Dr. Karl Brunnholzl has been a translator and oral interpreter for Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, president of Nalandabodhi, the founder of Nitartha Institute, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master...

 at Nitartha Institute

Nitartha Institute

Nītārtha Institute is a school of advanced Buddhist studies for Western students designed based upon the traditional Tibetan monastic university curriculum. Its teachers include the published translator Karl Brunnholzl, as well as the head of Nalandabodhi, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.-External...

 since 2000. He has received the traditional “dharma tutor” degree from Khenpo Lama Thubten of Germany’s Kamalashila Institute and is the author of a Madhyamaka compendium, "The Center of the Sunlit Sky." At the summer 2010 Nitartha Institute

Nitartha Institute

Nītārtha Institute is a school of advanced Buddhist studies for Western students designed based upon the traditional Tibetan monastic university curriculum. Its teachers include the published translator Karl Brunnholzl, as well as the head of Nalandabodhi, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.-External...

 the degree of Khenpo

Khenpo

The term khenpo is a spiritual degree given in Tibetan Buddhism. In the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Sakya traditions, the title is awarded usually after a period of 3 years of intensive study after secondary school level studies, and is considered much like a spiritual Bachelor's. Similar titles of lower...

 was conferred upon Dr. Brunnholzl by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.

Publications

• Brunnholzl, Dr. Karl. The Center of the Sunlit Sky. Snow Lion Publications, 2004. ISBN 9781559392181
• Brunnholzl, Dr. Karl. In Praise of Dharmadhatu. Snow Lion Publications, 2008. ISBN 9781559392860
• Brunnholzl, Dr. Karl. Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature. Snow Lion Publications, 2008. ISBN 9781559393198
• Brunnholzl, Dr. Karl. Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions. Snow Lion Publications, 2009. ISBN 1559392797
• Brunnholzl, Dr. Karl. Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, (in 2 volumes). Snow Lion Publications, 2011. ISBN 9781559393560

See also

• Nalandabodhi
  Nalandabodhi
  Nalandabodhi is a Tibetan Buddhist organization founded in the United States by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 1997 and named after the historic Nalanda university of India. There are now Nalandabodhi centers and study groups in Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia...
  
  
• Nītārtha Institute
  Nitartha Institute
  Nītārtha Institute is a school of advanced Buddhist studies for Western students designed based upon the traditional Tibetan monastic university curriculum. Its teachers include the published translator Karl Brunnholzl, as well as the head of Nalandabodhi, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.-External...
  
  
• Karl Brunnholzl's biography at Nalandabodhi.org