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Inside the Canon

What Remains When Everything Is Empty

Dr. Gareth Sparham on a Lifetime with the Perfection of Wisdom

Twelve volumes, close to ten thousand pages, and at the heart of it a question that keeps opening. Dr. Gareth Sparham on translating The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines, and what remains when even the teachings are empty.

Mariana Restrepo

Inside the Canon

What Remains When Everything Is Empty

Mariana Restrepo

Wisdom & Understanding

Repeating the Words of the Buddha: Phakchok Rinpoche Teaches on the Perfection of Wisdom

Inside the Canon

Ask the Translator: Women and Gender in the Canon

Annie Heckman

Inside the Canon

Why Do the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtras Repeat Themselves So Much?

Nathaniel Rich

DHARMA TEACHINGS

Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul

How Buddhist Wisdom Frees the Mind

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Emptiness and the Nature of Reality: A Teaching on the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

The Infinite Journey: The Stem Array (Gandavyūha Sūtra)

WISDOM & UNDERSTANDING

Repeating the Words of the Buddha: Phakchok Rinpoche Teaches on the Perfection of Wisdom

What Is a Bodhisattva? The Mahāyāna Ideal of Compassion and Wisdom

Outwitting Distractions: A Four-Part Series on the Distracted Mind

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Cultivating a Bodhisattva Mind: Buddhist Teachings on Death, Dying, and Liberation

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

The Rice Seedling Sūtra: Dependent Arising, the Environment, and the Danger of Self-Orientation

How Buddhist Wisdom Frees the Mind

Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul

The Living Power of the 100,000-Line Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra

Sunlight on Wisdom: Teachings on Compassion, Wisdom, and the Six Perfections

H.E. Avikrita Vajra Sakya Rinpoche

COMMUNITY & ETHICS

The Rains Retreat: The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Practices

From Wandering to Community: The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Practices

The Infinite Journey: The Stem Array (Gandavyūha Sūtra)

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Dr. Fumi Yao on Translating the Vinaya

The Chapter on Medicines: Karma, Miracles, and the Buddha's Vast Activity

Ven. Konchog Norbu

The Rice Seedling: Buddha's Teaching on Dependent Origination

Raktrul Rinpoche

The Akāśagarbha Sūtra: A Buddhist Guide to Ethics, Purification, and Dream Practice.

The Play in Full: A Translator's Perspective on the Life of the Buddha

Catherine Dalton

INSIDE THE CANON

What Remains When Everything Is Empty

Mariana Restrepo

Ask the Translator: Women and Gender in the Canon

Why Do the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtras Repeat Themselves So Much?

Words Beyond Words: John Canti on the Prajñāpāramitā Literature

Mariana Restrepo

What Is the Transcendent State of Wisdom?

From Oral Tradition to Global Preservation: Buddhist Canons Explained

A Brief Introduction to the Kangyur and Tengyur

The Kangyur: Holy Relic, Time Capsule, or Goldmine?