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KF Special Feature | January 2023 A Chinese New Year Offering from the Kumarajiva Project
KF Special Feature January 2023 Reading sutras to welcome the Lunar New Year. Image courtesy the Kumarajiva Project A Chinese New Year Offering from the Kumarajiva Project New Sutra Collection and Audiobooks Just last May, Rinpoche taught on “Cultivating Trust in...
It’s Fantastic! Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Favorite Things | Issue three: Kokoro
January 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQsWIz_zyAQ Every couple of months, we share with you a personal recommendation from Rinpoche about one of his favorite things—a book, a movie, a piece of music, a coffee shop, a bookstore ... Kokoro...
Invocation | Words of Wisdom 13
Words of Wisdom 13 January 2023 Rinpoche at the Drubthab Kuntu empowerments and teachings, Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute, India, October 2022. Photo courtesy Cielo Croci. Invocation Dewdrop, lamp, phantom, rainbow, oasis, Such is...
Rinpoche on Gliding with the Changes | Words of Wisdom 12
Words of Wisdom 12 December 2022 Rinpoche on Gliding with the Changes 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...
KF Newsletter December 2022 Celebrating Your Support
KF Newsletter December 2022 Celebrating Your Support In fact, it is entirely the noble spirit of our Khyentse Foundation donors and volunteers that enables all our efforts to maintain and propagate the buddhadharma in the world. — Dzongsar...
Winners of the Mahabodhi Temple Light Art Design Competition
December 2022 Atelier Xi's lighting design proposal for the inner sanctum of the Mahabodhi Temple. Siddhartha’s Intent India and Khyentse Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the international competition for the design of a light sculpture/light...
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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
KF Annual Reports
Anniversary Edition | 2021 Annual Report
As Khyentse Foundation Turns 20, Rinpoche Looks Back — and Forward It is with great pleasure that we present Khyentse Foundation’s 2021 annual report, celebrating the foundation’s first 20 years in service to the Buddha, dharma, and sangha under the guidance and...
FOCUS: Annual Report May 2021
FOCUS May 2021 Buddhist Education for Children: Rinpoche's Vision Khyentse Foundation 2020 Annual Report On this auspicious day commemorating Buddha’s birthday, we present the foundation’s 2020 Annual Report, highlighting Rinpoche’s vision of Buddhist...
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...
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KF Special Feature | January 2023 A Chinese New Year Offering from the Kumarajiva Project
KF Special Feature January 2023 Reading sutras to welcome the Lunar New Year. Image courtesy the Kumarajiva Project A Chinese New Year Offering from the Kumarajiva Project New Sutra Collection and Audiobooks Just last May, Rinpoche taught on “Cultivating Trust in...
It’s Fantastic! Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Favorite Things | Issue three: Kokoro
January 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQsWIz_zyAQ Every couple of months, we share with you a personal recommendation from Rinpoche about one of his favorite things—a book, a movie, a piece of music, a coffee shop, a bookstore ... Kokoro...
Invocation | Words of Wisdom 13
Words of Wisdom 13 January 2023 Rinpoche at the Drubthab Kuntu empowerments and teachings, Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute, India, October 2022. Photo courtesy Cielo Croci. Invocation Dewdrop, lamp, phantom, rainbow, oasis, Such is...
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.












