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Books on: buddhist tibet

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The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk

Book by Georges B. J. Dreyfus; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

Buddhist Education--China--Tibet, Buddhist Monks--Education--China--Tibet, Monastic And Religious Life (Buddhism)--China--Tibet

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

"A rich and fascinating study of Tibetan monastic life, from an author who is not only a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, but who spent many years as a Buddhist monk."--Donald Lopez, author of "Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West
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"A rich and fascinating study of Tibetan monastic life, from an author who is not only a leading scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, but who spent many years as a Buddhist monk."--Donald Lopez, author of "Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West
"Georges Dreyfus, extraordinary person and writer, gives us crucial insights into the structure and practices of higher Tibetan education as well as his own fascinating journey leading to his becoming the first Westerner to achieve the highest rank in Tibetan education. This book both peals away myths and reveals the true depths of Tibetan techniques to train the mind."--Jeffrey Hopkins, author of "Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism
"A remarkable tour de force. Georges Dreyfus merges personal memoir and outstanding scholarship to draw us into the intellectual life of the Tibetan monastic college, and in so doing he transforms forever our understanding of education and the cultivation of reason in traditional and pre-modern societies.If you read no other book on Tibetan Buddhism, immerse yourself in this one and applaud."--Matthew T. Kapstein, author of "The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism
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Buddhist Ethics

Book by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé; Snow Lion Publications, 1998

Subjects:

Buddhism--China--Tibet, Buddhist Ethics

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...alk. paper 1. Buddhist ethics. 2. Buddhism--China--Tibet. I. International...Ling, in Eastern Tibet. Kongtrul composed...treatise on the three Buddhist ethics: the vows...implementation of the Buddhist doctrine as it was preserved in Tibet. Its encyclopedic...
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The Making of Modern Tibet

Book by A. Tom Grunfeld; M. E. Sharpe, 1996

Subjects:

Tibet (China)--History--1951-

Collections: History, Entire Library

By utilizing previously ignored archival material from three continents and drawing conclusions focused on the available documentation, The Making of Modern Tibet is the first successful attempt to reach beyond the polemics so often generated in Tibet studies to present a clear and accessible ...
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By utilizing previously ignored archival material from three continents and drawing conclusions focused on the available documentation, The Making of Modern Tibet is the first successful attempt to reach beyond the polemics so often generated in Tibet studies to present a clear and accessible history of this fascinating country. This new edition is enriched by striking photographs and a comprehensive updating of the issues that have emerged since the publication of the first edition.
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The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4

Book by Perceval Landon; Doubleday Page & Co., 1905

Subjects:

Tibet (China)--Description And Travel

Collections: History, Entire Library

...inviting the famous Buddhist saint Padma Sambhava...the future of Tibet; for, apart from...suc cession, is the Buddhist Julian, and the assassination...this date onward Tibet was divided into...of the capital of Tibet that its walls are...well paved; that the Buddhist prohibi tion against...
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Out of This World: Across the Himalayas to Forbidden Tibet

Book by Lowell Thomas Jr.; Greystone Press, 1950

Subjects:

Tibet (China)--Description And Travel

Collections: History, Entire Library

...temporal ruler of Tibet, and spiritual head of millions of Buddhists in northern Asia...this great king Tibet had no written language...to translate the Buddhist scriptures brought...deliver him into the Buddhist spiritual world -- into Nirvana. In Tibet the emphasis is on...

