Wong Mou-lam(1886-1934) was from Guangdong, China. He completed the
first published English translation ofThe Platform Sutra of the
Sixth Patriarchin 1930. Mou-lam also translatedThe Diamond Sutra
and the Sutra of Hui Neng,two of the most treasured works of
Buddhist literature, the first of which is considered the oldest
existing printed book in the world.
A. F. Priceis the translator of the ancient and revered Zen
Buddhist scripturesThe Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng.In
her bookEmbracing Illusion- Truth and Fiction in the Dream of the
Nine Clouds, author Francisca Cho praised Price'swork for its
"readability and faithfulness to Kumarajiva's Chinese
translation."
W. Y. Evans-Wentz(1878-1965) was an American author and
anthropologist. Evans-Wentz was an innovator in the study of
Tibetan Buddhism, whose work helped to introduce Tibetan Buddhism
to Western culture. While best known for publishing an early
English translation ofThe Tibetan Book of the Dead, he translated
many other significant Tibetan texts and wrote the foreword toThe
Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng.
Christmas Humphreys(1901-1983) took an interest in Buddhism at a
young age and founded the Buddhist Society inLondon in 1924. The
Buddhist Society is now the biggest and oldest Buddhist
organization inEurope. In 1945, he expressed his interest in world
Buddhism in his famous "Twelve Principles of Buddhism." He is the
author ofBuddhism- An Introduction and GuideandA Western Approach
to Zen, among others.
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