Philippe Cornu, born in Paris, was a pharmacist before he turned to Tibetan Buddhism. He has been a Tibetan translator and teaching History of Religion, Buddhism and Hinduism since 2011 at the Louvain Catholic University (UC Lovain) in Belgium.

While President of the Buddhist Studies Institute of the Khyentse Wangpo Institute (Paris) with scholars from different Buddhist schools, he’s been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner since 1980. Philippe followed Sogyal Rinpoche’s teachings since 1980, becoming a Rigpa senior instructor in 1994, and has been a student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Yongzin Tenzin Namdak.

He is the author and translator of numerous books including: Longchenpa’s Natural Freedom of the Mind, The Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Vasubandhu’s Five Treaties on Mind Only, Padmasambhava’s Tibetan Book of the Dead, Buddhism, a Happiness Philosophy?, and recently the Buddhism Manuals, volumes I, II and III.