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=== October 30th, 2021 · [[Yaroslav Komarovski:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_10-30-2021|Komarovski on Śākya Chokden's Unique Views on Buddha-Nature]] ===
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Please join us live on [https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fP93ktuRTtan_ZxYY-erEg Zoom by signing up here] or find us on [https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Facebook live] on Saturday, October 30th at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 4:00 PM CET, 8:00 PM Bhutan Time. The recording will later be made available online here on this website.
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Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho will have another "Conversation on Buddha-Nature" with one of the world's most knowledgeable scholars of Śākya Chokden  (1428–1507), Yaroslav Komarovski. 
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Śākya Chokden (1428–1507) was one of the most important thinkers of the Sakya tradition and had many complex views on Buddhist philosophy and practice, especially Madhyamaka and theories related to buddha-nature teachings, some of which are quite unique in the history of Buddhism.
 
Yaroslav Komarovski is a full professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His recent books include Radiant Emptiness: Three Seminal Works by the Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden (Oxford 2020), Tibetan Buddhism and Mystical Experience (Oxford 2015), and Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden’s New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka (SUNY 2011).
If you would like to read some of his papers on Shakya Chokden, you can find them freely available online here: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/do/search/?q=author_lname%3A%22Komarovski%22%20AND%20author_fname%3A%22Yaroslav%22&start=0&context=52045&sort=date_desc&facet=
 
 
Buddha-Nature Is Who We Really Are
=== September 25th, 2021 · [[Tenzin Palmo:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_09-25-2021|Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Buddha-Nature Is Who We Really Are]] ===
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<div class="px-0 px-md-3 px-lg-4 col-md-8 col-lg-10">[[Tenzin_Palmo:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_09-25-2021|Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo]]
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<div class="text-60 muted mt-5">September 25th, 2021 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time</div>
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Please join us live on [https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p_mIWbOMSq6WIoyEkPYoGQ Zoom by signing up here] or find us on [https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Facebook live] on Saturday, September 25th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The recording will later be made available online here on this website.
 
=== July 31st, 2021 · [[Dorji Wangchuk:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_07-31-2021|Dorji Wangchuk: Buddha by Nature or Buddha by Nurture: Deliberations on the Buddha-Nature Theory in the Nyingma Tradition]] ===
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<div class="text-60 muted mt-5">July 31st, 2021 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time</div>
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=== June 26, 2021 · [[Kokyo Henkel:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_06-26-2021|Kokyo Henkel: Buddha-Nature in Early Chan and Japanese Zen]] ===
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<div class="text-60 muted mt-5">June 26th, 2021 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time</div>
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We were on [https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Facebook live] on Saturday, June 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The discussion is available online and sections will also be made available as answers to specific questions on this website.
 
=== May 29, 2021 · [[Klaus-Dieter Mathes:_Conversations_on_Buddha-Nature_05-29-2021|Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Buddha-Nature Theories from Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Tibet]] ===
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<div class="px-0 px-md-3 px-lg-4 col-md-8 col-lg-10">Klaus-Dieter Mathes
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<div class="text-60 muted mt-5">May 29th, 2021 · 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time</div>
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[https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YDVKciBkSq2D-PbKqS4MGQ Please join us on Zoom by registering here] or Facebook live on Saturday, May 29th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time.
 
<big>'''''Buddha-Nature Theories from Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Tibet'''''</big><br>
with [[Klaus-Dieter Mathes]]
 
Professor Klaus-Dieter Mathes, one of the world’s most learned and published specialists on the topic of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, will speak with Lopen Karma Phuntsho about the various interpretations of tathāgatagarbha teachings in Tibet, including those of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Longchenpa, Gö Lotsawa, Dölpopa, Butön, and Tsongkhapa.
 
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes is the Head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Mathes has published widely on Mahāmudrā, Tibetan Madhyamaka, Yogācāra, and the interpretations of Buddha-nature in Tibet. Many of his books can be found on this website, including the recent ''[[The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet]]'' and ''[[A Direct Path to the Buddha Within]]''. Klaus-Dieter also hosted the [[Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia]] Symposium in 2019. From 1980-1984 he lived in the Himalayas and studied Buddhism, later obtaining a master's degree in Tibetology from the University of Bonn and then a Doctorate from Marburg in 1994 with a study of the Yogācāra text ''Dharmadharmatāvibhāga'' (published in 1996 in the series Indica et Tibetica). He served as the director of the Nepal Research Centre and the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project in Kathmandu from 1993 to 2001.
 
[https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YDVKciBkSq2D-PbKqS4MGQ Sign up to access on Zoom here]
 
[https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Access the Buddha-Nature Resource Live Event Here]
 
=== May 1-6, 2021 · Rangjung Yeshe Institute 40th Annual Fall Seminar with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche on '''Buddha-Nature''' ===
'''TIME:''' 6:45 pm Nepal Standard Time. 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.
 
Our friends at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute will be hosting a special online seminar with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, who will teach on the topic of buddha nature. Lama Tenzin Sangpo will also guide meditation sessions and there will be other sessions with lamas, khenpos, and professors. This is the 40th Annual Fall Seminar and will take place online. <br/>
'''For more info and registration, please visit:''' https://DharmaSun.org/seminars <br/>
 
You can find your local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210501T130000&p1=117
 
Also see the [https://www.facebook.com/rangjungyesheinstitute/ RYI Facebook Page] for more details.
 
=== April 2021-2022: Ongoing Gyulama Teachings ===
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[http://www.berlin-buddhismus.de/ Online Gyulama Teachings with master translator Karl Brunnhölzl - Learn more here.]
 
We feel very honored and happy that Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl - a wonderful teacher, translator and physician - has accepted our request to teach on the Buddha-Nature, based on the authoritative text taught by Buddha Maitreya: The Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra. With his very clear, humorous and interactive style, Karl will lead us through this precious and celebrated treatise verse by verse.
 
Dates: The course has started 1st April 2021, but everyone is still very welcome to join. The next sessions will be 28th of April 7:30 pm (CEST, e.g. Berlin) and  6th of May 7:00 pm (CEST). The entire course might last for approximately 18 months, consisting of two sessions (plus one review session) per month. The upcoming dates will be always announced 2-3 months in advance.
 
:Language: English only
 
Any Questions & Registration: Buddhismus[at]Berlin.de or www.berlin-buddhismus.de
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::"Before any kind of perception occurs, wakefulness is already there—beyond concept, beyond limitation, beyond anything measurable. We can all awaken—that is the hope and the potential."—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
 
Judith L. Lief is a Buddhist teacher, writer, and editor. She was a close student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who empowered her as a teacher, and she has edited many of his books including The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma volumes and Milarepa. She has been a teacher and practitioner for over 35 years and continues to teach and lead retreats throughout the world. Lief is also active in the field of death and dying and is the author of Making Friends with Death.
 
[https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Access the Buddha-Nature Resource Live Events Here.]
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<big>'''''Buddha-Nature and Social Justice'''''</big><br>
with Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo
 
Venerable Tsomo is an inspiration to all Buddhists interested in living a socially conscious life and is known around the world for her warmth, knowledge, and clear approach to teaching and speaking about life, Buddhism, and social activism. She co-founded ''Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women'', which hosts the [https://sakyadhita.org/conferences.html Sakyadhita Conference], the largest and most important meeting of Buddhist women in the world.
 
[https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource Access the Buddha-Nature Resource Live Event Here]
 
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[https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource This event is still available on Facebook Live with Venerable Geshe Lhakdor]
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An online book launch event for Dr. [[Li Zijie]] and Dr. [[Chris Jones]]' books with presentations from the authors.
 
<big>[[Media/Book_Launch:_Revisiting_Buddha-Nature_in_India_and_China_by_Dr._Christopher_Jones_and_Dr._Li_Zijie|Watch full event here!]]</big>
 
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<big>''The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman'' Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020. </big>
 
[[Chris V. Jones]] is Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer at the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow of Selwyn College. His doctoral research, on tathāgatagarbha literature, was completed at the University of Oxford in 2015, and was subsequently awarded the Khyentse Foundation Award for a Dissertation in Buddhist Studies. His research focuses on aspects of primarily Mahāyāna Buddhist literature across Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan sources, and his first monograph, The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman, was published at the end of 2020.
 
 
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<big>''The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries''</big>
 
[[Li Zijie]] 李 子捷 achieved a Ph.D. degree in East Asian Buddhism from Komazawa University in Tokyo under the guidance of Ishii Kōsei and Matsumoto Shirō. He was subsequently elected as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Humanities of Kyoto University, under the guidance of Funayama Tōru. He is now a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at SOAS University of London (Centre of Buddhist Studies), hosted by Lucia Dolce. His main research area is the history of East Asian Buddhist Thought between the 5th and 7th centuries. He is the author of Kukyō ichijō hōshōron to higashiajia bukkyō: Go—nana seiki no nyoraizō, shinnyo, shushō no kenkyū『究竟一乗宝性論』と東アジア仏教 ── 五—七世紀の如来蔵・真如・種姓説の研究 [The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries] (Tokyo: Kokusho kankōkai, 2020).
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Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho discussed themes of freedom, spirituality, and buddha-nature with world-renowned Buddhist scholar, translator, writer, and activist [[Robert Thurman]].
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For a review of the text and program, see [[Media/About_the_Mahayana_Uttaratantra_Shastra_with_Arne_Schelling|Arne Schelling's YouTube video here]] or learn more about this program on the official website here: https://www.rigpa.de/zentren/dharma-mati-berlin/kalender-berlin/eventdetails/?cal-id=16363
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Watch his wonderful [https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_the_habits_of_happiness?language=en TED talk here] or listen to this fascinating interview at the ''[https://onbeing.org/programs/matthieu-ricard-happiness-as-human-flourishing-jul2017/ On Being program on NPR]''.
 
