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In 1999 with friends including Tibetan translator Michele Martin and Harvard professor and fellow Tibetologist Leonard van der Kuijp, he founded the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Smith's texts from India that were digitized at TBRC became the foundation for Tibetan studies in the United States.
Lama Jampa Thaye is a teacher of the Sakya and Karma Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. He has been teaching for over 30 years and is the spiritual director of the Dechen organisation of Buddhist Centres. [1] He is the author of several books on Tibetan Buddhism and has a PhD in Tibetan Religions from the University of Manchester.
The text is originally a Sanskrit Indian Buddhist work, and it is the most popular prayer to Tara in Tibetan Buddhism. [ 1 ] The Praise appears in the Derge Kangyur as "“Offering Praise to Tara through Twenty-One [verses] of Homage” ( Wylie : sgrol ma la phyag 'tshal ba nyi shu gcig gis bstod pa)."
It is a pleasurable read, thoughtfully written, and deploys well supported arguments that draw upon a wealth of Buddhist literature." [5] In 2019, Barstow was the editor of The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism. [8] Barstow has given online courses on Buddhism and animal welfare. [9]
The library was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on 11 June 1970, and is considered one of the most important libraries and institutions of Tibetan works in the world. [ 1 ] The library contains sources which were relocated from Tibet during the 1959 escape, including important Tibetan Buddhist manuscripts and archives related to ...
Evans-Wentz published Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines in 1935. [1] Starting in 1938, the American "White Lama" Theos Casimir Bernard's lectures and publications "established a firm link between the physical culture of Indian hatha yoga and the spiritual mysticism associated in the minds of many with the ritual practices of Tibetan Buddhism." [1]
Matthew T. Kapstein is a scholar of Tibetan religions, Buddhism, and the cultural effects of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. [1] He is Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School , and Director of Tibetan Studies at the École pratique des hautes études .
Tricycle also hosts a blog, film club, monthly video dharma talks with Buddhist teachers, and in-depth online courses. It was one of the first organizations to offer online video teachings, which are now common. The blog, Trike Daily, covers topics ranging from the history of same-sex marriage in the sangha to climate change as a moral issue.