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Work in Progress: Second Quarter 2013

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Foreword

As many readers have expressed interest in the ongoing work and projects of Berzin Archives, I am starting this page as an informal way of keeping people informed, updated, and involved. From time to time, I shall make further entries. With continuing support from our readers and much hard work from our Berzin Archives team, we hope that all these projects will be completed and online in the near future.

Second Quarter

May 20, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.05.14): Accepting Realistically What Needs To Be Done

Proofread English audio files that arrived:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2010.02.02, 2010.02.09)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (part 5)

English audio files sent for transcribing:

  • A Dialogue about Sufism and Buddhism

Re-edited bilingual English-Bulgarian video files that arrived:

  • Buddhist Science, Psychology, and Religion (1 part)

Edited English-Bulgarian video files that arrived:

  • Overview of the Nine Vehicles of Mind According to Nyingma (1 part)

Russian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Making Sense of Tantra (part 6)

Edited and proofread Russian translations that arrived:

  • Kalachakra, Tantra, and Their Relation with World Peace

Articles sent for Russian translation:

  • European Buddhism: Challenges and Opportunities

New Spanish translations online:

  • Mind and Mental Factors

New Portuguese translations online:

  • The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned?

Italian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Suggestions Regarding Overseas Dharma Centers

  • Issues in Buddhist Sexual Ethics

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • European Buddhism: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Guidelines from the Mongolian Experience for Translating Tibetan Buddhist Texts – Changkya Rolpay-dorjey

  • Impermanence as a Resource for Building Healthy Relationships

  • The Purpose and Benefits of Debate – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II

  • Buddhism and Science

  • Meditation Methods

Articles sent for Chinese translation:

  • Advice from His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on Teaching Lam-rim

Vietnamese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Current Situation of Buddhism in the World (1996)

Articles sent for Vietnamese translation:

  • Dharma in Daily Life

Mongolian translations that arrived and will need editing:

  • Religious Conversion in Shambhala

  • Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Russian and Japanese Involvement with Pre-Communist Tibet: The Role of the Shambhala Legend

  • The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

  • What Is Meditation?

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study: The Seven-Limb Practice

  • A Comparison of Buddhist Art Styles in the Mongol Regions

Articles sent for Mongolian translation:

  • Using Buddhist Methods to Help Us in Daily Life

  • Integrating Dharma into Our Lives

  • Finding Inner Peace and Fulfillment - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Achieving Peace through Inner Peace - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Relevance of Religion in Modern Times - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Introductory History of the Five Tibetan Traditions of Buddhism and Bon

  • The Situations of Buddhism and Islam in China, 1996

  • The Relation of the Hui Muslims with the Tibetans and Uighurs, 1996

  • Historical Sketch of the Muslims of Tibet

  • Historical Sketch of the Hui Muslims of China

  • Acceptance Speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the Award of an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Jamia Millia Islamia University

  • Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher in Two Lifetimes

Edited Japanese translations that arrived:

  • Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Relevance of Religion in Modern Times - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Achieving Peace through Inner Peace - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Buddhist View toward Other Religions

Articles sent for Hindi translation:

  • Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  • Message from Ling Rinpoche

  • Message from Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche

  • Short Biography of Alexander Berzin

  • Becoming Involved with Buddhism

Hindi translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  • Message from Ling Rinpoche

  • Message from Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche

May 13, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.05.07): Delighting in One’s Efforts and Knowing When to Let Go

New English audio files online:

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (1 part)

  • The Conventional Nature of the Mind (1 part)

New English audio transcripts online:

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (1 part)

  • The Conventional Nature of the Mind (1 part)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived:

  • Weekly course on Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior (2004.03.23)

  • Explanation of The Yoga of the Spiritual Master Inseparable from Avalokiteshvara (part 2)

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (part 4)

Transcribed English audio files that were sent for proofreading:

  • Introduction to "Integrating the Various Aspects of One's Life" (2 parts)

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (parts 1-4)

Proofread English audio files that arrived:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2010.01.05, 2010.01.12, 2010.01.26)

  • Introduction to "Integrating the Various Aspects of One's Life" (2 parts)

New bilingual English-Spanish audio files online:

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (1 part)

