
Dr. Bruno Galasek-Hul's expertise is in canonical Buddhist literature written in Classical Tibetan and Sanskrit. He studied the languages and literatures of Pāli, Sanskrit, and Classical Tibetan, with a focus on Buddhism, in Bonn, Oxford, and Berkeley, and received his PhD from the University of Bonn in 2013. Since 2011 he has taught introductory courses on Buddhism and Buddhist canonical languages at institutions including the University of Bonn, the International Institute for Tibetan and Asian Studies in Spain, and the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He has worked as a translator with 84000 since 2015 and became an Associate Translator in 2022, and his current focus is tantric Buddhist literature. In his translations, Dr. Galasek-Hul strives to balance accuracy with making this ancient wisdom tradition accessible to modern educated readers. He feels fortunate that his personal practice and his academic training in Buddhism have come together in his role at 84000, a monumental and historic project.