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One of the most interesting genres of Tibetan Buddhist literature is the lamyig text, the travel guide, or more appropriately the pilgrimage guide (a subset of lamyig, called the neyig). These travel and pilgrimage guides are not only the most accessible and useful of texts to a wide variety of readers, but they contain history, geography, biography, philosophy, religion, art and anthropology, and more.

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Much like Gene Smith, Jann preferred to work on the ground, preserving the texts and making direct contributions to the field of Buddhism that will be felt for generations.

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We are delighted to announce that BDRC Senior Librarian Kelsang Lhamo has published "The White Lotus Biography of Jamyang Gene Smith," her long-awaited Tibetan language biography of our founder Gene Smith.

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On Tuesday, Jan 17th, BDRC launched our first-ever public event series with a book talk by Charles Manson about Buddhist master Karma Pakshi, advisor to the Mongol Khans and the founder of the Karmapa lineage.

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BDRC is pleased to announce that we have successfully added Tibetan Collation Rules to the CLDR. This step will bring Tibetan closer to being fully supported on websites and smartphones, and will improve the digital experience of Tibetans worldwide. This effort is part of BDRC's practice of contributing back to the Buddhist communities in Asia who produced the precious texts we bring online. This post will also dive into the historical origins of the rules we have implemented.

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One of our priorities in developing BUDA was to create a great reading room experience for our users, many of whom are practitioners, researchers and translators who spend a great deal of time poring over these Buddhist materials.

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Our new website includes improvements to both the user interface and the architecture of the data. In this post we will introduce one of the changes to our data architecture and how this change will affect your searches.

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Search Me!

Search is how most of our users interact with our library and database. As fast and intuitive as the search on BUDA is, we continue to refine and improve it in order to offer our users the most seamless search experience.  So we are happy to share the news that BUDA's search has been updated with three useful new features, developed based on feedback from our users.

Search-by-date-results

A major update to BDRC's search engine was released in 2014 and today we are releasing a second major improvement to the search engine.

BUDA search box

BDRC's Executive Director Dr. Jann Ronis and technical lead Élie Roux present an online demo of our new website and library platform, the Buddhist Digital Archives (BUDA), providing tips and tricks for the new user. 

BUDA: Buddhist Digital Archives

For close to 25 years now, a leading resource in Tibetan Studies has been Dan Martin's Tibetan Histories: A Bibliography of Tibetan-Language Historical Works, Serindia Publications (London 1997). BDRC is proud to be able to now make this resource available for download.

Tibetan Histories by Dan Martin

With generous support from Khyentse Foundation, the Buddhist Digital Resource Center invites applications for a fellowship in Southeast Asian manuscripts, to begin 1 January 2021.

Pali manuscript in Burmese script

During 20 years of seeking out and preserving Buddhist texts, BDRC has found some remarkable collections. The monastic library of Vatt Phum Thmei in Cambodia is one such collection. The roughly 2,500 bundles of palm-leaf manuscripts are a treasure trove of thousands of years of Cambodian cultural knowledge.

A zoomed in look at the "Code of Old Sayings"

With libraries and archives closed around the world, the value of BDRC's online platform has gained new significance as the most comprehensive collection of Buddhist writings in classical Asian languages.

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BDRC is pleased to announce the Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project. This vital project is made possible by the gracious funding support of the Khyentse Foundation.

Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project

Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) is pleased to announce the development of the Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist Library Network.

Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist Library

Following Gene's founding vision, BDRC doesn't solely focus on the preservation of strictly religious texts, but rather seeks out texts that reflect the full richness of Buddhist culture— including, for example, Medical and Astrological works in the Tibetan language.

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Today we're featuring new acquisitions of texts from the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. BDRC founder Gene Smith championed Kagyu literary heritage and had fruitful relations with many Kagyu lamas.

