Newsroom Archive

No.16

Professor Mark Allon

University of Sydney
Buddhism in Ancient Gandhara and Recent Manuscript Discoveries
Several major collections of Buddhist manuscripts from ancient Gandhara (present day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) have come to light over the past three decades.
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No.15

Professor Paul Harrison

Stanford University
What Can We Learn From the Teaching of Vimalakīrti?
This talk takes as its point of departure a recently published English rendition of one of the most celebrated of all Mahāyāna sūtras, The Teaching of Vimalakīrti.
No.2

Deer Hunting with Jesus

"Deer Hunting with Jesus" offers a raucous and eye-opening exploration of the white working poor's disenchantment with liberalism, shedding light on an unacknowledged class war and the struggles of an overlooked America that has seldom set foot in a Starbucks.

International Competition

For the final, most sensitive, and most important step, Siddhartha’s Intent India is announcing an international competition for the design of a light sculpture/light art installation in the outer and inner sanctums of the temple.
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No.14

Professor Saerji

Peking University
The Formation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon and its Textual Value (Lecture in Chinese)
This lecture aims to explore the history of the translation and integration of Tibetan-translated Buddhist scriptures from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives.* Lecture is in Chinese

A Genuine Dharma Practitioner

Erik Pema Kunsang, the renowned translator and dharma teacher, has been awarded the Khyentse Foundation Fellowship—the highest honor that the foundation grants an individual.