<big>''Conversations on Buddha-Nature''</big>
 
'''Regular live interviews with Buddhist practitioners, scholars, and thinkers.'''
 
This is a space for stimulating and inspiring conversations on Buddha-Nature and related subjects. As a part of the Buddha-Nature Project of the Tsadra Foundation, Karma Phuntsho will host conversations with a Buddhist leader, influencer or expert each month on the theories and practices of Buddha-Nature, which will be [https://www.facebook.com/buddhanatureresource live on Facebook]. An exercise of mindful listening, right speech, and wholesome exploration of meaning and nature of life, these conversations aim to enhance the understanding and awareness of Buddha-Nature and promote the ethos of innate goodness and positive perception.
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[[Buddha-Nature Event-19 September 2020|See more information here and watch the recording.]]
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Over three days the symposium surveyed the differing forms of tathāgatagarbha doctrine that developed as its primary Indian scriptural sources were translated, transmitted, and interpreted by religious schools across Asia. Contemporary Buddhist teachers joined academics at the podium. Presentations ranged from the historical-philological analysis of the primary sources to issues of reconstruction and comparison in the target languages and cultures and included how tathāgatagarbha is taught in Buddhist communities today. Although primarily focused on the Indian and Himalayan material, the diversity in approaches and subject matter made for fruitful comparisons and discussions.
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Events
This list of events includes interesting events about Buddha-Nature teachings not related to this project, as well as Tsadra sponsored events and recordings from scholarly meetings, special interviews, and speeches.

View podcast audio files for download or listen online here.

Conversations on Buddha-Nature

Interview Series

15 June 2024 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Karma Phuntsho
The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim

Event
Karma Phuntsho: The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim
Join us as we restart our "Conversations on Buddha-Nature" series! We will be discussing a special publication about a group of rare manuscripts from a fascinating and influential, yet mostly unknown master of the Kadam Lineage. Gregory Forgues will interview Karma Phuntsho and other scholars will also join in with responses and questions. This special publication was a collaboration between The Loden Foundation of Bhutan and the Tsadra Foundation. The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim publishes the collected works of the early Kadam master Kyoton in clear uchen type based on the rare manuscripts in the bka gdams gsung 'bum, which are very difficult to decipher in the old Ume scripts. The book contains many short works on buddha-nature, Shantideva's texts, and several other important subjects. It also includes a detailed introduction in English from Karma Phuntsho about the life and works of Kyotön. We will discuss the creation of the book as well as its content. The book is available for free download as a PDF here.

Join us as we restart our "Conversations on Buddha-Nature" series! We will be discussing a special publication about a group of rare manuscripts from a fascinating and influential, yet mostly unknown master of the Kadam Lineage. Gregory Forgues will interview Karma Phuntsho and other scholars will also join in with responses and questions. This special publication was a collaboration between The Loden Foundation of Bhutan and the Tsadra Foundation. The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim publishes the collected works of the early Kadam master Kyoton in clear uchen type based on the rare manuscripts in the bka gdams gsung 'bum, which are very difficult to decipher in the old Ume scripts. The book contains many short works on buddha-nature, Shantideva's texts, and several other important subjects. It also includes a detailed introduction in English from Karma Phuntsho about the life and works of Kyotön. We will discuss the creation of the book as well as its content. The book is available for free download as a PDF here.

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21 September 2023
Tai Situ Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche
Discovering the Buddha Within Program 2023

Event
Tai Situ Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche: Discovering the Buddha Within Program 2023
A three-year study and practice curriculum of Buddha Dharma created by His Holiness Tai Situ Rinpoche. Learn more at https://www.palpung.org.uk/discovering-the-buddha-within-curriculum

A three-year study and practice curriculum of Buddha Dharma created by His Holiness Tai Situ Rinpoche. Learn more at https://www.palpung.org.uk/discovering-the-buddha-within-curriculum

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1 June 2023
བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་འཁོར།
The Buddha-Nature Conference

Event
བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་འཁོར།: The Buddha-Nature Conference
This event is finished and you can see all the recordings from it here: 2023 BN Conference.
བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་དང་ཉམས་བཞེས་སྐོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་།

FINAL
Download the full Program as a PDF here and the speaker bios and abstracts here.

བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་ལས་རིམ། - PDF
གཤེགས་སྙིང་གཏམ་བཤད་བཅུད་དོན་དང་གསུང་བཤད་པའི་རྣམ་ཐར། - PDF

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June 1-3, 2023

༈ ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོའི་ལས་འགུལ་དང་འབྲེལ་ཏེ། གཞི་ཁམས་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་སྐོར་ཉིན་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་། བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་རྣམས་གདན་འདྲེན་ཞུས་ཏེ་ཆོས་བརྒྱུད་སོ་སོའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་ཕྱག་བཞེས་གཞུང་ལུགས་སོགས་ཀྱི་སྐོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འཚོག་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་ཞིང་། དེ་ཡང་ཞེ་ཆེན་དགོན་པར་བོད་སྐད་ཐོག་གནང་རྒྱུ་དང་། དྲྭ་ལམ་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཐད་གཏོང་བྱ་འཆར་དང་། གློག་བརྙན་ཐོག་ཕབ་བཟུང་དང་ཕྱིས་ནས་དབྱིན་སྐད་དུ་འགྱུར་རྒྱུ་དང་། མཁས་དབང་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བཤེས་ཉི་ཤུ་ལྷག་ཙམ་ཕེབས་ནས་ ཉིན་གྲངས་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་སྔ་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༨་༣༠ ནས་ ཕྱི་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༦ བར་ ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་རྩིས་ཡིན་པས། ཁྱད་དུ་འཕགས་པའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འདིར་ཕེབས་འདོད་ཡོད་ན་འདི་ལ་ཐོ་བཀོད་གནང་བར་ཞུ། རྒྱས་པར་དྲྭ་ངོས་འདི་ལ་གཟིགས་པར་ཞུ།

In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation will host a three-day symposium for monastic scholars of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The event will be held at Shechen Monastery, in the Tibetan language. We hope to broadcast it live and record the proceedings, and also provide some translation into English in the future. More than twenty leading scholars are meeting in person for three days from 8:30 am - 6:00 pm. Please register here if you would like to attend in person.

Sessions will also be live-streamed on Zoom.

Sessions will start at 8:30 AM Kathmandu Local Time at the main hall at Shechen.



ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་ས། Venue

བལ་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་ས་ཀཐ་མན་ཌུ་ མཆོད་སྡོང་ཆེན་པོ་བྱ་རུང་ཁ་ཤོར་གྱི་འགྲམ་ ཞེ་ཆེན་བསྟན་གཉིས་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་གི་ལྷ་ཁང་ཆེན་པོ།

Main Temple, Shechen Monastery, Bouddhanath, Kathmandu


ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་དུས། Date and Time

གནམ་ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ ཟླ་ ༤ པའི་ཚེས་ ༡༢ ནས་ ༡༤ བར། སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༣ པའི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ཚེས་ ༡ ནས་ ༣ བར།

1-3 June, 2023, 12, 13 and 14th of the 4th Tibetan Month.


ཆོས་གླེང་ལས་རིམ། - Conference Program

ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༡ པོ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༡ ལ། - 1 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and welcome address
9:00 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་བློ་གྲོས། སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་། Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe, Mindroling - Read the abstract and bio here
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་སྐལ་བཟང་བསྟན་སྐྱོང་། སེ་ར་བྱེས། Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong, Sera Je Monastery - Read the abstract and bio here
11:30 གསུང་བཤད་གསུམ་པ། - སློབ་དཔོན་དམ་ཆོས་རྡོ་རྗེ། རྟ་མགོ་རྡོར་གདན་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཐང་ནང་དོན་རིག་པའི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གྲྭ། Lopon Damcho Dorji, Tago Buddhist University - Read the abstract and bio here
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 མཁན་པོ་གྲགས་པ་སེང་གེ དབུས་བོད་ཀྱི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Dakpa Senge, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
15:00 དགེ་བཤེས་དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར། ཇོ་ནང་དགོན་ངེས་དོན་རྟག་བརྟན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་། Geshe Drime Ozer, Jonang Monastery, Parping
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་ངག་དབང་མཚན་བཟང་། དགའ་ལྡན་ཤར་རྩེ། Geshe Ngawang Tsesang, Ganden Shartse Monastery
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks
ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༢ པ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༢ ལ། - 2 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and address
9:00 མཁན་པོ་བསྟན་པ་ཚེ་རིང་། སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མདོ་སྔགས་རིག་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་གླིང་། Khenpo Tenpa Tshering, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 མཁན་པོ་ཟླ་བ་ཚེ་རིང་། འབྲི་གུང་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་བྱང་ཆུབ་གླིང་། Khenpo Dawa Tsering, Drikung Kagyu Institute
11:30 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་ཐོགས་མེད། དབུས་བོད་ཀྱི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 སློབ་དཔོན་ཟླ་བ་བཟང་པོ། ཇོ་ནང་དགོན་ངེས་དོན་རྟག་བརྟན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་། Lopen Dawa Zangpo, Jonang Monastery, Parping
15:00 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་ངག་དབང་སྟོབས་ལྡན། སེ་ར་བྱེས། Geshe Ngawang Topden, Sera Je Monastery
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 མཁན་པོ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ནོར་བུ། སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མདོ་སྔགས་རིག་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་གླིང་། Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks
ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༣ པ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༣ ལ། - 3 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and Book Launch: The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim.
9:00 མཁན་པོ་ཚེ་དབང་བསོད་ནམས། འབྲུག་ཐར་པ་གླིང་། Khenpo Tshewang Sonam, Tharpaling Monastery
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 མཁན་པོ་ལྷག་པ་ཡེ་ཤེས། བན་ཆེན་ནང་བསྟན་ཐོས་བསམ་གླིང་། Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi, Benchen Nangten Thösam Ling Shedra
11:30 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་འབྱོར་ལྡན། རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་གསུང་རབ་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Ngawang Jorden, International Buddhist Academy
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 དགེ་བཤེས་་ལྷ་རམས་པ་བློ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ། རྒྱུད་སྨད། Geshe Lobsang Gyatso, Gyume Monastery
15:00 མཁན་པོ་ཤེས་རབ་ཕུན་ཚོགས། ཁྲ་འགུ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཡང་རྩེ་དགོན་པ། Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho, Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་འཇིགས་མེད་རྒྱ་མཚོ། འབྲས་སྤུངས་སྒོ་མང་། Geshe Jigme Gyatso, Drepung Gomang Monastery
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks


