Khyentse Vision Project

22/08/2026

Khyentse Vision Project wishes you an invigorating Guru Rinpoche Day!

On this auspicious occasion, we are delighted to invite you to a special event with Siddhartha's Intent instructor Chris Jay on the practice of scolding. During his talk, Chris will explore the way Buddhist teachers have long used blunt, unsparing language as a deliberate tool—not to diagnose a defect in the student, but to clear away what obscures what they already are.

Drawing on Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘢𝘨𝘦 and a self-admonition prayer from the Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro, Chris will explore what separates a sharp word that energizes practice from one that produces only guilt—and of course, share stories of scoldings received, witnessed, and perhaps given.

Chris Jay has been a dharma practitioner for over five decades, beginning in a Zen tradition in 1970 before meeting Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, under whose direction he completed a three-year retreat. He has since served as an instructor at Siddhartha's Intent, guiding Ngöndro and sādhana students and leading practices and retreats both online and in person.

🗓 8:00 PM PDT (Aug 25) | 8:30 AM IST (Aug 26)
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Oh4S3USkS3-t-JVK8PD2NQ

08/08/2026

KVP wishes you a fulfilling Ḍākinī Day! 🙏

Today we are sharing a prayer by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, composed at the request of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo to accompany a concise torma offering from the 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘦́ 𝘛𝘶𝘨𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘣 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 terma, rediscovered by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.

This fulfillment prayer invokes the five Tseringma sisters—the protectresses of the terma, referred to here as the five sister queens of the realm protectors and medicine gods—calling on their blessings to protect the teachings, extend the gurus' lifespans, and turn all beings toward the Dharma.

May fortune, virtue, and excellence grow like a lake in monsoon!

📖 Explore full text in our reading room: https://www.khyentsevision.org/reading-room/kabum/ba/B852/

05/08/2026

“And then..?” is a question Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is known to ask—sometimes to push you forward towards discovery, sometimes to invite you to delve deeper, and sometimes to suggest you are exactly where you need to be. We are thrilled to introduce “And then..?”, Khyentse Vision Project's new podcast series!

Welcome to our first season, Behind the Pages. The translators, scholars, and editors who bring Khyentse Wangpo's writings into English are, for the most part, unseen. Behind the Pages is a chance to meet them—to hear about their paths to this work, their encounters with great teachers, and the years of meticulous study and practice that shape every translation we publish.

For our first episode, we sat down with Do Tulku Rinpoche, our traditional expert scholar, translator, and spiritual guide of Arya Tara's Net. In conversation with Dolma Gunther, Rinpoche talks about growing up in a Tibetan refugee community in South India, being recognized as a tulku at seventeen, eleven years of study at Dzongsar Monastery in Bir, and eventually making his way to Germany—with plenty of warmth, humor, and candor along the way.

🎧 Listen on:

Our website: https://www.khyentsevision.org/news/kvp-launches-new-podcast-series-and-then/
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/pHJvXjbTcc7B7m9II1
Youtube: https://youtu.be/HC76DyO02vs
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/and-then-kvp-podcast/id6798141268

And then..?

31/07/2026

How good are AI models at Buddhist translation? Can they assist with philological research? And how do you even begin to measure something like "wisdom" in a language model?

On July 31, our AI Scientist & Engineer, Jake Moore, will represent Khyentse Vision Project at a webinar hosted by the Buddhism & AI Initiative, presenting on translation quality evaluation—using a Tibetan-English translation as a concrete case study for benchmarking large language models.

The session is open to everyone: academics, philosophers, computer scientists, and general enthusiasts. A discussion of possible next steps and collaborative benchmarking opportunities will follow the talks.

📆 July 31 | 7:00 AM PST

How good are LLMs at Buddhist translation? Can an LLM help with philology research? How do you measure "wisdom" in LLMs? Measuring how good an AI is at any…

29/07/2026

This Thursday, join us for a tutorial on Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's writings on mind training, led by translator Jamie G. Creek and facilitated by Zack Beer. The session follows Khenpo Choying Dorjee's teaching on the Chariot of Benefit and Happiness and explores Khyentse Wangpo's broader connection to the lojong tradition.

In this short clip, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche shares his own approach to lojong. The full teaching, given for the Datun Study Program, is well worth watching before tomorrow's session.

📅 July 30 | 8:00 AM PT | 5:00 PM CEST
🔗 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QpmZEnmMSmOEsjfuNAdYlA
Watch the full recording: https://youtube.com/live/IGF_kwYTiYc

24/07/2026

KVP wishes you a treasure-filled Guru Rinpoche day!

