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2024-04-29		Main Page	Several times recently I have tried the “advanced search” function to look for short phrases like ཆོས་ལ་དམིགས་པའི་སྙིང་རྗེ་ however the results include all pages with all the syllables and do not show only pages with the entire phrase. I am using an iPad with safari browser. Several times recently I have tried the “advanced search” function to look for short phrases like ཆོས་ལ་དམིགས་པའི་སྙིང་རྗེ་ however the results include all pages with all the syllables and do not show only pages with the entire phrase. I am using an iPad with safari browser.
2020-02-09	`Editorial` `UX` `Content`	Root Verses	Providing roman transcription (with diacritics) would be helpful for the Sanskrit (and also for Tibetan) in order to easily copy/paste quotes for academic studies. Also, am I right that there is no Sanskrit available for the commentary part of the text? Here is what Oslo has that is helpful (though they don't use standard Wylie which is annoying): https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=fulltext&view=fulltext&vid=61&mid=0 Providing roman transcription (with diacritics) would be helpful for the Sanskrit (and also for Tibetan) in order to easily copy/paste quotes for academic studies. Also, am I right that there is no Sanskrit available for the commentary part of the text? Here is what Oslo has that is helpful (though they don't use standard Wylie which is annoying): https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=fulltext&view=fulltext&vid=61&mid=0
2020-02-03	`Editorial` `Copy`	Main Page	I know this might seem too picky, but I find it a bit odd to have the tagline for "Explore" to be "Buddha-nature is at the heart of every Mahayana Tradition." As I am sure you are aware, there are Mahayana "traditions" that deny/ignore buddha nature or only consider it to be a peripheral doctrine, including some Tibetan traditions. I would instead suggest "many Mahayana traditions" or, "is a core teaching of the Mahayana tradition/Mahayana traditions." I know this might seem too picky, but I find it a bit odd to have the tagline for "Explore" to be "Buddha-nature is at the heart of every Mahayana Tradition." As I am sure you are aware, there are Mahayana "traditions" that deny/ignore buddha nature or only consider it to be a peripheral doctrine, including some Tibetan traditions. I would instead suggest "many Mahayana traditions" or, "is a core teaching of the Mahayana tradition/Mahayana traditions."
2020-02-02	`UI` `Copy`	Dharma Teachings	Image missing for Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche teaching, here and on its page, and error message in its place. Linux Chrome Image missing for Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche teaching, here and on its page, and error message in its place. Linux Chrome
2020-01-31	`UI`	Root Verses	Some of the numbers of the verses need more of a margin to display properly. The last number ends up on the row below. for example III.28 http://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Texts/Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga_Mah%C4%81y%C4%81nottaratantra%C5%9B%C4%81stra/Root_Verses#III.28 Some of the numbers of the verses need more of a margin to display properly. The last number ends up on the row below. for example III.28 http://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Texts/Ratnagotravibh%C4%81ga_Mah%C4%81y%C4%81nottaratantra%C5%9B%C4%81stra/Root_Verses#III.28
2020-01-31	`UI`	Root Verses	I think we should change the sidebar for the root verse. Maybe have an expandable/collapsible button for each chapter that contains those chapter verses. Otherwise there's going 400 something verse listed in the side bar I think we should change the sidebar for the root verse. Maybe have an expandable/collapsible button for each chapter that contains those chapter verses. Otherwise there's going 400 something verse listed in the side bar
2020-01-31	`Editorial`	Discover	Melvin McLeod: I looked most closely as the beginners' area, because that's where we work a lot. I do think the language of the introductory paragraphs is too complex---some long sentences and paragraphs that take real work to follow. I urge you to look for simple, declarative sentences, at least in the initial paragraphs. Then it can become more complex. My suggestion is to model this section after the kind of language Mingyur Rinpoche uses in the Lion's Roar piece you feature. I think the emphasis here should be on simplicity, clarity, and accessibility. Aside from perhaps making the beginner material clearer and punchier, they're all pretty minor. Congrats on a great job. Melvin McLeod: I looked most closely as the beginners' area, because that's where we work a lot. I do think the language of the introductory paragraphs is too complex---some long sentences and paragraphs that take real work to follow. I urge you to look for simple, declarative sentences, at least in the initial paragraphs. Then it can become more complex. My suggestion is to model this section after the kind of language Mingyur Rinpoche uses in the Lion's Roar piece you feature. I think the emphasis here should be on simplicity, clarity, and accessibility. Aside from perhaps making the beginner material clearer and punchier, they're all pretty minor. Congrats on a great job.