ཆོས་གླེང་གོ་སྒྲིག་པ། Organizing Team
ཀརྨ་ཕུན་ཚོགས། ཆོས་འཁོར་འགོ་འདྲེན་པ། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
མར་ཀས་པེར་མན། བཀོད་ཁྱབ་མདོ་ཆེན། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
གྭན་ཝིཊ་དོ་རིང། ཡིག་ཚང་འགན་འཛིན། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
མཁན་པོ་འགྱུར་མེད་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས། ཞེ་ཆེན་དགོན་པའི་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་འགན་འཛིན།
མཁན་པོ་ཉི་མ་སེང་གེ ཞེ་ཆེན་བཤད་གྲྭའི་འགན་འཛིན།
སློབ་དཔོན་ཀརྨ། ཞེ་ཆེན་ཞིབ་འཇུག་སྡེ་ཚན།
Karma Phuntsho, Convenor, Tsadra Foundation
Marcus Perman, Executive Director, Tsadra Foundation
Gwen Witt-Dorring, Office Manager, Tsadra Foundation
Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim, Director General, Shechen Monastery
Khenpo Nyima Senge, Principal, Shechen Shedra
Lopen Karma, Shechen Research Division.

This event is finished and you can see all the recordings from it here: 2023 BN Conference.
བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་དང་ཉམས་བཞེས་སྐོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་།
FINAL
Download the full Program as a PDF here and the speaker bios and abstracts here.

བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་ལས་རིམ། - PDF
གཤེགས་སྙིང་གཏམ་བཤད་བཅུད་དོན་དང་གསུང་བཤད་པའི་རྣམ་ཐར། - PDF

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June 1-3, 2023

༈ ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོའི་ལས་འགུལ་དང་འབྲེལ་ཏེ། གཞི་ཁམས་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་སྐོར་ཉིན་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་། བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་རྣམས་གདན་འདྲེན་ཞུས་ཏེ་ཆོས་བརྒྱུད་སོ་སོའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་ཕྱག་བཞེས་གཞུང་ལུགས་སོགས་ཀྱི་སྐོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འཚོག་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་ཞིང་། དེ་ཡང་ཞེ་ཆེན་དགོན་པར་བོད་སྐད་ཐོག་གནང་རྒྱུ་དང་། དྲྭ་ལམ་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཐད་གཏོང་བྱ་འཆར་དང་། གློག་བརྙན་ཐོག་ཕབ་བཟུང་དང་ཕྱིས་ནས་དབྱིན་སྐད་དུ་འགྱུར་རྒྱུ་དང་། མཁས་དབང་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བཤེས་ཉི་ཤུ་ལྷག་ཙམ་ཕེབས་ནས་ ཉིན་གྲངས་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་སྔ་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༨་༣༠ ནས་ ཕྱི་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༦ བར་ ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་རྩིས་ཡིན་པས། ཁྱད་དུ་འཕགས་པའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འདིར་ཕེབས་འདོད་ཡོད་ན་འདི་ལ་ཐོ་བཀོད་གནང་བར་ཞུ། རྒྱས་པར་དྲྭ་ངོས་འདི་ལ་གཟིགས་པར་ཞུ།

In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation will host a three-day symposium for monastic scholars of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The event will be held at Shechen Monastery, in the Tibetan language. We hope to broadcast it live and record the proceedings, and also provide some translation into English in the future. More than twenty leading scholars are meeting in person for three days from 8:30 am - 6:00 pm. Please register here if you would like to attend in person.

Sessions will also be live-streamed on Zoom.

Sessions will start at 8:30 AM Kathmandu Local Time at the main hall at Shechen.



ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་ས། Venue

བལ་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་ས་ཀཐ་མན་ཌུ་ མཆོད་སྡོང་ཆེན་པོ་བྱ་རུང་ཁ་ཤོར་གྱི་འགྲམ་ ཞེ་ཆེན་བསྟན་གཉིས་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་གི་ལྷ་ཁང་ཆེན་པོ།

Main Temple, Shechen Monastery, Bouddhanath, Kathmandu


ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་དུས། Date and Time

གནམ་ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ ཟླ་ ༤ པའི་ཚེས་ ༡༢ ནས་ ༡༤ བར། སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༣ པའི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ཚེས་ ༡ ནས་ ༣ བར།

1-3 June, 2023, 12, 13 and 14th of the 4th Tibetan Month.


ཆོས་གླེང་ལས་རིམ། - Conference Program

ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༡ པོ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༡ ལ། - 1 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and welcome address
9:00 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་བློ་གྲོས། སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་། Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe, Mindroling - Read the abstract and bio here
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་སྐལ་བཟང་བསྟན་སྐྱོང་། སེ་ར་བྱེས། Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong, Sera Je Monastery - Read the abstract and bio here
11:30 གསུང་བཤད་གསུམ་པ། - སློབ་དཔོན་དམ་ཆོས་རྡོ་རྗེ། རྟ་མགོ་རྡོར་གདན་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཐང་ནང་དོན་རིག་པའི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གྲྭ། Lopon Damcho Dorji, Tago Buddhist University - Read the abstract and bio here
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 མཁན་པོ་གྲགས་པ་སེང་གེ དབུས་བོད་ཀྱི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Dakpa Senge, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
15:00 དགེ་བཤེས་དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར། ཇོ་ནང་དགོན་ངེས་དོན་རྟག་བརྟན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་། Geshe Drime Ozer, Jonang Monastery, Parping
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་ངག་དབང་མཚན་བཟང་། དགའ་ལྡན་ཤར་རྩེ། Geshe Ngawang Tsesang, Ganden Shartse Monastery
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks
ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༢ པ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༢ ལ། - 2 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and address
9:00 མཁན་པོ་བསྟན་པ་ཚེ་རིང་། སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མདོ་སྔགས་རིག་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་གླིང་། Khenpo Tenpa Tshering, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 མཁན་པོ་ཟླ་བ་ཚེ་རིང་། འབྲི་གུང་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་བྱང་ཆུབ་གླིང་། Khenpo Dawa Tsering, Drikung Kagyu Institute
11:30 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་ཐོགས་མེད། དབུས་བོད་ཀྱི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 སློབ་དཔོན་ཟླ་བ་བཟང་པོ། ཇོ་ནང་དགོན་ངེས་དོན་རྟག་བརྟན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་། Lopen Dawa Zangpo, Jonang Monastery, Parping
15:00 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་ངག་དབང་སྟོབས་ལྡན། སེ་ར་བྱེས། Geshe Ngawang Topden, Sera Je Monastery
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 མཁན་པོ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ནོར་བུ། སྔ་འགྱུར་མཐོ་སློབ་མདོ་སྔགས་རིག་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་གླིང་། Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks
ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་ ༣ པ། སྤྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ པའི་ ཚེས་ ༣ ལ། - 3 June 2023

8:30 སྒོ་འབྱེད་ཞལ་འདོན་དང་གསལ་བཤད། Opening chants and Book Launch: The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim.
9:00 མཁན་པོ་ཚེ་དབང་བསོད་ནམས། འབྲུག་ཐར་པ་གླིང་། Khenpo Tshewang Sonam, Tharpaling Monastery
10:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
10:30 མཁན་པོ་ལྷག་པ་ཡེ་ཤེས། བན་ཆེན་ནང་བསྟན་ཐོས་བསམ་གླིང་། Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi, Benchen Nangten Thösam Ling Shedra
11:30 མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་འབྱོར་ལྡན། རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་གསུང་རབ་སློབ་གཉེར་ཁང་། Khenpo Ngawang Jorden, International Buddhist Academy
12:30 ཉིན་དགུང་གསོལ་ཚིགས། - Lunch
14:00 དགེ་བཤེས་་ལྷ་རམས་པ་བློ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ། རྒྱུད་སྨད། Geshe Lobsang Gyatso, Gyume Monastery
15:00 མཁན་པོ་ཤེས་རབ་ཕུན་ཚོགས། ཁྲ་འགུ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཡང་རྩེ་དགོན་པ། Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho, Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery
16:00 གསོལ་ཇའི་བར་གསེང་། - Tea break
16:30 དགེ་བཤེས་ལྷ་རམས་པ་འཇིགས་མེད་རྒྱ་མཚོ། འབྲས་སྤུངས་སྒོ་མང་། Geshe Jigme Gyatso, Drepung Gomang Monastery
17:30 མཇུག་བསྡུའི་གསལ་བཤད་དང་སྨོན་ཚིག - Closing chants and remarks


ཆོས་གླེང་གོ་སྒྲིག་པ། Organizing Team
ཀརྨ་ཕུན་ཚོགས། ཆོས་འཁོར་འགོ་འདྲེན་པ། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
མར་ཀས་པེར་མན། བཀོད་ཁྱབ་མདོ་ཆེན། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
གྭན་ཝིཊ་དོ་རིང། ཡིག་ཚང་འགན་འཛིན། ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པ།
མཁན་པོ་འགྱུར་མེད་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས། ཞེ་ཆེན་དགོན་པའི་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་འགན་འཛིན།
མཁན་པོ་ཉི་མ་སེང་གེ ཞེ་ཆེན་བཤད་གྲྭའི་འགན་འཛིན།
སློབ་དཔོན་ཀརྨ། ཞེ་ཆེན་ཞིབ་འཇུག་སྡེ་ཚན།
Karma Phuntsho, Convenor, Tsadra Foundation
Marcus Perman, Executive Director, Tsadra Foundation
Gwen Witt-Dorring, Office Manager, Tsadra Foundation
Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim, Director General, Shechen Monastery
Khenpo Nyima Senge, Principal, Shechen Shedra
Lopen Karma, Shechen Research Division.
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26 January 2023 · Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar
Greg Forgues
Towards a Textual Discourse Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature by Gregory Forgues

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Greg Forgues: Towards a Textual Discourse Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature by Gregory Forgues
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Gregory Forgues presents his research on Longchenpa's writings on Buddha nature. This presentation offers a new perspective on the discourse of Longchenpa (Klong chen rab ’byams pa dri med 'od zer 1308–1363) regarding the central doctrinal concept of bde gshegs snying po (*sugatagarbha), a synonym for de gshegs snying po (tathāgatagarbha).

