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Go behind the scenes with our translators—discover their work, favorite texts, and “aha!” moments.
67 posts
Purpose & Meaning
12 October 2026
Dr. Catherine Dalton has interpreted for Tibetan Buddhist teachers and translated Buddhist texts for over two decades, and has contributed to 84000 since its inception. Here she reflects on approaching…
Buddhist Culture & Symbols
31 August 2026
In the Amdo region of Tibet, three sūtras, _The King of Samādhis Sūtra_, _The_ _Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines_, and _The Good Eon_, are recited together as a…
Inside the Canon
14 August 2026
84000's reflections on the use of artificial intelligence in the translation of Buddhist scripture.
Inside the Canon
7 August 2026
### **Dr. Gareth Sparham on a Lifetime with the Perfection of Wisdom** Twelve volumes, close to ten thousand pages, and at the heart of it a question that keeps opening.…
Difficulty & Resilience
3 August 2026
Women are present throughout the Buddhist canon—as leaders, rule-breakers, survivors, and saints. Learn about some of the most compelling female figures in the Vinaya, the monastic code, and the unexpected…
Buddhist Culture & Symbols
27 July 2026
Dr. Adam C. Krug traces how the _Seven Siddhi Texts_ helped make, maintain, and repair the communities that carried them across centuries, and what that history reveals about how texts…
Stories That Inspire
13 July 2026
84000 copyeditor Ven. Konchog Norbu takes us behind the scenes of the editorial work that brings a sūtra to publication—the readings, revisions, and recitations that shaped our recently published English…
Inside the Canon
6 July 2026
Dr. Nathaniel Rich, one of 84000's editors of the _Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in Eight Thousand Lines,_ offers a scholar-practitioner's account of what the repetition, paradox, and relentless structure of these sūtras…
Community & Ethics
2 July 2026
Dr. Annie Heckman discusses the craft of translating Buddhist monastic law, the challenges of honoring Tibetan syntax in English, AI's role in translation work, and her current book project on…
Inside the Canon
27 June 2026
John Canti, senior editor at 84000, traces the sweep of the Prajñāpāramitā literature—where it came from, why it exists in so many versions, and what it might offer anyone encountering…
Inside the Canon
25 June 2026
Dr. Gregory Seton, translator of the _Transcendent State of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines_, traces the term Prajnaparamita to its roots, the sutra's structure to its purpose, and explains why…
5-Minute Insights
31 May 2026
The Basket's Display is the sūtra that introduced Avalokiteśvara and the six-syllable mantra to the world. Dr. Bob Miller offers an introduction to this rarely studied but widely influential text.
