https://conference.tsadra.org Buddhist Conferences Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:36:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 https://conference.tsadra.org/session/translating-and-teaching-buddhism-in-the-modern-world/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:47:10 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14943 This special session follows from ongoing discussions among teachers and translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the west who are concerned with issues of transmission, teaching, and translating. This session will be a chance to explore some of these important questions with people from various organizations from around the world that have thought deeply about transmission and translation: What are the issues in teaching Tibetan Buddhism in the modern world? How do we balance integrity of tradition with the modern context? How does the availability of translations inform the process of transmission? When is it appropriate to use modern or secularized language to express Buddhist ideas? What kinds of priorities do we have for creating materials for teaching and learning about Tibetan Buddhism?

]]> https://conference.tsadra.org/session/translating-canonical-materials-sutra/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:12:30 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14957 Leading members of the 84000 Project John Canti, Andreas Doctor, and Tom Tillemans speak about the scope of the project and issues that arise when translating canonical materials: multiple source texts, working from translations to make an English version, the difficulty of interpreting the intended literary style of the source materials, and the importance of the 84000 Project to the transmission of the dharma to the West.

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