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Event: Awarding Douglas Duckworth the Distinguished Research Grant in Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Join us Live on Zoom and Facebook!

March 23, 2021: 3 PM Eastern Time

Professor Douglas Duckworth has received a distinguished research grant for his achievements in the field. Join with other scholars and translators in the field who will celebrate and discuss Shantideva’s classic text The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) and its Tibetan Commentaries.

Join us for a roundtable discussion on one of the most important works of Buddhist literature that has now become one of the most popular western Buddhist books in translation, The Way of the Bodhisattva.

With Doulgas Duckworth, José Cabezón, Jonathan Gold, and Wulstan Fletcher.

3 PM Eastern Time, 12 Pacific, Tuesday, March 23rd.

You can join anytime here on Facebook Live, or REGISTER FOR ZOOM ACCESS HERE.

Douglas Duckworth will present his ongoing work on Künzang Sönam’s commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva and then we will have a roundtable discussion and responses from José Cabezón, Jonathan Gold, and Wulstan Fletcher.

Awarding the Tsadra Foundation Distinguished Research Grant in Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Recommended Reading:

Readings of Śāntideva’s Guide to Bodhisattva Practice. Edited by Jonathan Gold and Douglas Duckworth. Columbia University Press, 2019.

Śāntideva’s eighth-century work, the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice (Bodhicaryāvatāra), is known for its eminently practical instructions and its psychologically vivid articulations of the Mahāyāna path. It is a powerful, succinct poem into which are woven diverse Buddhist traditions of moral transformation, meditative cultivation, and philosophical insight. Since its composition, it has seen continuous use as a ritual, contemplative, and philosophical manual, making it one of the crucial texts of the Buddhist ethical and philosophical tradition.

This book serves as a companion to this Indian Buddhist classic. The fifteen essays contained here illuminate the Guide’s many philosophical, literary, ritual, and ethical dimensions. Distinguished scholars discuss the historical significance of the text as an innovative piece of Indian literature, illuminate the important roles it played in shaping Buddhism in Tibet, and bring to light its contemporary significance for philosophy and psychology. Whether experienced or first-time students of Buddhist literature, readers will find compelling new approaches to this resonant masterpiece. (Source)

The Way of the Bodhisattva. Translated by Wulstan Fletcher and Helena Blankleder of the Padmakara Translation Group. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

Often recommended as the best and most readable version of the text in English, Padmakara’s Way of the Bodhisattva is a joy to read and can also be listened to and studied with materials online from Shambhala Publications.

The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech: A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva by Kunzang Peldan. In this commentary, Kunzang Pelden has compiled the pith instructions of his teacher Patrul Rinpoche, the celebrated author of The Words of My Perfect Teacher.

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June 1, 2025
Job Posting: Cataloger/Research Librarian for Tsadra Foundation
Research Librarian in the field of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Tsadra Foundation

Announcement! We are hiring in January 2025!

Full-time, 3-year position (2025-2027), in Boulder, Colorado

Position Overview

We are seeking a junior researcher in the field of Tibetan Buddhist Studies to join our specialized Tibetan Buddhist research library team in Boulder, Colorado. This role focuses on cataloging and data curation, making it ideal for early career professionals with expertise in Tibetan Buddhist texts and translation.

Key Responsibilities

The Research Librarian will be tasked with enhancing our specialized Tibetan Buddhist library collection through:
- Updating and maintaining catalog information for Tibetan works, translations, and Buddhist studies scholarship
- Curating digital content and managing various file formats
- Working towards the creation of a Tibetan Buddhist studies dataset useful for training LLMs
- Collaborating with the library team, including the executive director, director of research, and library technicians
- Processing and organizing physical books and digital texts
- Managing datasets and spreadsheets
- Conducting OCR work on texts
- Performing book scanning as needed
Required Qualifications
- Detail Oriented
- Proficiency in Tibetan and English languages
- Knowledge of Tibetan Buddhist texts and literature
- Familiarity with cataloging and data curation
- Familiarity with working on digital Tibetan texts
- Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- MA, MLS, or PhD in a relevant field, or commensurate experience (BA with extensive experience in the field), is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with translator needs and workflows
- Understanding of Tibetan literary genre classifications
- Experience with library cataloging and/or experience with wiki websites
- Experience with web-based AI tools and/or translation tools
- Knowledge of digital text management and OCR technologies
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $60,000 annually
- Health Insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Professional development opportunities within Tibetan studies and library sciences
Location

