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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
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.