October 2021 Focus | Preserving a Rich Buddhist Heritage
FOCUS October 2021 Preserving a Rich Buddhist Heritage An Update on Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation Professor Peter Skilling, a KF Advisor and Fellow, is one of the leading scholars of the Buddhist history and literature of South and Southeast Asia. He has...
FOCUS SEPTEMBER 2021
Passing the Torch: Kumarajiva Project Prioritizes Translator Training In about 30 years, a lot of our jobs will be done by artificial intelligence. So we are getting closer and closer to becoming irrelevant. When that day happens, I think the teachings that are...
FOCUS August 2021
Finding the Middle Way | MWE Expands Its Vision“If graduates can think outside the box, not be arrogant about thinking outside the box, be compassionate and kind to people who are stuck in the box, and work within that environment. That's a success." — Dzongsar...
FOCUS: Annual Report May 2021
FOCUS May 2021 Buddhist Education for Children: Rinpoche's Vision Khyentse Foundation 2020 Annual Report On this auspicious day commemorating Buddha’s birthday, we present the foundation’s 2020 Annual Report, highlighting Rinpoche’s vision of Buddhist...
FOCUS: April 2021
FOCUS April 2021 IN THIS ISSUE: KF sponsored its fourth permanent faculty position in Buddhist studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read Prof. Eviatar Shulman’s take on this landmark development and its impact on Buddhist Studies in Israel and...
KF FOCUS: Khyentse Vision Project
FOCUS March 2021 Khyentse Vision Project: Translating the Works of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo into EnglishOn the auspicious anniversary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the first Khyentse, we are pleased to launch the website for the Khyentse Vision Project, an...
FOCUS: Walking the Bodhisattva Path
FOCUS January 2021 Walking the Bodhisattva Path The Guan Yin statue at Than Hsiang Temple Welcome to 2021! Khyentse Foundation wishes all of you a very happy new year. We would like to start the year with some joyful news by announcing the sixth Khyentse...
FOCUS: Planning for Impermanence
FOCUS December 2020 Planning for ImpermanenceAs we near the end of 2020, and begin planning for 2021, we want to thank our donors, supporters, and volunteers near and far for another year of carrying out Rinpoche’s ever-growing activities in preserving and...
FOCUS: Himalayan Scholars in the West
FOCUS November 2020 Buddhist Teacher Training Himalayan Scholars in the West My vision is if we can produce the facilities and the teachers, in the next 100 years, we will have Buddhism intact.In order to produce authentic Buddhist teachers for the 21st century...
Slideshow: Historical Buddhist Sites by Pawo Choyning Dorji
(click on the photo to start the slideshow | 點擊照片開始幻燈片)Photos by Pawo Choyning Dorji of Historical Buddhist sites from his journey to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces in China in 2014...
The Life and Legacy of Kumarajiva
By Sarah K. C. Wilkinson In July 2019, Khyentse Foundation launched the Kumarajiva Project, an unprecedented translation effort dedicated to translating into Chinese all Buddhist canonical texts that are not currently available in Chinese. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche...
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...