The Great Translator, Kumarajiva Though the Buddhist scriptures are great treasures, it cannot be benefited to the people in China if they are not translated in Chinese. Moreover, if they were translated in deviation to the Buddha’s true teaching, the adverse effect to the learners and practictioners was detrimental. Thus, […]
Buddhist Leaders and Scholars
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10 Inspirational Quotes by Thubten Chodron Thubten Chodron, born Cheryl Greene, is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, and teacher. As the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States, Chodron plays an instrumental role in the reinstatement of the Bhikshuni ordination of […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Pema Chodron Pema Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She became the first American in the Vajrayana tradition to become a fully ordained nun or bhikṣuṇī. Chodron was appointed by Trungpa to be director […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje was born in Tibet in 1983. He was the first son of the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche, a great Nyingma Lama, and Dechen Wangmo, the daughter of a noble family descending from King Gesar of Ling. At the age of one […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Sharon Salzberg For Sharon Salzberg, the Four Noble Truths is not a sacred dogma but a lived experience. Born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1952, her parents divorced when she was just four years old. Her father, whom she adored, abandoned shortly […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Mingyur Rinpoche Mingyur Rinpoche was born in Nepal in 1975. His father is Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who taught him meditation, Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions. His mother is Sönam Chödrön, a descendant of the two Tibetan kings Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen. He is the youngest of […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Ogyen Trinley Dorje Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is the 17th in the line of Karmapa (Karma Kagyu school) incarnations in Tibetan Buddhism. He was identified as the 17th Karmapa base on the secret prediction letter written by the 16th Karmapa before he died. This letter contained details […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Tara Brach Tara Brach is an American psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher. She teaches Vipassana meditation in Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW), Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, the Kripalu Center, and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph […]
The Great Translator, Hsuan-tsang Hsuan-tsang (599-664 A.D.) [玄奘] As a translator, Hsuan-tsang who was regarded as second only to Kumarajiva, had great influence on later Buddhist thought and development. He translated more scriptures than any of the other translators. Unlike many other great translators, Hsuan-tsang was a local Chinese. He was […]
Translators in Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty Here are the famous translators during Sui Dynasty [隋朝] (581-618 A.D.) and Tang Dynasty [唐朝] (618-907 A.D.) Jnanayasas [闍那耶舍/尊稱] from Magadha in North India to China at the end of the Period of Disunity, but recognised by the new Emperor Sui Wen-ti [隋文帝] Teacher of Yasogupta and Jnanagupta translated […]
