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It’s movie time! A short film, Buddha Path Hostel, was shot at Deer Park Institute in 2020 and premiered in January 2021. The purpose of this film is to communicate Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche’s teachings on the Four Seals in Buddhism in a manner that is relatable to students and admirers of Buddhadharma, new and old. All participants are members of the Deer Park sangha and brought to the project varying abilities of film crew experience, from beginner to professiona...l. The funds for this film were donated by volunteers and other sangha members. Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/FRFKuZmEljk #Synopsis: Dissatisfied with the frustrations of urban life, Maya escapes to the Himalayas in the hope of finding peace of mind. Instead, she falls prey to an elaborate catfishing scam and endures heartbreak over the departure of a flighty lover. However, an irreverent monk guides Maya to discover the gems of wisdom hidden within her adversities. Will Maya choose to remain a victim of her circumstances, or will she let go of the conditions that led to her unhappiness?

January Focus | India, Where the Magic Still Lives (II) Community Health Work In August and September of 2021, a team headed by Siddhartha’s Intent India’s medical consultant volunteer, Dr. Sonali Vaid, travelled to Bodh Gaya, Bir, Chauntra, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Darjeeling, and Sikkim to strengthen community awareness and readiness in the face of Covid and to address other health challenges.... This community health effort was supported by SI India, Deer Park Institute, and Buddha Pda. The team conducted health awareness sessions and shared updated information on Covid-19 with communities to clear up any doubts and questions SI India would like to thank all the donors for their warm wishes and financial support, facilitated through the KF Indian Relief Fund, which makes this ongoing project possible in these difficult times. Read the full Focus: https://khyentsefoundation.org/focus-january-2022-part-2/ 1: Dr. Sonali Vaid leading a health awareness workshop in Kalimpong area in Aug 2021. 2: In Aug 2021, Dr. Sonali Vaid (third from left) met with Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Institute Health Center staff Sister Lhamo (center), accompanied by DKCLI head Khenpo Jamyang Chophel (third from right), Ven. Yosei Nyima (second from left), Secretary Tashi (first from right) and Deer Park Staff Prashant (first from left) and Diwan (second from right).

Buddha Pda Spotlight | Tulku Ngawang Tenzin Today we would like to introduce you to Tulku Ngawang Tenzin, the head of the Buddha Pda administrative team. Trained from a young age under his guru Kyabjé Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, and later studied at Dzongsar Institute in Bir, Tulku Ngawang was invited by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to join the Buddha Pda team in March 2021. Currently, he spends half of his time at Buddha Pda, and half at his mo...nastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, which is about three hour’s drive from Kalimpong. In addition to managing the centre and his monastery, Tulku Ngawang leads courses in Buddhism and meditation, and steers the 2021 Bhumisparsha Team’s initiative to plant 84000 trees. He was also featured in Rinpoche’s latest film, Looking For A Lady With Fangs And A Moustache! Head over to Buddha Pda and check out their upcoming programs! https://buddhapada.in 1: In November 2021, Tulku Ngawang led a course on Introduction to Buddhism, with a guided meditation. 2: On September 16, 2021, a Guru Rinpoche day, Tulku Ngawang and the Buddha Pda team planted 68 trees around the center compound.

January Focus | India, Where the Magic Still Lives - Returning Buddhism to Its Historic Place (Part I) In the first Focus of 2022, we are taking you on a tour to the two major dharma centers in India that Khyentse Foundation supports. The first one is Deer Park Institute, founded fifteen years ago in Bir as a school for lay people to study and explore Buddhism and other Indian wisdom traditions. The other one is Buddha Pda, the new collaborative center-space of Siddhartha's... Intent India located in Kalimpong. Have you been to Deer Park or Buddha Pda before? Please comment below - we would love to hear your stories! -- Read the full Focus on our website: https://khyentsefoundation.org/focus-january-2022/ : 1. Deer Park main temple under a magical double rainbow | 2. Overlooking the Teesta river valley from Buddha Pda

