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The Suffering of Change in Today’s World

Deborah Dorjee was born and lives in London. She started her working life as a dancer, went on to run a hair salon in Islington, and then qualified as a therapist via a postgraduate diploma in...

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A Tribute to Steven Goodman, 1945 – 2020

All of us at 84000 were very sad to learn that our dear friend and colleague Steven Goodman, one of the founding members of 84000’s Working Committee, died in the afternoon of Monday, 3 August, at the...

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Bittersweet: Cangioli Che Announces her Departure from 84000

It feels somewhat bittersweet to share the news that after eleven years helping to incubate, develop, and advise 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, Cangioli Che is stepping down from the 84000...

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Readers from the Himalayas Share their Favorite 84000 Features

Earlier this year, we shared some Reading Room Tips with our social media followers to make it easier for everyone to familiarize themselves with all the interactive features that come with opening an...

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Ivy Ang on her “heart project”

As we mark the anniversary of the Bir Conference 2009 that gave birth to our growing initiative, we sit down with Ivy Ang, who—appointed by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to facilitate those historic five...

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The People Driving Progress: Our Editorial Team

Imagine if your to-do list had 4,500 items on it. Ours does. 84000’s vision is the translation of the Kangyur and Tengyur into modern languages, and their free availability for all. We award grants to...

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Dr. Fumi Yao on Translating the Vinaya

During the auspicious lunar month of Saga Dawa, 84000 published “The Chapter on Medicines,” which, at nearly 800 pages long, is the sixth chapter of the Vinayavastu, “The Chapters on Monastic...

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Film Director Queena Li Speaks with 84000

Film director Queena Li—creator of our tenth anniversary #SaveWisdomNow video—has just seen her debut feature premiere to widespread acclaim. Bipolar (2021) is a continually surprising, stylistically...

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The Developer of the 84000 Mobile App on his Offering of Wisdom to the World

Two years ago, Sun Fang (Brian Sun) approached us with an offer to develop an 84000 app from scratch. How to provide our readers and our community with easier and more intuitive ways to access the...

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Designing for Wisdom | Behind our 2021 Edition of The Hundred Deeds

This past Saga Dawa, we enlisted the pro-bono help of Li Yijing (李一静) to design the layout of a special edition publication of one of our favorite sūtras, The Hundred Deeds. As an expression of the...

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