A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture

Author : Graham Coleman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147355022X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture written by Graham Coleman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past nine years the Orient Foundation has compiled a database that brings together information on over 600 Tibetan-related organizations throughtout the world. Compiled under the auspices of HH The Dalai Lama, this book provided comprehensive information about Tibetan Buddhism and culture for the general public including: Museums, teaching centres, retreat centres and publications listed in a country-by-country gazetteer. Background information on the four schools of Tibetan Biddhism Biographies of practising Tibetan teachers The First glossary of Tibetan terms

Author : Loden Sherap Dagyab
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718100
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture written by Loden Sherap Dagyab and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating study, Dagyab Rinpoche not only explains the nine best-known groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols but also shows how they serve as bridges between our inner and outer worlds. As such, they can be used to point the way to ultimate reality and to transmit a reservoir of deep knowledge formed over thousands of years.

Author : Graham Coleman
Publisher : Chatto & Windus
ISBN 13 : 9780712656634
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Tibetan Culture written by Graham Coleman and published by Chatto & Windus. This book was released on 1993 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopaedic reference is a guide to Tibetan cultural resources worldwide. The Orient Foundation has compiled a database that brings together information on 600 Tibetan-related organizations throughout the world.

Author : Helmut Hoffmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibet written by Helmut Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic study of Tibet and it's culture.

Author : Sandy Johnson
Publisher : Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Tibetan Elders written by Sandy Johnson and published by Riverhead Books (Hardcover). This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A historically isolated people, the Tibetans have now indeed come to the land of the red man, and nearly every other country on earth. When the Chinese invaded the country in 1959 and proceeded to destroy the ancient-wisdom culture as well as nearly a sixth of the population, hundreds of thousands of Tibetans fled to India and parts west. In the 1980s, the prophecy was fulfilled, and the Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibet, met with Hopi and other American Indian elders in an effort to reunite the brothers." "Tibet's spiritual elders are dying off, and it is with them that so many of the secrets of survival lie. They are the ones who can find by touching someone's wrist what our medicine cannot detect; they saw the empty spaces of the atom before science considered the concept of subatomic particles; they know how to realign even severe emotional imbalances without drugs or therapy; they know what plants heal us (they have catalogued more than two thousand) and how to save them from destruction; they predicted the demise of their own country at the hands of the Chinese; they saw the coming of AIDS almost ten centuries ago. These people are dying off, and with them, the wisdom we need to make it through the next century and beyond." "After the Chinese occupation of their country, many Tibetan elders were killed in reeducation camps. Many survived, however, to escape what has now become a brutally oppressive environment. Sandy Johnson traveled around the world gathering the life stories and teachings of Tibetan doctors, the state oracle, the previous Dalai Lama's tailor, the great women masters - the entire range of the culture. An astrologer offers to produce Sandy's chart, including the date of her death; a stone carver shows her the rocks with prayers painted on them that he places in the river at the end of every day so that the water may carry blessings to everything it touches; Johnson meets a woman of indeterminate age who lives her life in a cave praying that people might be less distracted by material things and learn to care for each other again. At the same time, Johnson herself is on a spiritual quest, and interwoven with the stories of the elders comes her own physical healing as well as a long-awaited reconciliation with her family. The book is filled with predictions made by the Tibetan elders about the course of Johnson's life - most of which have already come true."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231147171
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Culture of the Book in Tibet written by Kurtis R. Schaeffer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society. Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings and queens who produced Tibet's massive canons. He describes how Tibetan scholars edited and printed works of religion, literature, art, and science and what this indicates about the interrelation of material and cultural practices. The Tibetan book is at once the embodiment of the Buddha's voice, a principal means of education, a source of tradition and authority, an economic product, a finely crafted aesthetic object, a medium of Buddhist written culture, and a symbol of the religion itself. Books stood at the center of debates on the role of libraries in religious institutions, the relative merits of oral and written teachings, and the economy of religion in Tibet. A meticulous study that draws on more than 150 understudied Tibetan sources, The Culture of the Book in Tibet is the first volume to trace this singular history. Through a single object, Schaeffer accesses a greater understanding of the cultural and social history of the Tibetan plateau.

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Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781932476033
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols written by and published by Serindia Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author's previous publication The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, this handbook contains an array of symbols and motifs, accompanied by succinct explanations. It provides treatment of the essential Tibetan religious figures, themes and motifs, both secular and religious.

Author : Matthew T. Kapstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118725379
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tibetans written by Matthew T. Kapstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Explains recent events within the context of Tibetan history. Situates Tibet in relation to other Asian civilizations through the ages. Draws on the most recent scholarly and archaeological research. Introduces Tibetan culture – particularly social institutions, religious and political traditions, the arts and medical lore. An epilogue considers the fragile position of Tibetan civilization in the modern world.

Author : Victor Chan
Publisher : Avalon Travel Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780918373908
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibet Handbook written by Victor Chan and published by Avalon Travel Pub. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated throughout, this comprehensive new guide to Tibet contains 1,200 pages of meticulously detailed itineraries, fascinating descriptions, helpful advice, and eye-opening illustrations. 250 maps.

Author : David L. Snellgrove
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Tibet written by David L. Snellgrove and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into three major sections, this comprehensive history covers the early kings, the middle ages, and the Yellow Hats, through to the 20th century. Ample bandw illustrations. A reprint of a revised edition published in 1980 by Prajna Press. (First edition published in 1968 by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Ltd.) Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR