Kennard Lipman
Kennard Lipman is a scholar of Buddhist studies and an ordained rabbi.
During college he traveled to India and then studied for the next 20 years with some of the foremost teachers of Tibetan Buddhism. He received his Ph.D. in Far Eastern Studies under Prof. Herbert V. Guenther. In that same year he also met his principal Tibetan teacher, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu.
Ken taught in, and was also Program Director of, the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He also taught at San Jose State University.
Returning to Judaism, he received rabbinic ordination in 2002 from Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, and was a rabbi in State College, PA, Napa, CA, and Santa Maria, CA.
Publications
Translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts:
- You Are the Eyes of the World by Longchenpa, translated by Kennard Lipman and Merrill Peterson. 2011. (A translation of Longchenpa's the Jewel Ship.)
- Primordial Experience: An Introduction to Dzog-chen Meditation by Manjusrimitra, translated by Namkhai Norbu, Kennard Lipman, et al. 2001 (A translation and commentary of Manjushrimita's Gold Refined from Ore.)
- Secret Teachings of Padmasambhava: Essential Instructions on Mastering the Energies of Life by Padmasambhava, translated by Kennard Lipman. 2010 (A translation of two texts by Padmasambhava: The Five-Fold Essential Instruction and A section of hidden instruction, the innermost essence of the Dakini.)
- Dzog Chen and Zen by Namkhai Norbu, edited Kennard Lipman. 1984
Texts on Judaism:
- Kingdoms of Experience: The Four Worlds of Kabbalah as Prayer and Meditation by Kennard Lipman. 2011
Further reading
Kennard Lipman, Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative- Kennard Lipman, Substack
