Tsadra Foundation

The Foundation

Tsadra Foundation is a privately funded nonprofit trust established in New York City in 2000. The foundation contributes in a variety of ways to the vital funding of Tibetan Buddhist activity in the West. Tsadra Foundation envisions a flourishing community of Western scholar-practitioners who are fully trained in the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Grounded in wisdom and compassion, these individuals actively enrich the world through their openness and excellence. Tsadra Foundation contributes to the advancement of this vision through providing grants, fellowships, and scholarships to qualified institutions and individuals who are committed to increasing compassion, knowledge, and wisdom within themselves and others through the in-depth practice and study of Tibetan Buddhism. Under the direction of its founder and president, Eric Colombel, Tsadra Foundation continually evolves and adapts its structure and scope in the pursuit of the best possible conditions for this to occur. At the present time, Tsadra Foundation has four departments and four program areas:

Programs
• the Contemplation Program
• the Translation Program
• the Buddhist Higher Education Program
• the Publication Program
Scholarships (being launched for 2010)
• Advanced Studies Scholarships
• Advanced Contemplative Scholarships
Research
Operations
• IT Development and Creative Design
• Administration
Programs: Fellowships and Grants
The Director of Programs, Drupgyu Anthony Chapman, oversees the four program areas that encompass the fellowship and grant activity of the foundation. Detail of this activity is presented below.

Scholarships

Tsadra Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of two new scholarship initiatives for the advanced study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism to begin in January 2010.

Tsadra Foundation’s Advanced Buddhist Studies Scholarships provide Western Buddhists with an opportunity for in-depth study of Buddhist philosophical literature in the Tibetan language. The Foundation will offer three-year scholarships for Westerners to study at Tibetan Buddhist institutes in India and Nepal.

Tsadra Foundation’s Advanced Contemplative Scholarships offer Western practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism an opportunity to pursue long-term contemplative training. These scholarships will be available to individuals who have been accepted into traditional three-year retreats and to three-year retreat graduates who wish to undertake a solitary retreat for one year or longer.

The Director of the Advanced Buddhist Studies Scholarships, Elizabeth Callahan, is developing this initiative. The Advanced Contemplative Scholarships are under the direction of [[Drupgyu Anthony Chapman]].

Research : Development of Research Resources

The Director of Research, Marcus Perman, is developing an online Research and Resource Library that will include journal articles and theses, bibliographies and glossaries, and other materials enhancing the work of translators and other serious students of Tibetan Buddhism.

Operations : IT Development and Creative Design

The Director of Information Technology Development and Creative Design, Rafael Ortet, is responsible for Tsadra Foundation’s exploration of latest technology study tools, our web presence, and all creative design issues that arise in the course of the foundation’s work. Specifically, Rafael is developing a number of online/offline advanced study tools, such as graphic display outlines of textual subject matter, and the Tsadra Foundation Digital Study Library, which will allow individuals to study Tibetan philosophical material along with its translation using the latest technological tools.

Operations : Administration

The Director of Administration, Christiane Buchet, manages all the administrative affairs of the foundation, including drafting of contracts and overseeing of reporting and financial disbursements. For more detail about the activities of the foundation and the resources it makes available to translators and students, please visit the website at www.tsadra.org.

Publications

The Publication Program
English Publications
Snow Lion Publications: Tsadra Foundation Series
Sponsorship of translation and printing:
• Sacred Ground, Jamgön Kongtrul
• Guru Rinpoché, His Life and Times, Taranata, Jamgön Kongtrul, Sera Khandro
• The Autobiography of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamgön Kongtrul
• Machik’s Complete Explanation, Machik Lapdron
• Timeless Rapture, Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters, Jamgön Kongtrul
• Wisdom Nectar, Dudjom Rinpoché
• King of the Empty Plain, The Tibetan Iron Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo, Lochen Gyurmé Dechen

SnowLion Publications: The Treasury of Knowledge Series
Sponsorship of printing only:
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book I: Myriad Worlds, Jamgön Kongtrul
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book V: Buddhist Ethics, Jamgön Kongtrul
Sponsorship of translation and printing:
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book VI Part 3: Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy, Jamgön Kongtrul
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book VI Part 4: Systems of Buddhist Tantra, Jamgön Kongtrul
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book VIII Part 3: The Elements of Tantric Practice, Jamgön Kongtrul
• The Treasury of Knowledge, Book VIII Part 4: Esoteric Instructions, Jamgön Kongtrul

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