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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...
Honoring Excellence in Buddhist Studies: Nomination Window for KF Dissertation Award Open October 1 to December 31, 2020
September 2020The Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies is given annually to the author of a doctoral dissertation in the field of Buddhist Studies, defended during the previous two academic years. The dissertation must be...
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...
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- 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
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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...
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: 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...
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.
