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*'''''[[Transcribing Wylie-to-Tibetan Unicode script]]'''''
 
*'''''[[Mulamadhyamakakarika: Verses from the Centre]]''''' by [[Stephen Batchelor]]
 
* '''''[[Dharma Sun]]''''' (video teachings)
 
*more than '''13 million''' page views.
 
*General discussion page for translators: [[lotsawa discussion page]]
 
*[[Paro Taktsang]], one of the sacred sites in Buddhist history.
 
*Gyurme Dorje's Glossary to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tibetan_Elemental_Divination_Paintings|Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]]
 
*Mahamudra pith instructions in the Kagyu section under [[Tibetan texts in Wylie format]], compiled by [[Thomas Roth]] (Sherab Drime)
 
*The beginnings of a comprehensive [[:category:Quotations|Database of Buddhist Quotations]]
 
*[[Tibetan Buddhist canon]] An overview
 
*[http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Glossary_from_The_Great_Image Glossary to The Great Image, the lifestory of Vairotsana]
 
*Google has now begun making searches of www.dharmadictionary.net (see left box). The indexing is in process, about 80% - try searching for "Rinpoche".
 
*[[A Concise Catalogue to the Precious Translated Words of the Conqueror]], reformated from the ACIP version
 
*[[Catalogue of the New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa]] by [[Andreas Doctor]]
 
*21 indices in Wylie format in new category [[:Category:Wylie Indices|Wylie Indices]], compiled by [[Edward Henning]]
 
*The [[Kat'hok]] lineage
 
*[[Standard & Extended Wylie diagrams Sambhota]], by Gerry Wiener
 
*[[A General Dharma Glossary from Matthieu Ricard]], many details
 
*[[Geographical Glossary from Matthieu Ricard]]
 
*[[Prajnaparamita in Eight Thousand Verses Tibetan Translation]] converted from the [http://www.asianclassics.org/download/texts/kangyur/KD0012I.ACT ACIP input version]
 
*[[Chronology of Buddhism by Matthieu Ricard]]
 
*[[Five Sisters of Long Life]]
 
*[[The Rangjung Yeshe Gilded Palace of Dharmic Activity]]; An English-based Glossary of Buddhist People, Places, and Things...is now available.. 
 
*[[The Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary]] -- including [[Jim Valby]], [[Ives Waldo]], [[Matthieu Ricard]], [[Richard Barron]], etc., is available for search in the left search box.<br>
 
[[Image:8000 Verses.jpg|thumb|325px|right|'''FEATURED PAGE: [[The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines %28RiBa%29]]''', A ‘Re-Visioning’ of Dr. Conze's work by [[Richard Babcock]]]]
 
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