]> 2026-10-12T02:15:00-04:00 People/Guarisco, E. 0 en http://skyjewel.org/ Elio was born in Varese, Italy, on 5 August 1954 and grew up in Como. He studied art and received a Master of Arts before traveling to India to study Buddhism. On his return from India he moved to Switzerland, where for ten years he learned Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy under one of the Dalai Lama’s philosophical advisors. Elio joined the Dzogchen community in 1986, when he received teachings from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu for the first time. Invited by the late Kalu Rinpoche, Elio spent almost twenty years in India working on the large encyclopedia on Indo-Tibetan knowledge known as Shes bya kun khyab (Myriad Worlds,Buddhist Ethics, Systems of Buddhist Tantra, The Elements of Tantric Practice) authored by Kongtrul the Great, published in separate volumes by Snow Lion Publications. During this time Elio continued to actively collaborate with the Dzogchen Community and especially with the Shang Shung Institute in Italy, of which he is a founding member. Elio has worked on various translations for the Shang Shung Institute in Italy, including several books by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu relating to Tibetan medicine. He has completed several levels of the Santi Maha Sangha training, and became an authorized teacher of the base, first, and second level. Since 2003, Elio has been one of the three principal translators for the Ka-ter project of the Shang Shung Institute of Austria. Aside from serving as instructor for the Training for Translators from Tibetan program, he also works for the Dzogchen Tantra Translation Project. ([http://skyjewel.org/ Source Accessed March 26, 2020]) Varese, Italy Person People File:Guarisco Elio skyjewel.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/2/29/Guarisco_Elio_skyjewel.jpg true true true File:Guarisco Elio skyjewel.jpg File:Guarisco Elio skyjewel.jpg Elio Guarisco;Guarisco, E. false Italian English Tibetan Elio Guarisco Guarisco Elio skyjewel.jpg Guarisco, E. Elio Guarisco Translators Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche Trulshik Rinpoche Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche Kalu Rinpoche Dodrupchen Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche His Holiness Sakya Trizin Ling Rinpoche Geshe Yeshe Tobden Lama Wangdor Jamgon Kongtrul Gomo Tulku John Coleman Classical Elio was born in Varese, Italy, on 5 August 1954 and grew up in Como. He studied art and received a Master of Arts before traveling to India to study Buddhism. On his return from India he moved to Switzerland, where for ten years he learned Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy under one of the Dalai Lama’s philosophical advisors. Elio joined the Dzogchen community in 1986, when he received teachings from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu for the first time. Invited by the late Kalu Rinpoche, Elio spent almost twenty years in India working on the large encyclopedia on Indo-Tibetan knowledge known as Shes bya kun khyab (Myriad Worlds,Buddhist Ethics, Systems of Buddhist Tantra, The Elements of Tantric Practice) authored by Kongtrul the Great, published in separate volumes by Snow Lion Publications. During this time Elio continued to actively collaborate with the Dzogchen Community and especially with the Shang Shung Institute in Italy, of which he is a founding member. Elio has worked on various translations for the Shang Shung Institute in Italy, including several books by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu relating to Tibetan medicine. He has completed several levels of the Santi Maha Sangha training, and became an authorized teacher of the base, first, and second level. Since 2003, Elio has been one of the three principal translators for the Ka-ter project of the Shang Shung Institute of Austria. Aside from serving as instructor for the Training for Translators from Tibetan program, he also works for the Dzogchen Tantra Translation Project. ([http://skyjewel.org/ Source Accessed March 26, 2020]) Guarisco, E.;;;Elio Guarisco;;; ; ; 1954 2020-03-26T18:27:47Z 2458935.269294 2020-03-26T18:27:47Z 2458935.269294 true People/Guarisco, E. 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Guarisco, E.]] People/Guarisco, E.# QUERY42f725a6947e6a433f533c47a8329756 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Guarisco, E.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Guarisco, E.||People/Guarisco, E.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Guarisco, E.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Guarisco, E.# QUERY8ae1c29d4e0e14e5e38810c942660322 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Guarisco, E.]] People/Guarisco, E.# QUERY37640526cb827d8fc855f5ed913b64d7 Books/The Elements of Tantric Practice 0 en The Elements of Tantric Practice 0 The Elements of Tantric Practice# 8940f2fac79cffca5245f1f8ce6ce50e# 8940f2fac79cffca5245f1f8ce6ce50e Guarisco, E. 0 en Guarisco, E. Translator 102 en Translator PersonPage 102 en PersonPage REDI 102 en REDI