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Theos Bernard pioneered Indian and Tibetan studies at Columbia University. He was the third American to ever set foot in Lhasa, Tibet, and the first American to be initiated into the rites of Tibetan Buddhism. He published several accounts of the theory and practice of the religions of India and Tibet, including his PhD dissertation on Hatha Yoga. He was the founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist research institute in United States, he compiled a Tibetan grammar and planned for the systematic translation of Indian and Tibetan literature into English.

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  • Theos Casimir Bernard
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  • Theos Bernard pioneered Indian and Tibetan studies at Columbia University. He was the third American to ever set foot in Lhasa, Tibet, and the first American to be initiated into the rites of Tibetan Buddhism. He published several accounts of the theory and practice of the religions of India and Tibet, including his PhD dissertation on Hatha Yoga. He was the founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist research institute in United States, he compiled a Tibetan grammar and planned for the systematic translation of Indian and Tibetan literature into English.
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Relatives
  • Dugald Bernard ; Pierre Bernard , Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Birth Date
  • 1908-12-10(xsd:date)
death place
  • Himachal Pradesh, in the Punjab region of India
Spouse
  • Viola Wertheim, Ganna Walska, and Helen Graham Park
Name
  • Bernard, Theos Casimir
  • Theos Casimir Bernard
Education
  • University of Arizona ; Columbia University
Caption
  • Theos Casimir Bernard demonstrating Baddha Padmasana
Birth Place
death date
  • death date unknown, probably mid-September, 1947
Image size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Place of Birth
Place of death
  • Himachal Pradesh, in the Punjab region of Bristish India
Children
  • none
Death Cause
  • unknown, probably killed
Known For
  • being an accomplished practitioner of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, a scholar of religion and explorer
Date of Birth
  • 1908-12-10(xsd:date)
Short Description
  • scholar in philosophy, practitioner of Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism
Parents
  • Glen Agazia Bernard , Aura Gordon
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  • Theos Bernard pioneered Indian and Tibetan studies at Columbia University. He was the third American to ever set foot in Lhasa, Tibet, and the first American to be initiated into the rites of Tibetan Buddhism. He published several accounts of the theory and practice of the religions of India and Tibet, including his PhD dissertation on Hatha Yoga. He was the founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist research institute in United States, he compiled a Tibetan grammar and planned for the systematic translation of Indian and Tibetan literature into English.
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