This position is based at our library in Boulder, Colorado, and requires in-person work. However, particularly qualified candidates may apply and explain how they could work remotely and this may be taken into consideration.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their applications to Tsadra Foundation by emailing admin@tsadra.org. Please include a resume, cover letter, and any relevant work samples or references as PDFs. Please don’t send Word documents or other file types. If you have any questions, please contact Marcus Perman mperman@tsadra.org

Tsadra Foundation is committed to advancing the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism. We encourage qualified candidates who share our mission to apply.
June 1, 2025
Announcement: 2021 Dissertation Grant Awards
Tsadra Foundation
Dissertation Fellowship for
Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Announcement!

We are happy to announce the recipients of our new grant for graduate students engaged in Tibetan Buddhist Studies at North American universities.

The recipients of the 2021 fellowship are:

Annie Heckman (University of Toronto)

Khenpo Yeshi (University of California, Berkeley)

Miguel Sawaya (University of Virginia)

This fellowship program provides one-year grants of $35,000 to graduate students at North American universities in order to support them in their pursuit of dissertation research focused specifically on Tibetan Buddhism. Dissertation research must include significant textual work on Tibetan Buddhist primary sources and include translation into English.

The purpose of the grant is not only to encourage more research in the area of Tibetan Buddhism but also to encourage the sharing of academic research with the larger world. Within one year of finishing the grant term, recipients will be required to submit an essay aimed at sharing their dissertation research with a nonacademic audience, with the purpose of advancing Buddhist literacy in North America and connecting educated readers with the research of academics on topics in Tibetan Buddhist studies.

The academic committee, composed of professors at major universities across North America who are leaders in the field, reviewed many detailed applications, deliberated and debated, and finally voted on these candidates from a shortlist of truly amazing scholars.

We wish to congratulate all of the applicants on their wonderful projects and look forward to seeing the fruits of their labors.

Learn More About the 2021 Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

Annie Heckman (University of Toronto)

Annie Heckman is a doctoral candidate in the University of Toronto’s Department for the Study of Religion and Book History and Print Culture collaborative program. Born in Chicago, Heckman studied in the arts (BFA University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002; MFA New York University, 2006), teaching at DePaul University before turning to Tibetan language and literature (University of Chicago Graham School, 2013–14; MA University of Toronto 2016). She contributes to Bird of Paradise Press in Virginia and reviews Dunhuang manuscripts at McMaster University, where she was an Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (2017– 2019). Her dissertation focuses on a Tibetan digest of narratives for nuns’ rules in the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya.

Dissertation Topic: “Reassembling Discipline: A Study of Butön’s Compendium of Narratives for Nuns”

Khenpo Yeshi (University of California, Berkeley)

Khenpo Yeshi was born in 1969 in Nakchu, Tibet, and walked across the Himalayas to India as a refugee at the age of 20. There, he pursued studies at several monasteries of the Geluk, Kagyu, and Nyingma schools. After completing a three-year retreat, he taught both monks and westerners at Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal. In 2001, he moved to the United States and received a B.A. (2012) and an M.A. (2017) from UC Berkeley and is now a doctoral candidate. His research focuses on Tibetan Buddhism and the early development of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen) Heart Essence (snying thig) tradition.

Dissertation Topic: “Seeing without Looking: The Eleven Topics and the Formation of Tibet’s Heart Essence”

Miguel Fares Sawaya (University of Virginia)

Miguel Sawaya holds a BA in Jazz Performance from UCLA and an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with Tibetan Language from Naropa University. After completing the year-long Translator Training Program at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies, he worked there for six years as a Tibetan language instructor and interpreter for Buddhist philosophy courses taught by monastic instructors. He translates for the 84000 project under the auspices of the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, interprets for several Tibetan Buddhist teachers in a variety of contexts, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Buddhism at the University of Virginia.

Dissertation Topic: Tsele Natsok Rangrol’s contemplative practice material
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February 11, 2021
Dissertation Grants Available
Tsadra Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

Description and Purpose

We are happy to announce a new grant for graduate students engaged in Tibetan Buddhist Studies at North American universities. Apply by September 1st for the 2021 fellowship.

This fellowship program provides two, one-year grants to graduate students at North American universities in order to support them in their pursuit of dissertation research focused specifically on Tibetan Buddhism. Dissertation research must include significant textual work on Tibetan Buddhist primary sources and include translation into English. Two non-renewable grants of $35,000 are available each year beginning in 2021.

