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'''Gareth Sparham''' is a scholar and translator in the field of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Born in Britain, Gareth Sparham lived as a Buddhist monk among the Tibetan exile community of [[Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamsala]], India, for twenty years, and studied through the [[Institute of Buddhist Dialectics]] from 1974 to 1982. Sparham earned his Ph.D. in 1989 from the [[University of British Columbia]]. He retired from his position as a lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures of the [[University of Michigan]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gyalwagyatso.org/guru-devotion-an-open-talk-with-gareth-sparham-sunday-nov-28th/|title="Guru Devotion" – an Open Talk with Gareth Sparham, PhD – Sunday, Nov 28th|publisher=Gyalwa Gyatso Buddhist Center|access-date=1 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115160440/http://gyalwagyatso.org/guru-devotion-an-open-talk-with-gareth-sparham-sunday-nov-28th/|archive-date=15 January 2011|df=}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography (translations)==<br />
*''The Tibetan Dhammapada.'' Wisdom Publications, 1986. A translation of the ''Udānavarga'' from the Tibetan.<br />
*''Ocean of Eloquence: Tsong kha pa's Commentary on the Yogācāra Doctrine of Mind''. SUNY Press, 1993.<br />
*''The Fulfillment of All Hopes: Guru Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism''. Wisdom Publications, 1999. Translation of a commentary by Tsongkhapa on Aśvaghoṣa's ''Gurupañcāśika''.<br />
*''Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta''. Wisdom Publications, 1999. A translation of Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen's ''Jewel Lamp''.<br />
*''Tantric Ethics: An Explanation of the Precepts for Buddhist Vajrayāna Practice.'' Wisdom Publications, 2005. Translation of a work by Tsongkhapa.<br />
*''Abhisamayālaṃkāra with Vṛtti and Āloka'' (in four volumes). Jain Publishing, 2006 (vol. 1) and 2008 (vol. 2). Translation of a Prajñāpāramitā commentary attributed to Maitreya, with two key subcommentaries by Ārya Vimuktisena and Haribhadra.<br />
*''Golden Garland of Eloquence,'' vols. 1., 2., 3., 4. Jain Publishing. 2008. Translation of an ''Abhisamayālaṃkāra'' commentary by Tsongkhapa.<br />
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