By Paldor and Michael Sheehy
Though the oral precepts of the Nyingma were introduced from the time of the imperial period, it was not until Smin gling Gter chen Rig ‘dzin ‘gyur med rdo rje (1646-1714) and his younger brother Smin gling Lo chen D+harma shrI (1654-1718) wrote a series of commentaries on these teachings that [...]
TBRC is pleased to announce open access to Tibetan canonical works in the TBRC Digital Library.
The current release includes complete and unrestricted access to the many carvings of the Tibetan bka’ ‘gyur and bstan ‘gyur extant in the TBRC Digital Library. The service includes catalog access to outlines (extensive metadata), text downloads (scans), title, author and topic searching, as [...]
By Michael R. Sheehy
A follow-up to Dan Martins earlier post on the Canonical Catalog of the Third Karmapa Rang byung Rdo rje, and in the spirit of the Translating the Words of the Buddha conference that recently concluded in India, we wanted to draw attention to two additional catalogs of the Tibetan canon. The first [...]
First of all, congratulations on the brand new marvelous blogsite. TBRC is the web resource I turn to more often than any other. That’s because it’s simply the best thing a Tibetanist can find out there in cyberspace the richest, most useful and the most reliable.
I would like to add an important source (two [...]
TBRC has over the past years scanned and made available to lineage holders and researchers cataloging for the following Kangyurs: Derge Parphu, Tog Palace Manuscript, Lhasa, Urga, and Narthang. During 2009 we will post scans prepared, thanks to the Library of Congress, of the Choni Kangyur.
Scholars using TBRC will have available for the Tengyur full [...]