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DharmaDictionary.net

Mission & aims[edit]

This website has the purpose of being dynamic and growing, a dictionary of current usage, full of resources for translators, as non-sectarian and open-minded as possible, and available on the Internet for free use by everyone.
invitation letter

Contents[edit]

Buddhist Masters, Lineages & Teachings, as well as present day Tibetan Buddhist teachers
Literature - Important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections
Lotsawas - Present day translators and their works
Resources & Study Programs for translators, scholars & practitioners
Categories on this website

Samples[edit]

Sample of an entry for the Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary on DharmaDictionary.net
Sample page of teacher Longchenpa, Chatral Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Sample page of translator Gyurme Dorje

Editors/contributors[edit]

As this online dictionary of current usage comes up-and-running, there will be plenty of opportunity to add and edit. To nominate the best person you know, write to: dictionary@rangjung.com -- (currently you can just create your own account)

Note to editors and contributors[edit]

Edit access requires user id and password.

Please read the

User's Guide for usage and configuration help and the
documentation on customizing the interface for the more complex stuff.

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 ==== Contents ====
-* '''[[Backmatter material]]''' of old and new translation works
+* '''[[:Category:Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]''', as well as '''present day [[Tibetan Buddhist teachers]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Buddhist Masters|Buddhist Masters]]''', '''[[Lineages & Teachings]]'''
+* '''[[Literature]]''' - Important Tibetan Buddhist literary works and collections
-* '''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]'''
+* '''[[Lotsawas]]''' - Present day translators and their works
-* '''[[Database of translations]]''' of major and minor texts.
-* '''[[Dictionaries]]''' - list of published Tibetan-English dictionaries
-* '''[[Indices]] of old and new translation works
-* '''[[Literature]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:lotsawas|Lotsawas]]''' the lotsawa-network
-* '''[[Quotes]]''' used in Tibetan literature
 * '''[[Resources]]''' & '''[[Study Programs]]''' for translators, scholars & practitioners
-* '''[[Shedra schools]] list Tibetan philosophy/language schools in international locations
+* '''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''' on this website
-* '''[[Tibetan Buddhist teachers]]'''  a record of the recent and present-day masters who have actively taught the Dharma to our generation
-* '''[[Tibetan texts in Wylie format]]''' available online, here or elsewhere
-* '''[[Translation-tools]]''' for lotsawas and scholars
 ==== Samples ====