Jonang Takten Monastery 3D

We have released the initial stage of our 3D map of the Jonang Takten Monastery campus in central Tibet. For an introduction to this project, see the post on Jonangpa.com. As this project develops, we’ll be adding further details about this site including images from inside the monastery such as its famous wall murals, a catalog of texts printed in the printery, and descriptions based on Taranatha’s own writings. New features will allow viewers to virtually navigate Takten Monastery.

View the Takten Monastery Interactive Map.

Tibetan Literary Genres & Subjects

With our recent launch of the revised library, we are stressing the distinction between Genres (རྩོམ་རིགས།) and Subjects (བརྗོད་བྱ།), and inherent tensions that lie therein. This distinction is a result of our methodology for classification, based on our practices of categorizing texts according to their topics over the past several years. It is part of a more rigorous assessment of the structure and organization of Tibetan literature as a whole within our digital holdings.

Read the full post …

Buddhist Language & Poetics

Join us Wednesday nights this spring on campus in the village to read poetic selections from Tibetan verses. I’d like to spend some time discussing Tibetan poetic theory & sense. We’ll read a variety of materials from poets such as Saraha, Milarepa, Shabkar, and modern selections.

Course starts January 25th. Registration is open through Continuing Education at The New School; see, Tibetan at The New School for more information …

Download the course flyer, tibetanpoetics.

JF Pilgrimage 2013: Mount Kailash

 

After an incredibly heartfelt pilgrimage this summer through central Tibet with 19 pilgrims, we are happy to announce that our biannual pilgrimage to power places in Tibet will resume in 2013. Different from our previous pilgrimages, the 2013 expedition will have Tibet’s most sacred mountain, Mount Kailash, as the apex of the journey.

Meditation sessions, pilgrimage rituals, and discussions on Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan culture with Tulku Kunga Zangpo Rinpoche and myself will be integral to the journey.

As with all our projects, proceeds generated are contributed to the educational and cultural preservation projects that we at Jonang Foundation spearhead in Tibet.

Dates will be announced later in the year.

Stay tuned to the JF main site for details …

Buddhadharma Book Briefs: Winter 2011

by Michael Sheehy

The Teachings of Master Wuzhu (Columbia 2011)
The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama (Lexington 2011)
Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic (Columbia 2011)
The Bodhisattva’s Brain (MIT 2011)
Mahamudra and Related Instructions (Wisdom 2011)
Zen Questions (Wisdom 2011)
The Buddha and His Dhamma (Oxford 2011)
Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind (Snow Lion 2011)
Principles of Buddhist Tantra (Wisdom 2011)