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Khyentse Foundation: Ten Years of Giving
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Nurturing the Past, and Supporting the Future
Khyentse Foundation: Past, Present and Future
Endowing a Chair at UC Berkeley
Monasteries
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Khyentse Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's mandala, celebrated ten years of impressive generosity in June, with a celebration at the University of British Colombia in Vancouver. The event was attended by some 600 of Rinpoche's students and friends from all corners of the world. For those unfamiliar with the extent of Khyentse Foundation's activities, the evening was an eye opener.
The foundation supports institutions, individuals, and projects that nurture and safeguard the Buddhadharma in both traditional and contemporary contexts. Here are just a few examples of their activity.
The Foundation
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created a $1 million endowment to establish a chair in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of California at Berkeley;
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sponsored a Tibetan khenpo to attend George Washington University as a visiting scholar;
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created a $5 million endowment for the maintenance and upkeep of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s monastic colleges in Tibet, India, and Bhutan;
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distributed $159,000 in scholarships to 183 individuals in 2011;
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created a program for teaching English to Tibetan monastics;
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sponsors scholastic awards in nine universities around the world;
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provided initial administrative and funding support for 84000, the organization which is currently mounting a 100-year effort to translate the words of the Buddha;
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sponsored the work of a Thailand-based group which is working to preserve, catalog, and publish Buddhist literature of Southeast Asia;
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sponsored four Cambodian monks in the Theravadin tradition to attend a buddhist
studies graduate program at Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka;
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and much more.
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This activity is generated by a 100% volunteer staff of 94, whose administrative overhead is 4.04% of total donations. To learn more about Khyentse Foundation and other aspects of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's mandala, watch the videos in the sidebar, and visit the August edition of the Khyentse Foundation newsletter.
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The Gradual Path of Raising Buddhist Children:
Inner Chronicles:
Work Sex Money: Seminar Three,
Ocean of Dharma: A Shambhala Sun feature on Chögyam Trungpa by Barry Boyce
Tribute to Arbie Thalacker
Chronicles Highlights 2011
Chronicles Holiday Sampler
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche on Distinguishing Ordinary Consciousness from Wisdom
At the
Tribute to Fabrice Champion
Crazy Wisdom, a review by Victress Hitchcock
Tribute to Michal Friedman
Radio interview with Chogyam Trungpa in 1971;
Mingyur Rinpoche: The essence of meditation
Julia Sagebien talks with Thrangu Rinpoche about fulfilling the aspirations of the Vidyadhara
Gold Lake Oil, by Tom Bell
THE BIG NO
Thrangu Rinpoche talks about Trungpa Rinpoche and his students [Audio 48:54]
In appreciation of the Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Teaching Stories: Never Give Up, told by Jim Lowrey
Memorial to Mary Smith, by Lee Weingrad
Conversation with Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel: Part Three
Khyentse Foundation: Ten Years of Giving
What Made Him Tick: a Review of Crazy Wisdom by Suzanne Duarte
Teaching Stories:
Tribute to Mary Smith
Teaching Stories: