Jules B. Levinson graduated from Princeton University in 1975 with a B.A. in English. Following a year in Washington, D.C., working for the House of Representatives and for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Jules earned an M.Ed. in Secondary School English at the University of Virginia. In 1976, Jules began studying the Buddhist religion and the Tibetan language at the University of Virginia under the guidance of Dr. Jeffrey Hopkins and the eminent Tibetan lamas invited by the University’s Center for South Asian Studies. This group of accomplished scholars included Lati Rinpoche, Denma Lochö Rinpoche, Geshe Gedün Lodrö, Gyümay Kensur Jambel Shenpen, and Kensur Yeshe Tupden. Six years of classes at the University were followed in 1983 by a year of study in India divided among Tibet House in New Delhi, Dharamsala, and Drebung Loseling Monastic University in Karnataka. After returning from India, Jules attended the 1984 Vajradhatu Seminary at Bedford Springs, PA, a three month program of meditation and study taught by Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, his primary teacher. “The translation of these texts enriches not only the lives of students and scholars of the Buddhist tradition but also those of people from diverse backgrounds.” From 1985 until 1991, Jules taught courses in Buddhist Studies, the religions of Asia, and Tibetan language at Naropa University, Stanford University, and the University of Virginia.