Issue 35 | July 2019
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70000 Pages to be translated
11635 Pages translated
21196 Pages in translation

Recently translated, The Precious Discourse on the Blessed One’s Extensive Wisdom That Leads to Infinite Certainty, is one of the longer works in the Kangyur, and fills no less than 550 Tibetan pages, though it remains virtually unread and unstudied in the West.

This year has seen 84000 translate its 1,000,000th word and its 50th publication from the Kangyur! View a complete listing of our publications here.

 

Resounding Wisdom Around the World


Last month, over Saga Dawa, we heard words that had been passed down orally for decades and committed to paper—or to palmleaf—over two thousand years ago, brought to life again as they were resounded around the world in English, Tibetan, and Chinese. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the over 5,900 of you who participated in our Saga Dawa Resounding 2019. We clocked pledges to resound from Angola, Colombia, Chile, Greece, Russia, Australia, and 40 other countries and regions around the world!

New Collaborator: The Kumarajiva Project


Last week, we were thrilled to see Khyentse Foundation launch The Kumarajiva Project which aims to support the continued study and practice of the Buddhadharma in Chinese-speaking societies. By translating into Chinese the vast and varied Buddhist literary heritage that exists across Asia, The Kumarajiva Project once finished, will have made a fuller and richer body of Buddha’s words available to Chinese language practitioners. The Kumarajiva Project and 84000 are complementary initiatives that share the conviction that translation is key in ensuring the preservation of the Buddhadharma.

Stories of 84000: Mike Engle


Deeply involved for a long time in the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, Mike Engle has become one of the key figures working behind the scenes in 84000. Since joining us formally in 2016, Mike has transformed our initial, painstakingly slow, manual method of markup into a rapid and efficient process, and his dedication, his skills, and his imaginative, positive thinking are a huge asset for the project as a whole.

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