18 Nov 2020
In response to 2020’s unique challenges, our first fully, digital outreach initiative—Sūtras for Well-Being—supports our global community in feeling inspired, connected, and uplifted, offering a multimedia look at the sūtras traditionally recited for resilience and well-being in times of adversity, and the stories behind them.
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20 Apr 2020
Professor Jens Braarvig talks to us about his translation of ‘The Miraculous Play of Mañjuśri’ – a Mahāyāna sūtra that unfolds within a story about a courtesan and a wealthy, banker’s son – as well as the importance of language and philology in Buddhist studies.
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5 Aug 2018
Three new features in our Reading Room integrate our texts with better technologies that help readers get the most out of the sūtras.
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2 Dec 2017
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche gives spontaneous commentary to “Teaching the Relative and Ultimate Truths.”
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21 Sep 2017
Huang Jing Rui, Executive Director of 84000, invites supporters to remember the immense hardship endured by translators of the past.
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21 Sep 2017
Meet 84000 translator Yangchen Dolkar Tsatultsang, one of the few female Tibetan sūtra translators in the world.
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27 May 2017
John Canti, 84000 Editorial Chair, shares his thoughts about the unique challenges of working with a well-established existing translation.
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26 May 2017
Meet translator Robert Thurman and learn about his decades-long relationship with “The Sūtra of the Teaching of Vimalakīrti.”
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1 Apr 2017
Review the concept of Dependent Arising and explore the reflections on the experience of translating “The Sūtra on Dependent Arising.”
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17 Dec 2016
View Mingyur Rinpoche’s thoughts on the importance of translating Buddhist texts into English in his recent interview with 84000.
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