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home buddhist digital resource center donate donate practice generosity become a dharma protector wisdom disk campaign about us programs archive english བོད ཡིག 简体中文 simplified about us programs archive english བོད ཡིག 简体中文 simplified buddhist digital resource center preserving buddhist literature for the world using state of the art technology the buddhist digital resource center is the leader in the field of digital preservation of buddhist texts working with local partners to provide free access for the global community the buddhist digital resource center is the largest online archive of tibetan and buddhist texts in the world and provides open access to this incredible body of literature via an online library a mobile app and hard drive distribution programs discover millions of pages of texts from the major buddhist literary traditions explore bdrc s library get the app and explore our library 25 years of sharing buddhist wisdom read about bdrc s anniversary celebrations support our vision for the future 25 years of sharing buddhist wisdom read about bdrc s anniversary celebrations support our vision for the future preserving buddhist literature for the world some highlights var inter setinterval function var rev rev_slider_4_1 console log rev if rev rev revredraw clearinterval inter 3000 bdrc s ed jann ronis and cto élie roux are awarded the aming tu prize taipei march 2024 gene smith tutoring the children of hh dagchen rinpoche and he jamyang dagmo kushu in seattle 1960s e gene smith with dezhung rinpoche in seattle gene smith with his dogs in india 1970s gene smith with his collection of tibetan buddhist texts gene smith demonstrates the tibetan buddhist resource center at songtsen library gene smith and ven matthieu ricard with monks inputting texts at shechen monastery nepal in the early days tbrc created cds of digitized buddhist texts to distribute gene smith presents a hard drive of buddhist texts to chokyi nyima rinpoche in kathmandu a hard drive with a curated collection of buddhist texts issue 7 of the core text collection l to r robert thurman gene smith khenpo choying dorjé of dzongsar institute at bir conference on translating the words of the buddha bir 2008 signing ceremony for donation of the e gene smith library to south west nationalities university chengdu china 2007 gene smith at south west nationalities university chengdu where he donated his text collection gene smith with the staff of the tibetan buddhist resource center nyc 2010 gene smith at his office at the rubin foundation new york city 2010 gene smith s obituary in the economist dec 2010 the e gene smith tibetan library at south west nationalities university chengdu china established in 2011 the board of directors of the buddhist digital resource center in 2015 bdrc works with local preservationists to scan and publish texts digitizing the ragya kangyur scanning buddhist texts at mentsekhang library india reviewing texts for digitization at mentsekhang a visit from hh the 17th gyalwang karmapa march 2015 the bdrc librarians at the international association of tibetan studies conference in prague 2022 jann ronis with susan meinheit at the tibetan collection of the library of congress the digital dharma production team editor tenzin dickie patricia gruber of the gruber foundation jann ronis of bdrc authors dafna yachin and arthur m fischman audience at the launch of digital dharma in new york city november 2022 scanning khmer texts in cambodia digitization stations for fragile palm leaves collection of texts from burma librarians at shugseb nunnery india organize their collection of buddhist texts bdrc head librarian trains local partner in digitization skills event for digital dharma at the bdrc office boston february 2023 geshe monlam visit to the bdrc office january 2024 bdrc head librarian digitizing texts at namdroling monastery book launch for the biography of gene smith by bdrc senior librarian kelsang lhamo the bdrc mobile app laurie anderson dominique townsend and benjamin bogin at bdrc s 25th anniversary event on sept 20 2024 news news see all 28 february 2026 bdrc launches major initiative to build open buddhist datasets for ai bdrc is making a major effort to ensure that artificial intelligence ai is better informed about buddhism with generous financial support and inspiration from khyentse foundation in december 2025 bdrc launched a major project to create open source tibetan buddhist datasets for ai for over three years we have shared on our blog a series read more 05 february 2026 returning the trust the final journey of the gene smith library in this blog post we want to share a side of bdrc that few see our history of repatriating physical books the paper ink and generations of craftsmanship that form the foundation of our work while we are best known for our digital archive this is the story of how we have honored our founder s read more 04 february 2026 job announcement executive director of the buddhist digital resource cente bdrc invites applications for the position of executive director please see the information below and share with anyone in your networks who might be interested summary the board of directors of the buddhist digital resource center bdrc invites nominations and applications for the position of executive director bdrc is the leading non profit organization in the field read more 21 january 2026 bdrc announces leadership transition jann ronis to step down as executive director after seven years of service jann ronis will be stepping down as executive director of the buddhist digital resource center bdrc during his tenure jann provided steady leadership through a period of significant transition growth and challenge he advanced bdrc s mission to preserve and provide access to buddhist literature through digital technologies strengthening bdrc s position as a read more 18 june 2025 a close up view of a tibetan typewriter most people have never seen a tibetan typewriter let alone had a chance to use one but here we share some photographs from the university of vienna that provide a close up view of how they operated read more 09 may 2025 bdrc to digitize invaluable tibetan texts from gene smith s personal collection bdrc plans to digitize 150 important tibetan texts from the collection of our founder e gene smith all have unique content and are previously unpublished or are important specimens of old xylographs or manuscripts that need to be digitized in full color read more 14 march 2025 bdrc announces the release of ocr app for tibetan the buddhist digital resource center announces the release of a breakthrough optical character recognition ocr app for tibetan read more 28 february 2025 introducing buda 2 0 easier searching improved etext experience announcing a major update to the buddhist digital resource center s digital library buda explore the new beta version at beta bdrc io and share your feedback it s essential to helping us improve this update is based on your valuable input and we re excited to share four key new features read more 27 november 2024 bdrc and the library of tibetan works and archives collaborate on digital preservation of manuscripts bdrc s most recent collaboration with the library of tibetan works and archives is the digital preservation of hundreds of never before published texts from their renowned manuscripts division read more join the newsletter be part of bdrc s mission to preserve buddhist literature for the world learn how you can support bdrc donate become a dharma protector join here highlights from the archive see all buda bdrc s archival platform bdrc s buddhist digital archives buda provides free access to millions of pages of buddhist texts as well as digital research tools search our library here learn more buda bdrc s archival platform bdrc s buddhist digital archives buda provides access to more than 17 million pages of buddhist texts and offers digital tools to support research learn more programs our team of scholars technologists librarians and project experts enact bdrc s mission with a passion for preserving and sharing buddhist cultural heritage learn more about our global operations people our international team carries out bdrc s mission with ingenuity and dedication using its skills to make bdrc the online home for buddhist literature discover the people involved partners khyentse foundation khyentse foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by dzongsar khyentse rinpoche to support all traditions of buddhist study and practice since 2001 the foundation has supported individuals and institutions in more than 30 countries and has directly affected the lives of people around the world khyentse foundation activities include major text preservation and translation projects support for traditional monastic colleges in asia a worldwide scholarship and awards program academic development of buddhist studies in major universities training and development for buddhist leaders and teachers buddhist education for children support for individual study and retreats and more khyentse foundation the robert h n ho family foundation the robert h n ho family foundation is an independent philanthropic organization based in hong kong the foundation s dual mission is to foster appreciation of chinese arts and culture to advance global learning and to cultivate a deeper understanding of buddhism in the context of contemporary life bdrc s sanskrit and chinese digital library network program is supported by a grant from the robert h n ho family foundation the robert h n ho family foundation a khmer buddhist foundation a khmer buddhist foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the lives of the khmer people and preserving their rich traditions and culture a khmer buddhist foundation 1 2 3 discover our partners partners khyentse foundation the robert h n ho family foundation 1 2 3 4 5 discover our partners discover 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