The Relatable and Extraordinary Life of Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé
October 21, 2021
Bymaryann
“As the most prolific historical Tibetan Buddhist woman prior to the 1950s, Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé presents a candid and nuanced female perspective on what it means to embody Vajrayana Buddhist ideals. The eloquent and subtle Tibetan prose and verse that comprises her long autobiography is as inspiring as it is intensely expressive of a range of relatable human emotions, including rage, grief, love, and humor. In this talk I will share some tastes of a project I am currently immersed in to translate the richness of both the relatable and extraordinary elements of Sera Khandro’s writing from Tibetan into English.”
Yilan Chen of the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, and Drukgyel Tsering of the University of Hong Kong were selected by the KF Dissertation Award Asia Committee as the winners of this year’s award for their doctoral dissertations.
A Comparative Analysis of the Zhu Pin Ji Zhou Jing (Collection of Various Dharanis and Sutras) in the National Palace Museum Collection and Related Tibetan Dharani Collections (gzungs ‘dus/bsdus)
February 23, 2026
Bymaryann
By comparing the similarities and differences between the Museum’s holding and texts from Tibetan regions, this study reveals the selection mechanisms and the characteristics of courtly adaptation involved in the Qing court’s reception of Tibetan Buddhist classics.
This talk will provide an overview of the tools that the Dharmamitra project currently offers the Buddhist Studies community, with a focus on machine translation and cross-lingual search for philological use cases.
The Engaging Education in Buddhist Studies program at the University of Toronto is reshaping the way students engage with Buddhist teachings in academic settings.
