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Digital dharma : recovering wisdom /

"A Mormon by birth, E. Gene Smith became the unlikely mastermind of an international effort to rescue, preserve, digitize, and provide free access to the vast Tibetan Buddhist canon, many volumes of which had been lost or damaged during China's Cultural Revolution. Digital Dharma provides...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yachin, Dafna (Author), Fischman, Arthur M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Smith, E. Gene > (Ellis Gene), > 1936-2010.
Archival materials > Digitization > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Archival materials > Conservation and restoration > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Buddhist sects > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Buddhism > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Buddhist literature, Tibetan.
Buddhist literature, Sanskrit.
Documents d'archives > Numérisation > Chine > Région autonome du Tibet.
Documents d'archives > Conservation et restauration > Chine > Région autonome du Tibet.
Sectes bouddhiques > Chine > Région autonome du Tibet.
Littérature bouddhique tibétaine.
Littérature bouddhique sanscrite.
Archival materials > Conservation and restoration.
Archival materials > Digitization.
Buddhism.
Buddhist sects.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue / by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso
  • Matthieu Ricard Remembers Gene
  • Introduction / by Dafna Yachin, director of Digital Dharma
  • Delhi: "The Hub"
  • The Road to Dharamsala
  • The Treasure of the Himalayas
  • Kathmandu: "Jewel and Gem"
  • New York City "Headquarters"
  • Return to India and Nepal
  • Road to Lumbini: Birthplace of the Buddha
  • Dheradun: City of Joy
  • New York City: The Final Stop / by Dafna Yachin
  • 2011: Chengdu, China
  • Gene's Legacy: The Buddhist Digital Resource Center
  • BDRC Librarians Remember Their Mentor, Gene
  • Leonard van der Kuijp
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • About the Authors.