Bringing Us Closer to the Buddha’s Words | Official Online Publication of the 1st sutra of the Kumarajiva Project

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FOCUS January 2020 Bringing Us Closer to the Buddha’s Words Online Publication of the First Sutra of the Kumarajiva Project   Every single word spoken by the Buddha is excellent and precious. — Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY CHINESENEW...

2019 Outstanding Translation

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Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Buddhist Translation Awarded Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl Wins Prize for First Translation of a Text on the Yogācāra School of Mahāyāna Buddhism Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl received the 2019 Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding...

An Excerpt From the 2019 Outstanding Translation

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Below is an excerpt from Karl Brunnhölzl’s A Compendium of the Mahāyāna: Asaṅga’s Mahāyānasaṃgraha and Its Indian and Tibetan Commentaries, winner of the 2019 KF Outstanding Translation Award. In contrast to the typical Madhyamaka reluctance to speak about...

The Kumarajiva Project Is Launched

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“Chinese civilization is very, very important for the survival of Buddhism.” —Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Section of the Diamond Sutra, a handwritten copy by Zhang Jizhi, based on Kumarajiva’s translation from Sanskrit to Chinese. Khyentse...

The Kumarajiva Project and 84000: What’s the Difference?

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Khyentse Foundation began its translation efforts in 2008 when it became clear that only 5% of the Tibetan Buddhist canon had been translated into modern languages. With this realization, Khyentse Foundation incubated and launched the now-thriving 84000:...

Pioneering a Hundred-Year Mission

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Photo: Tibetan Canon Pecha Printed by Wooden Carving Block by Yuan Ren To read the Buddha’s words in one’s own language is the wish of most every Buddhist practitioner. Therefore, it is said that translating sutras and shastras generates a great deal of merit. In...