Francesca Fremantle
Scholar and translator
Francesca Fremantle is a scholar and translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan works of Hindu and Buddhist tantra, and was a student of Chögyam Trungpa for many years. Fremantle worked closely with Chögyam Trungpa on the 1975 translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Shambhala).[1]
Her 2001 revised combination of a translation of excerpts is embedded within an extended commentary on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, entitled Luminous Emptiness (Shambhala).[2]
Fremantle received her doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is a teacher with the Longchen Foundation, established by Chögyam Trungpa and Dilgo Khyentse, and directed by Rigdzin Shikpo.[3][4]
She lives in London.
References
- ^ Trungpa, Chögyam (2003). Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa Vol 4. Shambhala Publications. p. 480. ISBN 1-59030-028-9.
- ^ Fremantle, Francesca (2001). Luminous Emptiness Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1-57062-450-X.
- ^ "Nyingma.com – "People: Writers & Researchers/Francesca Fremantle"".
- ^ Midal, Fabrice ed. (2005) Recalling Chögyam Trungpa p. 476 ISBN 1-59030-207-9
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