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| − | |[[Translators & Translations|TRANSLATORS AND TRANSLATIONS]] | + | |[[Translators & Translations|TRANSLATORS AND TRANSLATIONS*]] |
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==== Mission & aims ==== | ==== Mission & aims ==== | ||
This website is designed to be: | This website is designed to be: | ||
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* Full of '''resources for translators''' | * 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 | * As '''non-sectarian''' and '''open-minded''' as possible | ||
* '''Free''' to be used by everyone | * '''Free''' to be used by everyone | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 14 December 2005
| DharmaDictionary.net - a "circle of lotsawas" involved in the translation of Buddhism from Tibetan to English |
| CATEGORIES* | LINEAGES* | BUDDHIST MASTERS* | TRANSLATORS AND TRANSLATIONS* | RESOURCES |
Mission & aims[edit]
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[edit]
Contents[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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 persoanl teacher[s], which you can find here: Buddhist teachers of our times,
or some of the pages listed on Wanted Pages. For the time being, we facus on the English-based entries, so don't touch the Wylie entries, yet.