of Awareness, a commentary on Jigme Lingpa’s Dzogchen aspiration prayer. Dharmata also hosts Dharma Treasury, a collection of English translations of sacred Tibetan texts made by him and the Dharmata Translation Group, offered for free non-commercial distribution.
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Books
No Self No Problem
Shambhala · 2013
Choosing Compassion
Shambhala · 2019
Into the Haunted Ground
Shambhala · 2022
The Citadel of Awareness: A Commentary on Jigme Lingpa's Dzogchen Aspiration Prayer
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- OrganisationDharmata Foundation: Anam Thubten (grew up in Tibet; Nyingma practice from an early age; formative teachers Lama Tsurlo, Khenpo Chopel and Lama Garwang; founder and spiritual advisor of Dharmata Foundation; books Choosing Compassion, No Self No Problem, Into the Haunted Ground, The Citadel of Awareness; translations at dharmatreasury.org)
- OrganisationDharmata Foundation: about (501(c)3 non-profit formed in 2005 under his direction; meditation groups and retreats)
- BookPenguin Random House: No Self No Problem (Shambhala, 11 June 2013)
- BookPenguin Random House: Choosing Compassion (Shambhala, 6 August 2019)
- BookPenguin Random House: Into the Haunted Ground (Shambhala, 26 April 2022)
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