Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Mar 8th, 2012

“Particular thanks go to Khyentse Rinpoche himself, without whose enlightened visions and support this powerful momentum would not be set in the first place.” — Professor Dorji Wangchuk, University of Hamburg

KF and RYI: Joint Financial Aid for Higher Education in Buddhist Studies

Jan 14th, 2012

Last year, Khyentse Foundation established a joint financial aid fund with Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal (RYI).

KF and KEAP: Supporting the Theravada Tradition in Cambodia

Nov 16th, 2011

Khyentse Foundation continues to fund the Khmer-Buddhist Educational Assistance Project (KEAP) Cambodian Monk Postgraduate Scholarship Program.

KF Grant Used to Publish PhD Dissertation on Madhyamika

Aug 4th, 2011

As many of Rinpoche’s student’s know, the study of Madhyamika is considered essential to understanding the Buddhist view. Madhyamika, the middle way philosophy, teaches freedom from all extremes.

Cambodian Monks Awarded KF Scholarships For Higher Studies

Feb 24th, 2011

Peter Gyallay-Pap, exec director, Khmer-Buddhist Educational Assistance Project (KEAP) spent three weeks in Cambodia facilitating the recruitment and selection of three monk scholarship recipients. There were seven applicants for the Khyentse Foundation awards to study for an MA in Buddhist studies in Sri Lanka.

A Khenpo in the Capital

Dec 5th, 2010

Venerable Khenpo Jamyang Lobshal, Principal of Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute in Bir, India, is spending a semester as a visiting scholar at the George Washington University Department of Religion in Washington, D.C.

Grants and Awards

Dec 5th, 2010

In January of 2010, Khyentse Foundation received 25 requests for scholarships, and in July we received 61 requests, for a total of 86 requests in the first 7 months of the year. In July, we awarded scholarships to 20 individuals—the largest number in our history.

Grants and Awards: Wendell Garnett II

Sep 25th, 2010

Born in New York City to Panamanian parents, Wendell Garnett dropped out of high school and was homeless for four years, hitchhiking around the United States, learning to survive on the streets, and searching for purpose in his life. At age 21 he was inspired by Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, by Roshi Shunryu Suzuki, to…

Grants and Scholarships

Aug 4th, 2010

Since the KF Scholarship program became our top priority in 2006, we have supported an international array of students and practitioners in studying the Buddha’s teachings and putting them into practice.

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