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DharmaDictionary.net - a "circle of lotsawas" involved in the translation of Buddhism from Tibetan to English

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The great translator Vairotsana

Latest News

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

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

• Invitation Letter

Contents

• 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

• 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 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.