Lotsawa*
House features translations of important buddhist texts from Tibetan into English and other languages by translators from
the Rigpa Lotsawa team and their friends.
*Lotsawa (lo-tsa-wa) n. Title used for the native Tibetan translators who worked together with Indian
scholars (or panditas) to translate the major buddhist texts into Tibetan from Sanskrit and other Asian languages.
From Skt. locchava, literally ‘bilingual’ or ‘eyes of the world.’ See also pandita.
We offer these translations freely for
the use of Dharma students. You are welcome to copy and distribute them, but we request that you make every effort to make
them available free of charge. If you would like to include these texts in any publication please contact the translators by email.
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