Elio Guarisco (1954-2020) was a prominent Italian translator and scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. After studying Tibetan language, philosophy, and meditation in Switzerland for a decade, he co-founded two Buddhist centers in Milan.Invited by Kalu Rinpoche, Guarisco spent over 20 years in India translating Kongtrul Lodrö Taye's massive encyclopedia, Sheja Kunkhyab, anchoring major volumes like Myriad Worlds and Buddhist Ethics. In 1986, he joined Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's Dzogchen Community, co-founding the Shang Shung Institute to preserve Tibetan culture. From 2003 onward, he led the Ka-ter translation project and translated numerous foundational texts on Tibetan medicine and philosophy.