2020-01-31	`Editorial` `UX`	Discover	Melvin McLeod and Rod Sperry: "The “What Then?” heading isn’t clear/helpful." I also find that. Melvin McLeod and Rod Sperry: "The “What Then?” heading isn’t clear/helpful." I also find that.
2020-01-31	`Editorial`	Discover	Melvin McLeod and Rod Sperry: He says on the beginner section, "Agreed that approach/voice could be be simplified, more absolute-beginner friendly. It feels more intermediate to me." Also, "The metaphors of the statue and the mango seed should come earlier." Finally, in this area he says, "If this site is for people who perhaps altogether new at this, it’s tricky to write “please seek out an authentic teacher to engage in any specific practices discussed here” without also giving some guidance on what it means to be/find an authentic teacher.” Melvin McLeod and Rod Sperry: He says on the beginner section, "Agreed that approach/voice could be be simplified, more absolute-beginner friendly. It feels more intermediate to me." Also, "The metaphors of the statue and the mango seed should come earlier." Finally, in this area he says, "If this site is for people who perhaps altogether new at this, it’s tricky to write “please seek out an authentic teacher to engage in any specific practices discussed here” without also giving some guidance on what it means to be/find an authentic teacher.”
2020-01-31	`Content`	Multimedia
2020-01-30	`UX` `UI`	The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (Konchog Gyaltsen)	I think we should consider making the TOC the first tab on any book or dissertation because coming to a book like this and see a blank area there is offputting, but if I saw the TOC, I would be like, yay! I can see what is in this book! I think we should consider making the TOC the first tab on any book or dissertation because coming to a book like this and see a blank area there is offputting, but if I saw the TOC, I would be like, yay! I can see what is in this book!
2020-01-27	`Copy`	Grains of Gold	In the TOC are two bullets before the appendix section. In the TOC are two bullets before the appendix section.
2020-01-26	`Editorial`	Feedback-13	This will be a shotgun type of feedback, where I dump a lot of different thoughts on you. I'm sure most of them are addressed here if I click on the right link. But that would take a lot of time. 1. What is "tantric Shentong"? I've heard it used by Shenpen Hookham, but only as a passing mention. 2. I see you use the words apophatic and cataphatic. Do you ever use the terms "pantheism", "panentheism", or "monism" to describe the gamut of interpretations? I know the root "theism" is a bugaboo for a lot of people. 3. I know Tsadra Foundation is about Tibetan Dharma. But do you show the evolution of the idea in East Asian thought? It could be just a brief mention. 4. In the Shentong interpretations I've come across it says that there are no thought processes in the Dharmakaya, Dharmadhatu, etc. Is that point made somewhere? 5. Have you made the point of how "Buddha Activity" (as per Uttartantra) can happen without said mentation in the Dharmakaya? 6. Is the point made about how Buddha Nature is the basis for the tantric view of the world and beings as pure? 7. Also how Buddha Nature relates to the Dzogchen self-liberation view. Overall I love what you are doing with this. I just need to spend some time doing more clicking. Thanks! This will be a shotgun type of feedback, where I dump a lot of different thoughts on you. I'm sure most of them are addressed here if I click on the right link. But that would take a lot of time. 1. What is "tantric Shentong"? I've heard it used by Shenpen Hookham, but only as a passing mention. 2. I see you use the words apophatic and cataphatic. Do you ever use the terms "pantheism", "panentheism", or "monism" to describe the gamut of interpretations? I know the root "theism" is a bugaboo for a lot of people. 3. I know Tsadra Foundation is about Tibetan Dharma. But do you show the evolution of the idea in East Asian thought? It could be just a brief mention. 4. In the Shentong interpretations I've come across it says that there are no thought processes in the Dharmakaya, Dharmadhatu, etc. Is that point made somewhere? 5. Have you made the point of how "Buddha Activity" (as per Uttartantra) can happen without said mentation in the Dharmakaya? 6. Is the point made about how Buddha Nature is the basis for the tantric view of the world and beings as pure? 7. Also how Buddha Nature relates to the Dzogchen self-liberation view. Overall I love what you are doing with this. I just need to spend some time doing more clicking. Thanks!
