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John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld (Born Anthony, April 2, 1913 - June 7, 1987) was a British scholar of Asian thought and religion, especially Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.
Blofeld was born in London and educated at Haileybury College, then Downing College, Cambridge University where he read natural sciences but did not complete his degree. Instead he left in his second year for travels to China.
From 1933-1939 he resided in and wandered around China, visiting monasteries and talking to Mongolian lamas, Zen masters, Taoist sages, etc. He lived for some time in Peking, and traveled through Asia (Tibet, Mongolia, China, India, and Burma) to visit the places where those religions lived within their practitioners. He talked to Taoist eremites, spent time in monasteries and experienced how alive the spiritual culture of China was in this period. Blofeld became a pupil of Master Hsu Yun but actually received training in Chan (Zen) meditation from Hsu Yun's pupils at a monastery near Kunming, Yunnan. He also received Vajrayana teachings.
His studies and his collected experiences with the sages and mystics of China are of special interest, because he entered this realm in an era before the Cultural Revolution aimed to annihilate all ties to the old feudal Chinese identity.
He left a son and daughter who currently reside in Spain and Guernsey. He has four granddaughters and a grandson.
Blofeld died at age 74 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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