Anagarika Govinda

Lama Anagarika Govinda
Govinda, c. 1940-45
Born	Ernst Lothar Hoffmann (1898-05-17)17 May 1898 Waldheim, Saxony, German Empire
Died	14 January 1985(1985-01-14) (aged 86) Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Other names	Lama Govinda
Citizenship	German (1898-1938) British (1938-47) Indian
Spouse	Li Gotami Govinda ​ ​ (m. 1947)​

Anagarika Govinda (born Ernst Lothar Hoffmann, 17 May 1898 – 14 January 1985) was the founder of the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala and an expositor of Tibetan Buddhism, Abhidharma, and Buddhist meditation as well as other aspects of Buddhism. He was also a painter and poet.^[1]