Meeting Date: Thu May 21 2026
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Summary
Team members reviewed biweekly partnership research and technical progress for the upcoming meeting with stakeholders.
Research and Outreach Progress
Research identified 12 potential partners out of 20. Nine English translations and 10 commentaries were cataloged.
Technical Workflow and Challenges
Two root texts were uploaded to Obsidian despite ongoing formatting difficulties. Three root text versions exist without fully formatted Chinese commentaries.
Organizational Updates and Strategy
Team visited 4 organizations and identified 3 locations for outreach. A strategy was decided to announce the initiative to 10 to 20 centers during an upcoming event.
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Suggested Next Steps
- [drongbu lobsang] Send Meeting Summary: Draft a summary of the current discussions and send it to MT before the 2:00 meeting.
- [Jay Yeshe Gyatso] Visit Zonga Center: Visit the Zonga Center in Gawong next week.
- [Jay Yeshe Gyatso] Attend Saga Dawa: Attend the Saga Dawa event this Sunday.
- [Jay Yeshe Gyatso] Contact Rambo: Reach out to Rambo via Jennifer to facilitate a meeting.
- [Jay Yeshe Gyatso] Secure Commentary Permission: Obtain official permission to use the commentary translated by Campbo.
- [Jay Yeshe Gyatso, Kevin Shakya] Format Obsidian Text: Align and format the root texts and commentaries in Obsidian correctly.
- [yeshi lhundup] Contact Partners: Schedule and coordinate appointments with the 12 identified potential partners.
Details
- Meeting Purpose and Agenda: Drongbu Lobsang set the agenda for the meeting, explaining that the team needed to prepare a progress report for MT, who was scheduled to arrive at 2:00. The objective was to summarize the work completed over the preceding two weeks to facilitate the afternoon discussion (00:00:00).
- Yeshi Lhundup - Partnership Research and Outreach: Yeshi Lhundup reported on the initial logistical arrangements, including the creation of spreadsheets and appointment preparations for organizations such as the Dalai Lama office. They conducted research on translation versions, identifying nine English translations and ten commentaries, and developed a sample plan for a one-year Buddhist challenge (00:05:28). Additionally, they researched 20 potential partner organizations, narrowing the list to 12 entities for further outreach (00:07:37).
- Jay Yeshe Gyatso - Technical Work and Center Outreach: Jay Yeshe Gyatso performed text alignment and uploaded two root texts and one commentary to Obsidian, noting that these files are plain text and still require alignment work. They also designed name cards and a proposal slide, and conducted outreach by contacting regional partners, the Dalai Lama Foundation, and visiting the Sun's Center in Taipei (00:09:45).
- Kevin Shakya - Obsidian Workflow and Content Challenges: Kevin Shakya assisted with vision partner outreach and proposal preparation while focusing on Obsidian content management (00:11:55). They encountered difficulties formatting commentaries within Obsidian, noting that while they have three root text versions, they currently lack a fully formatted Chinese commentary (00:13:39). They clarified that although text is uploaded, it is not yet properly aligned with the necessary block IDs (00:17:05).
- Updates on V 20’s Contributions: Kevin Shakya provided an update on the work performed by V 20 over the past two weeks, which included developing emotional categories—such as anger, depression, and hope—and assisting with Dharma cover designs. V 20 also updated the website and is working on illustrations, primarily focusing on covers for the Bodhicaryavatara practice plan (00:17:05).
- Outreach Progress and Future Appointments: Yeshi Lhundup clarified that the team prepared appointment letters and documentation for center visits, having contacted five organizations and met with four (00:19:02). Jay Yeshe Gyatso added that they have visited three locations total, including the Dalai Lama Foundation, and plan to visit the Zonga Center in Gawong next week (00:20:24). Jay Yeshe Gyatso also noted an intent to attend the Saga Dawa event this Sunday to announce the initiative to over 10 to 20 centers simultaneously for increased efficiency, while continuing efforts to secure permission for the Kambo-translated commentary (00:21:15).
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Meeting Transcript
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May 21, 2026
Taiwan Team Meeting - Transcript
00:00:00
drongbu lobsang: Oh yeah. Okay.
yeshi lhundup: doesn't know
drongbu lobsang: Oh, when is not invited?
yeshi lhundup: that.
drongbu lobsang: I invited Google calendar. She doesn't she has to check Buddhist. No invited.
yeshi lhundup: Hello
drongbu lobsang: Oh, you go there. Buddhist standing Buddhist
yeshi lhundup: Room number one.
drongbu lobsang: report.com I present you through WhatsApp. Just wait.
yeshi lhundup: Hello.
drongbu lobsang: Where you go
yeshi lhundup: Oh, they're good. Good.
drongbu lobsang: there?
yeshi lhundup: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: Can you send the link to Wendy? I can find Wendy's WhatsApp. Oh, got it. Yeah. In WhatsApp. Okay. Hope to win little later or maybe like she can report whatever to you know did. Okay. Uh MT is coming around 2:00. We are going to have another meeting at 2. before that he wants to know exactly what you did to he know uh for past at least two weeks. Am I right?
