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== Simple Editing Jobs Anyone Could Do ==
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* Fix typos and grammar problems!
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==Short description==
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** Exception are dictionary entries with a [OWNER] tag. If problems with such entry, make a note in the discussion tag.
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'''Gyurme Dorje''' holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary. He has written, edited, translated and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture.
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* Look at dictionary entries, if they contain another Tibetan word or expression, do a lookup, if it's available, make a link to this word from the page where the word of expression resides.
 
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* Find links in pages and point them at the main site, for example, if you find a single word such as Sakya, make a link to [[Sakya]]. Do a global search to find a suitable entry. Learn the wikimedia page name|string notation to do clean redirects, for example [[Sakya|Sakya tradition]].
 
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* Find entries with strange characters, most likely diacritical marks, and change them so they show up as platform-independent letters.
 
  
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===Make entries from the Glossaries===
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==Main teachers==
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*on the [[Backmatter material]] page and see if they are represented as individual pages, if not, paste them in.
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The previous [[Kangyur Rinpoche]], [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]],  
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**'''[[Glossary from The Great Image]]''' needs hyperlinks around Tibetan words in Wylie. And, of course, all the other important people, places, texts and key terms.
 
  
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==Texts to be Typed In==
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[[Chatral Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Pema Wangyal]], [[Zenkar Rinpoche]] [[Thubten Nyima]]
  
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* Investigate what it would take to type in copyright-free material such as the Jaeschke Tibetan Grammar book.
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==Published Works==
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Some Published Works of Gyurme Dorje
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(includes translations, editions and original compositions)
  
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==Recommended translations to quote as samples==
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*The '''Guhyagarbhatantra''' and its XIVth Century Commentary Phyogs-bcu mun-sel. PhD Thesis, SOAS, University of London (3 vols), 1987. See [http://www.bl.uk]
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*[[Rain of Wisdom]]
 
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*[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]
 
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*[[Lalitavistara]]
 
  
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==Material to be Uploaded==
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*Dudjom Rinpoche's '''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism''': Its Fundamentals and History. Wisdom Publications, Boston. 1st edition (2 vols), 1991; 2nd edition (1 vol), 2002; ISBN 0861711998. See  [http://www.wisdompubs.org Wisdom Books]
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*large amounts of classical texts in Wylie with the most important words, phrases, people, places, texts & key terms hyperlinked.
 
  
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==Books to be Scanned==
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*'''Tibetan Medical Paintings'''. Serindia Publications, London (2 Vols); ISBN 0-906026-26-1. 1992. See [http://www.serindia.com Serindia]
  
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* The old Mahabharata / Ramayana Indic poetry drama in Tibetan translation that was found in the Don Huang caves. Those poetic phrases were later used in the first sutra translations.
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*'''Tibet Handbook'''. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 1996; 2nd edition 1999; 3rd edition 2004; ISBN 1900949334 See [http://www.footprintbooks.com Footprintbooks]
  
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==Way to Import Karchak/Indices==
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*'''Bhutan Handbook'''. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 2004. See [http://www.footprintbooks.com Footprintbooks]
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* We have quite a few lists of collected works; could they be fused with TBRC, to bring forth the Tibetan text? Can they be editable to show what has been or is being translated?
 
  
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==Wish List==
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*Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings Eskenazi & Fogg, London. 2001. See [http://www.whiteberyl.com Whiteberyl]
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*[[wish list]] to be filled out before next time Santa takes a look
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*[[invitation letter]], to be passed around
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*'''An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary''' (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vol. 1, 2001). Enquiries: tedic@hotmail.com
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*“'''A Rare Series of Tibetan Banners'''”, in Pearls of the Orient, Serindia, 2003. See [http://www.serindia.com Serindia]
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*'''The Tibetan Book of the Dead''': First Complete English Translation, Penguin Classics, 2005 See [http://www.penguincatalogue.co.uk]
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Forthcoming Publications
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*The Great Temple of Lhasa, Thames & Hudson, 2005
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*The Guhyagarbha Tantra: Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions (Snowlion)
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*An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vols. 2-3
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==Internal Referances==
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*Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]]
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==Websites==
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[http://www.trans-himalaya.com/index.htm Trans Himalaya, under the direction of Dr Gyurme Dorje, a Tibetologist and Tibet travel writer, organise travel throughout the Tibetan plateau, as well as in Mongolia, China and the Himalayas (Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, and Ladakh).]
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Short description[edit]

Gyurme Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary. He has written, edited, translated and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture.

Main teachers[edit]

The previous Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche,

Chatral Rinpoche, Tulku Pema Wangyal, Zenkar Rinpoche Thubten Nyima

Published Works[edit]

Some Published Works of Gyurme Dorje (includes translations, editions and original compositions)

  • The Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth Century Commentary Phyogs-bcu mun-sel. PhD Thesis, SOAS, University of London (3 vols), 1987. See [1]
  • Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History. Wisdom Publications, Boston. 1st edition (2 vols), 1991; 2nd edition (1 vol), 2002; ISBN 0861711998. See Wisdom Books
  • Tibetan Medical Paintings. Serindia Publications, London (2 Vols); ISBN 0-906026-26-1. 1992. See Serindia
  • Tibet Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 1996; 2nd edition 1999; 3rd edition 2004; ISBN 1900949334 See Footprintbooks
  • Bhutan Handbook. Footprint Handbooks, Bath. 1st edition, 2004. See Footprintbooks
  • Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings Eskenazi & Fogg, London. 2001. See Whiteberyl
  • An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vol. 1, 2001). Enquiries: tedic@hotmail.com
  • “A Rare Series of Tibetan Banners”, in Pearls of the Orient, Serindia, 2003. See Serindia
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete English Translation, Penguin Classics, 2005 See [2]

Forthcoming Publications

  • The Great Temple of Lhasa, Thames & Hudson, 2005
  • The Guhyagarbha Tantra: Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions (Snowlion)
  • An Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary (Nationalities Publishing House/ SOAS, Beijing. Vols. 2-3

Internal Referances[edit]

Websites[edit]

Trans Himalaya, under the direction of Dr Gyurme Dorje, a Tibetologist and Tibet travel writer, organise travel throughout the Tibetan plateau, as well as in Mongolia, China and the Himalayas (Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, and Ladakh).

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