Khyentse Foundation Gives Special Grant to Root Text Project
The Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project has just received word that the Khyentse Foundation is giving $5,000 towards the completion of the Root Text Project, to compile and edit the advanced teachings given by the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, at the Vajradhatu Seminaries. These teachings are being edited by Acharya Judith Lief into three volumes that will be published by Shambhala Publications in 2012, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Parinirvana, or passing, of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The series will be entitled THE PROFOUND TREASURY OF THE OCEAN OF DHARMA.
The Legacy Project is just about to launch a year-end fundraising campaign to raise the $12,000 in editorial support still needed to complete this momentous project. Previously, we had anticipated needing $20,000, but this donation from the Foundation, along with a generous $2,500 gift from a private donor, has almost reduced the amount needed in half!
The Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to promoting the Buddha’s teachings for the benefit of all through an effective system of patronage. The Foundation brings visionary thinking to the preservation and expansion of Buddhist education and practice across all lineages and traditions.
Established in 2001 by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Khyentse Foundation and its many patrons have already funded a chair of Buddhist studies at UC Berkeley, pledged more than US$ 2 million to digitize the entire Tibetan Buddhist scriptural tradition, and established endowments to fund monastic colleges in India and Tibet and a worldwide scholarship program, while supporting numerous other groundbreaking initiatives.
Other current projects include an academic survey of Buddhist higher education systems throughout the world and the incubation of the Buddhist Literary Heritage Project, a 100-year effort to translate the vast teachings of the Buddha into modern languages.
The Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project is very grateful to the Khyentse Foundation for their support of the Root Text Project.
The Legacy Project is just about to launch a year-end fundraising campaign to raise the $12,000 in editorial support still needed to complete this momentous project. Previously, we had anticipated needing $20,000, but this donation from the Foundation, along with a generous $2,500 gift from a private donor, has almost reduced the amount needed in half!
The Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to promoting the Buddha’s teachings for the benefit of all through an effective system of patronage. The Foundation brings visionary thinking to the preservation and expansion of Buddhist education and practice across all lineages and traditions.
Established in 2001 by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Khyentse Foundation and its many patrons have already funded a chair of Buddhist studies at UC Berkeley, pledged more than US$ 2 million to digitize the entire Tibetan Buddhist scriptural tradition, and established endowments to fund monastic colleges in India and Tibet and a worldwide scholarship program, while supporting numerous other groundbreaking initiatives.
Other current projects include an academic survey of Buddhist higher education systems throughout the world and the incubation of the Buddhist Literary Heritage Project, a 100-year effort to translate the vast teachings of the Buddha into modern languages.
The Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project is very grateful to the Khyentse Foundation for their support of the Root Text Project.
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