Journey into the world of old Tibetan orthography and explore some of the oldest existing Tibetan writing through the eyes of two specialists who have worked on documents from Dunhuang and Tibet’s earliest historical record, focusing on a range of topics including early tantra and the early kings of Tibet.
Presenters approach the delicate process of translating Vajrayana commentaries and consider the importance of the combination of study and practice to support this kind of work. Lama Chonam speaks about receiving teachings on these commentaries in order to understand the deep meaning of terms. Jake Dalton brings light to the historical context as a way to approach the differences that might appear between commentaries of the same root text, and Elizabeth Callahan talks about the importance of using multiple commentaries to approach root texts so that multiple meanings emerge in the translation.
