1:00 pm – Tsadra Conferences https://conference.tsadra.org Buddhist Conferences Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:51:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 Special Address: The 2017 Shantarakshita Award https://conference.tsadra.org/session/special-address-2017-shantarakshita-award/ Sat, 07 Apr 2018 03:32:24 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14969 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 his his love of translation and of the great masters who influenced him.

The Shantarakshita Award

]]> Conference 2014 Closing Session https://conference.tsadra.org/session/conference-2014-closing-session/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 06:50:51 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14933 Thupten Jinpa closes the 2014 Translation & Transmission Conference with a summary of important themes emerging from the four days of thoughtful interaction. Broadly, these include translation, transmission, and the combination of the two, and most significantly, the developing sense of community among those working diligently to present Tibetan Buddhism to the West.

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