Some of Gene's personal notebooks about Kagyu history and literature

Lamyig: The Tibetan Books of Living and Traveling

One of the most interesting genres of Tibetan Buddhist literature is the lamyig text, the travel guide, or more appropriately the pilgrimage guide (a subset of lamyig, called the neyig). These travel and pilgrimage guides are not only the most accessible and useful of texts to a wide variety of readers, but they contain history, geography, biography, philosophy, religion, art and anthropology, and more.

The Journey of a Scholar and a Preservationist: Jann Ronis Celebrates Five Years as Executive Director of BDRC

Much like Gene Smith, Jann preferred to work on the ground, preserving the texts and making direct contributions to the field of Buddhism that will be felt for generations.

White Lotus: The Tibetan Biography of Gene Smith

We are delighted to announce that BDRC Senior Librarian Kelsang Lhamo has published "The White Lotus Biography of Jamyang Gene Smith," her long-awaited Tibetan language biography of our founder Gene Smith.

Karma Pakshi, the Founder of the Karmapa Lineage

On Tuesday, Jan 17th, BDRC launched our first-ever public event series with a book talk by Charles Manson about Buddhist master Karma Pakshi, advisor to the Mongol Khans and the founder of the Karmapa lineage.

Sorting Out Tibetan Alphabetical Order

BDRC is pleased to announce that we have successfully added Tibetan Collation Rules to the CLDR. This step will bring Tibetan closer to being fully supported on websites and smartphones, and will improve the digital experience of Tibetans worldwide. This effort is part of BDRC's practice of contributing back to the Buddhist communities in Asia who produced the precious texts we bring online. This post will also dive into the historical origins of the rules we have implemented.

HH Sakya Trizin Graces BDRC with a Visit

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center was rece...

Tips & Tricks for Your BUDA Search

One of our priorities in developing BUDA was to create a great reading room experience for our users, many of whom are practitioners, researchers and translators who spend a great deal of time poring over these Buddhist materials.

Illuminating BUDA: How to Improve Your Searches

Our new website includes improvements to both the user interface and the architecture of the data. In this post we will introduce one of the changes to our data architecture and how this change will affect your searches.

Lotsawa: The Eyes of the World

From A Prayer for Translators composed by Kya...

Search Me!

Search is how most of our users interact with our library and database. As fast and intuitive as the search on BUDA is, we continue to refine and improve it in order to offer our users the most seamless search experience.  So we are happy to share the news that BUDA's search has been updated with three useful new features, developed based on feedback from our users.

Tibetan Search Enhancements: Part 2

A major update to BDRC's search engine was released in 2014 and today we are releasing a second major improvement to the search engine.

BUDA search box

BUDA Demo Now Online

BDRC's Executive Director Dr. Jann Ronis and technical lead Élie Roux present an online demo of our new website and library platform, the Buddhist Digital Archives (BUDA), providing tips and tricks for the new user. 

BUDA: Buddhist Digital Archives

Job Posting: BDRC Seeks Fellow in Southeast Asian Manuscripts

With generous support from Khyentse Foundation, the Buddhist Digital Resource Center invites applications for a fellowship in Southeast Asian manuscripts, to begin 1 January 2021.

Pali manuscript in Burmese script

The BUDA Network: Creating a Web of Buddhist Resources

With libraries and archives closed around the world, the value of BDRC's online platform has gained new significance as the most comprehensive collection of Buddhist writings in classical Asian languages.

manuscript of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti digitized in Kathmandu under the auspices of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library

Announcing the Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project

BDRC is pleased to announce the Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project. This vital project is made possible by the gracious funding support of the Khyentse Foundation.

Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project

The Kagyu Tradition

Today we're featuring new acquisitions of texts from the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. BDRC founder Gene Smith championed Kagyu literary heritage and had fruitful relations with many Kagyu lamas.

Some of Gene's personal notebooks about Kagyu history and literature

Lamyig: The Tibetan Books of Living and Traveling

One of the most interesting genres of Tibetan Buddhist literature is the lamyig text, the travel guide, or more appropriately the pilgrimage guide (a subset of lamyig, called the neyig). These travel and pilgrimage guides are not only the most accessible and useful of texts to a wide variety of readers, but they contain history, geography, biography, philosophy, religion, art and anthropology, and more.