New bilingual English-Spanish video files that arrived:

  • Introduction to the Twelve Links of Dependent Arising (6 parts)

New bilingual English-Bulgarian video files online:

  • Buddhist Science, Psychology, and Religion (1 part)

Russian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Kalachakra, Tantra, and Their Relation with World Peace

New Italian translations online:

  • Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner

Italian translations that arrived, were edited and newly put online:

  • Sustainable Development of Western Buddhist Traditions

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • Sustainable Development of Western Buddhist Traditions

  • Suggestions Regarding Overseas Dharma Centers

New Indonesian translations online:

  • The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Talks to Former Dharamsala Residents from the West (4 parts)

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

  • Developing Ethical Self-Discipline

Articles sent for Indonesian translation:

  • Bringing Buddhism Down to Earth (7 parts)

  • What is the Self, Does the Self Have a Beginning, Will It Have an End? - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Examining Karma Immediately after 9/11 (3 parts)

  • Questions Concerning Collective Karma and Natural Disasters

  • Dispelling Discomfort at the Eight Transitory Things in Life

Edited Chinese translations that arrived, were copyediting and put newly online:

  • The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Talks to Former Dharamsala Residents from the West (4 parts)

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

  • The Terms Hinayana and Mahayana

  • Advice for Studying Voidness (Emptiness)

Chinese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Forty-six Faults That Cause Interference for Spiritual Study and Practice

New Vietnamese translations online:

  • The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

Articles sent for Vietnamese translation:

  • “Dharma-Lite” Versus “The Real Thing Dharma”

  • Current Situation of Buddhism in the World (1996)

Vietnamese translations that arrived, were edited, and newly put online:

  • “Dharma-Lite” Versus “The Real Thing Dharma”

Mongolian translations that arrived and will need editing:

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Buddhism among the Turkic People

  • Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia

  • Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in East Turkistan

  • Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in West Turkistan

  • Holy Wars in Buddhism and Islam: The Myth of Shambhala (abridged version)

  • Introduction to Tibetan Medicine

Articles sent for Japanese translation:

  • A Portrait of Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche (8 parts)

  • Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher in Two Lifetimes

  • The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

  • Dharma in Daily Life

  • Using Buddhist Methods to Help Us in Daily Life

  • Integrating Dharma into Our Lives

  • Finding Inner Peace and Fulfillment - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • How to Lead an Ethical Life - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Appeal of Buddhism in the Modern World

  • What Is Meditation?

  • Basic Questions on Detachment, Nonviolence, and Compassion

  • Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional, and Devotional

  • Current Situation of Buddhism in the World (1996)

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

  • Buddhism and Science

  • Paraphrase of Advice from an Experienced Old Man – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

  • Avoiding Mixing Ego with Dharma Practice

  • Compassion As the Source of Happiness - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Compassion Based on Biology and Reason - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Spread of Buddhism in Asia

  • Survey of the Basic Forms of Buddhism

  • 25 articles from the Homepage, Author, About Us, Help Us, Special Features, and Navigation sections

May 6, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.04.30): The Three Types of Self-Pride for Developing Steadfastness

Transcribed English audio files that arrived and will need proofreading:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (parts 2-3)

  • Explanation of The Yoga of the Spiritual Master Inseparable from Avalokiteshvara (part 1)

Proofread English audio transcripts that arrived:

  • Weekly course on Letter to a Friend (2007.10.16, 2007.10.23)

Transcribed English audio files sent for proofreading:

  • Weekly course of Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (2010.01.05, 2010.01.12, 2010.01.26, 2010.02.02, 2010.02.09, 2010.02.16, 2010.02.23, 2010.03.02, 2010.03.09, 2010.03.16, 2010.03.23, 2010.03.30, 2010.04.06, 2010.04.13)

Edited bilingual English-Bulgarian video files that arrived:

  • Buddhist Science, Psychology, and Religion 91 part)

New German translations online:

  • The Distinction between Tendencies and Habits Included in the Two Sets of Obscuration, According to the Gelug Tradition

  • Dormant Grasping for True Existence According to Gelug Madhyamaka

  • The Two Truths in Vaibhashika and Sautrantika

  • Indian Society and Thought before and at the Time of Buddha

New Indonesian translations online:

