A Special Opportunity
to Support the Kumarajiva Project

For the first time, the Kumarajiva Project is launching a sponsorship initiative for two significant texts, “One-Hundred-Fifty Praises of the Buddha” (Śatapañcaśatikastotra) and “An Exposition of the Five Aggregates” (Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa). Both texts have entered the formal translation phase.

We welcome you to join us in this meritorious endeavor. Whether sponsoring a single palm leaf’s worth of text or offering one-time or continuous support, every contribution counts.

Each sponsor will receive a brooch pin as a gift.

Online donations of US$125 or more will receive a limited-edition silk scarf, with a design inspired by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s calligraphy and the metaphor of emptiness “The Snake and the Rope,” as in his book What Makes You Not a Buddhist.

Please check the “Write us a comment” box and write: “I’d like to support the translation of ‘One-Hundred-Fifty Praises of the Buddha’ and ‘An Exposition of the Five Aggregates.’” with your name and postal address.

If your donation exceeds US$125, please also note your preferred scarf color.
1. Blush Pink 2. Olive Green 3. Lemon Yellow

The scarf’s design is inspired by the “The Snake and the Rope” analogy, which Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche frequently uses in his teachings: Someone walking into a dimly lit room and seeing a rope on the floor could mistake it for a snake due to their habitual patterns. Terrified, they don’t realize that the snake is simply a projection of their mind. Similarly, beings in samsara remain trapped in fear and pain, yet ultimately there is no suffering, no heaven, and no hell. If the light is switched on, the rope is seen for what it is—the snake never truly existed in the first place, and the person is liberated from fear.