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Journal Articles on: buddhist tibet

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Vajra Brother, Vajra Sister: Renunciation, Individualism and the Household in Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism

Journal article by Martin A. Mills; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 6, 2000

Subjects:

Group identity--Tibet, Kinship--Religious aspects, Manners and customs--Tibet, Monasticism and religious orders, Buddhist--Tibet, Rites and ceremonies--Tibet, Tibet--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...introduction to Tibet in the seventh century...disciplines of Mahayana Buddhist religiosity, which...in many Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, both...contemporary and pre-modern Tibet (see Carrasco 1972...Tsarong 1985. Tibetan Buddhist monasticism. Tibet Journal 10: 1, 14-31...
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Women in Tibet

Journal article by Rae Erin Dachille; Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 27, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Women In Tibet (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...cultural actors. In the cases of Tibetan and Buddhist studies, the approach to womanhood as...these methods, the editors of Women in Tibet have chosen an approach that seeks to...the exploration of these themes in both Buddhist and Christian studies, along with determining...
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A Letter to the Editors of the Buddhist Canon in Fourteenth-Century Tibet: The Yig Mkhan Rnams la Gdams Pa of Bu Ston Rin Chen Grub

Journal article by Kurtis R. Schaeffer; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004

Collections: History, Entire Library

...contributions to the spread of Buddhist culture in Tibet--are discussed by his biographer...of editing and copying Buddhist manuscripts in Tibet currently known to us is...Buddhist literature, of Buddhist doctrine, in Tibet. The work of editing, proofreading...
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The Early Development of the Padmasambhava Legend in Tibet: A Study of IOL Tib J 644 and Pelliot Tibetain 307

Journal article by Jacob Dalton; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004

Subjects:

Padmasambhava--History, Padmasambhava--Works, Religious leaders--History, Religious leaders--Works, Tibet--History, Tibet--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...recognized by the dark-period Buddhists of Tibet; references to the ma bdun...consecration of Bsam yas, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. In any case, from the perspective...associated with the mundane pre-Buddhist protectors of Tibet. The presence of such an...
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Cinderella in Tibet

Journal article by Wayne Schlepp; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 61, 2002

Subjects:

Central Asia--Folklore, legends, etc., Cinderella (Tale)--Social aspects, Folk literature, Folklore, Tibet--Folklore, legends, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...that prevailed in Tibet and the basis which Buddhistic beliefs gave to...dates from Indian Buddhist times and was...in 1042 AD to Tibet. It will be from...will have been in Tibet where, like so...of the Indian Buddhist tradition, the...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhist tibet

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In Search of Magic and Mystery in Tibet

Magazine article by Masha Nordbye; World and I, Vol. 19, September 2004

Subjects:

Buddhism--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Buddhist monasteries, Buddhist temples, Dalai Lama--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, David-Neel, Alexandra--Travel, Explorers--Travel, Lamaism--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Monasteries, Buddhist, Temples, Buddhist, Tibet--Description and travel, Tibet--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...princesses who were devout Buddhists--so it was two beautiful...culture and religion in Tibet. The King built two...6, 1935. He left Tibet in March 1959 and...the greatest living Buddhist leaders, the Dalai...I speak not as a Buddhist, Dalai Lama, or Tibetan...old and timeless as Tibet itself. The mystery...
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200 Years in Tibet: Glimpses in Fact and Film

Magazine article by Leo D. Lefebure; The Christian Century, Vol. 115, March 11, 1998

Subjects:

Dalai Lama--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Tibet--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...spirit and their devotion to Buddhist practice. Tibet has represented many things...Avalokiteshvara, also known in Tibet as Chenrezi. In the Buddhist tradition, a Bodhisattva...seeking to eliminate the Buddhists of Tibet. The sufferings of Tibet...
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China and Tibet

Magazine article by Peter Hessler, Howard Park, Frank J. Howard; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, May 1999

Subjects:

China--Politics and government, Chinese foreign relations--Tibet, Tibet--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...claims that prior to the Chinese invasion of 1951 "there were no public schools in Tibet, whereas now there are more than 4,000." He fails to note that Buddhist monasteries functioned as schools for the general population-until the Chinese destroyed...
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Religious Freedom Panel Says Bush Should Skip Games or Visit Tibet

