FOCUS: Do You Have a Dream?
With support of a Khyentse Foundation Ashoka Grant, Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Dobrowolska has made an inspiring documentary about the revival of the tradition of ordaining women as bhikkhunis (nuns) in Theravada Buddhism. Shakyamuni Buddha ordained both women and...
FOCUS: CATALYZING ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY
Read the June Focus here CATALYZING ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY Two Ways of Supporting Dharma Activities: Funding Existing Projects and Creating New Ones The tremendous success of 84000 demonstrates how KF is able to support enlightened activity with funding and...
FOCUS: Homage to Tara
KHYENTSE FOUNDATION’S GREATEST PATRON In This Issue: VIDEO: Rinpoche explains why he hosted the Tara puja for KF VIDEO: Faces of the Tara Puja On March 24, 2017, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche began a 21-day Tara puja to pay homage to Tara. Rinpoche personally...
FOCUS: Buddhism in India
BHAJANS, BUDDHIST STUDIES, AND DR. BADRI | BUDDHISM IN INDIA The city of Pune was originally called “Punya-nagari,” which means the city (nagari) of good merit (punya). Pune has a rich history of education, social change, and spirituality, and Khyentse Foundation has...
FOCUS: Guardians of the Dharma
Khyentse Foundation partners with Buddhist Studies programs at 13 universities on four continents to encourage excellence in Buddhist scholarship. Rinpoche has often said that academics and scholars are the “guardians of the Dharma” because they ensure...
FOCUS: Aspirations For the New Year
December 2016 In This Issue: Video: Rinpoche’s Annual Address Our New Aspiration Prayer Board Meeting Highlights Downloadable PDF Read the December FOCUS...
FOCUS: A Buddhist Camp for Children
Khyentse Foundation Hosts a Dharma Camp for Children Khyentse Foundation coordinated and fully sponsored a Dharma camp for the children of students attending a program in October as part of our research into Buddhist education for the next generation. Rinpoche made it...
FOCUS: Presenting the New Animated Story of KF
To mark the occasion of Khyentse Foundation’s 15 year anniversary, we commissioned French animator Marion Dupas to create this short introduction to the story of the foundation. In this issue: Khyentse Foundation Turns Fifteen Rinpoche’s latest book, The...
FOCUS: An Ocean of Merit, The Culture of Giving
No Amount Is Too Small Since the inception of Khyentse Foundation in 2001, our friends around the world have donated more than US$21 million, some with great ingenuity. The September Focus is all about some of our favorite stories of giving. Read the Focus...
FOCUS: Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Relevant Then and Now
FOCUS: Empress Wu, A Great Patron of Buddhism
The June Focus is all about Empress Wu, a controversial great patron of Buddhism with a colorful past. Read the June Focus...
FOCUS: Bhutan
Khyentse Foundation in a Buddhist Kingdom.