Buddhist Scriptures

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Sutra of Golden Light
Also called “The King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light,” this sutra is recited throughout the Mahayana Buddhist world for building up positive force (merit).
in Sutra Texts
Preface to “A Lexicon Resource for the Learned”
The qualifications a translator of Buddhist texts must have and guidelines for how to translate Tibetan texts.
in Sutra Texts
Details of Karma: The Sanskrit Tripitaka Presentation
Buddha spoke of karma, as recorded in his sutras, while his disciples and later generations elaborated his teachings on karma in their abhidharma compilations.
in Karma: Advanced
Traditional Guidelines for Translating Buddhist Texts
Long before translators began to render Tibetan Buddhist texts into Western languages, the Mongols had successfully undertaken this task.
in Transmission of Buddhism
The Twelve Scriptural Categories
The various ways of dividing Buddha’s verbal teachings according to different textual points of view.
in Refuge
Advice for the Tengyur Translation Project
The Berzin Archives (later Study Buddhism) project of translations of articles and original texts into multiple languages can offer a model for the Tengyur translation project.
in Transmission of Buddhism
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