The Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia: A Cause Worth Supporting
Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia is now 14 years old
Our Encyclopedia recently received a wonderful opportunity for a major renewal on its 14th birthday . After many years of growing our Encyclopedia had become bit slow and sometimes even decided not to answer when people knocked on the door.
A very big thank you and blessings to Dmytro Rudiy (rudiy.nl) for his great work in upgrading the server, website and all of the infrastructure and helping make TBE fast and reliable again for everyone!
We kindly ask our readers to help us cover the cost of this important upgrade and also help with the ongoing costs of keeping the Encyclopedia alive and freely available.
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Every little donation helps and every one is deeply appreciated. 🙏🙏🙏
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM 🙏🙏🙏
May blessings shower down on all of yous 🙏🙏🙏
For years, the Swedish-born monk Vello Väärtnou has toiled on two core projects: the opening of a Buddhist Studies institute in Sweden and an online Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia. It brings together Tibetan, Chinese, Sanskrit, and Pali terms in a collection of approximately 81,700 entries explaining the terminology and discourse of Vajrayana Buddhism. I have known him since he visited Hong Kong over a decade ago, and he has always prioritized the Dharma over any other concerns.
He has also disseminated the Dharma in Australia, where he held conferences about Buddhist Studies with guests and speakers from around the world.
His vision for a center of Buddhist Studies center at a Swedish university is a worthwhile one. Buddhism as a phenomenon has already been existed in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries for several generations and it should be researched and preserved. There are thousands of Buddhists from numerous different Buddhist traditions, monasteries, temples and other organizations in Scandinavia, but the academic aspect of Buddhism is missing in Swedish universities.
Furthermore, the Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia requires support from those that share Vello Väärtnou’s vision of a revitalized and thriving Buddhism in Sweden.
As he has told the press, “I’m really more like an Asian in the way of thinking and lifestyle, and I have always buried all my money in Buddhism. I believe that people should get part of this grand cultural heritage offered to us by the East. This is my passion.”
If you find his projects worth supporting, please consider making a little donation!!!