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The great translator Vairotsana


Latest News

  • Page for the Five Sisters of Long Life, by Sherab Drime
    Five Sisters of Long Life
  • 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

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 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.