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* '''[[Editing Instructions|Instructions]]''' for making & editing entries | * '''[[Editing Instructions|Instructions]]''' for making & editing entries | ||
*As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. Currently you can just create your own account. Editing access requires user id and password first time you log in. | *As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. Currently you can just create your own account. Editing access requires user id and password first time you log in. | ||
| − | * You're welcome to begin with your personal teacher[s], which you can find here: [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Category:Tibetan_Buddhist_Teachers Buddhist teachers of our times], <br> | + | * You're welcome to begin with your personal teacher[s], which you can find here: [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Category:Tibetan_Buddhist_Teachers Buddhist teachers of our times], or here, if you want to add a name: [[Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]] <br> |
*or begin with some of the pages listed on [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Special:Wantedpages Wanted Pages]. For the time being, we focus on the English-based entries, so don't touch the Wylie entries, yet. | *or begin with some of the pages listed on [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Special:Wantedpages Wanted Pages]. For the time being, we focus on the English-based entries, so don't touch the Wylie entries, yet. | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 21 December 2005
| DharmaDictionary.net - a "circle of lotsawas" involved in the translation of Buddhism from Tibetan to English |
| LINEAGES * | BUDDHIST MASTERS * | LITERATURE * | TRANSLATORS AND TRANSLATIONS * | RESOURCES |
Latest News[edit]
The Rangjung Yeshe dictionary -- including Jim Valby, Ives Waldo, Richard Barron, etc., has just been uploaded into a parallel test site. You can try out a search at:
Testing the DharmaDictionary
Mission & aims[edit]
This website is designed to be:
- Full of resources for translators
- A dictionary of current usage for translated terms and ideas
- An "storehouse" of data on Tibetan Buddhism
- Dynamic and growing web of ideas & knowledge
- As non-sectarian and open-minded as possible
- Free to be used by everyone
Invitation[edit]
Contents[edit]
- Buddhist Masters, Lineages & Teachings
- Present day Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
- Literature - Data on important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections
- Translators & Translations - Present day lotsawas, translation groups and their work
- Resources for the study and translation of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Literature
- Study Programs related to Buddhist study and practice
- Categories on this website
Note to Editors and Contributors[edit]
- Instructions for making & editing entries
- As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. Currently you can just create your own account. Editing access requires user id and password first time you log in.
- You're welcome to begin with your personal teacher[s], which you can find here: Buddhist teachers of our times, or here, if you want to add a name: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
- or begin with some of the pages listed on Wanted Pages. For the time being, we focus on the English-based entries, so don't touch the Wylie entries, yet.