Adele Tomlin

Adele Tomlin is a Buddhist translator-scholar, writer, poet, practitioner, and teacher from the United Kingdom. Originally trained as a barrister, she left the legal profession and went on to graduate from the study of Philosophy at Kings College, University of London. Since meeting and taking Buddhist vows with her main Tibetan Buddhist teacher H.H. 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, on her first visit to India to train as a yoga teacher in 2005, she then spent several years studying Tibetan language and Buddhist Philosophy and receiving teachings and empowerments with several Tibetan Buddhist masters in India, Nepal and Europe. Adele then attained a Master's degree in Tibetology (University of Hamburg, Germany).
Adele translated and authored Taranatha's Commentary on the Heart Sutra(LTWA,2017), a Zhentong commentary on the classic Prajnaparamita text. Her second book was an introduction and translation of The Chariot that Transports to the Four Kayas by Bamda Gelek Gyatso(LTWA,2019). , which is a text in the Kalachakra tradition covering the practice of the common preliminaries. She has also been featured as a Buddhist teacher and writer in Tricycle Buddhist Magazine and has written articles for Buddhistdoor Global, The Diplomat, and other independent publications.Topics she has covered include women in Buddhism, art, aesthetics, emptiness, Buddha-nature, and vegetarianism.
Adele also created the first female-founded (and sole-authored) Buddhist translations and research website, Dakini Translations and Publications, which is focused primarily on Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana.
==Books==
* Tāranātha's Commentary on the Heart Sūtra. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. 2017.
* The Chariot that Transports One to the Four Kāyas by Bamda Gelek Gyatso. Translated and edited by Adele Tomlin. Library of Tibetan Works and Archive, 2018..
* Aesthetic Experience, edited by Richard Shusterman and Adele Tomlin, Routledge. 2008.
==Articles==
* Adele Tomlin(2023). Everyone wants to be loved. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. 
* Adele Tomlin(2023). Memories in Exile. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
* Adele Tomlin(2023). Where Were the Women at the Global Buddhist Summit?; The Diplomat.
* Adele Tomlin(2023). Tenzin Gyurmey's Striking Solo Exhibition. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
* Adele Tomlin(2023). Tugdam: Between Worlds film review. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
* Adele Tomlin(2023). The Miraculous Life of Karma Pakshi. Book review of '2nd Karmapa, Tibetan Mahasiddha'. IIAS.
* Adele Tomlin (2021) Seeing and Revering Nature with Love: Trees of Dharamsala. Art Review, Buddhist Door Global.
* Adele Tomlin (2024) Buddhist Teachings on Eating Slaughtered Animals. Buddhist Door Global.
==Interviews/Talks==
* Going back to the Roots of Vajrayāna talk. Bhutan Vajrayāna Conference. (2022)
* A Bird with Two Wings: Flying with the Correct View of Emptiness. Dharma Talks: Tricycle. (2023)
* The Inner Level of Tantric Union, Celibacy, Bliss & Love. Interview with Olivia Clementine. (2022)
* Interview with Guru Viking:Ep175: Dakini Translations. (2022)
* Tāranātha's Commentary on the Heart Sūtra. Rangjung Yeshe Institute (2019)
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