Repost from @asianlegacylibrary In one sense, our mission to preserve timeless wisdomand share it with everyone around the globeis something that takes place anywhere there’s an internet connection. Yet in another, deeply profound sense, it’s something that’s taking place here, at the National Library of Mongolia. Since 1921, the library has carried out the mandate of safeguarding Mongolia’s incredibly vast and unique written heritage. This collection consists of untold n...umbers of precious texts from all parts of Asia, many of which accumulated over the centuries under the rule of the largest empire in history, the Khans. Despite containing the Mongolian Tanjur, a collection of some 3,427 commentaries on Buddhist texts from Indian and Tibetan masters that was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2011, a large portion of the library is in need of cleaning, cataloguing, digitization, and physical safeguarding for future generations. Thanks to generous support from @khyentsefoundation, ALL has been performing this work since 2018, in collaboration with Buddhist Digital Resource Center @buddhist_archive and the Library’s brilliant team of historians and preservationists. So far, 5,297 volumes have been catalogued. 2,922 of these have been digitized and are accessible within our Inner Asian Collection, but there is still years’ worth of work to be done.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Khyentse Foundation would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support and dedication. It is because of you that we are able to do our best to uphold the dharma and to fulfill Rinpoche’s vision. We wish you a joyful and awakened 2022. May Arya Tara always be with us!

Re-Posted @touchingtheearth Bhumisparsha Virtual New Year Concert We would like to welcome you to our Bhumisparsha virtual concert on Friday the 31st of December 2021 at 8 pm, Indian Standard time for an evening of talented musicians from all over the world and also a message from a very special guest. We hope you will join us for this wonderful event so we can welcome in the new year by remembering and honoring the Buddha and touching the earth together. The virtual conce...rt will be streamed live on the Deer Park YouTube channel. See you there! - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31st December 2021 8 pm Indian Standard time Streaming live on the Deer Park YouTube Channel. https://youtube.com/c/deerparkindia

Are you ready? KF Scholarships Application Window Is Now Open Are you currently working toward a PhD in Buddhist Studies? Do you know anyone who wishes to study the dharma, practice the dharma on a retreat, or acquire practical skills that will help the sustainability of a dharma community? The application window is now open for Buddhist Study Scholarships, Individual Practice Grant, Work as Practice, and PHD scholarships. The deadline for application is January 15, 2022. P...lease share this post with anyone who will benefit from this information! Visit the KF website for more application details: https://khyentsefoundation.org/apply-for-support/

KF SPOTLIGHT | BUDDHA'S TEN LIVES We are pleased to share with you this article and accompanying images from the ten Jtakas Buddha’s ten lives by Professor Peter Skilling and Santi Pakdeekham. The article was recently published in the Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 109, Pt. 2, 2021. In this article, we describe two sets of wood panel paintings kept at Wat Ban Khong in Ratchaburi province. Dating from the Sixth Reign, the paintings are latter-day representatives of an... older genre that formerly was popular in central Siam. They stand at the cusp of tradition and modernity, of the provincial and the urban. A polychrome set depicts the first nine of the Ten Jtakas, while a gilt lacquer set is devoted to the tenth and last, Vessantara or the Great Birth. Our aim is to bring these paintings to the attention and appreciation of the interested public. Space does not permit us to go into social and art-historical details or to compare conception and technique to the Jtaka paintings of the region or the capital. We hope that this presentation of visual culture will lead specialists to give more attention to the local paintings of the period. Read the full article and view the wood panel paintings through the KF website: https://khyentsefoundation.org/ten-jatakas-at-wat-ban-khon/

JOIN OUR TEAM! Are you somebody who has a broad understanding of technology applications in a non-profit setting? Do you know anyone who is experienced in cross-department technology planning and implementation? Khyentse Foundation is currently seeking to fill the position of Technology Director. Please feel free to share this post with anyone who might be interested! Read more about the opportunity: https://khyentsefoundation.org/pdf/KF_TechnologyDirector.pdf

Bay Area friends, don't miss the International Buddhist Film Festival. Get your tickets now! More info: https://www.buddhistfilmfoundation.org//international-bud/

From The Peace Vase Project : : Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's recent message for the Peace Vase Project Regions that require the most attention are Africa and the Middle East.... To connect: : www.peacevaseproject.org : [email protected] May Peace Prevail!

Tang Center for Silk Road Studies, UC Berkeley | Gandhran Studies: A Survey #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #Date: Thursday - Saturday, December 2-4, 2021... The workshop will discuss the history, current state and future of Gandharan studies and highlight recent research on the material and visual culture of the region. The workshop will have a mixed format with in-person (December 2-3) and zoom presentations (December 4). For more event details and to register for the Zoom Webinar on December 4: https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/tcsrs/

University of British Columbia | Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #OnlineLectures... Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse, inclusive, and intersectional communities that lie at the heart of American Buddhism. Chenxing Han's book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the erasure of Asian American Buddhists while uplifting the complexity and nuance of their authentic stories and vital, thriving communities. Drawn from in-depth interviews with a pan-ethnic, pan-Buddhist group, Be the Refuge is the first book to center young Asian American Buddhists’ own voices. DATE: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 TIME: 7:00 PM PDT REGISTER: http://ow.ly/SmMM50E0S4u