1599px-KailashKoraTibetans

The Journey of a Scholar and a Preservationist: Jann Ronis Celebrates Five Years as Executive Director of BDRC

Much like Gene Smith, Jann preferred to work on the ground, preserving the texts and making direct contributions to the field of Buddhism that will be felt for generations.

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White Lotus: The Tibetan Biography of Gene Smith

We are delighted to announce that BDRC Senior Librarian Kelsang Lhamo has published "The White Lotus Biography of Jamyang Gene Smith," her long-awaited Tibetan language biography of our founder Gene Smith.

Screen-Shot-2023-03-28-at-4.00.14-PM

Karma Pakshi, the Founder of the Karmapa Lineage

On Tuesday, Jan 17th, BDRC launched our first-ever public event series with a book talk by Charles Manson about Buddhist master Karma Pakshi, advisor to the Mongol Khans and the founder of the Karmapa lineage.

Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-3.28.08-PM

Sorting Out Tibetan Alphabetical Order

BDRC is pleased to announce that we have successfully added Tibetan Collation Rules to the CLDR. This step will bring Tibetan closer to being fully supported on websites and smartphones, and will improve the digital experience of Tibetans worldwide. This effort is part of BDRC's practice of contributing back to the Buddhist communities in Asia who produced the precious texts we bring online. This post will also dive into the historical origins of the rules we have implemented.

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HH Sakya Trizin Graces BDRC with a Visit

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center was rece...

Screen Shot 2021-12-22 at 11.15.17 AM

Tips & Tricks for Your BUDA Search

One of our priorities in developing BUDA was to create a great reading room experience for our users, many of whom are practitioners, researchers and translators who spend a great deal of time poring over these Buddhist materials.

Screen Shot 2021-09-29 at 12.33.05 PM

Illuminating BUDA: How to Improve Your Searches

Our new website includes improvements to both the user interface and the architecture of the data. In this post we will introduce one of the changes to our data architecture and how this change will affect your searches.

washington-dc-jewal-mazique-ie-jewel-cataloging-in-the-library-of-congress

Lotsawa: The Eyes of the World

From A Prayer for Translators composed by Kya...

Thomni-sambhota-thangka-72-for-web-1

Search Me!

Search is how most of our users interact with our library and database. As fast and intuitive as the search on BUDA is, we continue to refine and improve it in order to offer our users the most seamless search experience.  So we are happy to share the news that BUDA's search has been updated with three useful new features, developed based on feedback from our users.

Search-by-date-results

Tibetan Search Enhancements: Part 2

A major update to BDRC's search engine was released in 2014 and today we are releasing a second major improvement to the search engine.

BUDA search box

BUDA Demo Now Online

BDRC's Executive Director Dr. Jann Ronis and technical lead Élie Roux present an online demo of our new website and library platform, the Buddhist Digital Archives (BUDA), providing tips and tricks for the new user. 

BUDA: Buddhist Digital Archives

Job Posting: BDRC Seeks Fellow in Southeast Asian Manuscripts

With generous support from Khyentse Foundation, the Buddhist Digital Resource Center invites applications for a fellowship in Southeast Asian manuscripts, to begin 1 January 2021.

Pali manuscript in Burmese script

The BUDA Network: Creating a Web of Buddhist Resources

With libraries and archives closed around the world, the value of BDRC's online platform has gained new significance as the most comprehensive collection of Buddhist writings in classical Asian languages.

manuscript of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti digitized in Kathmandu under the auspices of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library

Announcing the Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project

BDRC is pleased to announce the Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project. This vital project is made possible by the gracious funding support of the Khyentse Foundation.

Fragile Palm Leaves Digitization Project

The Kagyu Tradition

Today we're featuring new acquisitions of texts from the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. BDRC founder Gene Smith championed Kagyu literary heritage and had fruitful relations with many Kagyu lamas.

Some of Gene's personal notebooks about Kagyu history and literature