The purpose of the grant is not only to encourage more research in the area of Tibetan Buddhism but also to encourage the sharing of academic research with the larger world. Within one year of finishing the grant term, recipients will be required to submit an essay to the Foundation aimed at sharing their dissertation research with a nonacademic audience, with the purpose of advancing Buddhist literacy in North America and connecting educated readers with the research of academics on topics in Tibetan Buddhist studies. This essay may be published in a magazine or online publication by the recipient, or if no suitable venue is available, it will be published online on the Tsadra Foundation website. Recipients with exceptional research that is ready to be presented at academic venues may also apply for an additional small stipend to travel and present at conferences, meetings, or workshops.

Eligibility

Graduate students in doctoral programs in North America who are engaged in the study of Tibetan Buddhist texts, practices, and related topics.

A student is eligible to receive a fellowship if he or she:

Is a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education in North America who, when the fellowship begins, is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program at that institution–applicants need not be currently ABD, but must have achieved candidacy by the time the grant period begins;

Possesses adequate skills in the language(s) necessary to carry out the dissertation project (i.e., Tibetan and possibly also Sanskrit, Chinese, Pali, or Mongolian.)

Duration of the Grant:

12 Months. The fellowship may not be renewed.

Terms and ConditionsA fellow shall:

Send a written report after six months and a final report to Tsadra Foundation detailing their progress;

Devote full time to research or writing on the approved dissertation topic;

Remain a student in good standing at his or her institution; and

Maintain satisfactory progress in the conduct of his or her research.

Grant recipients will also be expected to present their dissertation research in public at least once, as part of a workshop, conference, or event organized or supported by Tsadra Foundation. Additional funds will be made available for this, as needed.

Finally, as described above, recipients will be required to submit an essay aimed at sharing their dissertation work with a nonacademic audience. This essay may be published in a magazine or online publication by the recipient, or if no suitable venue is available, it will be published on the Tsadra Foundation website.

Applicant Information

Current Grant Applications for summer/fall 2021:

Application deadline: September 1st, 2020 – Notices will be sent by February 1st, 2021.

To receive this grant, applicants must complete requirements for candidacy in their PhD program by August 31st, 2021, or the start of their grant period, whichever is earlier.

The application review committee is composed of scholars in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies with positions at major universities in North America.

Application Instructions

Interested persons should email the following items to the committee (buddhiststudiesgrant@tsadra.org):
- A cover letter of no more than 1000 words explaining their dissertation research and the state of their dissertation work
- Academic writing sample
- Curriculum vitae
- One letter of reference
No funding may be used for overhead at university institutions and programs. This grant may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any academic appointments. There is no additional financial support for dependents.

Tsadra Foundation is in no way obligated to award any of the candidates who apply for this grant and a decision will be made by the members of the search committee after a thorough review of the submitted documents.

Selection Criteria
- Significance of the topic and its potential contribution to Tibetan Buddhist studies
- Potential for advancing the objective of public Buddhist literacy
- Feasibility and clarity of work plan and likelihood of completing dissertation
- Academic track record
- Writing Quality
Application Contact

Email your complete application to buddhiststudiesgrant@tsadra.org

This email will be viewable by the entire academic committee that will choose the grant recipients. If you have a simple question, please direct it to:

Marcus Perman
Executive Director
Tsadra Foundation
research@tsadra.org
June 1, 2020
Just Out of Retreat

Contemplative Scholarship Alumni Share their Experience and Advice

On October 29th, 2019, a small group of Buddhist practitioners shared their experiences after being cloistered for three-years in a Tibetan Buddhist retreat.

Periods of solitary meditative introspection have always been at the heart of Buddhist practice, but in Vajrayana Buddhism, understanding of subtle body and energy-wind elements led to the custom of retreats lasting three years and three fortnights. It was Tai Situ Rinpoche and Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche of Palpung Monastery and Tsa’dra Rinchen Drak Hermitage who in the 19th Century initiated the first “group” three-year retreat programs. Since then, these have become the customary contemplative training, particularly in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. While the idea of the three-year retreat has become familiar in Tibetan Buddhist circles, less known is the fact that there is a variety of styles and formats depending on different traditions and teachers.

