Bringing Us Closer to the Buddha’s Words | Official Online Publication of the 1st sutra of the Kumarajiva Project
FOCUS January 2020Bringing 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.WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY CHINESENEW YEAR!May the year of the rat be...
Thanks for Giving: Stories of KF’s Matching Sponsors and Monthly Donors
FOCUS December 2019 Thanks for Giving Stories of KF's Matching Sponsors and Monthly DonorsWe should view an offering of one rupee as an example of extreme generosity. Think that this is so amazing and encourage and praise and dedicate the merit of that. Then if...
When West Meets East | The Milinda Program: Training Western Buddhist Teachers for the 21st Century
FOCUS November 2019 When West Meets East The Milinda Program: Training Western Buddhist Teachers for the 21st Century We need to train Tibetan lamas. And then we also need to train western teachers, who actually know how to get a message across. But...
December FOCUS: Board Meeting Update
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November FOCUS: KF-India’s Reviving Activities
This month's Focus features the work of KF-India. KF is making special efforts to revive the Buddhist heritage in India, the source of the great river of Buddhism—the place where Shakyamuni Buddha was born, achieved enlightenment, and taught for 45 years before...
August FOCUS: Translating the Tibetan Canon into Chinese
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June Focus
KF is happy to announce a new Khyentse chair at the University of Michigan: the Khyentse Gendun Chopel Professorship. This is the largest gift dedicated to the study of Tibetan Buddhism in North America. “As citizens of a world that is ever shifting, changing and even...
FOCUS: April 2018
April Focus | Prize for 2018 Outstanding Translation Awarded KF Prize for Outstanding Translation is an award for excellence in translation from the main classical languages of Buddhism into English from any Buddhist tradition. This year the award goes to Dr. Andy...
FOCUS: March 2018
In the March Focus, we share upcoming grant deadlines, the first-ever online access to the 2018 KF Lecture on Buddhism and Divination, as well as reflections and aspirations from Amelia Chow, one of the founders of both KF and Siddhartha's Intent. Read more...
FOCUS: Supporting Buddhist Education for Children
In the February Focus, we are pleased to introduce Middle Way Education (MWE), a new independent not-for-profit organization supported by Khyentse Foundation, and inspired by Rinpoche's vision for Buddhist education for children. The launch of MWE features two...
Focus: Increasing Support for Nuns
The January Focus features a new video and two stories about the impact that Khyentse Foundation is having on nuns in Bhutan and young women in Cambodia. Read the entire January 2018 Focus here.
FOCUS: Sangha – The Heart of KF
2017 has been an amazing year, and KF is maturing into something bigger than we had ever dared to imagine. It's safe to say that 2017 has been one of the most extraordinary in KF history. The outstanding support of our sponsors and volunteers enabled the foundation to...