Gregory Forgues presents his research on Longchenpa's writings on Buddha nature. This presentation offers a new perspective on the discourse of Longchenpa (Klong chen rab ’byams pa dri med 'od zer 1308–1363) regarding the central doctrinal concept of bde gshegs snying po (*sugatagarbha), a synonym for de gshegs snying po (tathāgatagarbha).

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29 October 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Peter Skilling
'Luminous Is This Mind, O Monks': An Intertextual Excursion

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Peter Skilling: 'Luminous Is This Mind, O Monks': An Intertextual Excursion
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Dr. Peter Skilling and Lopen Karma Phuntsho will discuss a key early quote attributed to the Buddha that serves as a source for buddha-nature teachings, among other things textual, historical, and beyond. Peter Skilling is the founder of the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation (Bangkok). He received a PhD with honors and a Habilitation in Paris (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes). Peter’s publications include numerous articles and several books, including Questioning the Buddha (Wisdom, 2021), How Theravada is Theravada? (University of Washington Press, 2012), and Mahāsūtras: Great Discourses of the Buddha (2 vols., Oxford, The Pali Text Society, 1994 and 1997). His interests include the art and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia, as seen for example in the edited volume Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai: Art, Architecture and Inscriptions (River Books, Bangkok, 2008).

Dr. Peter Skilling and Lopen Karma Phuntsho will discuss a key early quote attributed to the Buddha that serves as a source for buddha-nature teachings, among other things textual, historical, and beyond.

Peter Skilling is the founder of the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation (Bangkok). He received a PhD with honors and a Habilitation in Paris (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes). Peter’s publications include numerous articles and several books, including Questioning the Buddha (Wisdom, 2021), How Theravada is Theravada? (University of Washington Press, 2012), and Mahāsūtras: Great Discourses of the Buddha (2 vols., Oxford, The Pali Text Society, 1994 and 1997). His interests include the art and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia, as seen for example in the edited volume Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai: Art, Architecture and Inscriptions (River Books, Bangkok, 2008).

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27 August 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
David Germano
Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection in the 11-14th Centuries

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David Germano: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection in the 11-14th Centuries
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Karma Phuntsho and David Germano discuss buddha-nature in Dzogchen, early Nyingma tantras, termas, Nyingtik Teachings, and touch on the commentarial writings of Longchenpa and others. David Germano is the Executive Director of the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia. He has taught and researched Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia since 1992. He is currently focused on the exploration of contemplative ideas, values, and practices involving humanistic and scientific methodologies, as well as new applications in diverse fields; he also holds a faculty appointment in the School of Nursing. He has been a leader in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies for many years and has long immersed himself in Dzogchen teachings and texts. 

Karma Phuntsho and David Germano discuss buddha-nature in Dzogchen, early Nyingma tantras, termas, Nyingtik Teachings, and touch on the commentarial writings of Longchenpa and others.

David Germano is the Executive Director of the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia. He has taught and researched Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia since 1992. He is currently focused on the exploration of contemplative ideas, values, and practices involving humanistic and scientific methodologies, as well as new applications in diverse fields; he also holds a faculty appointment in the School of Nursing. He has been a leader in the field of Tibetan Buddhist studies for many years and has long immersed himself in Dzogchen teachings and texts. 

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30 July 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Lama Shenpen Hookham
Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathagatagarbha

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Lama Shenpen Hookham: Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathagatagarbha
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Lama Shenpen Hookham is the founding Lama of the Awakened Heart Sangha and principle teacher of the Living the Awakened Heart training.

Lama Shenpen has trained for over 50 years in the Mahamudra & Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

Lama Shenpen wrote a seminal work in the western study of Buddha-Nature, her doctoral thesis at Oxford, The Buddha Within, which was then the first work by a Western writer to present an analysis of the Shentong tradition based on previously untranslated sources. She is also the author of There’s More to Dying than Death, Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting and Other Stories, and The Guru Principle.

She has spent over 12 years in retreat and has been a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, one of the foremost living masters of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, since the late 70s.

Lama Shenpen Hookham is the founding Lama of the Awakened Heart Sangha and principle teacher of the Living the Awakened Heart training. Lama Shenpen has trained for over 50 years in the Mahamudra & Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

Lama Shenpen wrote a seminal work in the western study of Buddha-Nature, her doctoral thesis at Oxford, The Buddha Within, which was then the first work by a Western writer to present an analysis of the Shentong tradition based on previously untranslated sources. She is also the author of There’s More to Dying than Death, Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting and Other Stories, and The Guru Principle.

She has spent over 12 years in retreat and has been a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, one of the foremost living masters of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, since the late 70s.

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July 2022
Old Topic, New Insights: Buddha-Nature at the Crossroads between Doctrine and Practice

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Old Topic, New Insights: Buddha-Nature at the Crossroads between Doctrine and Practice:
Increased attention to the tathāgatagarbha doctrine in the last decade has lead to significant publications and meetings on the topic of buddha-nature and related themes. Scholars in Asia, Europe, and the Americas have published new translations and studies of the foundational scriptures and commentaries, and are examining the history and literature of the doctrine. In July 2019 Tsadra Foundation partnered with the University of Vienna to bring many of these scholars together for an international symposium titled Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia. The presentations are available here and the edited papers will be published in a collection of essays from Wisdom Publications. Over three days the symposium surveyed the differing forms of tathāgatagarbha doctrine that developed as its primary Indian scriptural sources were translated, transmitted, and interpreted by religious schools across Asia. Contemporary Buddhist teachers joined academics at the podium. Presentations ranged from the historical-philological analysis of the primary sources to issues of reconstruction and comparison in the target languages and cultures and included how tathāgatagarbha is taught in Buddhist communities today. Although primarily focused on the Indian and Himalayan material, the diversity in approaches and subject matter made for fruitful comparisons and discussions.

Increased attention to the tathāgatagarbha doctrine in the last decade has lead to significant publications and meetings on the topic of buddha-nature and related themes. Scholars in Asia, Europe, and the Americas have published new translations and studies of the foundational scriptures and commentaries, and are examining the history and literature of the doctrine. In July 2019 Tsadra Foundation partnered with the University of Vienna to bring many of these scholars together for an international symposium titled Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia. The presentations are available here and the edited papers will be published in a collection of essays from Wisdom Publications.

Over three days the symposium surveyed the differing forms of tathāgatagarbha doctrine that developed as its primary Indian scriptural sources were translated, transmitted, and interpreted by religious schools across Asia. Contemporary Buddhist teachers joined academics at the podium. Presentations ranged from the historical-philological analysis of the primary sources to issues of reconstruction and comparison in the target languages and cultures and included how tathāgatagarbha is taught in Buddhist communities today. Although primarily focused on the Indian and Himalayan material, the diversity in approaches and subject matter made for fruitful comparisons and discussions.

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25 June 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
John Canti
A Dilettante’s Ramblings on the Uttaratantra, Asaṅga, Mipham, and Buddha-Nature

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John Canti: A Dilettante’s Ramblings on the Uttaratantra, Asaṅga, Mipham, and Buddha-Nature
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. John Canti, longtime practitioner and translator, founder of Padmakara Translation Group, and Editorial Director at the 84000 Project, will speak with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho about a wide range of topics related to buddha-nature teachings:
  • The traditional accounts of Asaṅga receiving the byams chos sde lnga (Five Treatises) from Maitreya
  • The rgyud bla ma as sūtra commentary, and its relationship to the other four texts
  • The mystery of its apparent disappearance in India between the fifth and tenth centuries
  • Mipham’s commentary and its sources
  • The “other” less discussed aspects of the rgyud bla ma — its explanations of the Three Jewels, of the qualities and activity
  • The impact of Buddha-nature teachings as a Western practitioner

John Canti studied medicine and anthropology at Cambridge University (UK) and qualified as a doctor in 1975. While still a medical student he met and began to study with some of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the older generation, especially Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. After some years of medical work in northeastern Nepal in the late 1970s he went to the Dordogne, France, to complete two three-year retreats at Chanteloube, and has remained primarily based there ever since.

John is a founding member of the Padmakara Translation Group, was a Tsadra Foundation Fellow from 2001-2014, and was awarded the 2016 Khyentse Foundation Fellowship. In 2009, when 84000 first started, he was appointed Editorial Chair of 84000, and in 2020 has become Editorial Co-Director.

