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...

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:...

Free Indonesian Translation of “What Makes You Not Buddhist” Available

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“What Makes You Not a Buddhist” is now available free online in Indonesian. At Rinpoche’s request, a group of Indonesian students created this new translation. It is now available for download and offered for free on SI Global’s website. In the past few weeks alone,...

COMMUNIQUÉ: Words of the Buddha

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The November Communiqué is a big one. It had to be, to fit even a fraction of the stories about KF’s support of translators and translation projects. Read about Anne MacDonald, winner of the KF Prize for Outstanding Translation Prize, some of our Chinese language...