More on the Passing of E. Gene Smith, Including Remembrances from Ven. Matthieu Ricard, H-Buddhism (The Buddhist Scholars Information Network), and Wisdom Publications’s Timothy J. McNeill
by Danny Fisher
[UPDATED at 9:00 a.m. PST on December 21, 2010.]
A few days ago, I blogged about the death of Tibetologist E. Gene Smith, creator of the the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC). Remembering Gene Smith has been launched at http://www.egenesmith.org. In addition, two new obituaries have appeared that are well worth reading:
- Ven. Matthieu Ricard
- H-Buddhism (The Buddhist Scholars’ Information Network)
- Wisdom Publications’s Timothy J. McNeill at Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly Online
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