The Supreme Samadhi Online Teaching by Khenpo Choying Dorje Since February 22nd, the Kumarajive Project, a Khyentse Foundation initiative, has been inviting Khenpo Choying Dorje to host online teachings on the Supreme Samadhi, a sutra the Kumarajiva Project is currently working on translating into Chinese. Join us online for the coming session:... Sunday, April 18th, 11pm to 1am (PDT) Khenpo will be teaching in Tibetan, and there will be Chinese translation. To register, please email [email protected]

Department of Pali, Savitribai Phule Pune University-University of Pune | An International Workshop on the ‘Compound section of the Kaikvtti and Cndravtti’ under the Khyentse Foundation Visiting Professorship Program #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #OnlineLectures... Dates: Starting from April 20th on every Monday and Saturday from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm IST until June 14th, 2021 Kikvtti composed by Jayditya and Vmana is a commentary on Pini’s Adhyi. The pdas 1 & 2 of the second adhyya of the Adhayi deal with compounds. The same topic has been dealt with by Candragomin in the second pda of the second adhyya of his abdalakana, which is popularly known as Cndravykaraa. Professor Saroja Bhate, a renowned Sanskrit grammarian of international repute and the Khyentse Foundation Visiting Professor, will be conducting the workshop. To register, please email to [email protected] by Apr 17th. Registration fee is INR 3000 for non-SPPU students.

University of California, Berkeley | Where Was Wine Drunk in Gandhara? New Insights into Reveling Scenes in the light of a Stylistic Analysis #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #OnlineLectures... Date: Friday, April 16th, 12pm (PST) Jessie Pons, Ruhr Universität Bochum This presentation will outline some of the results of research on the identification and characterization of Gandharan sculptural styles and highlight how a traditional stylistic analysis can contribute to broader questions about Gandharan art, from the provenance of the artefacts to the signification of the scenes they represent. As a preamble, it will present the methodological approach underlying the stylistic study and sketch a map of the sculptural languages circumscribed across Gandhara. It will subsequently examine a case-studythe depiction of reveling scenesand illustrate how an emphasis on patterns of geographic distribution may add to the discussion on phenomena of cultural and religious interaction in the region. It will further show how attention to formal and iconographic variations canperhaps predictablyinform us on the provenance of pieces found outside of archaeological contexts and thereby invite to reflect on the methodological frameworks within which we approach these variations. Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us//regist/WN_MSv6zO4hSX-g7YemN3-E2A

Rinpoche on Modernity | Words of Wisdom Series 4 Modernity, of course, is just another way of saying that all compounded things are impermanent. This needs to be practiced. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche In this issue, Rinpoche talks about how to teach, practice, and communicate the dharma in this era of technology and new media. How can we use language and imagery that resonate with all kinds of people, especially the younger generations?... Read the full article: https://khyentsefoundation.org/rinpoche-on-modernity-words/ Photo: Pawo Choyning Dorji

News from Shambhala Publications I am deeply honoured and grateful for the opportunity to remark on the writings of the eminent teachers of Larung Gar, especially the heart sons of the great and formidable Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. My observations of both Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro and Khenpo Sodargye over the years have turned gradually to admiration and then to real veneration. Their ‘walk the talk’ approach to the dharma they teach gives great hope to all foll...owers of the Buddhadharma. And so, I want to express my joy that having their words now in printed form will provide at least a glimpse of the unfathomable and infinite activity of these great teachers from Larung Gar. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Happy Publication Day to Voices from Larung Gar edited by Holly Gayley! This collection of talks and writings offers profound wisdom from one of the largest and most dynamic Buddhist communities in the world. The topics in this book range from explanations of Mahayana and Vajrayana views and practices to animal ethics (including vegetarianism and life release), a scientific case for rebirth, the central role of women, and much more. Hear from some of the most important teachers of our time, the women and men of Larung Gar. Contributors include Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, Khenpo Sodargye, Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro, and the extraordinary women behind the Arya Tare publication program. Learn more about Voices from Larung Gar: https://www.shambhala.com/voices-from-larung-gar.html