The traditional three-year retreat requires that the individuals cloister themselves alone or in a small group for the full retreat period with limited contact with the world at large. Retreat centers may be structured differently, some with a single building or building complex, others with separate cabins. Some are more “monastic” in flavor, others more “yogic”. In any case, most of the time is spent in one’s own room following a rigorous practice schedule. During this time a strict program of practice is maintained involving often 12 to 14 hours of meditation each day, as well as daily and/or monthly group “ritual” practices. Through the course of retreat students are trained in the Vajrayana curriculum of their respective Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Among the vast array of Tsadra Foundation activities, one of the least visible is the Advanced Contemplative Scholarships. The nature of this activity is obviously “out of sight” and so is less apparent than most of the Foundation’s other activities.

Each year we accept applications from individuals who satisfy our criteria for a scholarship, and select a number of worthy candidates who are then supported financially for their retreat. Candidates must have been accepted into a traditional three-year retreat program or if having already completed such a training may apply for a scholarship to support a solitary retreat for a period of one year or longer. More details about eligibility for our Advanced Contemplative Scholarships can be found at https://www.tsadra.org/scholarships/advanced-contemplative/.

Since the beginning of the Advanced Contemplative Scholarships in 2010 we have supported over 100 individuals in 15 different retreat centers and a number of solitary hermitage sites. Last October I was able to visit one of these retreat centers, at Pema Osel Ling in California. Located in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains, the retreat was developed by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and is currently under the spiritual authority of Yangsi Dujom Rinpoche. I was kindly received by the center director Lama Sonam, and retreat master Lama Frederico Trancoso.

I met with several of our scholarship students who had completed their retreat one week before. With the kind agreement of the Lamas, administrators, and the students themselves, we were able to make a short film in which these students speak of their experience, giving a glimpse into the life in three-year retreat.

Tsadra Foundation is happy to share with you this film of Analise Kunzang Palmo, Alana Pema Yudron, Sveta Carelli, and Chris Carelli, in which they speak of their experience and offer advice to future retreatants considering entering a three-year retreat.

Anthony Chapman / Lama Drupgyu
Vice-President and
Director of Advanced Contemplative Scholarships

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ambyNDtgQxU%3Frel%3D0

May 5, 2020
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Tsadra Foundation Grant for the Advancement of Buddhist Literacy
Dear Colleagues,

Tsadra Foundation is calling for applications for a grant to write essays on the history, philosophy, and practices associated with buddha-nature teachings and tathāgatagarbha theory in Tibet. Grants may be for up to two years, with a flexible time frame of grant activity and effort. For example, a person already holding a half-time position in the field may apply for the grant. A person with an academic position may write full-time during the summer and spread the grant over the course of two academic years. Candidates will have an MA, Ph.D., be ABD, or have significant publications and experience with Tibetan Buddhism. The grant will be for no less than $35,000 for part-time and no more than $100,000 per year for full-time, commensurate with experience and qualifications of the applicant.

Grant recipients will become the writer-in-digital-residence for Tsadra Foundation’s buddha-nature project and will publish well-researched essays and help to curate the project website. The specific essay topics and number of contributions will be decided upon in collaboration with the Foundation; final project deliverables will be clarified in writing prior to the start of the grant.

This grant is designed to support Tsadra Foundation’s Buddhist literacy projects that connect the larger public with academic research and advance understanding of specific aspects of Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Proposed writing projects will involve developing content that connects readers to detailed textual and historical data associated with Buddhist ideas, as well as to the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This writing will be addressed to an audience of educated readers of Buddhist materials and Buddhist practitioners. Candidates will be expected to have an interest and at least some experience interacting with different types of communities such as western dharma practitioners, Buddhist studies students in the academy, undergraduate readers, and/or traditionally trained Tibetan Buddhists. Grant recipients will be provided with an editorial team and access to Tsadra Foundation’s library and digital resources. Grant recipients may engage in the project from anywhere in the world.

Candidates will apply with a writing sample that they feel best represents their skills. More than one writing sample is welcome, such as an academic publication and a popular publication, but no more than three samples will be reviewed.

Interested persons should email the following items to Marcus Perman, mperman@tsadra.org:
- A cover letter explaining their interest in the grant and proposing at least one specific writing project or research idea to be discussed with the Tsadra team.
- Writing sample(s)
- Curriculum vitae
- One letter of reference
Applications will be accepted until May 31st, 2020. The tenure of the grant will be flexible and discussed with the recipient, but can be from no later than September 30th, 2020 until no later than September 30th, 2022. No funding may be used for overhead at university institutions and programs. This grant may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any academic appointments. There is no additional financial support for dependents. Tsadra Foundation is in no way obligated to appoint any of the candidates who apply for this grant. A decision will be made by the members of the search committee after a thorough review of the submitted documents.

