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Taking over the Reins: Meet our new editor-in-chief, James Gentry
As a long-time translator with the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, James Gentry joined 84000’s editorial committee in 2015, and this year sees him formally taking over the reins from outgoing...
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Tom Tillemans in Conversation
After almost ten years of service, Tom Tillemans, 84000’s outgoing editor-in-chief, has formally handed over the reins to his successor, and pauses briefly to talk with us about his journey, ‘problems...
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Stories of 84000: Mike Engle
Deeply involved for a long time in the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, Mike Engle has become one of the key figures working behind the scenes in 84000. His interest in the texts and in their...
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From Reading the Torah to Translating the Sūtras
In a world of increasing interconnectedness, translating takes on ever more significance in promoting cross-cultural understanding. So how does one become a translator? Like all great stories, often...
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Gyurme Dorje 1950 – 2020
84000 Editorial Co-Director, John Canti (L) with dear friend and translator Gyurme Dorje (R) at the 2009 Translating the Words of the Buddha Conference in Bir, India. One of our most expert and...
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Stories from You: Hasta Colman
The best gift we could receive on our birthday are stories of how our work has helped you! Here, Hasta Colman reflects on the past decade, and how her own language-learning journey has mirrored 84000’s...
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Humbled by an Offering
This morning, our Founding Chair, received a letter from a 94-year old Bhutanese that touches us deeply. On this Saga Dawa Düchen, we send our heartfelt thanks to Aum Tshering Zam for her generosity,...
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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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Cultural Translation: Setting the Sūtras to Music
Harry Einhorn | Photo by Manbo Key In June, 84000 reached out to US-born, Taiwan-transplant Harry Einhorn for an original musical composition to accompany our recently published text, “The...
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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—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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