2020-01-25	`Editorial` `Content`	Discover	Excellent project. Thank you. In the "Discover" section I think it might be good to have a short quote from HHDL near the start. People know him and if they don't go very far into the website at least they will have a snippet of something to remember. (IOS Safari) I'm still exploring the website. I'm finding a lot of my initial suggestions are actually already incorporated if I just click on enough links. So I may have more suggestions later, but so far so good. Excellent project. Thank you. In the "Discover" section I think it might be good to have a short quote from HHDL near the start. People know him and if they don't go very far into the website at least they will have a snippet of something to remember. (IOS Safari) I'm still exploring the website. I'm finding a lot of my initial suggestions are actually already incorporated if I just click on enough links. So I may have more suggestions later, but so far so good.
2020-01-16	`Content`	Brunnhölzl, K.	Most bios need updating to the present Most bios need updating to the present
2020-01-10	`Editorial` `Content`	Main Page	Not enough quotes from Karmapa! Not enough quotes from Karmapa!

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2020-08-17		Main Page	I think the Tibetan looks nice under study, but I think you need to have Ratnagotravibhāga in that tile. I know it messes with the two line aesthetic if you want to keep both, but it's a multilingual page and only somebody who reads Tibetan will know which root verses its refers to. And then maybe on the root verse page, instead of Pinyin we should include the French title. I think the Tibetan looks nice under study, but I think you need to have Ratnagotravibhāga in that tile. I know it messes with the two line aesthetic if you want to keep both, but it's a multilingual page and only somebody who reads Tibetan will know which root verses its refers to. And then maybe on the root verse page, instead of Pinyin we should include the French title.
2020-07-01	`Editorial`	Main Page	Quotes move a little fast - H.H. The Dalai Lama's image does not appear in the circle. Quotes move a little fast - H.H. The Dalai Lama's image does not appear in the circle.
2020-04-24		Discover	I just went through the Discover section and got fairly disoriented. For me, I think the biggest problem was when links on pages took you to a new tab or replaced the tab you are on. I really wasn't able to determine a reason for one or the other. So, after following a trail of links, it was often not easy to find my way back to where I had started. Sometimes it was the back button, sometimes it was a different tab. One suggestion that I have is that when you are on a discover page with Slide menu bar on the bottom, the links from those pages should always take you to another tab. That way, the "Discover" portion of the trail is always still there. It's easy to always get back to where you started. Additionally, I think the placement of the Explore More box with the word "Continue" on it is oddly placed. It's placement between the end of a slide's content and the Slide Bar was disorienting at first. At first I expected it to explore more of the topic I had just finished reading, but it doesn't. I think it hinders the smooth movement from slide to slide. I think the word "continue" should be removed, because it doesn't really feel like it continues. Going to the next slide would feel like a continuation. Finally, the content that is found down there doesn't seem at first glance to be helpful in moving someone from the beginning of interest in BN to the deeper exploration. Maybe I don't know the reason for this section. I just went through the Discover section and got fairly disoriented. For me, I think the biggest problem was when links on pages took you to a new tab or replaced the tab you are on. I really wasn't able to determine a reason for one or the other. So, after following a trail of links, it was often not easy to find my way back to where I had started. Sometimes it was the back button, sometimes it was a different tab. One suggestion that I have is that when you are on a discover page with Slide menu bar on the bottom, the links from those pages should always take you to another tab. That way, the "Discover" portion of the trail is always still there. It's easy to always get back to where you started. Additionally, I think the placement of the Explore More box with the word "Continue" on it is oddly placed. It's placement between the end of a slide's content and the Slide Bar was disorienting at first. At first I expected it to explore more of the topic I had just finished reading, but it doesn't. I think it hinders the smooth movement from slide to slide. I think the word "continue" should be removed, because it doesn't really feel like it continues. Going to the next slide would feel like a continuation. Finally, the content that is found down there doesn't seem at first glance to be helpful in moving someone from the beginning of interest in BN to the deeper exploration. Maybe I don't know the reason for this section.
2020-04-24		People	The alphabetical listing is quite haphazard. Some people are listed by first name, some by last . Exp. Adam S. Pearcey is listed in the A's. Alexander Berzin is listed in the B's. Some Lamas are listed under L for Lama, some are listed under R for Rinpoche and still others are listed under their name, such as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche is listed under T The alphabetical listing is quite haphazard. Some people are listed by first name, some by last . Exp. Adam S. Pearcey is listed in the A's. Alexander Berzin is listed in the B's. Some Lamas are listed under L for Lama, some are listed under R for Rinpoche and still others are listed under their name, such as Lama Tharchin Rinpoche is listed under T
2020-04-24		Kagyu	I noticed that the other three schools have some contemporary teachers in the Associated People section, but not Kagyu. Might be nice to have some in the Kagyu section I noticed that the other three schools have some contemporary teachers in the Associated People section, but not Kagyu. Might be nice to have some in the Kagyu section
2020-04-24		The Canonization of Philosophy and the Rhetoric of Siddhanta in Tibetan Buddhism	Two pages for the same article, one with a diacritic, one without. https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/The_Canonization_of_Philosophy_and_the_Rhetoric_of_Siddhanta_in_Tibetan_Buddhism https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/The_Canonization_of_Philosophy_and_the_Rhetoric_of_Siddh%C4%81nta_in_Tibetan_Buddhism Two pages for the same article, one with a diacritic, one without. https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/The_Canonization_of_Philosophy_and_the_Rhetoric_of_Siddhanta_in_Tibetan_Buddhism https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/The_Canonization_of_Philosophy_and_the_Rhetoric_of_Siddh%C4%81nta_in_Tibetan_Buddhism
2020-04-24	`UX` `UI`	Discover	On the Traditions Slide, when you click on the the first note you'll feel capable but will easily get complacent."[1] you are taken to the note at the bottom of the page. I was unable to scroll (using my mouse scroll wheel) back up beyond the note section. When I click the Jump Up button next to the note, the view does jump up, but not all the way up and again, I can't scroll all the way to the top. Win10 & Chrome. Full screen On the Traditions Slide, when you click on the the first note you'll feel capable but will easily get complacent."[1] you are taken to the note at the bottom of the page. I was unable to scroll (using my mouse scroll wheel) back up beyond the note section. When I click the Jump Up button next to the note, the view does jump up, but not all the way up and again, I can't scroll all the way to the top. Win10 & Chrome. Full screen
2020-04-24		Primary Sources	At the bottom of this page, right above the Notes there are two lines of text that are red links. Details on the Sutra Sources for the Ratnagotravibhāga by Karl Brunnhölzl Karl Brunnhölzl's Translator's Introduction, When the Clouds Part, pp. 3-12. At the bottom of this page, right above the Notes there are two lines of text that are red links. Details on the Sutra Sources for the Ratnagotravibhāga by Karl Brunnhölzl Karl Brunnhölzl's Translator's Introduction, When the Clouds Part, pp. 3-12.
2020-04-24		Root Verses	When selecting a language to view commentary for the verse, when on clicks on a language, the view jumps to the top of the entire page as opposed to staying in the original position. This is disorienting When selecting a language to view commentary for the verse, when on clicks on a language, the view jumps to the top of the entire page as opposed to staying in the original position. This is disorienting
2020-04-24		Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra	The Access this text online link for "The Buddhist Canons Research Database" takes you to an empty search box the first time I clicked on it. Is there a way to make it link directly to the text.? (Like all of the other links do) The Access this text online link for "The Buddhist Canons Research Database" takes you to an empty search box the first time I clicked on it. Is there a way to make it link directly to the text.? (Like all of the other links do)

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