University of California, Berkeley | The last PlaSena paita, Gautamarbhadra, at the ends of the Buddhist earth #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #OnlineLectures... Thursday, April 8, 2021, 5pm PST Iain Sinclair, Nan Tien Institute/The University of Queensland Gautamar, also known as Gautamarbhadra, was a young member of the cohort that fled the destruction of the last teaching monasteries on the Indian subcontinent. In Nepal he took up residence in Guita, an ancient monastic compound. A medieval avadna relating to this monastery was most likely written by Gautamar there. Gautamar also conferred with his fellow exiles in Nepal, such as Vibhticandra, and transmitted dozens of texts and practices to visiting Tibetans. They include works pertaining to the Klacakra and Vajrval/Kriysamuccaya tantric systems. Gautamar visited Sa skya and his name reached as far as Beijing. However, Gautamar was not like the many other thirteenth-century Indian Buddhists whose religion lived on only in the translations of the Tibetan canon. After avoiding disasters in the Himalayas and fundamentalization in mainland Southeast Asia, Gautamar sailed to the ends of the Buddhist earth, reaching the islands of the Malay Archipelago. There, distinctive aspects of his expertise flourished: a revival of the Malay eight-armed bodhisattva Amoghapa, and a new cult of the ravenous deity Vajramahkla. Gautamar can also be linked to a paita who is said in the Sejarah Melayu to have co-founded a new dynasty in Sumatra. This lecture presents a range of previously unpublished findings on precolonial transnational networks, late Buddhism, Sanskrit literature and epigraphy, and the Indo-Malay kings. Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us//regist/WN_CwztZmPSQ0awk1AJuCH3sA

When we talk about the recollection of the Noble Three Jewels, fundamentally what’s happening is awareness of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Actually, it’s really as simple as that. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche If you would like to receive regular updates from the Triratna Sadhana team, you are welcome to join our mailing list: http://ow.ly/nkVP30rD6GI We are gathering online:... Every Friday at 7:00 pm India time IST (6:30 am Los Angeles, 2:30 pm London) Every Sunday at 8:30am India time IST (8:00 pm Saturday, Los Angeles; 2:00 pm Sunday, Sydney) Join the Sadhana here: https://triratnasadhana.org/sadhana/

#10Years! Khyentse Foundation is excited to share with you the Ten Year Report from our sister organization 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Visit: 84000.co/reports

Rinpoche on Resilience | Words of Wisdom Series 3 We need to learn to be resilient. Fortunately, there are ways to develop resilience when we get hurteven when we collapse and are totally broken. We see it in nature. There are bugs that when you squish them look almost dead, but somehow, they move and actually become strong and then fly away. Or if you cut and badly damage a tree, it is so resilient that it grows again even better than before. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse R...inpoche Read the full article: https://khyentsefoundation.org/rinpoche-on-resilience-word/ Photo: Tea under a tree. Rinpoche in Taiwan, Jan 2021. By Pawo

Blue Lion Preschool Open House 27 March, 2021, Saturday 9am-12pm COME AND SEE our take on contemplative education, set within a bilingual, immersive learning environment with an emphasis on Asian values and multicultural diversity. ... Explore our upcycled playground, feed worms, make natural pigments, listen to the singing bowl, and more - all in the here and now. In Blue Lion Preschool, our little warriors learn that possibilities are endless and that it is their responsibility to love the Earth and the community. Get in touch with us to find out more! Contact us +65-6242-2781 [email protected] Visit us: bluelionpreschool.org Follow us: IG: bluelionpreschool

How is everyone doing so far in the Year of the Iron Ox? Thanks to our amazing volunteers, the 2021 auspicious calendar is now also available in Turkish! You can download it here: https://khyentsefoundation.org//2021_SI_KF_calendar_A3_tur To download the calendar in 27 different languages: https://khyentsefoundation.org/2021-si-and-kf-auspicious-d/

University of British Columbia | The Mid-Century Modern: Jdo Shinsh and the Making of American Buddhism #NewsfromKhyentseFoundationAcademicNetworks #OnlineLectures... "Jdo Shinsh Young Buddhist Associations before, during, and long after the illegal war-time incarceration of Japanese Americans actively promoted Buddhism as part of their contribution to American culture. Despite practicing American Buddhism for fifty years before Kerouac’s Dharma Bums, it is the Beat poets and D.T. Suzuki who are regularly credited with popularizing Buddhism in the United States. In this presentation, I explore how the narrative of American Buddhist history is altered when we center the invisiblized labor of marginalized persons who made possible the conditions for Buddhism’s dissemination and popularization in the later half of the twentieth century." - Dr. Scott Mitchell DATE: Monday, March 22, 2021 TIME: 6:00 PM PST REGISTRATION: https://ubc.zoom.us///u5woduioqTktE9196b-LfkVNJvdFO9xV2aOl