Jed Forman discusses the necessity of preserving ambiguity, liminality, and intentional imprecision in translation, with attention to its ramifications for translating , what he dubs as "the chi-drotak maxim." yeshe.org/.../spl_v4_1_s…

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Eveline Washul's essay "documents the richness of meanings encapsulated by Tibetan place names through a study of the name Golok." yeshe.org/wp-content/upl… Photo by author. View over Zalmogang Range with Nyenpo Yütsé and his gatekeepers.

Tashi Dekyid Monet highlights the ontological stake involved in translating Tibetan place-based relations and traditions in non-Tibetan languages. Download the full essay here: yeshe.org/wp-content/upl… Photo by author: Layered landscapes of Minyak Rabgang

Inspired by works of Lama Jabb and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Translation Special Issue of ‘Yeshe’ closes with an afterword by Lama Jabb himself, touching upon some of the aspects that “foreground Tibetan lived experience and epistemology.” yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

In our last post from our Translation Special Issue, we revisit the cover image by Kulha (ཀུ་ལ་ཡག). Her painting "primarily portrays the hope that the Lungta of Tibetan language....will spread across the world." For the artist statement, click here yeshe.org/art-statement-…

Remembering our beloved filmmaker on his first death anniversary. Vol. 4.2 - བོད་བརྙན་གྱི་སྲོག་ཤིང་རྒན་པདྨ་ཚེ་བརྟན་ལགས་༼༡༩༦༩-༢༠༢༣༽ལ་གུས་འདུད་རྗེས་དྲན་ཞུ་བ། A Tribute to Pema Tseden (1969-2023), the Life-tree of Tibetan Cinema - is now live: yeshe.org/special-issue-…

Essays, tributes, reviews, poems translated from Tibetan and Chinese, some written in English by family, friends, film-critics, scholars from Tibet, China, Exile and elsewhere-all come together in Yeshe's special Tribute to late Pema Tseden on the one year of his passing.

From Vol. 3.1, we share Chima Lama’s translation of Khenpo Konchok Molam’s poem ‘Characteristics of HH Drikung Kyabgon,’ an example of Tibetan encomium: yeshe.org/characteristic… Image: Khenpo Konchok Molam (source: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary)

On the late Pema Tseden's 2nd death anniversary today, we have made available the PDF of Vol 4.2, honoring the titan of Tibetan Cinema whose voice continues to resonate in our collective pursuit of knowledge and freedom. yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

"Pema Tseden was the life tree of Tibetan cinema in Tibet, the People’s Republic of China, and beyond...He managed to uncompromisingly establish Tibetan cinema and reach the best of the world film festivals." - Françoise Robin More here: yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Pema Tseden’s only son, Jigme Trinley, on the 49th day of his father's passing, wrote these farewell notes, recollecting childhood days with his late father while preparing to send him off to his final journey. yeshe.org/wp-content/upl… Photo ©Hoshi Izumi

In this excerpt from Pema Tseden’s forthcoming biography ཡལ་མེད་རྟག་པའི་པད་མ། (The Immortal Pema) by Gangzhun, we learn how Pema Tseden came to define his goal of filmmaking, finally enrolling himself in Beijing Film Academy yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Announcing Yeshe's first nonfiction contest winner Kelang Lhamo and runner-up Tamdin Tso

Lung Rinchen writes about his trip to Hoh Xil with Pema Tseden, their meeting with Dhondup Gyal, the recurrent folk element in Pema Tseden films, and the new generation filmmakers’ responsibility to tell the rest half of the story. yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Chen Danqing, a Chinese American painter and art critic, reflects on what made Pema’s films different from those in the mainland China while reminiscing his interactions with Pema: yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Recalling her almost two decades of friendship and work with Pema Tseden on his films, Françoise Robin, testifies to Pema’s commitment to making a Tibetan film scene emerge and discloses a few lesser-known aspects of his life and career. yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

It was very cold in Bathang... Gen-la told me “Tseten, bear it, be strong!” At one point, I almost sobbed, saying “I may well be dying!” And Gen-la said, “Now that’s a wrap!” - Tseten Tashi on working with Pema Tseden in his penultimate film 'Snow Leopard' yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Pema Tseden "invites us into an imaginal space where we can wonder together, " writes Michael Monhart, psychoanalyst and translator, conceptualizing the imaginative process in Pema Tseden's short stories through works of Paul Ricoeur and Gaston Bachelard. yeshe.org/wp-content/upl…

Here is the cover of Yeshe's forthcoming special issue Vol 5.1 Stay tuned for more