  • General Introduction to the Initial Scope Teachings of the Graded Path (Lam-rim) – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I (part 2)

  • Equalizing and Exchanging One’s Attitudes about Self and Others – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I

Indonesian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

New Italian translations online:

  • The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Talks to Former Dharamsala Residents from the West (4 parts)

Italian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • Issues in Buddhist Sexual Ethics

Mongolian translations that arrived and will need editing:

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Edited Mongolian translations that arrived:

  • Lam-rim Structured According to the Four Noble Truths

  • The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to the Dharma

  • Tibeto-Mongolian Astrology and Karma

  • Dharma in Daily Life

  • Basic Questions on Karma and Rebirth

  • “Dharma Lite” versus “The Real Thing” Dharma

Mongolian translations sent for editing:

  • How to Lead an Ethical Life – His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • 19 articles from the Homepage, Author, About Us, Help Us, Special Features, and Navigation sections

Articles sent for Mongolian translation:

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Introduction to Tibetan Medicine

  • Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in East Turkistan

  • Buddhism among the Turkic People

  • Holy Wars in Buddhism and Islam: The Myth of Shambhala (abridged version)

  • Religious Conversion in Shambhala

  • Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia

  • Russian and Japanese Involvement with Pre-Communist Tibet: The Role of the Shambhala Legend

  • Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in West Turkistan

Japanese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • The Relevance of Religion in Modern Times – His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

April 29, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.04.23): Steadfastness in the Environment of Multitasking

New English audio files online:

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived, were proofread and put newly online:

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

Proofread English audio transcripts that arrived:

  • Question and Answer Session about the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru-Yoga (1 part)

  • Weekly course on Letter to a Friend (2007.10.09)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived and will need proofreading:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2010.05.25):

English audio files sent for transcribing:

  • Explanation of The Yoga of the Spiritual Master Inseparable from Avalokiteshvara (6 parts)

English audio transcripts sent for editing:

  • The Bases for Ethical Behavior

New bilingual English-Spanish audio files online:

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

Digitized bilingual English-Bulgarian video files that arrived:

  • Buddhist Science, Psychology and Religion

New German translations online:

  • Background for Attending a Kalachakra Initiation for World Peace

  • Milarepa Leads a Youth to Realize the True Nature of the Mind - Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

German translations sent for editing:

  • Milarepa Songs of Nonattachment to Family, Friends, and Wealth - Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

  • Advice on Overcoming Self-Cherishing - Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

  • Extraphysical and Extrasensory Powers

Bilingual English-Spanish audio files sent for audio editing:

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

Bilingual English-Russian audio files sent for audio editing:

  • What Needs to Be Understood in Order to Have a Bodhichitta Aim (1 part)

New Italian translations online:

  • What is Meditation?

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • Using Buddhist Methods to Help Us in Daily Life

Indonesian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Developing Ethical Self-Discipline

New Urdu translations online:

  • The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire (chapters 7 - 20)

Japanese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Achieving Peace through Inner Peace - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Buddhist View toward Other Religions

April 22, 2013

New English articles online:

  • European Buddhism: Challenges and Opportunities

New English audio files online:

  • Brief Explanation of the Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra (1 part)

New English unedited transcripts online:

  • Brief Explanation of the Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra

Proofread English audio transcripts that arrived:

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (1 part)

  • Weekly course on Letter to a Friend (2007.09.25, 2007.10.02)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived and will need proofreading:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (part 1)

Edited English audio transcripts that arrived and will need copyediting:

  • Common Misunderstandings about Buddhism

Unedited English audio transcripts sent for editing:

  • Explanation of Buddhist Sexual Ethics: An Historical Perspective

New German translations online:

  • A Commentary on Attitude-Training Like the Rays of the Sun - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (part 6)

Bilingual English-Spanish audio files that arrived and were sent for video editing and for digitizing audio only versions:

  • Rebirth: What is It That Is Reborn? (1 part)

  • A Practice Session of Analytical Meditation on the Precious Human Life (1 part)

  • Basic Structure of the Lam-rim Graded Path (2 parts)

New bilingual English-Spanish video files online:

  • Sensitivity Training to Quiet the Mind (6 parts)

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

  • Rebirth: What is It That Is Reborn? (1 part)

  • A Practice Session of Analytical Meditation on the Precious Human Life (1 part)

Bilingual English-Spanish audio files that arrived and will need audio editing:

  • Sensitivity Training to Quiet the Mind (6 parts)

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

  • Rebirth: What is It That Is Reborn? (1 part)

  • A Practice Session of Analytical Meditation on the Precious Human Life (1 part)

Bilingual English-Spanish audio files sent for English transcription:

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

Spanish translations that arrived and will need editing:

  • The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Talks to Former Dharamsala Residents from the West (parts 1 - 2)

New bilingual English-Russian audio files online:

  • Brief Explanation of the Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra (1 part)

Proofread transcripts of Russian audio files that arrived:

  • Overview of A Root Text on Gelug-Kagyu Mahamudra (part 3)

Articles sent for Russian translation:

  • Making Sense of Tantra (parts 6 – 10)

Articles sent for French translation:

  • Historical Survey of the Buddhist and Muslim Worlds’ Knowledge of Each Other’s Customs and Teachings

  • Historical Sketch of the Muslims of Tibet

Italian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • What is Meditation?

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • Introduction to Buddhist Sexual Ethics: Having Sex with Someone Else's Partner

Indonesian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Equalizing and Exchanging One’s Attitudes about Self and Others – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I

New Vietnamese translations online:

  • Integrating Dharma into Our Lives

Edited Mongolian translations that arrived:

  • The Buddhist View toward Other Religions

  • Current Situation of Buddhism in the World (1996)

  • The Endpoint of Samsara Is Suffering, the Endpoint of Dharma Is Happiness – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I

  • The Purpose and Benefits of Debate – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche II

  • Advice from His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on Teaching Lam-rim

  • Buddhism and Science

  • Lessons To Be Learned from the Adaptation of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia

  • Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional, and Devotional

April 15, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.04.09): Positive Intention Based on High Regard and Firm Conviction

New English audio files edited and online:

  • Explanation of Significant Points Concerning Voidness (Emptiness) Made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1 part)

  • Clarification Session on the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru-Yoga (1 part)

New English video files edited and online:

  • Clarification Session on the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru-Yoga (1 part)

  • Meditations for Recognizing the Five Aggregates (7 parts)

New English transcripts online:

  • Explanation of Significant Points Concerning Voidness (Emptiness) Made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Proofread English audio transcripts that arrived:

  • Weekly course on Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior (2004.06.29, 2004.07.06, 2004.07.13, 2004.07.20, 2004.07.27, 2004.08.03)

  • Weekly course on Letter to a Friend (2007.08.17, 2007.08.21, 2007.09.11, 2007.09.18)

Transcribed English audio files that arrived:

  • Introduction to “Integrating the Various Aspects of One’s Life” (part 2)

English audio files sent for transcribing:

  • Weekly course on Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior (2005.10.04)

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (7 parts)

Unedited English transcripts sent for editing:

  • Common Misunderstandings about Buddhism (1 part)

New German translations online:

  • A Commentary on Attitude-Training Like the Rays of the Sun - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (part 5)

  • Historical Survey of the Buddhist and Muslim Worlds' Knowledge of Each Other's Customs and Teachings

  • Buddhist-Muslim Doctrinal Relations: Past, Present, and Future

German translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Using Buddhist Methods to Help Us in Daily Life

German translations sent for editing:

  • The Distinction between Tendencies and Habits Included in the Two Sets of Obscuration, According to the Gelug Tradition

  • Dormant Grasping for True Existence According to Gelug Madhyamaka

  • The Two Truths in Vaibhashika and Sautrantika

  • Cognition of the Two Truths in the Gelug Sautrantika, Chittamatra, Svatantrika, and Prasangika Systems

  • The Validity and Accuracy of Cognition of the Two Truths in Gelug-Prasangika

  • The Union of Method and Wisdom in Sutra and Tantra: Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations

  • Indian Society and Thought before and at the Time of Buddha

  • The Establishment of the Bhikshuni Order in India

  • History of the Theravada Ordination Lineages

  • History of the Mulasarvastivada Ordination Lineages in Tibet

  • Buddhist Cosmology: A Comparison the the Abhidharma and Kalachakra Explanations

New Russian translations online:

  • Making Sense of Tantra (parts 4 – 5)

Bilingual English-Russian audio files sent for audio editing:

  • Brief Explanation of the Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra

New Spanish translations online:

  • Bonding Practices for Mother Tantra

New Italian translations online:

  • Following the Dharma and Avoiding Suffering – Tsenzhab Serkong RinpocheI

Online Polish translation sent for retranslation:

  • A Portrait of Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche (8 parts)

Chinese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Advice for Studying Voidness (Emptiness)

Indonesian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • General Introduction to the Initial Scope Teachings of the Graded Path (Lam-rim) – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I (part 2)

Edited Mongolian translations that arrived and were sent for copyediting:

  • Basic Questions on Detachment, Nonviolence, and Compassion

  • A Portrait of Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche (8 parts)

Articles sent for Japanese translation:

  • Religious Harmony, Compassion, and Islam - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Relevance of Religion in Modern Times - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Achieving Peace through Inner Peace - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Buddhist View toward Other Religions

Edited Tibetan translations that arrived:

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Tibetan translations sent for editing:

  • The Relevance of Religion in Modern Times - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Achieving Peace through Inner Peace - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • How to Lead an Ethical Life - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Dharma in Daily Life

  • Integrating Dharma into Our Lives

April 8, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.04.02): Stopping the Laziness of Clinging to Distractions and of Being Discouraged and Disparaging Ourselves

New English audio files online:

  • Explanation of the Main Points of “The Kalachakra Presentation of the Four Creative Drops and the Winds of Karma” (7 parts)

  • Distinctive Features of the Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (1 part)

  • Dharma in Daily Life (1 part)

  • Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (1 part)

New English transcripts online:

  • Training Our Attitudes in Daily Life: Nothing Special (3 parts)

English audio transcripts that arrived and will need proofreading:

  • Introduction to “Integrating the Various Aspects of One’s Life” (part 1)

New bilingual English-Spanish video files online:

  • Distinctive Features of the Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (1 part)

  • Dharma in Daily Life (1 part)

  • Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (1 part)

New German translations online:

  • The Nature of Time as a Temporal Interval

Digitized bilingual English-Spanish video files that arrived and were sent for video editing and for digitizing audio only versions:

  • Dharma in Daily Life (1 part)

  • Distinctive Features of the Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (1 part)

New bilingual English-Spanish audio files online:

  • Distinctive Features of the Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (1 part)

  • Dharma in Daily Life (1 part)

  • Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (1 part)

New bilingual English-Russian video files online:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (7 parts)

Russian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Making Sense of Tantra (part 5)

New bilingual English-French audio files online:

  • Explanation of the Main Points of “The Kalachakra Presentation of the Four Creative Drops and the Winds of Karma” (7 parts)

Italian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • Following the Dharma and Avoiding Suffering – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I

Articles sent for Italian translation:

  • What Is Meditation?

Articles sent for Chinese translation:

  • What is the Self, Does the Self Have a Beginning, Will It Have an End? - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

New Urdu translations copyedited and online:

  • Text of Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices (2006 Literal Translation)

  • A Short Commentary on Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (3 parts)

April 1, 2013

New English audio files recorded, edited and online:

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2013.03.26): Forms of Laziness, Their Causes, and Methods to Stop Procrastination

New English audio files online:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (7 parts)

New unedited English audio transcripts online:

  • Introduction to the Chakrasamvara System of Anuttarayoga Tantra (1 part)

  • Introduction to the Guhyasamaja System of Anuttarayoga Tantra (1 part)

  • The Difference between Discerning (Analytical) Meditation and Stabilizing Meditation on Compassion (1 part)

Proofread English audio transcripts that arrived:

  • Explanation of the Main Points of “The Kalachakra Presentation of the Four Creative-Energy Drops and the Winds of Karma, Together with an Analysis of Their Relation with Our Everyday Experience” (part 7)

  • Introduction to the Guhyasamaja System of Anuttarayoga Tantra

  • Brief Explanation of the Main Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra

