super excited

ok, so one of my side projects - that i’ve been contemplating for over a year - is starting to roll now. it’s the beginning of an online buddhist encyclopedia. not a general one, for all buddhists, but one specific to the shambhala (aka. surmang kaygu) lineage of tibetan buddhism that i’ve enjoyed practicing so much. there are many books, transcribed talks, and interesting references in my lineage in english now. still much to translate from the original tibetan, but enough in english and other languages that an encyclopedia and extensive glossary of terms would be really valuable.

if one had been available when i was preparing for and going to my seminary, it would have been tremendously helpful. and just fun to follow links, reading about different things.

after spending some spare time this year editing the Wikipedia, i feel ready to setup a similar project and guidelines for a group effort. then next month or two i’ll slowly bootstrap the initial articles, guidelines for editing, and citations. then i’ll plan to invite more volunteers and build a pool of editors to help. but i’m SOOO excited and inspired by the project. it’s going to be great! and potentially really change how future transcription and translation is published.

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