The Event Library
Welcome to the Event Library where you will find recordings of workshops, speeches, meetings, and other events related to the translation and transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the contemporary sphere. Use the filters to search for speakers, events, topics, or session types. All video, audio, and other material here is provided for free by Tsadra Foundation.

Literary & Liturgical Representations of Women & the Feminine
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: Anne Klein, Khamo Kyit, Padma ‘Tsho
Topics: Buddhist Women’s Biographies, Contemporary Tibetan Literature, Dakinis, Delog Literature, Gender, Larung Gar, Sadhana practice, Tibetan Buddhist Nuns, Tibetan female writers, Women in Tibetan Literature, Yeshe Tsogyal

Power Dynamics in Fe/male Literary Dialogues
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: Holly Gayley, Jue Liang, Sherab Wangmo
Topics: Abuse/Violence, Contemporary Tibetan Literature, Dakinis, Gender dynamics/discrimination, Gender tropes in Tibetan literature, Women in Tibetan Literature

Women’s Voices in Tibetan Texts
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Kelsang Lhamo, Sarah Harding
Topics: Gender dynamics/discrimination, Machik Labdron, Niguma, Nuns’ ordination, Sukhasiddhi, Tibetan Buddhist Nuns, Tibetan Translation, Women in Tibetan History, Women in Tibetan Literature, Yeshe Tsogyal

Feminist Translation and Translation Studies: in Flux toward the Transnational
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Keynote LectureSpeakers: Luise von Flotow
Topics: Feminism, Feminist Translation, Gender dynamics/discrimination, Politics of Translation, Therigatha, Translation, Translation Studies

Reflections on Translating Women’s Lives and Teachings in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Discussion SessionSpeakers: Ani Tenzin Choyang, Choela Tenzin Dadon, Damchö Diana Finnegan, Janet Gyatso, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Sarah Jacoby
Topics: Buddhist Women’s Biographies, Coded Language, Feminism, Gender dynamics/discrimination, Machik Labdron, Nuns’ ordination, Tibetan Buddhist Nuns, Translation Studies, Women in Tibetan Literature

Literary Perspectives from Tibetan and Himalayan Women Writers
Event: 2022 Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Plenary SessionSpeakers: Françoise Robin, Kelsang Lhamo, Kunzang Choden, Nyima Tso, Tashi Dekyid Monet, Tsering Yangzom Lama
Topics: Contemporary Tibetan Literature, Tibetan Identity and Culture, Tibetan female writers

Welcome Speech of the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium
Event: Vienna Symposium 2019 – Evening EventSpeakers: Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Topics: Buddha Nature, Welcome

Tathāgatagarbha: A Brief History
Event: Vienna Symposium 2019 – Keynote LectureSpeakers: Donald Lopez Jr.
Topics: Buddha Nature, History

Buddha Nature as Seen by Early Bka’ brgyud Masters
Event: Vienna Symposium 2019 – Paper PresentationSpeakers: Martina Draszczyk
Topics: Buddha Nature, Gampopa, Kagyu Masters

Speakers: David Higgins
Topics: Buddha Nature, Selfhood

Revisiting Gorampa on Buddha Nature
Event: Vienna Symposium 2019 – Paper PresentationSpeakers: Khenpo Ngawang Jorden
Topics: Buddha Nature, Gorampa

Speakers: Seiji Kumagai
Topics: Buddha Nature, Hongaku, Japanese Pure Land Buddhism, Shinran

Speakers: Janet Gyatso, Kurtis Schaeffer
Topics: Poetry, Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Uncontrived Elegance in Tibetan Songs
Event: Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: John Canti, Sarah Harding
Topics: Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Lara Braitstein, Sarah Jacoby
Topics:

An Act of Bardo: Translating Tibetan Poetry
Event: Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Keynote LectureSpeakers: Lama Jabb
Topics: Poetry, Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Andrew Quintmen, Anne Klein, Heidi Nevin, Holly Gayley, Lara Braitstein
Topics: Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Collections of Songs (mgur ‘bum)
Event: Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: Andrew Quintmen, Kurtis Schaeffer
Topics: Poetry, Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Gender in Translating Devotional Verse
Event: Lotsawa Translation Workshop – Breakout SessionSpeakers: Jue Liang, Natasha Mickles
Topics: Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Dominique Townsend, Lucas Carmichael
Topics: Tibetan Language, Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Annabella Pitkin, Nancy Lin
Topics: Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Jann Ronis, Stephen Gethin
Topics: Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Alexander Gardner, Ben Nourse
Topics: Translation, Transmission

Conference 2017 Welcome Speeches
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Opening RemarksSpeakers: Chuck Lief, Eric Colombel, Valerio Ferme
Topics: Intention, Translation, Transmission

What Authority Can a Translation Claim?
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Keynote LectureSpeakers: Susan Bassnett
Topics: History, Translation, Translation Studies, Translation Theory