John Canti, longtime practitioner and translator, founder of Padmakara Translation Group, and Editorial Director at the 84000 Project, will speak with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho about a wide range of topics related to buddha-nature teachings:

  • The traditional accounts of Asaṅga receiving the byams chos sde lnga (Five Treatises) from Maitreya
  • The rgyud bla ma as sūtra commentary, and its relationship to the other four texts
  • The mystery of its apparent disappearance in India between the fifth and tenth centuries
  • Mipham’s commentary and its sources
  • The “other” less discussed aspects of the rgyud bla ma — its explanations of the Three Jewels, of the qualities and activity
  • The impact of Buddha-nature teachings as a Western practitioner

John Canti studied medicine and anthropology at Cambridge University (UK) and qualified as a doctor in 1975. While still a medical student he met and began to study with some of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the older generation, especially Kangyur Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. After some years of medical work in northeastern Nepal in the late 1970s he went to the Dordogne, France, to complete two three-year retreats at Chanteloube, and has remained primarily based there ever since.

John is a founding member of the Padmakara Translation Group, was a Tsadra Foundation Fellow from 2001-2014, and was awarded the 2016 Khyentse Foundation Fellowship. In 2009, when 84000 first started, he was appointed Editorial Chair of 84000, and in 2020 has become Editorial Co-Director.

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30 April 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche
Study and Practice of Buddha-Nature Teachings in the Nyingma Tradition

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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche: Study and Practice of Buddha-Nature Teachings in the Nyingma Tradition
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche will talk with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho about the study and practice of Buddha-Nature Teachings in the Nyingma Tradition. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1965. He became a senior colleague at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the prestigious Buddhist studies and research center, at Namdroling Monastery in Mysore. At the Institute he studied under Khenchen Pema Sherab, Khenpo Namdrol Tsering, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, and other visiting professors, including Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and Khenpo Pema Tsewang from Tibet. He completed the Shedra program in 1995 and joined the Institute staff, teaching there for three years. He was formally enthroned as Khenpo by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998 and was assigned by His Holiness to teach at the Buddhist college at Palyul monastery in Tibet. He is now the main resident master at Palyul Dharma Center in the New York City metropolitan area.

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche will talk with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho about the study and practice of Buddha-Nature Teachings in the Nyingma Tradition.

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1965. He became a senior colleague at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the prestigious Buddhist studies and research center, at Namdroling Monastery in Mysore. At the Institute he studied under Khenchen Pema Sherab, Khenpo Namdrol Tsering, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, and other visiting professors, including Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and Khenpo Pema Tsewang from Tibet. He completed the Shedra program in 1995 and joined the Institute staff, teaching there for three years. He was formally enthroned as Khenpo by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998 and was assigned by His Holiness to teach at the Buddhist college at Palyul monastery in Tibet. He is now the main resident master at Palyul Dharma Center in the New York City metropolitan area.

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28 March 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Potprecha Cholvijarn
Sammā Arahaṃ Meditation, Self, and Nibbāna: Equivalents of Buddha-Nature Discourse in Thai Buddhist Traditions

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Potprecha Cholvijarn: Sammā Arahaṃ Meditation, Self, and Nibbāna: Equivalents of Buddha-Nature Discourse in Thai Buddhist Traditions
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Dr. Cholvijarn and Dr. Karma Phuntsho will discuss similarities and disimilarities in debates about interpretations of the ultimate in Thai and Tibetan Buddhisms.

Potprecha Cholvijarn is the author of Nibbāna as True Reality beyond the Debate, a book about the recent debate in Thailand over the nature of nibbāna (nirvāṇa), the unconditioned, whether it is attā (self) or anattā (not-self). Western Buddhist studies, especially of recent years, have assumed that Theravāda Buddhism straightforwardly teaches the doctrine of anattā: that Theravāda Buddhism rejects attā in all respects, including in the ultimate sense. However, as the well-known debate in Thailand, which reached its zenith in 1999, has shown, there appears to be a significant minority of Theravāda monks, respected by significant numbers of Theravāda laity, arguing that nibbāna is attā.

In the book, Dr. Cholvijarn compares the Thai debate to the Tibetan Rang Stong and Gzan Stong dispute and concludes that "they reveal two similar trends found in the history of Buddhist thought, one positing a substantial absolute beyond all conceptualization, and the other rejecting all kinds of substantial absolute. Both trends are found at various points in the history of Buddhism in different traditions."

Potprecha Cholvijarn holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from the University of Bristol, in the UK. He is currently a special lecturer at the Thai Studies Centre, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

Dr. Cholvijarn and Dr. Karma Phuntsho will discuss similarities and disimilarities in debates about interpretations of the ultimate in Thai and Tibetan Buddhisms.

Potprecha Cholvijarn is the author of Nibbāna as True Reality beyond the Debate, a book about the recent debate in Thailand over the nature of nibbāna (nirvāṇa), the unconditioned, whether it is attā (self) or anattā (not-self). Western Buddhist studies, especially of recent years, have assumed that Theravāda Buddhism straightforwardly teaches the doctrine of anattā: that Theravāda Buddhism rejects attā in all respects, including in the ultimate sense. However, as the well-known debate in Thailand, which reached its zenith in 1999, has shown, there appears to be a significant minority of Theravāda monks, respected by significant numbers of Theravāda laity, arguing that nibbāna is attā.

In the book, Dr. Cholvijarn compares the Thai debate to the Tibetan Rang Stong and Gzan Stong dispute and concludes that "they reveal two similar trends found in the history of Buddhist thought, one positing a substantial absolute beyond all conceptualization, and the other rejecting all kinds of substantial absolute. Both trends are found at various points in the history of Buddhism in different traditions."

Potprecha Cholvijarn holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from the University of Bristol, in the UK. He is currently a special lecturer at the Thai Studies Centre, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

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7 March 2022 · Buddhismus in Berlin
Dhungsey Asanga Vajra Rinpoche
Buddha-Nature and Sakya Pandita

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Dhungsey Asanga Vajra Rinpoche: Buddha-Nature and Sakya Pandita
FROM ARNE SCHELLING IN BERLIN:

Dhungsey Asanga Vajra Rinpoche has kindly accepted to teach on “Buddha Nature” on Monday, the 7. March, 3:30 pm (CET, i.e. Berlin), which equals 8pm in Delhi or 10:30 pm in Singapore.

Dhungsey Rinpoche will teach in English. There will be simultaneous translation into French, Chinese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Russian and Portuguese.

Rinpoche was born in Seattle in 1999 and is a wonderful and very learned Tibetan master of the Sakya tradition, being a direct descendant of the illustrious Khön family. You can find more details on Dungse Rinpoche here and here.

Rinpoche will teach on the very core topic of Buddhism, the Buddha Nature based on the first chapter of Sakya Pandita's famous “Clarifying the Sages Intent”, which includes wonderful and practical verses by the future Buddha Maitreya.

To receive the zoom link to participate, please register by writing an email to buddhismus@berlin.de.

To ensure your participation, please register before the 6. March.

The Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants two hours prior to the teaching on the 7. March. Your Buddhism in Berlin Team

(www.berlin-buddhismus.de)

FROM ARNE SCHELLING IN BERLIN:

Dhungsey Asanga Vajra Rinpoche has kindly accepted to teach on “Buddha Nature” on Monday, the 7. March, 3:30 pm (CET, i.e. Berlin), which equals 8pm in Delhi or 10:30 pm in Singapore.

Dhungsey Rinpoche will teach in English. There will be simultaneous translation into French, Chinese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Russian and Portuguese.

Rinpoche was born in Seattle in 1999 and is a wonderful and very learned Tibetan master of the Sakya tradition, being a direct descendant of the illustrious Khön family. You can find more details on Dungse Rinpoche here and here.

Rinpoche will teach on the very core topic of Buddhism, the Buddha Nature based on the first chapter of Sakya Pandita's famous “Clarifying the Sages Intent”, which includes wonderful and practical verses by the future Buddha Maitreya.

To receive the zoom link to participate, please register by writing an email to buddhismus@berlin.de.

To ensure your participation, please register before the 6. March.

The Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants two hours prior to the teaching on the 7. March. Your Buddhism in Berlin Team (www.berlin-buddhismus.de)

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26 February 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Karl Brunnhölzl
What is my mind without me? Buddha-Nature in the Karma Kagyu School

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Karl Brunnhölzl: What is my mind without me? Buddha-Nature in the Karma Kagyu School
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Karl Brunnhölzl is one of the most prolific translators of Tibetan texts into English and has worked on all of the Five Treatises of Maitreya. He was originally trained as a physician and then studied at Kamalashila Institute, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso's Marpa Institute, and Hamburg University. Since 1989, Karl has served as a translator, interpreter, and Buddhist teacher mainly in Europe, India, and Nepal. Since 1999, he has acted as one of the main translators and teachers at Nitartha Institute (director: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche) in the USA, Canada, and Germany. He has translated and written about buddha-nature extensively and he is the author of several books on Buddhism, such as The Center of the Sunlit Sky, Luminous Melodies, Milarepa's Kungfu, and The Heart Attack Sutra. He has also completed several ground-breaking translations in the Tsadra Foundation series, including a three-volume work on the Abhisamayālaṃkāra. He has also completed the work Prajñāpāramitā, Indian "gzhan stong pas", and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong in the Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde series. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra, formed the basis for the Buddha-Nature website project. In 2019 his translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha with Indian and Tibetan commentaries was published and won the Khyentse Foundation Prize For Outstanding Buddhist Translation.

Karl Brunnhölzl is one of the most prolific translators of Tibetan texts into English and has worked on all of the Five Treatises of Maitreya. He was originally trained as a physician and then studied at Kamalashila Institute, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso's Marpa Institute, and Hamburg University. Since 1989, Karl has served as a translator, interpreter, and Buddhist teacher mainly in Europe, India, and Nepal. Since 1999, he has acted as one of the main translators and teachers at Nitartha Institute (director: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche) in the USA, Canada, and Germany. He has translated and written about buddha-nature extensively and he is the author of several books on Buddhism, such as The Center of the Sunlit Sky, Luminous Melodies, Milarepa's Kungfu, and The Heart Attack Sutra. He has also completed several ground-breaking translations in the Tsadra Foundation series, including a three-volume work on the Abhisamayālaṃkāra. He has also completed the work Prajñāpāramitā, Indian "gzhan stong pas", and the Beginning of Tibetan gzhan stong in the Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde series. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra, formed the basis for the Buddha-Nature website project. In 2019 his translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha with Indian and Tibetan commentaries was published and won the Khyentse Foundation Prize For Outstanding Buddhist Translation.

