Conference 2017 Welcome Speeches

Marcus Perman2022-11-16T23:34:08-07:00

The opening ceremony of the 2017 Translation and Transmission Conference was introduced with speeches from Eric Colombel (President and Founder of the Tsadra Foundation), Chuck Lief (President of the Naropa University), and Valerio Ferme (Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities of the University of Colorado). The conference was held at the University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, and attended by more than 250 translators, scholars, and practitioners representing over forty-five translation groups and sanghas and thirty-five universities around the world.

Conference 2017 Welcome SpeechesMarcus Perman2022-11-16T23:34:08-07:00

The Translator’s Intention: Motivation, Intended Impact, and Why They Matter

Marcus Perman2022-11-16T23:34:11-07:00

This open discussion session focused on the themes of intention and motivation. Thomas Doctor and Eric Colombel facilitated the exploration of many topics the audience brought, including questions such as: What are the assumptions and expectations about reading audience? As a translator, do you feel the need to be clear and transparent about our background, perspectives, influences, and agenda? If so, how do you address that? What are we trying to reach in the readers? Cognitive understanding? Inspiration? Aesthetic enrichment? Somatic responses? Visionary opening? How do you assess the success of a translation?

The Translator’s Intention: Motivation, Intended Impact, and Why They MatterMarcus Perman2022-11-16T23:34:11-07:00

Special Address: The 2017 Shantarakshita Award

Marcus Perman2022-10-30T21:58:31-06:00

The inaugural Shantarakshita Award was presented by Eric Colombel and Marcus Perman of Tsadra Foundation and received by Bryan Cuevas (3rd) for The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat (Penguin Random House, 2015), Wulstan Fletcher and Helena Blankeleder (2nd) for Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two (Shambhala Publications, 2013), and Gavin Kilty (1st) for A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages (Library of Tibetan Classics, Wisdom Publications, 2013). As the first place winner of the inaugural award, Gavin Kilty addressed the assembly with heartfelt words of thanks to his teachers, employers, and editors (Thupten Jinpa and David Kittelstrom) and shared a bit about […]

Special Address: The 2017 Shantarakshita AwardMarcus Perman2022-10-30T21:58:31-06:00

Conference 2014 Welcome Reception and Speeches

Marcus Perman2022-11-16T23:36:57-07:00

Nearly three-hundred translators, teachers, students and scholars from all over the globe gathered for the initial welcome banquet and the official opening of the first Translation & Transmission Conference at the beautiful Keystone Conference Center in the mountains of Colorado. Eric Colombel of Tsadra Foundation welcomed everyone with a heartfelt speech about his personal journey from young Parisian student unable to find resources for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism to founding a nonprofit to develop those resources and share them with the world.

Conference 2014 Welcome Reception and SpeechesMarcus Perman2022-11-16T23:36:57-07:00