Kyobpa Pel Zangpo (skyob pa dpal bzang po) was a translator active in the twelfth century. Among his translations in the Kangyur (bka' 'gyur) are the Śrī Hevajrābhisamayatilaka. He was a student of Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyeltsen (sa skya paN+Di ta kun dga' rgyal mtshan, 1182-1251) and a teacher to the Ra Luk lama (rwa lugs) Rongpa Sherab Sengge (rong pa shes rab seng+ge, d.u.).

Alexander Gardner is Director and Chief Editor of the Treasury of Lives. He completed his PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan in 2007. He is the author of The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul The Great.

Published April 2010