Leslie S. Kawamura

Leslie S. Kawamura (July 7, 1935 - March 10, 2011) was a professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He was a renowned scholar of the Yogācāra school, and he played an integral role in the development of Buddhist studies in North America.

He held a Ph.D. in Far Eastern Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, where he studied under Herbert V. Guenther. He studied at the Kyoto University (Japan) and taught at the Nyingma Institute (Berkeley), Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley), and the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon).

His publications included:

• Mind in Buddhist Psychology (with Herbert V. Guenther, Dharma Press, 1975); a translation of Necklace of Clear Understanding by Yongdzin Yeshe Gyeltsen
• Golden Zephyr (Dharma Press, 1975); a translation of Garland of White Lotus Flowers by Mipam Gyatso

He was a founding member of the Honpa Buddhist Church of Alberta and the Canada-Mongolia Society.

Sources and further reading

• Leslie S. Kawamura, Bodhicitta: A Tsadra Foundation Project
• Wading into the Stream: Essays in honor of Leslie Kawamura, University of Hawai'i Press
• Leslie Kawamura, legacy.com
• Bibliography of Works by Leslie S. Kawamura, academia.edu