Difference between revisions of "Buddha Nature Initiative:About"

From Buddha-Nature
((by SublimeText.Mediawiker))
m
 
(50 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{No title}}{{Needs Copywriting}}{{note|Write a "Dear reader" welcome letter.}}
+
{{No title}}
  
<h1 class="mb-0"> The Buddha-Nature Project: ''A Tsadra Foundation Initiative'' </h1>
+
<div class="h1 mb-0">Buddha-Nature: ''A Tsadra Foundation Initiative'' </div>
  
<div class="row">
+
<div id="page-content" class="container">
<div class="col-lg-9">
+
<div class="row px-0 my-5 sticky-container offset">
 +
<div class="col-lg-9 mt-5 mt-lg-0 px-0 pr-lg-4">
  
DEAR READER....
+
Dear Reader,
  
''A multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on tathāgatagharba.''
+
'''We hope you are enjoying this multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on buddha-nature.''' Please feel free to provide feedback at any time: ''Research at tsadra dot org''. We will respond quickly to your request and make changes or additions as soon as we can. If you wish to contribute to this project, please make a [[Special:RequestAccount|request for an account here]].
 +
 
 +
'''Please see [[Guide|The Guide page]] for a detailed site map for this project.'''
  
 
The purpose of the buddha-nature website is to provide a resource hub for trustworthy information for learning about and teaching the concept of buddha-nature, its associated texts, teachings, lineages, and relevant Buddhist ideas. Unique content will be shared here and the site will act as a broker for other projects and authors that have already created quality materials, which we will curate for a wide range of audiences.
 
The purpose of the buddha-nature website is to provide a resource hub for trustworthy information for learning about and teaching the concept of buddha-nature, its associated texts, teachings, lineages, and relevant Buddhist ideas. Unique content will be shared here and the site will act as a broker for other projects and authors that have already created quality materials, which we will curate for a wide range of audiences.
  
==HELP==
+
== Current Writer-In-Digital-Residence ==
*[[Buddha Nature:New Features]]
+
 
*[[Help:Phonetic Renderings]]
+
{{PersonProfile|People/Phuntsho, Karma}}
*[[Help:Style Sheet]]
+
 
*[[Help:How to pronounce sanskrit terms]] / What's a diacritic? What do we NOT translate?
+
== Project Staff ==
*[[Help:Sanskrit terms on this website]]
+
 
 +
*'''Director and Website Administrator:''' Eric Colombel, Founder and President of Tsadra Foundation
 +
*'''Project Director and Lead Editor:''' Marcus Perman, Tsadra Foundation
 +
*'''Designer and Web Master:''' Jeremi Plazas, Tsadra Foundation
 +
*'''Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2017-2019:''' Alexander Gardner, Treasury of Lives
 +
*'''Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2020-2022:''' Doctor Lopen [[Karma Phuntsho]]
 +
*'''Archivist and Contributor:''' Morten Ostensen, Tsadra Foundation
 +
*'''Editors and Contributors:'''
 +
**Alex Catanese, Tsadra Foundation
 +
**Gwen Witt Dörring, Tsadra Foundation
 +
 
 +
== Advisors and Key Contributors ==
 +
 
 +
*His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje
 +
*Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Naropa University
 +
*Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Bodhicarya.org
 +
*Karl Brunnhölzl, Nitartha Institute
 +
*Elizabeth Callahan, Tsadra Foundation
 +
*Wulstan Fletcher, Padmakara Translation Group and Tsadra Foundation
 +
*Christian Charrier, Tsadra Foundation
 +
*Patrick Carré, Padmakara Translation Group and Tsadra Foundation
 +
*Tokpa Tulku, Sangye Yeshe Institute and Rangjung Yeshe Institute
 +
*Klaus-Dieter Mathes, University of Vienna
 +
*Douglas Duckworth, Temple University
  
==Project Staff==
+
== Artwork ==
*'''Director and Website Administrator:''' Eric Colombel
 
*'''Director of Research and Project Coordinator:''' Marcus Perman
 
*'''Assistant Project Coordinator:''' Tracy Joosten
 
*'''Lead Writer:''' Alexander Gardner
 
*'''Designer and Web Master:''' Jeremi Plazas
 
*'''Archivist and Contributor:''' Morten Ostensen
 
*'''Author Contributors: '''
 
**Etc.
 
**Etc.
 
**Etc.
 
  
==Contact Us==
+
Website background line-drawing: © O. Philippot all rights reserved.
If you have any questions or requests or would like to contribute to this project, please feel free to contact us: Research at tsadra dot org
+
 
 +
Thank you to BDRC and Treasury of Lives, as well as [https://www.himalayanart.org/ Himalayan Art Resources] for all their work,some of which can be found linked from people pages and text pages on this website.
 +
 +
== Contact Us ==
 +
[https://www.tsadra.org/ Learn more about our programs and projects at the main Tsadra Foundation website here.]
 +
 
 +
If you have any questions or requests or would like to contribute to this project, please feel free to contact us: ''Research at tsadra dot org''
 +
 
 +
[[Buddha_Nature:Privacy Policy|Read our privacy policy here]].
  
