International Chöd-Zhijé Conference July 12-16, 2017
International Chöd-Zhijé Conference July 12-16, 2017 UPDATE! Conference rates have been reduced! Sponsored by Tsadra Foundation, Shambhala Publications, and Wisdom Publications. Tara Mandala and Lama Tsultrim Allione will be hosting a unique conference on Chöd and Zhijé traditions that will include presentations from our friends Sarah Harding, Amelia Hall, Dan Martin, Sangye Khandro, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, and many other luminaries. [...]
2017 Translation & Transmission Conference Registration Open
2017 Translation & Transmission Conference Registration Open Join us at the University of Colorado, Boulder, May 31 – June 3, 2017 Attendees and speakers must all register online. REGISTER HERE Space is limited so please sign up as soon as possible. More than 200 translators, practitioners, scholars, and specialists in Tibetan language will be meeting together for workshops and discussion sessions throughout the [...]
Pha Dampa Sangye and the Alphabet Goddess
Pha Dampa Sangye and the Alphabet Goddess A preliminary study of the sources of the Zhije tradition Sarah Harding Presented by Sarah Harding at the 2016 meeting of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (IATS) in Bergen, Norway: I did not master all of Indian tantra or positively connect the lovely Mātkā alphabet goddess with Dampa Sangye, except for [...]
Adarsha: the Kangyur from the Karmapa
Adarsha: the Kangyur from the Karmapa Adarsha on iTunes The Karmapa announced this project in 2014 and although it is still in development, this app is already up and running well on the iPad for searching the Jiang Kangyur in Tibetan script. It looks like they will be adding the Tengyur and other sources soon. A website for [...]
The Treasury of Instructions
The Treasury of Instructions The Treasury of Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibetan Buddhism by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye Following completion of the translation of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé’s 10-volume Treasury of Knowledge , Tsadra Foundation has embarked on the translation of Kongtrul’s 18-volume Treasury of Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibetan [...]
2017 Translation & Transmission Conference Announced!
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 [...]
Long-time Tsadra Fellows Receive Khyentse Foundation Fellowship Award
Long-time Tsadra Fellows Receive Khyentse Foundation Fellowship Award Tsadra Foundation would like to congratulate two of its long-time Fellows on having been selected to receive the 2016 Khyentse Foundation Fellowship Award. Wulstan Fletcher and John Canti, who are also founding members of the Padmakara Translation Group, have been selected for this honor in recognition of their “service to the [...]
Berkeley Workshop: Religion and the Literary in Tibet
Berkeley Workshop: Religion and the Literary in Tibet Religion and the Literary in Tibet Supported by a generous grant from the Tsadra Foundation Co-sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Studies and the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley October 17-18, 2015 at the University of California, Berkeley In 2015 Tsadra Foundation supported the work of the AAR group [...]
Translation Conference Website Updated!
Translation Conference Website Updated! HAPPY NEW YEAR! You can now view videos of each plenary session, listen to audio from workshops, and enjoy pictures from throughout the 2014 Translation & Transmission Conference on the updated conference website: http://translationandtransmission.org/conference-revisited.html
Jim Blumenthal (1967-2014)
Jim Blumenthal (1967-2014) Professor Jim Blumenthal, a wonderful example of a kind human being who skillfully blended practice and scholarship of Tibetan Buddhism, passed away last week. Sadly, Jim was to be present at the recent Translation & Transmission Conference, but was unable to make it due to his declining health. There is a memorial website [...]
University of Colorado Receives Tibetan Texts
University of Colorado Receives Tibetan Texts Tsadra Foundation has generously gifted the CU Libraries with an impressive collection of Tibetan texts consisting of religious, historical, biographical and philosophical materials. The gifted texts include the collected works of a number of the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism, whose works are only beginning to be studied in any depth as Tibetan [...]
Updates from the Boulder Research Library-Tibetan Texts
Updates from the Boulder Research Library-Tibetan Texts New Tibetan Books! Usually we have a steady stream of small amounts of Tibetan texts and academic works on Buddhism and Tibet coming into our library, but recently we welcomed a doubling of the Tibetan texts held in the Boulder research library. I will try to give a sense [...]