Stories on Technology

Since 84000 launched our vast Reading Room more than thirteen years ago, the multi-layered database of Buddhist terms, places, people, and other information found in the collection of the Buddhist Kangyur and Tengyur published texts has continued to grow. It now contains more than four million nodes, or data points, across 350 translations—an average of 1,200 nodes per text.

84000’s primary mission is to translate the Buddhist canon for diverse audiences—monastics and scholars as well as practitioners and general readers—while taking great care to make those translations accurate, available, and accessible. At the same time, 84000 strives to create a seamless and user-friendly reading experience that enhances the reader’s understanding.

Our Reading Room now offer our readers the ability to study "The Long Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines" alongside both this commentary and the source text!