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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Just Out of Retreat
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 [...]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Tsadra Foundation Grant for the Advancement of Buddhist Literacy
Call For Applications: Advancement of Buddhist Literacy Grant: Buddhist Writer-In-Digital-Residence 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 [...]
What’s in a Name? Sakyadhita Conference Presentation from Sarah Harding
16th Sakyadhita Conference: Buddhist Women Rising to Challenges Presentation by Sarah Harding What’s in a Name? “Buddhist Women Rising to Challenges” struck a chord with me since I have definitely felt the challenge of being a woman in the Buddhist world. But as that experience was certainly not unique, it never occurred to me to write about it. [...]
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 [...]
Memorial Lecture Fund for Luis Óscar Gómez
Memorial Lecture Fund for Luis Óscar Gómez Respected and cherished scholar of Buddhist Studies, Indology, and Philology and creator of the Buddhist Studies program at University of Michigan passed away on September 3, 2017. In June 2017, knowing that he had just a few months to live, he decided to give his final lecture at the Translation & [...]
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 [...]
Summer Intensive Tibetan Courses
Summer Intensive Tibetan Courses Are you looking to develop your Tibetan language skills? Opportunities abound for language study this summer in the United States and South Asia. Most programs offer either classical or colloquial courses, and many are offered for credit through affiliated universities. Online courses are also available in self-study and interactive formats and are a great way to [...]
Naropa Students Enjoy Lunch with Master Translators
Naropa Students Enjoy Lunch with Master Translators Master translators Wulstan Fletcher and Elizabeth Callahan visited Naropa University to speak with students about the process of translation from Tibetan to English, and the motivations that led them to pursue such work. The conversation occurred as part of Naropa University’s Indo-Tibetan Lunch Seminar Series, organized and hosted by [...]
The State of Buddhist Publishing – Nikko Odiseos
The State of Buddhist Publishing - Nikko Odiseos Nikko Odiseos at Shambhala Publications has shared some very interesting remarks about the state of Buddhist publishing. It is well worth the read on VajrayanaWorld.com Here is a little excerpt and link to read more: "In 2016, Shambhala alone published 35 titles for Tibetan Buddhists (and a bunch more for Zen and Pali traditions), bringing [...]