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29 January 2022 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Thupten Jinpa
Emptiness and Buddha-Nature: A Creative Tension Between Two Fundamental Concepts of Mahayana Thought

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Thupten Jinpa: Emptiness and Buddha-Nature: A Creative Tension Between Two Fundamental Concepts of Mahayana Thought
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Please join us online for a special event at the start of 2022 with the world-renowned speaker, author, and translator, Thupten Jinpa. Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk and a Geshe Lharampa with B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. Since 1985, he has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama, including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness. Jinpa’s own publications include works in Tibetan, English translations as well as books, the latest being Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows and Illuminating the Intent, a translation of Je Tsongkhapa's commentary on Entering the Middle Way. Jinpa is the general series editor of the 32-volume Bod kyi tsug lag gces btus series, whose translations are published in English as The Library of Tibetan Classics. His current projects include the editing of classical Indian Buddhist texts from Tengyur for a special anthology known as Rgya gzhung gnad che bdam bsgrigs (Selected Indian Buddhist treaties). He is the main author of CCT (Compassion Cultivation Training), an eight-week formal program developed at Stanford University, and co-founder and president of the Compassion Institute. He is the Chair of Mind and Life Institute, founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, and an adjunct professor at the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. Jinpa lives in Montreal and is married with two daughters.

Please join us online for a special event at the start of 2022 with the world-renowned speaker, author, and translator, Thupten Jinpa.

Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk and a Geshe Lharampa with B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. Since 1985, he has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama, including the New York Times Bestsellers Ethics for the New Millennium and The Art of Happiness. Jinpa’s own publications include works in Tibetan, English translations as well as books, the latest being Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows and Illuminating the Intent, a translation of Je Tsongkhapa's commentary on Entering the Middle Way. Jinpa is the general series editor of the 32-volume Bod kyi tsug lag gces btus series, whose translations are published in English as The Library of Tibetan Classics. His current projects include the editing of classical Indian Buddhist texts from Tengyur for a special anthology known as Rgya gzhung gnad che bdam bsgrigs (Selected Indian Buddhist treaties). He is the main author of CCT (Compassion Cultivation Training), an eight-week formal program developed at Stanford University, and co-founder and president of the Compassion Institute. He is the Chair of Mind and Life Institute, founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, and an adjunct professor at the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. Jinpa lives in Montreal and is married with two daughters.

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18 December 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Anne Burchardi
The Purpose of the Buddha-Nature Teachings

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Anne Burchardi: The Purpose of the Buddha-Nature Teachings
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Join Anne Burchardi and Lopen Karma Phuntsho as they discuss the purpose of the Buddha-Nature teachings in the context of Kagyu and Nyingma traditions and beyond. Handout Available: See an artist's modern rendition of the traditional examples of buddha-nature from the sutras.

Join Anne Burchardi and Lopen Karma Phuntsho as they discuss the purpose of the Buddha-Nature teachings in the context of Kagyu and Nyingma traditions and beyond. Handout Available: See an artist's modern rendition of the traditional examples of buddha-nature from the sutras.

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1 December 2021 · Book Launch
Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Maitripa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss

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Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Maitripa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Join the author and Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho as they discuss the book "Maitripa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss", which is now being released by Shambhala Publications.

Audience members will be able to ask questions of professor Mathes directly during the event if they sign up via Zoom.

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Please join us live on Zoom by signing up here or find us on Facebook live on Wednesday, December 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The recording will later be made available online here on this website.

Drawing on Maitripa’s autobiographical writings and literary work, this book is the first comprehensive portrait of the life and teachings of this influential Buddhist master. Klaus-Dieter Mathes also offers the first complete English translation of his teachings on nonconceptual realization, which is the foundation of Mahamudra meditation.

Learn more about the book here:

https://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/klaus-dieter-mathes/maitripa.html

Join the author and Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho as they discuss the book "Maitripa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss", which is now being released by Shambhala Publications.

Audience members will be able to ask questions of professor Mathes directly during the event if they sign up via Zoom.

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Please join us live on Zoom by signing up here or find us on Facebook live on Wednesday, December 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The recording will later be made available online here on this website.

Drawing on Maitripa’s autobiographical writings and literary work, this book is the first comprehensive portrait of the life and teachings of this influential Buddhist master. Klaus-Dieter Mathes also offers the first complete English translation of his teachings on nonconceptual realization, which is the foundation of Mahamudra meditation.

Learn more about the book here: https://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/klaus-dieter-mathes/maitripa.html

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27 November 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Lama Palden Drolma
Experiences of Buddha-Nature

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Lama Palden Drolma: Experiences of Buddha-Nature
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Join Lama Palden Drolma and Lopen Karma Phuntsho as they discuss experiences of Buddha-Nature.

Lama Palden was one of the first Western women to be authorized as a lama in 1986, by her primary teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, following her completion of the traditional Tibetan three year, three month retreat. She has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism and of Comparative Mysticism for over 40 years. She is the founding teacher of Sukhasiddhi Foundation http://www.sukhasiddhi.org in the SF Bay Area, a Tibetan Buddhist center in the Shangpa and Kagyu lineages. Lama Palden has a deep interest in helping to make the teachings and practices of Vajrayana Buddhism accessible and practical for Westerners in order to help students actualize our innate wisdom, love and joy. As a teacher, she is committed to each student's unique unfolding and blossoming.

In 1993 Lama Palden completed a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. After licensing as a psychotherapist, she engaged in facilitating clients psycho-spiritual integration and development, through bringing together understandings and methods from Buddhism and Psychology, as well as from the Diamond Heart work, that she engaged with and trained in for many years.

Join Lama Palden Drolma and Lopen Karma Phuntsho as they discuss experiences of Buddha-Nature.

Lama Palden was one of the first Western women to be authorized as a lama in 1986, by her primary teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, following her completion of the traditional Tibetan three year, three month retreat. She has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism and of Comparative Mysticism for over 40 years. She is the founding teacher of Sukhasiddhi Foundation http://www.sukhasiddhi.org in the SF Bay Area, a Tibetan Buddhist center in the Shangpa and Kagyu lineages. Lama Palden has a deep interest in helping to make the teachings and practices of Vajrayana Buddhism accessible and practical for Westerners in order to help students actualize our innate wisdom, love and joy. As a teacher, she is committed to each student's unique unfolding and blossoming. In 1993 Lama Palden completed a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. After licensing as a psychotherapist, she engaged in facilitating clients psycho-spiritual integration and development, through bringing together understandings and methods from Buddhism and Psychology, as well as from the Diamond Heart work, that she engaged with and trained in for many years.

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30 October 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Yaroslav Komarovski
Śākya Chokden's Unique Views on Buddha-Nature

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Yaroslav Komarovski: Śākya Chokden's Unique Views on Buddha-Nature
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. HANDOUT FOR EVENT: Media:Yaroslav Komarovski-2021-10-30-Tsadra Buddha Nature.pdf

Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho will have another "Conversation on Buddha-Nature" with one of the world's most knowledgeable scholars of Śākya Chokden (1428–1507), Yaroslav Komarovski.

Śākya Chokden (1428–1507) was one of the most important thinkers of the Sakya tradition and had many complex views on Buddhist philosophy and practice, especially Madhyamaka and theories related to buddha-nature teachings, some of which are quite unique in the history of Buddhism.

Yaroslav Komarovski is a full professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His recent books include Radiant Emptiness: Three Seminal Works by the Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden (Oxford 2020), Tibetan Buddhism and Mystical Experience (Oxford 2015), and Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden’s New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka (SUNY 2011). If you would like to read some of his papers on Shakya Chokden, you can find them freely available online here: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/do/search/?q=author_lname%3A%22Komarovski%22%20AND%20author_fname%3A%22Yaroslav%22&start=0&context=52045&sort=date_desc&facet=

HANDOUT FOR EVENT: Media:Yaroslav Komarovski-2021-10-30-Tsadra Buddha Nature.pdf

Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho will have another "Conversation on Buddha-Nature" with one of the world's most knowledgeable scholars of Śākya Chokden (1428–1507), Yaroslav Komarovski.

Śākya Chokden (1428–1507) was one of the most important thinkers of the Sakya tradition and had many complex views on Buddhist philosophy and practice, especially Madhyamaka and theories related to buddha-nature teachings, some of which are quite unique in the history of Buddhism.

Yaroslav Komarovski is a full professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His recent books include Radiant Emptiness: Three Seminal Works by the Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden (Oxford 2020), Tibetan Buddhism and Mystical Experience (Oxford 2015), and Visions of Unity: The Golden Paṇḍita Shakya Chokden’s New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka (SUNY 2011). If you would like to read some of his papers on Shakya Chokden, you can find them freely available online here: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/do/search/?q=author_lname%3A%22Komarovski%22%20AND%20author_fname%3A%22Yaroslav%22&start=0&context=52045&sort=date_desc&facet=

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25 September 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Buddha-Nature Is Who We Really Are

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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Buddha-Nature Is Who We Really Are
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Join world-renowned teacher, author, and activist Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo to delve into the ineffable nature and reflect on the universality of buddha-nature.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. In addition to her role as Founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, Jetsunma is a former President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, Founding Director of the Alliance of Non Himalayan Nuns, Honorary Advisor to the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, co-president of the International Buddhist Confederation [IBC], and Founding Member of the Committee for Bhiksuni Ordination.

