Latest News
Rinpoche’s 2021 New Year Message
Dear supporters, volunteers, and well-wishers, The year 2020 will remain in our minds as one of the most turbulent we have ever experienced. As the year slowly fades, let us hope that the vast majority of calamitous events—and the armies of negative forces the year...
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...
Words of Wisdom
Khyentse Foundation Words of Wisdom Series December 2020 Buddhadharma Is the Only Way Rinpoche’s advice for Khyentse Foundation We gathered (on Zoom) for the annual Khyentse Foundation board meeting on November 7, and as usual, Rinpoche shared his thoughts and advice...
Rinpoche’s Address to the KF Board of Directors
November 7, 2020 I don’t have much to say, but most importantly I want to express my gratitude. This is very sincere gratitude, coming from a lot of contemplation. Sometimes I may disappear, and I’m so absent minded and scattered, it may appear like I’m not on board,...
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...
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...
Download Press Releases
- October 1, 2018: Nomination Window for KF Award, Europe, open October 1, 2018
- June 27, 2018: New Chair in Tibetan Buddhist Studies Established at University of Michigan
- May 16, 2018: Bala Book Award Announcement
- April 30, 2018: KF Prize for Outstanding Buddhist Translation Awarded
- September 15, 2017: Nomination Window For KF Dissertation Award Opens October 1, 2017
- June 30, 2015: Dr. Jens Wilhelm Borgland and Dr. David Higgins receive award for outstanding PhD dissertations in Buddhist Studies, 2014-15
- June 30, 2015: Nomination Window for KF award for outstanding dissertations in Buddhist Studies Asia opens October 1, 2015
- February 14, 2014: Khyentse Foundation Delivers Unprecedented 6-Day Leadership Training Program to Young Buddhists Leaders
- June 10, 2013: Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi Awarded 2013 Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Translation
News
KF Annual Reports
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...
Annual Report 2018
The widening scope and growing complexity of KF activities over the years make it increasingly challenging to cover all of our projects in meaningful detail in our annual report. Starting this year, the annual report will concentrate on one of KF’s eight focus areas...
2017 Annual Report
KF ANNUAL REPORT | CELEBRATING PURPOSE AND GROWTH In a World of Change, KF's Fundamental Purpose Remains the Same Long before there was a Khyentse Foundation, Rinpoche had a vision. The foundation exists to help him realize it. As he said in his address to the KF...
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...
Great Patron Series
In 2002, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche began identifying some of the great patrons of Buddhism, from Shakyamuni’s own patron, Sudatta Anathapindika to the warlord king Ashoka. Without these patrons, Buddhism would have had little chance to flourish. In every Khyentse Foundation Communique, Rinpoche shares the life story of one of these inspiring patrons.