ABOUT TSADRA FOUNDATION

Tsadra Foundation is a nonprofit trust established in 2000 in New York City to provide vital funding for the advanced study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in the west. Over the past 20 years, the Foundation has supported translation and publication of essential Tibetan Buddhist texts (over 112 English and French publications to date), scholarships for long-term retreat practice and advanced Buddhist studies, development of digital resources for translators and advanced study of Tibetan texts, publications from Tibetan Buddhist publishers in India, Tibet, and Nepal, and hosting conferences and workshops for translators of Tibetan texts in the west. To learn more about the Foundation’s activities before applying, visit tsadra.org and conferences.tsadra.org. Feel free to inquire about access to the buddha-nature project website anytime.

All the best wishes to everyone around the world in these strange and interesting times,

Marcus Perman
Executive Director
Tsadra Foundation
New York and Boulder, Colorado, USA
April 3, 2020
Tsadra Foundation’s First Summer Tibetan Language Intensive

Tsadra Foundation Hosts Tibetan Language Intensive at CU, Boulder

UPDATE! The 2019 summer program was the last of these events.

Tsadra Foundation’s first Summer Tibetan Language Intensive concluded on August 25, 2018 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The course created an opportunity for twenty-four students who otherwise could not have afforded long breaks from work, family, or school–or travel to Asia–to experience a condensed and rigorous training with excellent language instructors and master translators.

Students from as close as Boulder and as far from Colorado as Australia and Brazil traveled to attend the two-week-long intensive course. Three tracks–beginning, intermediate, and advanced–were taught by Lama Sarah Harding, Dr. Jules Levinson, Cinthia Font, Miguel Sawaya, and Tashi Choezom. Students were placed according to a self-assessment of their skill level with classical and colloquial Tibetan and each track was designed specifically to support the development of skills in both classical/literary and spoken Tibetan.

“The content was perfectly suited to me and our class. It was useful, inspiring!” -Advanced student

Advanced students spent their mornings with Sarah Harding working their way through Mendong Tsampa Rinpoche’s commentary on the famous Aspiration Prayer of Definitive Mahamudra (Chakchen Monlam) by the third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, while the beginning and intermediate students focused on classical and colloquial Tibetan respectively.

Afternoons of the eleven-day course featured Jules Levinson working with the advanced students to develop skills in oral translation while the intermediate students worked through classical works like the Praise to Manjushri (གང་གི་བློ་གྲོས་) and Tsongkhapa’s Three Principle Aspects of the Path (ལམ་ཙོ་རྣམ་གསུམ་,). Beginning students continued their work on colloquial skills by learning songs and practicing sentence construction utilizing various interactive methods.

Short workshops were offered during the course based on students’ interests, including lunch sessions on digital resources for Tibetan translators, Sanskrit for Tibetan translators, methodologies for oral interpretation, and a presentation on the Amdo dialect and the Ume script.

“I loved my teachers! Simply fantastic!” – Beginning student

Tsadra Foundation wishes to offer sincere thanks to Holly Gayley, the Center for Asian Studies, and the University of Colorado for helping us host the event!

October 26, 2018
Rinchen Terdzo Project Completed

The Complete Rinchen Terdzö Published by Shechen Monastery!

Thanks to the hard work of many people over the course of many years (and perhaps lifetimes), the most complete edition of the Rinchen Terdzö Chenmo (རིན་ཆེན་གཏེར་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ་) in seventy-one volumes is finished and printed.

Shechen Monastery held a celebration on March 29, 2018, to commemorate the conclusion of this important project. Kyabje Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Shechen Monastery honored Dakpo Tulku Rinpoche and his team–Matthieu Ricard, along with Sean Price and Eric Colombel of Tsadra Foundation–who all put a concerted effort into the project’s completion which was more than thirteen years in the making.

Matthieu Ricard, Dakpo Tulku, and Eric Colombel of Tsadra Foundation.

Limited printed copies of the collection are available from Shechen Monastery. To access the entirety of the texts digitally, search through the collection, or learn more about it, see the online catalog here: Rinchen Terdzö Chenmo: The Great Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings.

The Rinchen Terdzö website presents a searchable catalog of all texts in the Rinchen Terdzö Chenmo and includes full unicode Tibetan texts with metadata. Currently, (2018) volumes 1-64 and 68 have been updated and we will finish work on the final volumes of the Shechen edition this year.

