Prior to joining the 84000 team, Celso Wilkinson worked as a translator and teacher of Tibetan language and Buddhist texts. Since joining 84000, he has become closely involved in the digital side of publication and in building technological resources for scholars, translators, and practitioners.

Celso Wilkinson's background is in Buddhist studies and Tibetan language, with years of experience as a translator, teacher, and editor, and he specializes in the literature of the Tibetan Kangyur. The scale and detail of the Kangyur and Tengyur collections continue to astonish him, filled as they are with countless stories and unexpected points of inspiration.

Learning about a Buddha's foremost disciple, one of the Buddha's previous lives, or the context of a particular dhāraṇī leads Wilkinson into unexpected discoveries, and he takes evident pleasure in exploring this literature and making it legible for English-speaking readers.