yeshi lhundup: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah. So I want you like a one by one go one by one and uh each
00:05:28
yeshi lhundup: So,
drongbu lobsang: one like you know whatever you did you make it like you know bullet point wise and uh you know make it very clear so that I will make it a report little later and I will give it to he just can go through it and then uh at 2:00 he can come back and he knows what he has to to uh talk with you guys. Okay. Who will go first one by one? Who is ready? Yes.
yeshi lhundup: Okay. So, uh what we did the first two three days we was uh arrangements the fers and also spreadsheet and all magnetic plants and then we made appointmentments with uh uh some organizations. Until now the way what we apartment and what we meet is like Dalai Lama office actually and all right and then no no is already we meet and then we prepare about today actually meeting but it's I think he is very busy so not yet And then we contact with the uh you know glue mana and then you know still we have we didn't get a clear responsibility and we research about who we can meet during that time maybe we can meet the gand and maybe so these two maybe we plan to make a meeting them and beside That then we make a sample assemble or example for our practice plan for the the
00:07:37
yeshi lhundup: way of a Buddhist one year challenge and Standu and we make two different you know two two for examples that we met and then actually I went to the all centers but then do and you know you all know about it the meetings and what I did uh last time Allah give me the research about the the English version of uh way of Buddhist sat the translations then uh I found a root text English different uh translations I got nine different English trans uh translations and that's uh also the uh mom asked me to uh go into the Google Google uh Google drops. So I already covered that and then I found around 10 uh commentaries in English and yesterday uh I researched and I found some new uh potential partners. uh maybe around 10 so it's possible but still research going on it's example like you know machine I think it's glued by young lama and he is maybe very potential to uh be our partner and today uh still continue working on the research and the partners and also we prepared to meeting but uh Menachin that's tendu and we decide and we will make a appointment and beside that we've uh contacting the what yesterday I researched actually 20 different organiz individuals who has website and who has Facebook YouTube or how much influence the talent so we have 20 and then
00:09:45
yeshi lhundup: finally have 12 now this 12 person uh persons we are researching on it and slowly we will make apartment with them. That's
drongbu lobsang: Thank you
yeshi lhundup: it.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Okay. So uh I did some text alignment uh and also I uh upload some root tags uh commentaries uh on obsidian and also I uh contact and do some research of uh region partners and I already meet uh Campbo and um also uh we meet uh Dal Lama Foundation together and I also contact some friends for advices and you know help maybe uh they know some centers better than me. And also I created a a plan uh demo or sample to show uh to to show to the vision partners. I also meet uh Sun's Center in Taipei and um I uh also create uh design the name card, you know, and send it. I try to print it out. And yesterday I create a proposal slide and yeah I think that's it.
00:11:55
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: access.
drongbu lobsang: You uploaded some text. How many text? Is it real text or is a commentary? Colors.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Uh I upload root text. Uh like two two root tags and how many commentary? Uh one commentary. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: Oh, there are a clean text.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Uh plain text is uh it's not aligned.
drongbu lobsang: Is it aligned?
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: I'm still working on it.
drongbu lobsang: Thank you.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: That's
Kevin Shakya: Okay. Um so for the last two weeks for the vision partner part I basically following Jake to um um to do what whatever he needs help. So um but but not with um meeting the campa I went to the centers uh with him and also um prepare a few stuff like um the proposal to the Lama office or something like that basically helping but um as for the content part um I I I I did a lot of things in the cloud core work and uh but but then Uh LA last week I did trying to do some translation and uh um but it all it was all in vain because uh everything has changes and now we need to do things on Obsidian.
00:13:39
Kevin Shakya: So this week I shifted to Obsidian and um I uploaded um I think one text and uh one commentary and I I I I still now have uh difficulty trying to get the commentary um in the in the right format so to speak. Uh I have so many difficulties with obsidians. So um I think that's what I have done.
drongbu lobsang: I have a question.
Kevin Shakya: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: How many texts like total J and the both of you? How many root text you have and how many commentaries you
Kevin Shakya: root text. We have uh one one two three.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: One, two, three.
Kevin Shakya: We have three three uh three versions of uh root text of uh text. Huh. And it's all it's all aligned. It's all ready for the root text part. But as for the commentary we have um so what what's happening is that so many things need to be uh done before we upload it like for example the we decided to use the king pogongawan cho's commentary but the then we have to consult to the center and then they refused to let us use so this this things was what happened like last week and now we have um three different commentaries in the obsidian and I'm I'm cleaning this uh commentary from just and this is guaranteed that we can use as long with the commentary that was translated by uh lean and this is this is uh this is open
00:15:37
Kevin Shakya: source this is uh in the public domain so we can definitely use this but uh I I I I really have difficulty to um to put this in the in the ideal format. And as for the other two, the the one from uh Dalai Lama that we just get the uh uh get the authorization from the office um on from Tuesday, that is not yet uh formatted. And as for the commentaries from um from uh from uh Jasa Dome translated by Kimbo Sodaji and this is not yet uploaded but uh only with a few lines and this is so so we we have no comment no Chinese commentaries ready on Obsidian except for one is fully is fully uploaded but not in the right format.
drongbu lobsang: Okay.