The Rinchen Terdzö Chenmo is the largest of the Five Treasuries that Jamgon Kongtrul the Great (‘jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha’ yas, 1813-1899) compiled throughout his life. This extraordinary collection is comprised of the main Rediscovered Treasures (gter ma) of Tibetan Buddhism and the texts necessary to bestow the related empowerments and explanations to practice them.

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo traveled for thirteen years throughout Central and Eastern Tibet in order to collect the texts and receive the transmissions for the many lineages that had become almost extinct and held by only a few people. The actual redaction and editing of the Rinchen Terdzö was accomplished by Jamgön Kongtrul at the monastery-hermitage of Dzongsho Deshek Dupa, a secluded mountain retreat located between Dzongsar and Kathok, where Khyentse Wangpo had revealed a set of termas related to the Eight Herukas (grub pa bka’ brgyad).

Wooden-blocks were then carved at Palpung Monastery creating a sixty-volume edition. From this edition, another set of wooden-blocks was carved at Tsurphu Monastery with three additional volumes. These three included the ‘dod ‘jo’i bum bzang, which was compiled by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (1646-1714) and is considered to be the “seed” of the Rinchen Terdzö, the autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul, and the root text of Chogyur Lingpa’s Lamrim Yeshey Nyingpo with a detailed commentary by Jamgön Kongtrul. (Read more of the introduction by Matthieu Ricard.)

Visit the Rinchen Terdzö Chenmo: The Great Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings online to learn more about it!

June 15, 2018
2017 Translation & Transmission Conference Announced!
Save the Date! June 1-4, 2017

2017 Translation and Transmission Conference

At the University of Colorado, Boulder

The Foundation, in consultation with all the partners, sponsors, conference steering committee members, and speakers from the 2014 Translation & Transmission Conference is proud to announce the second conference in the Translation & Transmission Series, which will take place June 1-4, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. In light of the universal support and positive feedback we received for the previous conference, we feel that it is important to continue the conversation and community building that the 2014 conference facilitated.

The purpose of this conference series is to provide an international forum for sustained dialogue and the sharing of ideas and experiences, as well as for collective reflection on the larger cultural and societal dimensions of the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the contemporary sphere. This conference is not a showcase for any single project or institution but an opportunity for all to gather in an open and collegial spirit.

In the spring of 2017 the conference will convene in the heart of Boulder, Colorado, at the Glenn Miller Ballroom, University Memorial Center, June 1st through 4th, 2017.

Keynote Speakers:

Day 1: Susan Bassnett (Warwick)

Day 2: Jan Nattier (Washington)

Day 3: José Cabezón (UCSB)

Panelists:

Translators – Day 1
1. Janet Gyatso (Harvard)
2. Anne Klein (Rice University, Dawn Mountain)
3. Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara, Tsadra)
4. Karl Brunnholzl (Nitartha Institute, Nalandabodhi)
Translating – Day 2
1. Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Virginia)
2. Thupten Jinpa (Institute of Tibetan Classics)
3. Elizabeth Napper (Tibetan Nuns Project)
Translations – Day 3
1. John Canti (84000, Padmakara)
2. Tom Yarnall (AIBS, Columbia, Tibet House US)
3. David Kittelstrom (Wisdom Publications)
4. Sarah Harding (Tsadra, Naropa University)
Workshop presenters are still to be invited but will include more than 32 other translators and specialists in Tibetan language.

The program schedule is still being planned and announcements will be made as soon as possible. Please sign up to receive the conference newsletter if you plan to attend or would like more information about the conference.

Registration will open online in Summer 2016.

If you or your organization wishes to donate to the conference effort or become a sponsor of the conference, please contact Marcus@tsadra.org

The Conference Steering Committee

John Canti (Padmakara Translation Group & 84000)

Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group & Tsadra Foundation)

Holly Gayley (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Sarah Harding (Naropa University & Tsadra Foundation)

Thupten Jinpa (Institute of Tibetan Classics)

Anne Klein (Rice University & Dawn Mountain)

Marcus Perman (Tsadra Foundation)

Andrew Quintman (Yale University)

Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Virginia)

Tom Yarnall (Columbia University & AIBS)

Hosted by Tsadra Foundation

Co-sponsored by

The American Institute of Buddhist Studies,

Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, and Tibet House US

Tibet Himalaya Initiative at CU Boulder and Shambhala Publications
February 20, 2016