</div>
 
<div class="col-lg-3 right-side-bar order-first order-lg-last p-0 pb-5">
 
<div class="sticky-sidemenu" id="sticky-sidemenu">
 
<div class="toc-no-margins toc-no-borders sticky-sidemenu-inner mb-4 p-0" id="sticky-sidemenu-inner">
 
__TOC__
 
  
</div>
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
 +
{{StickySideBar
 +
|columns=3
 +
}}
 
</div>
 
</div>
</div>
+
</div><noinclude>[[Category:Buddha-Nature Project]]</noinclude>
<noinclude>[[Category:Buddha-Nature Project]]</noinclude>
 

Latest revision as of 15:46, 31 August 2020

Buddha-Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative

Dear Reader,

We hope you are enjoying this multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on buddha-nature. Please feel free to provide feedback at any time: Research at tsadra dot org. We will respond quickly to your request and make changes or additions as soon as we can. If you wish to contribute to this project, please make a request for an account here.

Please see The Guide page for a detailed site map for this project.

The purpose of the buddha-nature website is to provide a resource hub for trustworthy information for learning about and teaching the concept of buddha-nature, its associated texts, teachings, lineages, and relevant Buddhist ideas. Unique content will be shared here and the site will act as a broker for other projects and authors that have already created quality materials, which we will curate for a wide range of audiences.

Current Writer-In-Digital-Residence[edit]

Karma Phuntsho[edit]

Lopen (Dr) Karma Phuntsho is one of Bhutan’s leading intellectuals. He finished his monastic training in Bhutan and India before he pursued a M.St in Classical Indian Religions and a D.Phil in Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a researcher at CNRS, Paris, a Research Associate in the Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University, and the Spalding Fellow for Comparative Religion at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He was also a Research Consultant at University of Virginia.

An author of over one hundred books and articles including the authoritative History of Bhutan and Mipham’s Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness, he speaks and writes extensively on Bhutan and Buddhism. His work has received extensive media coverage by the BBC, BBS, Kuensel, The Bhutanese, Science, Radio Free Asia, Oxford Today, Times of India, India Today, and Channel News Asia. He is also the President and founder of Loden Foundation, a leading educational, entrepreneurial, and cultural initiative in Bhutan. He is currently based in Thimphu, Bhutan. Read a complete bio on Wikipedia.

More on this person

Project Staff[edit]

  • Director and Website Administrator: Eric Colombel, Founder and President of Tsadra Foundation
  • Project Director and Lead Editor: Marcus Perman, Tsadra Foundation
  • Designer and Web Master: Jeremi Plazas, Tsadra Foundation
  • Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2017-2019: Alexander Gardner, Treasury of Lives
  • Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2020-2022: Doctor Lopen Karma Phuntsho
  • Archivist and Contributor: Morten Ostensen, Tsadra Foundation
  • Editors and Contributors:
    • Alex Catanese, Tsadra Foundation
    • Gwen Witt Dörring, Tsadra Foundation

Advisors and Key Contributors[edit]

  • His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje
  • Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Naropa University
  • Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Bodhicarya.org
  • Karl Brunnhölzl, Nitartha Institute
  • Elizabeth Callahan, Tsadra Foundation
  • Wulstan Fletcher, Padmakara Translation Group and Tsadra Foundation
  • Christian Charrier, Tsadra Foundation
  • Patrick Carré, Padmakara Translation Group and Tsadra Foundation
  • Tokpa Tulku, Sangye Yeshe Institute and Rangjung Yeshe Institute
  • Klaus-Dieter Mathes, University of Vienna
  • Douglas Duckworth, Temple University

Artwork[edit]

Website background line-drawing: © O. Philippot all rights reserved.

Thank you to BDRC and Treasury of Lives, as well as Himalayan Art Resources for all their work,some of which can be found linked from people pages and text pages on this website.

Contact Us[edit]

Learn more about our programs and projects at the main Tsadra Foundation website here.

If you have any questions or requests or would like to contribute to this project, please feel free to contact us: Research at tsadra dot org

Read our privacy policy here.