To find out more about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s life, read Vicki Mackenzie’s biography Cave in the Snow, and see the "Cave in the Snow" movie directed by Liz Thompson and narrated by Rachel Ward.

Join world-renowned teacher, author, and activist Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo to delve into the ineffable nature and reflect on the universality of buddha-nature.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. In addition to her role as Founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, Jetsunma is a former President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, Founding Director of the Alliance of Non Himalayan Nuns, Honorary Advisor to the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, co-president of the International Buddhist Confederation [IBC], and Founding Member of the Committee for Bhiksuni Ordination.

To find out more about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s life, read Vicki Mackenzie’s biography Cave in the Snow, and see the "Cave in the Snow" movie directed by Liz Thompson and narrated by Rachel Ward.

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31 July 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Dorji Wangchuk
Buddha by Nature or Buddha by Nurture: Deliberations on the Buddha-Nature Theory in the Nyingma Tradition

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Dorji Wangchuk: Buddha by Nature or Buddha by Nurture: Deliberations on the Buddha-Nature Theory in the Nyingma Tradition
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. The Nyingma tradition is an eclectic and complex Tibetan tradition with a rich history of teachings that relate to the idea of Buddha-Nature in different ways. In this video Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho and his compatriot Professor Dorji Wangchuk discuss interpretations of Buddha-Nature theory in the Nyingma tradition, of which they are both trained specialists.

The Nyingma tradition is an eclectic and complex Tibetan tradition with a rich history of teachings that relate to the idea of Buddha-Nature in different ways. In this video Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho and his compatriot Professor Dorji Wangchuk discuss interpretations of Buddha-Nature theory in the Nyingma tradition, of which they are both trained specialists.

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26 June 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Kokyo Henkel
Buddha-Nature in Early Chan and Japanese Zen

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Kokyo Henkel: Buddha-Nature in Early Chan and Japanese Zen
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. We were on Facebook live on Saturday, June 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The discussion is available online and sections will also be made available as answers to specific questions on this website. Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho had a wonderful, animated, and detailed discussion with Rev. Kokyo Henkel about Buddha-Nature in Early Chan and Japanese Zen and comparisons with Tibetan Dzogchen. They also discussed some Koans, Dogen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to more modern texts.

We were on Facebook live on Saturday, June 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 PM CET, 9:00 PM Bhutan Time. The discussion is available online and sections will also be made available as answers to specific questions on this website.

Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho had a wonderful, animated, and detailed discussion with Rev. Kokyo Henkel about Buddha-Nature in Early Chan and Japanese Zen and comparisons with Tibetan Dzogchen. They also discussed some Koans, Dogen, and many textual sources from Indian sutras in Tibetan and Chinese translation to sources for key schools of Buddhism in China and Japan up to more modern texts.

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29 May 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Buddha-Nature Theories from Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Tibet

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Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Buddha-Nature Theories from Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Tibet
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Professor Klaus-Dieter Mathes, one of the world’s most learned and published specialists on the topic of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, spoke with Lopen Karma Phuntsho about the various interpretations of tathāgatagarbha teachings in Tibet, including those of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Longchenpa, Gö Lotsawa, Dölpopa, Butön, and Tsongkhapa. Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes is the Head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Mathes has published widely on Mahāmudrā, Tibetan Madhyamaka, Yogācāra, and the interpretations of Buddha-nature in Tibet. Many of his books can be found on this website, including the recent The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet and A Direct Path to the Buddha Within. Klaus-Dieter also hosted the Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium in 2019. From 1980-1984 he lived in the Himalayas and studied Buddhism, later obtaining a master's degree in Tibetology from the University of Bonn and then a Doctorate from Marburg in 1994 with a study of the Yogācāra text Dharmadharmatāvibhāga (published in 1996 in the series Indica et Tibetica). He served as the director of the Nepal Research Centre and the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project in Kathmandu from 1993 to 2001.

Professor Klaus-Dieter Mathes, one of the world’s most learned and published specialists on the topic of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, spoke with Lopen Karma Phuntsho about the various interpretations of tathāgatagarbha teachings in Tibet, including those of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, Longchenpa, Gö Lotsawa, Dölpopa, Butön, and Tsongkhapa.

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes is the Head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Mathes has published widely on Mahāmudrā, Tibetan Madhyamaka, Yogācāra, and the interpretations of Buddha-nature in Tibet. Many of his books can be found on this website, including the recent The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet and A Direct Path to the Buddha Within. Klaus-Dieter also hosted the Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium in 2019. From 1980-1984 he lived in the Himalayas and studied Buddhism, later obtaining a master's degree in Tibetology from the University of Bonn and then a Doctorate from Marburg in 1994 with a study of the Yogācāra text Dharmadharmatāvibhāga (published in 1996 in the series Indica et Tibetica). He served as the director of the Nepal Research Centre and the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project in Kathmandu from 1993 to 2001.

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1 May 2021
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Buddha-Nature: Rangjung Yeshe Institute 40th Annual Fall Seminar

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Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Buddha-Nature: Rangjung Yeshe Institute 40th Annual Fall Seminar
Our friends at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute will be hosting a special online seminar with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, who will teach on the topic of buddha nature. Lama Tenzin Sangpo will also guide meditation sessions and there will be other sessions with lamas, khenpos, and professors. This is the 40th Annual Fall Seminar and will take place online.

For more info and registration, please visit: https://DharmaSun.org/seminars

Also see the RYI Facebook Page for more details.

Our friends at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute will be hosting a special online seminar with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, who will teach on the topic of buddha nature. Lama Tenzin Sangpo will also guide meditation sessions and there will be other sessions with lamas, khenpos, and professors. This is the 40th Annual Fall Seminar and will take place online. For more info and registration, please visit: https://DharmaSun.org/seminars

Also see the RYI Facebook Page for more details.

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24 April 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Judith L. Lief
Tenderness and the Awakening of Buddha-Nature

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Judith L. Lief: Tenderness and the Awakening of Buddha-Nature
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. We were live on Facebook and Zoom on Saturday, April 24th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

"Before any kind of perception occurs, wakefulness is already there—beyond concept, beyond limitation, beyond anything measurable. We can all awaken—that is the hope and the potential."—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Judith L. Lief is a Buddhist teacher, writer, and editor. She was a close student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who empowered her as a teacher, and she has edited many of his books including The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma volumes and Milarepa. She has been a teacher and practitioner for over 35 years and continues to teach and lead retreats throughout the world. Lief is also active in the field of death and dying and is the author of Making Friends with Death.

We were live on Facebook and Zoom on Saturday, April 24th at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

"Before any kind of perception occurs, wakefulness is already there—beyond concept, beyond limitation, beyond anything measurable. We can all awaken—that is the hope and the potential."—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Judith L. Lief is a Buddhist teacher, writer, and editor. She was a close student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who empowered her as a teacher, and she has edited many of his books including The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma volumes and Milarepa. She has been a teacher and practitioner for over 35 years and continues to teach and lead retreats throughout the world. Lief is also active in the field of death and dying and is the author of Making Friends with Death.

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April 2021
Ongoing Gyü Lama Teachings
Online Course with Master Translator Karl Brunnhölzl

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Ongoing Gyü Lama Teachings: Online Course with Master Translator Karl Brunnhölzl
Learn more here.

We feel very honored and happy that Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl - a wonderful teacher, translator and physician - has accepted our request to teach on the Buddha-Nature, based on the authoritative text taught by Buddha Maitreya: The Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra. With his very clear, humorous and interactive style, Karl will lead us through this precious and celebrated treatise verse by verse.

Dates: The course has started 1st April 2021, but everyone is still very welcome to join. The next sessions will be 28th of April 7:30 pm (CEST, e.g. Berlin) and 6th of May 7:00 pm (CEST). The entire course might last for approximately 18 months, consisting of two sessions (plus one review session) per month. The upcoming dates will be always announced 2-3 months in advance.

Language: English only

Any Questions & Registration: Buddhismus[at]Berlin.de or www.berlin-buddhismus.de

Learn more here.

We feel very honored and happy that Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl - a wonderful teacher, translator and physician - has accepted our request to teach on the Buddha-Nature, based on the authoritative text taught by Buddha Maitreya: The Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra. With his very clear, humorous and interactive style, Karl will lead us through this precious and celebrated treatise verse by verse.

Dates: The course has started 1st April 2021, but everyone is still very welcome to join. The next sessions will be 28th of April 7:30 pm (CEST, e.g. Berlin) and 6th of May 7:00 pm (CEST). The entire course might last for approximately 18 months, consisting of two sessions (plus one review session) per month. The upcoming dates will be always announced 2-3 months in advance.

Language: English only

Any Questions & Registration: Buddhismus[at]Berlin.de or www.berlin-buddhismus.de

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27 March 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddha Nature and Social Justice

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Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo: Buddha Nature and Social Justice
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. We were live with Karma Lekshe Tsomo on Saturday, February 27th at 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time) Venerable Tsomo is an inspiration to all Buddhists interested in living a socially conscious life and is known around the world for her warmth, knowledge, and clear approach to teaching and speaking about life, Buddhism, and social activism. She co-founded Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, which hosts the Sakyadhita Conference, the largest and most important meeting of Buddhist women in the world.

We were live with Karma Lekshe Tsomo on Saturday, February 27th at 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time)

Venerable Tsomo is an inspiration to all Buddhists interested in living a socially conscious life and is known around the world for her warmth, knowledge, and clear approach to teaching and speaking about life, Buddhism, and social activism. She co-founded Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, which hosts the Sakyadhita Conference, the largest and most important meeting of Buddhist women in the world.

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27 February 2021 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Venerable Geshe Lhakdor
The Human Capacity to Flourish

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Venerable Geshe Lhakdor: The Human Capacity to Flourish
What is our capacity for compassion? Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho will discuss themes of buddha-nature and human flourishing with renowned Buddhist monk and Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, Venerable Geshe Lhakdor.