  • The Difference between Discerning (Analytical) Meditation and Stabilizing Meditation on Compassion

English audio transcripts sent for proofreading:

  • Introduction to the Guhyasamaja System of Anuttarayoga Tantra

  • Brief Explanation of the Main Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma

  • The Conventional Nature of the Mind

  • The Difference between Discerning (Analytical) Meditation and Stabilizing Meditation on Compassion

Transcribed English audio files that arrived:

  • Weekly course on Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior (2005.09.27)

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2011.11.01)

English audio files sent for transcribing:

  • Weekly course on Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior (2003.09.16, 2004.03.23, 2004.12.21)

  • Meditation Practice on the Graded Stages of the Path (Lam-rim) (2010.05.25, 2010.06.01, 2010.06.15, 2010.06.22, 2010.06.29)

New Russian translations online:

  • Short Commentary on Eight-Verse Attitude-Training -- Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

Edited Russian translation that arrived:

  • Summary of the Graded Path to Enlightenment – Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche I

New bilingual English-Russian audio files online:

  • The Six Preparatory Practices and Advice Concerning Ngondro Preliminary Practices (7 parts)

Bilingual English-Russian audio files sent for audio editing:

  • Brief Explanation of the Main Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra (1 part)

New unedited bilingual English-Russian audio transcripts online:

  • Introduction to the Chakrasamvara System of Anuttarayoga Tantra (1 part)

Digitized bilingual English-Spanish video files that arrived and were sent for video editing and for digitizing audio only versions:

  • Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (1 part)

  • Preliminaries for Meditation or Study for Stressed Practitioners (1 part)

  • Sensitivity Training to Quiet the Mind (9 parts)

Bilingual English-Spanish video cassettes sent for video editing:

  • Rebirth: What Is It That Is Reborn? (1 part)

  • Explanation of the Twelve Links of Dependent Arising (7 parts)

  • Everyday Dharma (1 part)

  • Distinctive Features of the Four Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism (1 part)

  • The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to the Dharma (1 part)

  • Taking Refuge: Putting a Safe Direction on Our Lives (1 part)

  • Analytical Meditation (1 part)

  • Brief Presentation of the Lam-rim Graded Stages of the Path (1 part)

Bilingual English-Spanish audio files sent for audio editing:

  • The Five Aggregates in the Context of the Four Hallmarks of the Dharma (1 part)

  • The Conventional Nature of the Mind (1 part)

  • Elaboration of “Approaches to the Dharma – Intellectual, Emotional and Devotional” (1 part)

New German translations online:

  • What Is Meditation?

Portuguese translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned?

Articles sent for Portuguese translation:

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

Indonesian translations that arrived and were sent for editing:

  • The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Talks to Former Dharamsala Residents from the West (parts 1 - 2)

Chinese translations copyedited and newly online:

  • Examining Karma Immediately after 9/11 (3 parts)

  • General Presentation of Shamatha and Vipashyana

Edited Urdu translations that arrived and were sent for copyediting:

  • A Short Commentary on Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices – His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (3 parts)

  • Text of Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices – 2006 Literal Translation

Edited Mongolian translations that arrived:

  • Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama

  • Message from Ling Rinpoche

  • Message from Tsenzhab Serkong Tulku

  • Short Biography of Alexander Berzin

  • Becoming Involved with Buddhism

  • The Appeal of Buddhism in the Modern World

  • Meeting the Challenge of Modernization in Mongolia

  • Disrupting the Faith?

  • Survey of the Basic Forms of Buddhism

  • The Spread of Buddhism in Asia

  • Paraphrase of Advice from an Experienced Old Man – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

Edited Tibetan translations that arrived:

  • Web Site Global Navigation Texts

Hindi translations that arrived and will need editing:

  • Acceptance Speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the Award of an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Jamia Millia Islamia University

  • Belief in One Truth or Many Truths - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • Finding Inner Peace and Fulfillment - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Articles sent for Hindi translation:

  • Closing Address by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the Global Buddhist Congregation

  • Introduction to Buddhism from an Islamic Point of View

  • Establishing Harmony within Religious Diversity - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

  • The Appeal of Buddhism in the Modern World

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