Media OutReach Newswire

2020-06-05 15:15

84000 Launches an Animation Video to Preserve Buddhist Texts

British actress Joanna Lumley lends voice to save cultural heritage

 

New York City - Media OutReach - June 5, 2020 - 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, a global non-profit initiative to translate and preserve the Tibetan Buddhist Canon, is launching a video campaign to raise awareness around one of the world's largest and oldest collections of writings: With 230,000 pages locked within the fading Classical Tibetan language, the world is on the brink of losing access to a priceless archive of wisdom. This launch marks 84000's 10th anniversary.

 

In 2009, a conference of the world's leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers, translators, and academics concluded that less than 5% of the Canon had ever been translated into a language spoken today. That 5% of writings has already offered the modern world much insight into the mind, human psychology, relationships, and ethics.

 

Since its founding, 84000 has awarded over US$6 million in grants to translation teams around the world--from UCSB, Oxford, the University of Vienna, through to Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Nepal)--who work to decipher the Tibetan Buddhist Canon.

 

"The number of scholars who are both proficient in Classical Tibetan and trained to interpret this profound philosophy, is fast-fading," explains Huang Jing-Rui, 84000's executive director. "If we don't act now, imagine how much wisdom might be lost forever, locked within this ancient language."

 

In just ten years, 84000 has translated over 30% of the sūtras. It has the endorsement of all four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism, and continues to work with the support of some of the most learned, living teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

 

This historic initiative makes freely available for the first time, primary-source material in English that is proving invaluable for international scholarship on Buddhist history, philosophy, and insight into the development and transfer of cultures across Asia. And 84000 continually integrates new technologies with its digital library giving its readers access to multi-language glossaries, and source-text, bilingual reading ability. The translated Tibetan Buddhist Canon is made available freely to the public to enjoy.


The launch of this 3-min animation, voiced by award-winning, British actress Joanna Lumley, is accompanied by a weekend "Like and Share" campaign from June 5th (5am EST/5pm SG) till June 7th (5pm EST/June 8 5am SG). With millions confined to their homes, 84000 urges everyone to make their screen time count: With one click, help preserve the world's largest archive of wisdom.

 

"It's entirely possible that the survival of the Buddhadharma could depend on it being translated into other languages," notes the Founding Chair, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche known for his long-sighted vision and innovation in an arena that still highly values conservatism. "By translating and making available the Tibetan Buddhist texts to modern people, a vast swath of Buddhist civilization and culture may be saved from annihilation."

 

Today's launch coincides with Saga Dawa, a day celebrated by Buddhists around the world to commemorate the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing.



Video: https://84000.co/2020video

Directed by: Queena Li

Produced by: Blacksugar

Voiceover by: Joanna Lumley (English), Leah Dou (Chinese)


Website: 84000.co

source: 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

【你點睇】本港主要銀行跟隨美聯儲減息,你對樓市前景有否信心?► 立即投票

人氣文章
財經新聞
評論
專題
專業版
HV2
精裝版
SV2
串流版
IQ 登入
強化版
TQ
強化版
MQ

【嚴正聲明】《經濟通》呼籲公眾提高警覺留意偽冒《經濟通》投資群組

如何分辨問米是否真實?通靈問事用什麼工具都可以?靈靈法即場示範通靈!

etnet榮獲HKEX Awards 2023 「最佳證券數據供應商」大獎

貨幣攻略

大國博弈

說說心理話

Watche Trends 2024

北上食買玩

Art Month 2024

理財秘笈

夏天養生食療

消委會報告

山今養生智慧

輕鬆護老