What is our capacity for compassion? Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho will discuss themes of buddha-nature and human flourishing with renowned Buddhist monk and Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, Venerable Geshe Lhakdor.

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18 February 2021 · Book Launch
Dr. Christopher Jones & Dr. Li Zijie
Revisiting Buddha-nature in India and China

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Dr. Christopher Jones & Dr. Li Zijie: Revisiting Buddha-nature in India and China
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. Organizer: SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies

An online book launch event for Dr. Li Zijie and Dr. Chris Jones' books with presentations from the authors.


The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020.

Chris V. Jones is Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer at the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow of Selwyn College. His doctoral research, on tathāgatagarbha literature, was completed at the University of Oxford in 2015, and was subsequently awarded the Khyentse Foundation Award for a Dissertation in Buddhist Studies. His research focuses on aspects of primarily Mahāyāna Buddhist literature across Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan sources, and his first monograph, The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman, was published at the end of 2020.


The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries

Li Zijie 李 子捷 achieved a Ph.D. degree in East Asian Buddhism from Komazawa University in Tokyo under the guidance of Ishii Kōsei and Matsumoto Shirō. He was subsequently elected as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Humanities of Kyoto University, under the guidance of Funayama Tōru. He is now a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at SOAS University of London (Centre of Buddhist Studies), hosted by Lucia Dolce. His main research area is the history of East Asian Buddhist Thought between the 5th and 7th centuries. He is the author of Kukyō ichijō hōshōron to higashiajia bukkyō: Go—nana seiki no nyoraizō, shinnyo, shushō no kenkyū『究竟一乗宝性論』と東アジア仏教 ── 五—七世紀の如来蔵・真如・種姓説の研究 [The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries] (Tokyo: Kokusho kankōkai, 2020).

Organizer: SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies

An online book launch event for Dr. Li Zijie and Dr. Chris Jones' books with presentations from the authors.


The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020.

Chris V. Jones is Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer at the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow of Selwyn College. His doctoral research, on tathāgatagarbha literature, was completed at the University of Oxford in 2015, and was subsequently awarded the Khyentse Foundation Award for a Dissertation in Buddhist Studies. His research focuses on aspects of primarily Mahāyāna Buddhist literature across Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan sources, and his first monograph, The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman, was published at the end of 2020.


The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries

Li Zijie 李 子捷 achieved a Ph.D. degree in East Asian Buddhism from Komazawa University in Tokyo under the guidance of Ishii Kōsei and Matsumoto Shirō. He was subsequently elected as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Humanities of Kyoto University, under the guidance of Funayama Tōru. He is now a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at SOAS University of London (Centre of Buddhist Studies), hosted by Lucia Dolce. His main research area is the history of East Asian Buddhist Thought between the 5th and 7th centuries. He is the author of Kukyō ichijō hōshōron to higashiajia bukkyō: Go—nana seiki no nyoraizō, shinnyo, shushō no kenkyū『究竟一乗宝性論』と東アジア仏教 ── 五—七世紀の如来蔵・真如・種姓説の研究 [The Ratnagotravibhāga and East Asian Buddhism: A Study on the Tathāgatagarbha, Tathatā and Gotra between the 5th and 7th Centuries] (Tokyo: Kokusho kankōkai, 2020).

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28 November 2020 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Robert Thurman
Buddha-Nature as the Foundation of Freedom

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Robert Thurman: Buddha-Nature as the Foundation of Freedom
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. In this online interview, the second in a series titled "Conversations on Buddha-Nature," Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho discusses themes of freedom, spirituality, and buddha-nature with world-renowned Buddhist scholar, translator, writer, and activist Robert Thurman.

In this online interview, the second in a series titled "Conversations on Buddha-Nature," Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho discusses themes of freedom, spirituality, and buddha-nature with world-renowned Buddhist scholar, translator, writer, and activist Robert Thurman.

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3 November 2020
Khenpo Chöying Dorje
Buddha Nature: A study programme on the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra

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Khenpo Chöying Dorje: Buddha Nature: A study programme on the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra
Khenpo Chöying Dorje is teaching the text based on Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary on the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. For a review of the text and program, see Arne Schelling's YouTube video here or learn more about this program on the official website here: https://www.rigpa.de/zentren/dharma-mati-berlin/kalender-berlin/eventdetails/?cal-id=16363

Khenpo Chöying Dorje is teaching the text based on Jamgon Kongtrul's commentary on the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra.

For a review of the text and program, see Arne Schelling's YouTube video here or learn more about this program on the official website here: https://www.rigpa.de/zentren/dharma-mati-berlin/kalender-berlin/eventdetails/?cal-id=16363

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24 October 2020 · Conversations on Buddha-Nature
Matthieu Ricard
Buddha-Nature, Happiness and Altruism

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Matthieu Ricard: Buddha-Nature, Happiness and Altruism
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. In this online interview, the first of a series titled "Conversations on Buddha-Nature," Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho and Matthieu Ricard discuss the meaning of buddha-nature, Matthieu's first encounter with buddha-nature teachings, whether buddha-nature is a seed to be cultivated or something that must be revealed, and whether it is possible to enhance the qualities of buddha-nature without meditation and practice. In addition to these topics, Matthieu also answers questions from the attendees.

In this online interview, the first of a series titled "Conversations on Buddha-Nature," Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho and Matthieu Ricard discuss the meaning of buddha-nature, Matthieu's first encounter with buddha-nature teachings, whether buddha-nature is a seed to be cultivated or something that must be revealed, and whether it is possible to enhance the qualities of buddha-nature without meditation and practice. In addition to these topics, Matthieu also answers questions from the attendees.

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19 September 2020
Celebrating Buddha-Nature
Official Launch of the Buddha-Nature Website

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Celebrating Buddha-Nature: Official Launch of the Buddha-Nature Website
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. On September 19, 2020, the Tsadra Foundation celebrated Buddha-Nature teachings and officially launched an online educational resource. Karma Phuntsho hosted the event as the new Writer-In-Digital-Residence, and we learned more about Buddha-Nature teachings from His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Lama Shenpen Hookham, Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl, and Alex Gardner.

On September 19, 2020, the Tsadra Foundation celebrated Buddha-Nature teachings and officially launched an online educational resource. Karma Phuntsho hosted the event as the new Writer-In-Digital-Residence, and we learned more about Buddha-Nature teachings from His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Lama Shenpen Hookham, Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl, and Alex Gardner.

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July 2019 · Vienna Symposium
Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia
The Reception of an Influential Mahāyāna Doctrine in Central and East Asia

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Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia: The Reception of an Influential Mahāyāna Doctrine in Central and East Asia
Increased attention to the tathāgatagarbha doctrine in the last decade has lead to significant publications and meetings on the topic of buddha-nature and related themes. Scholars in Asia, Europe, and the Americas have published new translations and studies of the foundational scriptures and commentaries, and are examining the history and literature of the doctrine. In July 2019 Tsadra Foundation partnered with the University of Vienna to bring many of these scholars together for an international symposium titled Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia. The presentations are available here and the edited papers will be published in a collection of essays from Wisdom Publications. Over three days the symposium surveyed the differing forms of tathāgatagarbha doctrine that developed as its primary Indian scriptural sources were translated, transmitted, and interpreted by religious schools across Asia. Contemporary Buddhist teachers joined academics at the podium. Presentations ranged from the historical-philological analysis of the primary sources to issues of reconstruction and comparison in the target languages and cultures and included how tathāgatagarbha is taught in Buddhist communities today. Although primarily focused on the Indian and Himalayan material, the diversity in approaches and subject matter made for fruitful comparisons and discussions.

Increased attention to the tathāgatagarbha doctrine in the last decade has lead to significant publications and meetings on the topic of buddha-nature and related themes. Scholars in Asia, Europe, and the Americas have published new translations and studies of the foundational scriptures and commentaries, and are examining the history and literature of the doctrine. In July 2019 Tsadra Foundation partnered with the University of Vienna to bring many of these scholars together for an international symposium titled Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia. The presentations are available here and the edited papers will be published in a collection of essays from Wisdom Publications.

Over three days the symposium surveyed the differing forms of tathāgatagarbha doctrine that developed as its primary Indian scriptural sources were translated, transmitted, and interpreted by religious schools across Asia. Contemporary Buddhist teachers joined academics at the podium. Presentations ranged from the historical-philological analysis of the primary sources to issues of reconstruction and comparison in the target languages and cultures and included how tathāgatagarbha is taught in Buddhist communities today. Although primarily focused on the Indian and Himalayan material, the diversity in approaches and subject matter made for fruitful comparisons and discussions.

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20 November 2018
Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson
An Interview at the American Academy of Religion

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Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson: An Interview at the American Academy of Religion
Click here for videos, edited clips, and descriptions. In this interview during the AAR annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 2018, Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson discuss Critical Buddhism, buddha-nature, and Buddhism in Japan, as well as many other topics. Present during the interview are José Cabezón, Alexander Gardner, Marcus Perman, and other members of the Tsadra staff.

In this interview during the AAR annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 2018, Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson discuss Critical Buddhism, buddha-nature, and Buddhism in Japan, as well as many other topics. Present during the interview are José Cabezón, Alexander Gardner, Marcus Perman, and other members of the Tsadra staff.

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June 1 JL
Buddha-Nature Conference Kathmandu

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Buddha-Nature Conference Kathmandu:
In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation hosted a three-day symposium for monastic scholars of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The event was held at Shechen Monastery, in the Tibetan language. The event was broadcast live and the proceedings were recorded. More than twenty leading scholars met in person for three days from 8:30 am - 6:00 pm.

In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation hosted a three-day symposium for monastic scholars of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The event was held at Shechen Monastery, in the Tibetan language. The event was broadcast live and the proceedings were recorded. More than twenty leading scholars met in person for three days from 8:30 am - 6:00 pm.

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