On this auspicious day, we are publishing 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo—an overview of the lives of twenty-four tertöns prophesied by Padmasambhava, including monks, lay tāntrikas, medical doctors, and Bön practitioners from throughout Tibet.

The text is drawn from Khyentse Wangpo's historiographical notes and traces this lineage of treasure revealers through the 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘢, a biography of Guru Rinpoche revealed by Orgyen Lingpa. The image we are sharing today depicts Guru Chöwang (1212–1270), the twenty-first tertön in the collection—a master who revealed eighteen treasures from sacred sites across Tibet, received visionary instruction from Mahākāruṇika, and whose lineage of disciples and family descendants continued to flourish long after his passing.

These twenty-four biographies bear witness to the unbroken lineage of tertöns whom Padmasambhava held closest to his heart—and through whom hisThese twenty-four biographies bear witness to the unbroken lineage of tertöns whom Padmasambhava held closest to his heart—and through whom his treasures have continued to reach practitioners across the centuries.

Explore this text in our reading room: https://www.khyentsevision.org/reading-room/kabum/dza/B1102.28

21/07/2026

Following Khenpo Choying Dorjee's Text of the Month teaching on 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, we invite you to join us for a tutorial exploring Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's lojong works more broadly.

Lojong, or mind training, is a core practice in Tibetan Buddhism—a set of contemplative methods for shifting our attitude and behavior toward a mindset of awakening. Since its inception in the eleventh century, these teachings have played an important role across all Tibetan traditions.

Khyentse Wangpo, who embodied the nonsectarian Rimé spirit, expressed deep devotion toward the Kadam tradition, from which the lojong teachings initially evolved, and composed several important works in this genre.

The session will be led by our in-house translator Jamie Creek and facilitated by translation team lead Zack Beer.

📅 July 30 | 8:00 AM PT | 5:00 PM CEST
🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QpmZEnmMSmOEsjfuNAdYlA
📖 Explore this text in our reading room: https://www.khyentsevision.org/tom/chariot-of-benefit-and-happiness/

18/07/2026

Happy Chökhor Düchen! 🙏 ☸️

Today we celebrate one of the most sacred days in the Buddhist calendar, the first turning of the Wheel of Dharma. After his enlightenment at Bodhgaya, Buddha Shakyamuni spent seven weeks in solitary contemplation and reflected:

"Profound and peaceful, free from complexity, uncompounded luminosity—I have found a nectar-like Dharma. Yet if I were to teach it, no one would understand, so I shall remain silent here in the forest."

It was only through his own boundless compassion, expressed through Brahma's supplication, that he finally agreed to travel to the Deer Park at Sarnath and began to teach sentient beings according to their capabilities. Every lineage, every prayer, every text we have now is a continuation of that first teaching.

On this auspicious day, may we aspire to keep requesting the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, for as long as there are beings who need to hear it.

17/07/2026

This week's quote is from 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, a spontaneous song of realization composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo when on a journey to Central Tibet. In this text, Khyentse Wangpo draws on his own life to help us recognize our shortcomings and avoid the pitfalls of distraction.

The text served as the basis for a special two-day teaching by Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche. With his characteristic humor and incisiveness, Rinpoche explored the deeper restlessness that fuels our habits of chasing pleasure, avoiding discomfort, and constructing identity—guiding us back to the foundational contemplations of the path and inviting us to rethink what truly grounds our practice.

📖 Read the full text in our reading room: https://www.khyentsevision.org/reading-room/kabum/a-chung/B1583/
🎬 Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/jqZmNnlp6gg

10/07/2026

KVP wishes you a blissful Ḍākinī Day!

In this clip from his recent teaching on Ārya Tārā, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche reflects on Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's extraordinary connection with Tārā, and explains why the revelation of the Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik was nothing short of groundbreaking in the context of Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Today also marks the birthday of our fearless and passionate Executive Director, Dolma Gunther! We feel very blessed to work with this remarkable woman, whose courage and vision in making Khyentse lineage wisdom accessible have already benefited so many Vajrayana practitioners worldwide. Happy Birthday, Dolma! 🎉

🎬 Watch the full teaching: https://youtu.be/lNoZgUP6JQ4
📖 Explore our compilation of Tārā prayers and practices by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo: https://www.khyentsevision.org/tom/a-homage-to-tara-prayers-and-practices-of-arya-tara-in-celebration-of-khyentse-foundations-25th-anniversary/