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Keith Dowman (b. 1945) is an English Dzogchen master and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. He travelled to India and Nepal in 1966 where he practiced Sanatam Dharm with Ganesh Baba (Shri Mahant Ganesh Giriji Maharaj) and Vipassana meditation with the Indian Theravadin teacher Anagarika Munindra. After connecting with Tibetan Buddhism he met and trained under many Tibetan masters, including his root Gurus Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje and Kanjur Rinpoche Longchen Yeshe Dorje. He lived near these masters in Darjeeling, West Bengal, for many years. He studied the Tibetan language at Queens College, Sanskrit University, in Varanasi, India, under Lama Jamspal. In 1973, at the Nyingma Institute in Berkeley, California, his translations were first published under the auspices of Tarthang Tulku, while he taught on Tibetan language at Sonoma State College. Dowman has written books and translations focusing on various aspects of Tibetan Buddhism and in particular on Buddhist Tantra and Dzogchen. In his later writings he has focused increasingly on Dzogchen.

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The Great Secret of Mind, trans. of Tulku Pema Rigtsel’s work. Snow Lion, New York, 2012 ISBN 978-1-55939-401-7
Spaciousness, trans and commentary of Longchenpa’s Treasury of the Dharmadhatu. Vajrabooks, Kathmandu 2013. ISBN 978-9937-506-97-7
Maya Yoga, trans & comm. of Longchenpa's Comfort and Ease in Enchantment (Sgyu ma'i ngal so) Vajrabooks, Kathmandu, 2010. ISBN 978-9937-506-45-8
Old Man Basking in the Sun, trans. & comm. of Longchenpa's Treasury of Natural Perfection (Gnas lugs mdzod) Vajrabooks, Kathmandu, 2006. Republished as Natural Perfection, Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, 2010. ISBN 978-99946-644-9-8
Eye of the Storm, trans. & comm. Vajrabooks, Kathmandu, 2006. Republished as Original Perfection, Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, 2013. ISBN 99946-644-8-4
The Sacred Life of Tibet, HarperCollins, London, 1997. ISBN 978-0722533758
Power-places of Kathmandu, with Kevin Bubriski, Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, and Thames & Hudson, London, 1995. ISBN 978-089281-540-1
Flight of the Garuda, Wisdom, Boston, 1993. ISBN 0-86171-085-1
Masters of Enchantment, Penguin, London 1989. ISBN 0-89281-784-4
Masters of Mahamudra, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY., 1985. ISBN 0-88706-160-5
Sky Dancer: The Life and Songs of Yeshe Tsogyel, RKP, London 1983; Arkana Series, Penguin 1991; Snow Lion, New York, 1997. ISBN 1-55939-065-4
The Divine Madman: The Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley, trans., Rider & Co., London, 1982 and Dawn Horse Press, U.S.A., and Pilgrim’s Publishing, Kathmandu 2000. 1983, 1998; Dzogchen Now! Books, Amazon, 2014. ISBN 0-913922-75-7
The Legend of the Great Stupa, trans., Dharma Publishing, Berkeley, 1973. ISBN 978-0-89800-344-4