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FOCUS: From TBRC to BDRC
FOCUS June 2020 From TBRC to BDRC: A Brand New Buddhist Digital Library for All In this issue of KF Focus, we invite Jann Ronis, executive director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), KF’s long-term partner in the preservation of Buddhist...
Mingyuan Gao and Su-an Lin Receive 2020 KF Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies
June 21, 2020 Khyentse Foundation is pleased to announce the 2020 winners of the award for Outstanding PhD Dissertations in Buddhist Studies for Asia. Mingyuan Gao of the Buddha Dharma Center of Hong Kong and Su-an Lin of Chengchi University of Taiwan were unanimously...
Prof. Richard Salomon receives the 2020 KF Prize for Outstanding Translation
Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroadsJun 15, 2020 Prof. Richard Salomon’s translation of The Buddhist literature of Ancient Gandhāra: An Introduction with Selected Translations (Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications,...
Saga Dawa Düchen Heart Sutra Recitation Complete
Saga Dawa Düchen Heart Sutra Recitation Complete June 8, 2020 Tadyathā Om Gate Gate Pāragate Pārasaṃgate Bodhi SvāhāThere is nothing better to recite than the Heart Sutra from every point of view.— Dzongsar Jamyang KhyentseWith Rinpoche’s precious teaching, we...
Saga Dawa Duchen Heart Sutra Recitation Invite
Khyentse Foundation and Siddhartha’s Intent invite you to commemorate the life of Buddha Shakyamuni on Saga Dawa Duchen, the magnificent day of his birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. We will host a global chanting of the Heart Sutra on Zoom, starting Friday, June...
FOCUS: KF 2019 Annual Report: Buddhist Children, Cultural Buddhists, and Buddhist Stakeholders
FOCUS MAY 2020.Khyentse 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...
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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 2020.Khyentse 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: KF 2019 Annual Report: Buddhist Children, Cultural Buddhists, and Buddhist Stakeholders
FOCUS MAY 2020.Khyentse 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...
FOCUS: Following in the Buddha’s Footsteps
FOCUS April 2020 Following in the Buddha's Footsteps Inaugural Teachings at Buddha Pada, India We are delighted to report on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s recent teachings at Buddha Pada, a newly established Himalayan center for the study and practice of...
FOCUS: The Middle Way: KF Invests in Education for Children
FOCUS April 2020 THE MIDDLE WAY: KF Invests in Education for ChildrenThinking broadly, if a kid grows up in a situation where there is information on Buddha, dharma and sangha—that is already a success. Looking at the larger world, most schools don’t talk about...
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.
