David Germano – Tsadra Conferences https://conference.tsadra.org Buddhist Conferences Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:37:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 Translating the Languages of Contemplative Experience: rdzogs chen dang phyag rgya chen po https://conference.tsadra.org/session/translating-the-languages-of-contemplative-experience-rdzogs-chen-dang-phyag-rgya-chen-po/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:00:33 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14979 In this panel, we draw on our respective explorations of translating Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) and Mahamudra (phyag rgya chen po) texts. Our hope is that you will come away from this session with an enriched tool-kit for your own work. The central thesis we will explore is that because these texts rise from and speak to experience in multiple ways, effective translation must be sensitive to experience on multiple registers. In particular, we look at the challenges of translation from three different experiential perspectives:

  1. Using the rhythms of speech to find grammar and wordings through which an English translation evokes experiences similar to those evoked by the original Tibetan.
  2. Paying attention to the experiences elicited by a translation and what to do with that information.
  3. Exploring the diverse contexts of contemplative practices against the background of their lived worlds to better translate the forms of life of contemplative practices and experiences.
]]> Transmission: Authenticity and Transformation https://conference.tsadra.org/session/transmission/ Sat, 17 Mar 2018 03:09:13 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14964 As curators of context, translators create and manage the ongoing, multifaceted process of transmission through their work. Panelists explore this process from varied angles. Ringu Tulku articulates the view of transmission from the Tibetan tradition speaking about empowerment, transmission, and instruction while David Germano highlights the importance of the perpetual responsibility of translators when considering both temporal and atemporal spaces. Relationship and interconnection feature prominently in Anne Klein’s talk and John Canti focuses on the translator as the creator of context so that transmission is properly received.

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