FOCUS: Following in Kumarajiva’s Footsteps
FOCUS October 2020 Following in Kumarajiva’s Footsteps The Kumarajiva Project in its second year Chinese civilization is very, very important for the survival of Buddhism. - Dzongsar Khyentse RinpocheIn July 2019, Khyentse Foundation launched the...
FOCUS: September 2020 Structuring the Longevity of Buddhist Studies in Universities
FOCUS September 2020 Structuring the Longevity of Buddhist Studies in Universities It's back-to-school time for many, and in this issue we share some news from our academic development area. First, Khyentse Foundation, in partnership with the German...
University of Michigan Appoints Dr. Sangseraima Ujeed to KF Endowed Position
September 2020After an extensive international search, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan is happy to announce that it has selected a scholar to fill its new position in Tibetan Buddhist Studies, funded by an endowment from...
KF Inaugurates Major Support for Graduate Students at Eight Universities
September 2020Khyentse Foundation recently announced a new program to provide selected universities with much-needed support to fund doctoral students in Buddhist Studies. Depending on factors such as location, university costs, and existing support, grants up to...
Cross-Fertilization of Academia and Buddha’s wisdom
By Anja Hartmann September 2020 Anja Hartmann: Member of the Board of Directors & Chair of the Academic Development Committee Global academia as we know it is a European invention. As Walter Rüegg put it in the foreword to his book, A History of the...
Buddhist Professorship Endowed in Munich at One of Europe’s Oldest Universities
September 2020 Khyentse Foundation, together with the German Tara Foundation, has secured a tenured professorship in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich. This is the third gift of this kind that KF has sponsored and the first...
The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
July 2020 The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo On the auspicious occasion of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s 200th birthday, Khyentse Foundation is honored to offer the redesigned e-book and pdf version of The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo by Jamgon Kongtrul,...
FOCUS: Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo | 200th Birthday Special Edition
FOCUS July 2020 Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 200th Birthday Special Edition On the auspicious occasion of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s 200th birthday, Khyentse Foundation is honored to offer the redesigned e-book, The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo by Jamgon Kongtrul,...
FOCUS: From TBRC to BDRC
FOCUS June 2020 From TBRC to BDRC: A Brand New Buddhist Digital Library for All In this issue of KF Focus, we invite Jann Ronis, executive director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), KF’s long-term partner in the preservation of Buddhist...
FOCUS: KF 2019 Annual Report: Buddhist Children, Cultural Buddhists, and Buddhist Stakeholders
FOCUS MAY 2020Khyentse Foundation 2019 Annual Report Buddhist Children, Cultural Buddhists, and Buddhist Stakeholders In this May Focus, we present the foundation’s 2019 Annual Report. The report features Rinpoche’s December address to the KF Board of Directors, the...
FOCUS: Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps
FOCUS April 2020 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps Inaugural Teachings at Buddha Pada, India We are delighted to report on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s recent teachings at Buddha Pada, a newly established Himalayan center for the study and practice of...
FOCUS: The Middle Way: KF Invests in Education for Children
FOCUS April 2020 THE MIDDLE WAY: KF Invests in Education for ChildrenThinking broadly, if a kid grows up in a situation where there is information on Buddha, dharma and sangha—that is already a success. Looking at the larger world, most schools don’t talk about...