MANGALAM RESEARCH CENTER

For Buddhist Languages

Exploring the translation of Buddhist teachings into English

Classical Buddhist Language Programs

Monday, Mar 30, 2026, 3-4:30 pm PT
Davey Tomlinson, 
Reading Ratnarakṣita’s Defense of Deity Yoga

Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026, 4-5:30 pm PT 
Tools for Translating Sanskrit Buddhist Texts

Varieties of Non-Dualism in Late Indian Yogācāra​

April 1, 5:30-7 
Davey Tomlinson, PhD

How to Live in Hard Times: Examples from Buddhist Lives

February 5, 2026
Kurtis Schaeffer, How to Withstand the Winds of Existence: Nature and Solitude as Supports for an Authentic Life, According to the Ninth Je Khenpo of Bhutan, Shakya Rinchen

The Practice of Creativity: Expressions of the Dharma in the Arts and the Natural World

February 27,  5-6:30
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Poetry Reading & Reception

March 3 (4-5:30 pm PT)
Janet Gyatso, Being With Animal Kin: Buddhist Resources for a Posthuman Ethics

Classical Sanskrit for Students of Buddhism

Mondays & Wednesdays
January 5, 2026 – June 10, 2026*
7-8:30am Pacific (on Zoom)

Recordings from past conferences, seminars and projects.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

2021 MRC COURSES aim to enrich students’ understanding and practice of the Dharma by making academic perspectives and scholarly research accessible and engaging.
SPOTLIGHT
New research in Buddhist studies monthly lecture series.