Securing the Future of Buddhist Wisdom

Celebrate BDRC's 25th Anniversary with us!

September 28, 2024, marks the 25th anniversary of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Since 1999, in partnership with local communities and our supporters, BDRC has digitally preserved Buddhist manuscripts, many of them rare or endangered. After a quarter century of dedicated work, together we have preserved more than 30 million pages of Buddhist texts and made them freely available to the world.

 

Please join us as we launch our anniversary campaign for sustainability. Let's invest in BDRC's longevity and make the Buddhist archive we have created together secure and accessible forever.

 

With your help, in our next quarter century, we can:

Safeguard Buddhist manuscripts vulnerable to climate and political instability

Innovate technologies to unlock the wisdom encrypted in the archive

Assist Buddhist communities to become more self-sufficient in the digital preservation of their traditions.

Preserving Buddhist Literature for the World - some Highlights

Join the Celebrations!

Friday September 20 at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City

BUDDHIST WISDOM FROM PALM LEAF TO PIXEL with Donald S. Lopez and Michael Imperioli

Join us in New York for an evening that explores the evolution of Buddhist wisdom and knowledge as it is translated between cultures: from ancient times to today and into the future. With a talk by renowned scholar Donald S. Lopez, a dramatic Buddhist reading by actor and writer Michael Imperioli, and musical performances from guest artists, this evening promises to be a celebration on multiple levels.

 

The Galleries will be open before and after the talk, one of the last opportunities to visit the current manifestation of the Rubin before it transforms itself into its next global incarnation. Don't miss the opportunity to celebrate the transformative reinvention of two key Buddhist institutions at once!

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