Kevin Shakya: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: I have a question. You said you uh the root text are aligned,
Kevin Shakya: Yes.
drongbu lobsang: right?
Kevin Shakya: Is
drongbu lobsang: Is it aligned?
Kevin Shakya: it
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Which one? Which one?
drongbu lobsang: And the Kevin says,
Kevin Shakya: I know it has it has the it has the right like it has block ID but uh it's not aligned.
00:17:05
drongbu lobsang: But it's not aligned. It's not aligned. Yeah, it's not
Kevin Shakya: Yeah.
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: There's not a
drongbu lobsang: aligned.
Kevin Shakya: Okay. It's not aligned. It's not aligned. I'm I'm not yet.
drongbu lobsang: Align you uploaded it, but it's not aligned yet. Yeah.
Kevin Shakya: Yes. And and also this black ID it has so many problems. I don't know who did this but um yeah I think this is this is unavailable yet this is not ready uh yeah auto text in Obsidian is not ready for Chinese parts
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Okay.
Kevin Shakya: right
drongbu lobsang: Thank you. And how about V 20?
Kevin Shakya: Are they great? Well, Uh she has done uh for the past two weeks she has done the emotional categories that such as like anger uh depression and hope like Bible apps emotional categories like the covers and also she helped with uh creating Aidama covers. Okay. And uh she updated the website and she's also working on the illustration mainly covers of uh Bodhicaya Batara practice plan.
00:19:02
Kevin Shakya: Okay. Thank you.
drongbu lobsang: Thank you very much.
yeshi lhundup: I forgot one minute.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah, this is
yeshi lhundup: Uh and also we uh prepared our presentation and also we
drongbu lobsang: Yeah.
yeshi lhundup: uh we write every uh appointment with the uh appointment letters and also we prepared a small document when we uh visit the centers. This also we uh spend some time to met all of them.
drongbu lobsang: Okay.
yeshi lhundup: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Uh uh yes see like two centers KBO's vision partners total how many you contacted till now and how many you are going like planning to contact.
yeshi lhundup: uh till now actually we contact five and
drongbu lobsang: Mhm.
yeshi lhundup: uh at present uh some process so I think it's maybe around total 20
drongbu lobsang: How many you already met?
yeshi lhundup: met. So till now actually we met like the the uh four
drongbu lobsang: Yeah. Oh, okay.
yeshi lhundup: four right it's include the whatever type they meet we don't meet
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Okay.
yeshi lhundup: any separately that's last time why
00:20:24
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Okay. Okay. Three. Four. Right. Four people. Yeah. Got
yeshi lhundup: we we not because we plan to the big ones last and we plan to small ones the first
drongbu lobsang: it. Okay.
yeshi lhundup: but suddenly we so that number of
drongbu lobsang: Okay. It's fine. The number I want only the number that's okay J and Kevin says you visited
yeshi lhundup: What?
drongbu lobsang: centers like how many centers you visited
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Okay. Uh,
drongbu lobsang: how many like two
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: how many? Uh, I met one center like twice and
drongbu lobsang: three
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: also camp. I also died on my foundation. So total is three. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Three.
yeshi lhundup: Uh,
drongbu lobsang: Wait. You see? Wait, wait, wait. Now the time is running.
yeshi lhundup: okay.
drongbu lobsang: We have to go to lunch and come back and another meeting.
00:21:15
drongbu lobsang: Then how like in in your plan? How many centers or vision partners you are planning?
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: I think you're okay. I think you're disconnecting for a few seconds, right? Okay. Uh I'm planning to visit uh Zonga Center in Gawong maybe next week and also I'm going to attend the Saga Dawa event on Sunday this Sunday. Okay. So it's like uh if we can do a announcement at this event, we can just like uh to several like more than 10 20 centers at the same same time, right? At once. It's more efficient.
drongbu lobsang: more Kevin. No, no, thank you very much. And MT is coming around 2:00. we are going to have another meeting and uh until we like you know give whatever he's going to talk about based on whatever we discussed till now I will make this meeting like whatever we talk now just make a meeting summary and I will send to him just now I go through it and then we will meet again at 2:00 I think we meet in Google calendar uh uh discord yeah also
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: Also I'm uh contacting to Rambbo trying to contact him
drongbu lobsang: Uh to
Jay Yeshe Gyatso: through uh Jennifer and to meet them and also to try to get the permission to use campos commentary uh translated commentary uh permission. So yeah, this also one of the prices
drongbu lobsang: Yes, she
yeshi lhundup: Uh so we a total face to face meet are
drongbu lobsang: is.
yeshi lhundup: what we met three and also we contacted for and that one is we two more so total five organization we contact them to try to make a collaboration with
drongbu lobsang: Okay.
yeshi lhundup: them that's total And total the commentary what I found is 10.
drongbu lobsang: Okay.
yeshi lhundup: Okay, that's it. Thank you.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Bye-bye. See you soon from
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