Craig Jamieson is Keeper of Sanskrit Manuscripts at the University of Cambridge.

Craig Jamieson
NationalityIrish, Canadian
Alma materLampeter (BA)
University of Cambridge (MA)
University of London (MPhil)
Known forBuddhist scholarship
Scientific career
FieldsBuddhism, Sanskrit, Tibetan
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Leicester
Websitewww.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/south-asian-tibetan-and-southeast-asian-department

Before Cambridge he taught Buddhism in the Study of Religion Department at the University of Leicester.

His best-known works are Perfection of Wisdom (ISBN 0-670-88934-2), which has a preface by the Dalai Lama,[1] and Nagarjuna's Verses (ISBN 81-246-0175-5).[2] A facsimile edition of the Lotus Sutra made available in print two Cambridge palm leaf manuscripts from around one thousand years ago, Add. 1682 and Add. 1683.[3][4]

A major exhibition took place in 2014 entitled Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond. A short video of the Perfection of Wisdom manuscript came out in 2017.[5]

In 2022 he was included as one of the 200 most notable people in the 200-year history of the University of Wales, Lampeter.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Namita Gokhale (10 July 2000). "The Doors To A Sutra". Outlook. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ J. Jorgensen (2001). "A Study of Nāgārjuna 's Twenty Verses on the Great Vehicle (Māhāyanavimśikā) and His Verses on the Heart of Dependent Origination (Pratītyasamutpādahrdayakārikā..." (PDF). Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie. 19: 183. JSTOR 24581116. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ R.C. Jamieson (2002). "Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library (Add. 1682 and Add. 1683)" (PDF). Journal of Oriental Studies. 12 (6): 165–173. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ "日本語" (PDF). Retrieved 10 October 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ R.C. Jamieson (2017). "India Unboxed: The Perfection of Wisdom". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ^ "200 bywgraffiad yn Dathlu Daucanmlwyddiant Llambed". Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant. 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ "200 biographies Celebrating Lampeter's Bicentenary". Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant. 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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