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Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship

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Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship

Photo: Orna Almogi

The Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS)

The KC-TBTS is devoted to scholarly investigation of Tibetan (primarily Buddhist) texts with the aim of gaining an ever greater understanding of:

  • Tibetan Buddhist philosophy;
  • Tibet’s rich intellectual history;
  • Tibetan textual and book culture, and
  • formal methods and actual practices of translation into and from Tibetan.

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7 August 2025|Announcement

15th Anniversary of the Khyentse Center

Fifteen years ago, the Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship was founded with a vision to advance Tibetan Buddhist textual scholarship. What began as a modest idea has evolved into a dynamic center with wide-ranging activities. Throughout these fifteen years, the Khyentse Center has developed and...

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22 July 2025|Workshop

A Symposium in Memory of David Seyfort Ruegg. An Event Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Khyentse Center

Symposium July 22–24, 2025. Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East Wing, Room 221

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16 July 2025|KC Lecture Series

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes, Bcom ldan Rig pa’i ral gri’s Madhyamakālaṃkāropadeśa Commentary

16:00, 16 July 2025. ESA-Ost, Raum 120 & Zoom

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9 July 2025|KC Lecture Series

Élie Roux, BUDA 2.0: updates from the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC)

16:00, 9 July 2025. ESA-Ost, Raum 120 & Zoom

KC Lecture Series

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25 June 2025|KC Lecture Series

Dr. Zhouyang Ma, In Search of Jo btsun

16:00, 25 June 2025. ESA-Ost, Raum 120 & Zoom

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18 March 2025|Workshop

ARCAS-Intellexus Workshop 2

March 18–20, 2025. Location: Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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12 March 2025|Workshop

Monastic Research Centers Consortium (MRCC) Annual Workshop 1

March 12–17, 2025. Location: Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal.

KC Lecture Series

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22 January 2025|KC Lecture Series

Dr. Pascale Hugon, Filling the Gaps in the Early Tibetan Scholastic Corpus

16:00, 22 January 2025. ESA-Ost, Raum 120 & Zoom

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18 December 2024|KC Lecture Series

Prof. Dr. Martin Delhey, Towards Reliable Introductory and Reference Books on the Indian Yogācāra School — postponed

16:00, 18 December 2024. ESA-Ost, Raum 120 & Zoom

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