Residence Cambridgeshire, UK Nationality Irish, Canadian | Known for Buddhist scholarship Name Craig Jamieson | |
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Born 27 June 1953 (age 71) Scarborough, Ontario ( 1953-06-27 ) Institutions University of CambridgeUniversity of Leicester Alma mater | ||
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Craig Jamieson is Keeper of Sanskrit Manuscripts at the University of Cambridge.
Before Cambridge he taught Buddhism in the Study of Religion Department at the University of Leicester.
His best-known works are Perfection of Wisdom (ISBN 0-670-88934-2), which has a preface by the Dalai Lama, and Nagarjuna's Verses (ISBN 81-246-0175-5). A facsimile edition of the Lotus Sutra made available in print two Cambridge palm leaf manuscripts from around one thousand years ago, Add. 1682 and Add. 1683.
A major exhibition took place in 2014 entitled Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond. A short video of the Perfection of Wisdom manuscript came out in 2017.
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