30 Mar 2021
As we mark the anniversary of the Bir Conference 2009 that gave birth to our growing initiative, we sit down with Ivy Ang, who—appointed by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to facilitate those historic six days—has since been there with us every step of the way.
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30 Mar 2021
With its 2,158 Tibetan pages, The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma is a vast treasury of Dharma and a splendid piece of world literature that stands out as one of the greatest literary works of classical India, notable for its vivid and exceedingly detailed depiction of the various realms of saṃsāra.
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30 Mar 2021
Building on our aspiration to revitalize interest in the foundations of the Buddhadharma, we took to the road (virtually, of course) to ask some of our friends from across the Himalayas which their favorite 84000 Reading Room features are, and why.
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25 Mar 2021
In this profound Mahāyāna sūtra, The Dhāraṇī of the Jewel Torch, the Buddha Śākyamuni explains, with the help of the bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, and Dharmamati, how bodhisattvas progress toward awakening.
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23 Mar 2021
Last Saturday we hosted 84000’s first public webinar, a talk entitled, The Kangyur: Holy Relic; Time Capsule; or Goldmine? in which 84000 Editorial Co-Director, Dr. John Canti led us in a one-hour exploration of how the Tibetan Buddhist Canon came to be, and how today’s world can engage with it in ways that ….
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18 Mar 2021
The Buddha Śākyamuni proceeds to give a detailed account of the previous aspirations of those seven buddhas to benefit beings who are veiled by karmic obscurations, tormented by illnesses, and plagued by mental anguish and suffering.
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16 Mar 2021
Join us this Saturday, March 20, to hear editorial co-director, Dr. John Canti, in conversation with Joie Chen, on how the Kangyur came to be, how it has been and continues to be used, and the many treasures it contains.
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11 Mar 2021
Exposition of Karma belongs to a group of Buddhist scriptures that scholars of Buddhism have called the Karmavibhaṅga or Śukasūtra class. The texts in this group deal extensively with the topic of karma and rebirth according to individuals’ actions.
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4 Mar 2021
84000 announces new sutra publication: The Incantation “Tārā’s Own Promise”
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25 Feb 2021
The Dhāraṇī of Tārā is a very short recitation formula that invokes the deity Tārā for the purpose of dispelling obstacles and pacifying negative forces.
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