29 Jun Lotsawa: The Eyes of the World

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="6039" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] From A Prayer for Translators composed by Kyabje Trulzhik Rinpoche in 2005 and translated by Adam Pearcey. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The translator, as recognized by South Asian and Tibetan cultures, is...

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06 May The Dao of Peter

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Long-time friends of BDRC will know of Peter Gruber: founder of the Gruber Foundation Science Prizes, friend of Gene Smith, and a major benefactor of Buddhism in America who played an important role in bringing Buddhist teachings to the West....

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19 Mar Indian Partners and Their Collections

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While we have partnerships around the world, today we want to highlight and celebrate our partnerships with major institutions in India, which is in many ways the birthplace of TBRC/BDRC. Recently we have released online hundreds of volumes of significant works provided to BDRC by...

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04 Mar Search Me!

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Search is how most of our users interact with our library and database. As fast and intuitive as the search on BUDA is, we continue to refine and improve it in order to offer our users the most seamless search experience.  So we are happy...

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26 Jan Tibetan Search Enhancements: Part 2

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A major update to BDRC's search engine was released in 2014 and today we are releasing a second major improvement to the search engine....

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13 Jan BUDA Demo Now Online

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BDRC’s Executive Director Dr. Jann Ronis and technical lead Élie Roux present an online demo of our new website and library platform, the Buddhist Digital Archives (BUDA), providing tips and tricks for the new user. ...

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17 Dec Tibetan Treasures from the National Library of Mongolia

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Even as BDRC builds on Gene’s legacy and expands its holdings from Tibetan into Sanskrit, Nepalese, Chinese, Khmer, Pali and Burmese, the heart of our ever-expanding library remains our Tibetan texts....

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02 Nov An Introduction to BDRC's Librarians

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Tibetan texts can be tricky to work with. Publication information is often missing or unstandardized, with some works lacking titles entirely while others have author information buried in the colophon. That’s why BDRC has expert librarians with the specialized knowledge needed to catalog these challenging...

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08 Oct Job Posting: BDRC Seeks Fellow in Southeast Asian Manuscripts

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With generous support from Khyentse Foundation, the Buddhist Digital Resource Center invites applications for a fellowship in Southeast Asian manuscripts, to begin 1 January 2021....

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26 Aug The BUDA Network: Creating a Web of Buddhist Resources

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With libraries and archives closed around the world, the value of BDRC’s online platform has gained new significance as the most comprehensive collection of Buddhist writings in classical Asian languages. ...

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