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Memorial for E. Gene Smith this weekend in New York

A memorial for E. Gene Smith, the legendary modern Tibetologist and founder of the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center, will be taking place at 2 pm this Saturday at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St., New York City; click here for the location via Google Maps.) Saturday’s memorial will include special tributes offered by long-time colleagues, family, and friends, as well as brief musical interludes offered by Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Yungchen Lhamo, and Ning Tien. Please visit egenesmith.org or call 646-839-5915 ext. 7 for more information.

Smith dedicated his life to preserving Tibet’s literary heritage and played a key role in its survival. His life and passing was noted here earlier by His Holiness the Karmapa and also by Tim McNeill, president of Wisdom Publications and a member of the TBRC board of directors.

To read our original announcement of Gene’s passing, click here. A feature profile of Gene, by his colleague Janet Gyatso, is in the new issue of Buddhadharma. You can be one of the first to read it here: Read More »

Wisdom Publications’ Tim McNeill on the life and work of E. Gene Smith

As reported here this past Friday, the Tibetan Buddhist world and the Buddhist world at large are mourning the December 16 passing of E. Gene Smith, who dedicated his life to preserving and sharing vital Tibetan Buddhist texts.

At Wisdom Publications in 2000. Front row: Tim McNeill, Gene Smith, and David Kittelstrom. Rear: Rilbur Rinpoche, Geshe Tsulga.

A full obituary by Smith’s colleague Janet Gyatso will appear in the next issue of Buddhadharma. Here, another close contemporary — Timothy J. McNeill, board member for Smith’s Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center and publisher at Wisdom Publications, where Gene spent time as an acquisitions editor and trusted adviser — remembers the man who lived his life among Tibetan texts:  Read More »