Speakers: Anne Klein, Heidi Nevin, Karl Brunnholzl, Wulstan Fletcher
Topics: Intention, Translation, Translator

Translation Theories Made Practical
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Discussion SessionSpeakers: Holly Gayley, Roger Jackson
Topics: Practical Translation, Translation, Translation Theory

Translation: Fidelity vs Innovation
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Discussion SessionSpeakers: Andrew Quintmen, Dan Hirshberg
Topics: Fidelity, Innovation, Translation

Approaches to Translation & Transmission
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Plenary SessionSpeakers: David Bellos, Jonathan Gold, Luis Gomez, Susan Bassnett
Topics: Innovation, Translation, Transmission

Speakers: Elizabeth Napper, Janet Gyatso, Kurtis Schaeffer, Thupten Jinpa
Topics: Poetry, Translation, Translation Theory

Speakers: Andrew Quintmen, Gendun Rabsel, Kurtis Schaeffer, Nicole Willock
Topics: Poetry, Sanskrit Language, Translation Theory

Working with Old Tibetan Sources
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Translator's Craft SessionSpeakers: Brandon Dotson, Jacob Dalton
Topics: Dunhuang Texts, Old Sources, Translation

Approaches to Transmission in the West: A Discussion with Contemporary Shedra Students
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Translator's Craft SessionSpeakers: Gerd Klintschar, Katrin Querl, Matt Weiss, Robert Miller (Lozang Zopa), Simon Houlton
Topics: Innovation, New Voices, Priorities, Shedra Students, Technology, Transmission

Speakers: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Ringu Tulku, Sarah Harding, Yeshe Gyamtso
Topics: Love, Translation, Transmission

Special Address: The 2017 Shantarakshita Award
Event: TT Conference 2017 – AwardSpeakers: Eric Colombel, Gavin Kilty, Marcus Perman
Topics: Awards

Large Scale Projects: Multi-Volume, Multi-Source Language, Collaborative Projects
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Discussion SessionSpeakers: James Gentry, John Canti, Robert Thurman, Tom Yarnall
Topics: Collaboration, Large Projects, Multi-source Language, Multi-volume Translation, Translation, Working Together

Conference 2017 Closing Session
Event: TT Conference 2017 – Closing SessionSpeakers: Anne Klein
Topics: Inspiration, Love, Translation, Transmission, Working Together

Conference 2014 Welcome Reception and Speeches
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Opening RemarksSpeakers: Eric Colombel
Topics: Welcome

Conference 2014 Opening Remarks
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Opening RemarksSpeakers: Anthony Chapman
Topics: Inspiration, Intention, Welcome

Speakers: David Bellos
Topics: Accuracy, Translation, Translation Theory, Translator

Translation: Theory and Praxis
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Plenary SessionSpeakers: Roger Jackson, Sarah Harding, Thupten Jinpa
Topics: Translation

Translating Philosophical Materials A
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Dorji Wangchuk, Sara McClintock, Thomas Doctor
Topics: Philosophical Materials, Translation

Translating Spiritual Instructions
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Peter Alan Roberts, Sangye Khandro, Sarah Harding
Topics: Spiritual Instructions, Translation

Translating Canonical Materials: Sutra
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Andreas Doctor, John Canti, Tom Tillemans
Topics: Canonical Works, Translation

Evening Event with Robert Thurman
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Evening EventSpeakers: Robert Thurman
Topics: Intention, Personal Account, Translation

Questions about Transmission and Translation
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Keynote LectureSpeakers: Janet Gyatso
Topics: Transmission

Transmission: Authenticity and Transformation
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Plenary SessionSpeakers: Anne Klein, David Germano, John Canti, Ringu Tulku
Topics: Transmission

Translating Canonical Materials: Tantra
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Christian Wedemeyer, David Gray, Tom Yarnall
Topics: Canonical Works, Translation

Translating Poetic and Inspirational Materials
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Andrew Quintmen, Holly Gayley, Wulstan Fletcher
Topics: Inspiration, Poetry, Translation

Translating Philosophical Materials B
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Douglas Duckworth, John Dunne, Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Topics: Philosophical Materials, Translation

Translating Sadhanas and Rituals
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Anne Klein, Larry Mermelstein, Stephen Gethin
Topics: Liturgies, Translation

Translating Abhidharma Materials
Event: TT Conference 2014 – WorkshopSpeakers: Art Engle, Gyurme Dorje, Ian Coghlan
Topics: Abhidharma Materials, Translation

Evening Event with Jeffrey Hopkins
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Evening EventSpeakers: Jeffrey Hopkins
Topics: Personal Account

Speakers: Donald Lopez Jr., Jules Levinson, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Wulstan Fletcher
Topics: Translation, Transmission

Interview with Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Special GuestSpeakers: Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Wulstan Fletcher
Topics: Editing, Intention, Personal Account, Preservation, Translation, Transmission

Conference 2014 Closing Session
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Closing SessionSpeakers: Thupten Jinpa
Topics: Intention, Translation, Transmission