Khyentse Vision Project

Our mission is to enable free, online access to the vast wealth of Dharma, collected in more than 48 volumes, of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s writings. We intend to make this treasury accessible to a modern audience of Buddhist practitioners, scholars of Tibet, and Dharma students alike. Our long-term aspiration is to eventually become a translation hub for the teachings and writings of all the Khyentse masters. More than 28,000 pages of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s writings remain to be translated, including both the original 13-volume Sungbum (gsungs ’bum) collection and the 24-volume Kabab dun (bka’ babs bdun) collection of termas, instructions, and liturgies. Altogether, the translation of these collections is projected to take 15 years to complete. The project is currently producing English translations and will eventually expand to include other languages. Khyentse Wangpo’s collected writings cover an enormous variety of subject matter ranging from medicinal recipes and scientific treatises, to ta***ic sadhanas and Dzogchen termas. His writings include geographical guides, biographies, histories, ngöndro instructions, empowerment texts, pith instructions, vajra songs, and lineage praises. The diversity of material found in these collections demands a correspondingly wide range of expertise, experience, and qualifications from our translators and editors. Khyentse Vision Project is made possible thanks to the gracious support of Khyentse Foundation. Khyentse Vision Project is currently made up of a project consultant team, an executive committee, an editorial team, a translations team, and a technology & publications team. Our teams consist of scholars, experts and Dharma practitioners who are dedicated to publishing high-quality translations of the vast treasury of Khyentse Wangpo’s collected writings. A key element of Khyentse Vision Project is our Translator Training Program, which is already offering expert workshops and in-house tutorials to a select group of trainees. Along with a collaborative course program with Rangjung Yeshe Institute, the training is designed to help our translators develop the specific skills needed to translate the kind of material found in Khyentse Wangpo’s corpus.