By Dr. Alexander Berzin | Founder and Author of Berzin Archives
As spring arrived and the year continued to unfold, with many in the northern hemisphere experiencing heatwaves over the last few weeks, our work at Study Buddhism carried forward with the same heat and momentum, leading to deepening engagement and continued technical innovation. During this three-month period, we welcomed 600,000 unique visitors, who read more than 1.1 million articles across our multilingual platform.
Our readers were most engaged with Fourteen Questions to Which Buddha Remained Silent (English), What Is Buddhism (English, Japanese), What Is the Dharma? (English), 8 Buddhist Tips for Dealing with Anger (English), and What Is Prayer in Buddhism? (English). English, Russian, German, Spanish, and Italian were the most widely read languages, with the majority of users coming from the United States, Germany, India, Italy, and France. These figures reflect both the continuing global reach of the Berzin Archives’ Study Buddhism project and the sustained interest in the reliable, carefully presented Buddhist teachings in multiple languages that we offer.
Our presence on social media saw exceptional growth this quarter, driven largely by the release of our interview with Venerable Matthieu Ricard. Over the past three months our YouTube content garnered 420,000 views—more than a quarter of a million of them from the Ricard interview alone, in which we explored modern society, the urgent need for altruism, and the worrying rise of artificial intelligence with no ethical boundaries. Altogether, viewers spent the equivalent of some 900 days continuously watching our videos. Meanwhile, over on Facebook and Instagram we delivered a further 300,000 views, many generated by older archival content that we continue to re-share with new audiences.
A major highlight of this quarter was the combination of extensive new content production—including the copyediting and publication of previously unpublished manuscripts by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey—with substantial technical upgrades to the website’s video infrastructure, search, server performance, and content management system. We also began the project of integrating an AI chatbot, enhanced with retrieval-augmented generation, to help visitors explore the teachings on our site. These developments strengthen both the preservation of authentic teachings and the long-term sustainability of our digital platform.
Here are some of our major accomplishments from March through May 2026:
Content & Translations
Composed and published:
Compiled from a published video interview, copyedited, and published:
Copyedited and published:
Recorded, AI-transcribed, and copyedited seminars taught by Dr. Berzin:
Copyedited transcripts of weekly classes by Dr. Berzin:
Conducted AI transcription and copyediting of the English translations of:
Began copyediting AI transcriptions of classes at the Serkong Institute taught by Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II, Geshe Tenzin Gurmyi, and Dr. Atisha Mathur:
Completed and published 181 article translations from English into 13 of our other 36 languages, including:
Continued composition by Dr. Berzin of an extensive commentary on The Gross and Subtle Varieties of the Two Types of Dependent Arising in Purchog Ngawang Jampa’s commentary on In Praise of Dependent Arising.
Multimedia & Social Media
Technical Improvements
Homepage & Video
Web Server
New CMS & Administrative Features
Search
Glossary & Site Navigation
In Progress
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None of this progress would be possible without your steadfast support. Your generosity allows us to continue preserving rare teachings, expanding multilingual access, strengthening our technical foundation, and making authentic Buddhist wisdom freely available worldwide.
With your help, we remain dedicated to our mission to “Make the Ageless Wisdom of Tibet Available to All.”
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By Dr. Alexander Berzin | Founder and Author of Berzin Archives
By Dr. Alexander Berzin | Founder and Author of Berzin Archives
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