Key Points and Characteristics of Tiantai Buddhism and the Faxiang (Chinese Yogācāra) School 天台佛學與法相唯識佛學的要點與特色
August 14, 2024
Bymaryann
This lecture primarily introduces the key philosophical characteristics and points of two major Buddhist schools during the Sui and Tang dynasties in China: Tiantai Buddhism and the Faxiang (Chinese Yogācāra) School.
Xiaonan Li of the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, and Lingfeng Tan of the Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong were unanimously selected by the KF Dissertation Award Asia Committee as the winners of this year’s award for their PhD dissertations.
This year, the first cycle of the Milinda program moved into Year 8, which will see the conclusion of the study of sutrayana and the start of the teachings on tantrayana.
Key Points and Characteristics of Tiantai Buddhism and the Faxiang (Chinese Yogācāra) School 天台佛學與法相唯識佛學的要點與特色
August 14, 2024
Bymaryann
This lecture primarily introduces the key philosophical characteristics and points of two major Buddhist schools during the Sui and Tang dynasties in China: Tiantai Buddhism and the Faxiang (Chinese Yogācāra) School.
The Aesthetics of Disgust in Sanskrit Buddhist Literature 梵文佛教文學中厭惡的美學
April 20, 2024
Bymaryann
These texts show how the Buddhist intelligentsia in late Indian Buddhism might have reflected on aesthetics and may reveal something about an emerging Buddhist approach.
This talk will draw from the contents of the last imperial catalogue of Buddhist works in Tibetan translation, the dkar chag ’phang thang ma, to shed light on the formation and contents of the earliest Tibetan canons.
Land of the Jowos: Buddhist Temples in Mongolia as the Embodiment of Statehood
January 20, 2024
Bymaryann
This talk takes a tour through these monasteries and temples to shed light on the interplay between Buddhism and the state, which led to the proliferation of institutionalized Buddhism in Mongolian lands, and on the impact these processes had on the disintegration of a unified Mongol state.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche addressed Khyentse Foundation’s Board of Directors regarding the future of the buddhadharma. In particular, he stressed the importance of paying attention to the large numbers of people born in traditionally Buddhist places, including those who have migrated elsewhere.
The title refers to the recent phenomenon in mainland China of “lying flat” (Mandarin: “tang ping”), a type of passive resistance to the high pressure and competitiveness of contemporary life.
At the annual Khyentse Foundation board of directors meeting on December 3, 2022, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche addressed the group and spoke about bravely stepping into an unknown future. Here are excerpts from that talk.
A letter from our founder, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to our supporters, volunteers, grant recipients and the general KF community at these uncertain times.
The only woman ever to rule as emperor of China, Wu Zhao (Wu ZeTian) was born in 624 C.E. At age 14 she became a concubine of Emperor TaiZong of the Tang Dynasty and was given the title of CaiRren (Guardian Immortal) and a new name, Wu Mei.
Born in Ölpa Lhartse in upper Tsang, Tibet, the historical figure Thangtong was a unique mahasiddha both because of his tremendous realization and his engineering accomplishments.
Not only did Gerard invite great Tibetan masters to come and teach in France, he also helped create the conditions that allowed their teachings to flourish there.
Xiaonan Li of the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, and Lingfeng Tan of the Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong were unanimously selected by the KF Dissertation Award Asia Committee as the winners of this year’s award for their PhD dissertations.
A key to introducing the dharma to parents who are new to a Buddhist school such as Middle Way School is to present Buddhist values and practices in an accessible manner.
For those of us who have the privilege and good fortune to have time even to think about Losar, I offer my prayers and aspirations that this Dragon Year will not completely throw us off balance.
An anonymous donor makes a substantial donation to Khyentse Foundation earmarked for the Buddhist Literary Heritage Project and sends an encouraging letter to the board of directors.