Magazine article; The Christian Century, Vol. 125, May 6, 2008

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Social aspects, Bush, George W.--Travel, Chinese foreign relations, Freedom of religion--Social aspects, Olympics--2008 AD, Tibet--Political aspects, Tibet--Social aspects, United States foreign relations, United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom--Records and correspondence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of promoting demonstrations in Tibet led by Buddhist monks in order to try to sabotage...imposed "patriotic education" in Tibet rather than allowing freedom of...activities are carried out in Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, mosques...
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Trekking towards Enlightenment: Revered by 1.5 Billion People across the Globe, Mount Kailas in Tibet Is a Place of Pilgrimage for Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpo Believers. but Paying Your Respects to This 'Centre of the Universe' Is Certainly No Walk in the Park

Magazine article by Alexander Henriksen; Geographical, Vol. 75, November 2003

Subjects:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Tibet--Description and travel, Tibet--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Mount Kailas in Tibet is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpo...come to western Tibet with his family...around Mount Kailas. Buddhists believe that by...Kailas as the soul of Tibet, the seat of the...liberation. Tibetan Buddhists call the mountain...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhist tibet

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Tibet Shares Exotic Spirit; Buddhist Traditions Strong despite Chinese Rule

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 27, 2002

Subjects:

Tibet

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Tibet shares exotic spirit; Buddhist traditions strong despite Chinese rule Byline...Revolution, some degree of normalcy returned to Tibet. Since 1979, the Chinese have rebuilt the Buddhist monasteries, and religious observance is permitted...
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Fabled Waterfall Found near World's Roof in Tibet: Mention Made in Buddhist Text of 15th Century

Newspaper article by Ruth Larson; The Washington Times, January 9, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...near worlds roof in Tibet: Mention made in Buddhist text of 15th century...Tsangpo Gorge in southern Tibet. Their journey is...mentioned in sacred Tibetan Buddhist texts from the 15th...ancient oral histories. Tibet, known as the "roof...
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Pretty Picture of Tibet Glosses over the Ugly Reality

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 1, 1998

Subjects:

Tibet

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a "part of China proper, not Tibet," where a "resurgence in Tibetan...at the high level of Tibetan Buddhist integration into the Middle...you refer to incompletely as "Tibet," is merely the other half...extends and maintains its grip on Tibet and Tibetans through a pervasive...
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THE GREAT ESCAPE; Teen Leader Treks 900 Miles over Himalayas to Flee Tibet

Newspaper article by Lucy Rock; The Mirror (London, England), January 8, 2000

Subjects:

Tibet

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Miles over Himalayas to Flee Tibet. by Lucy Rock A TEENAGE Tibetan buddhist leader has fled the clutches...that the Karmapa had left Tibet to get "musical instruments...Karmapa - fled with other Buddhist chiefs after an abortive...
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Chinese Protest Depiction of Tibet

Newspaper article by Toni Marshall; The Washington Times, May 2, 1998

Subjects:

Tibet

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...that portrays the occupation of Tibet as brutal repression of a peaceful...imprisonment and torture of Tibetan Buddhist nuns for their religious beliefs...issues facing Chinese-occupied Tibet. The movie was filmed in Tibet and Nepal. Mr. Wagner and...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhist tibet

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Tibet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...especially in E Tibet and in urban areas...dwellers were Tibetan Buddhist monks, who may have...cent. many Indian Buddhists, fleeing before the...invasion, went to Tibet. In the 13th cent...highly religious Tibet. Religious practices...in 1976 and some Buddhist temples have again...
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Tibetan Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...prevailing in the Tibet region of China...dedicated Tibetan Buddhists seek nirvana...introduced into Tibet by a Nepali and...princess, devout Buddhists, who became (7th...commentaries (see Buddhist literature ). The...India, arrived in Tibet, unified the priesthood...
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Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...over 300 million Buddhists worldwide. One of...long tradition in Tibet and Japan. Buddhism...refugees from the Tibet region of China and...processes. The central Buddhist teaching of non-self...Lanka, the Indian Buddhist scholar Buddhaghosa...Buddhism entered Tibet, where it has flourished...
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Bhutan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...India and on the north by the Tibet region of China. Punakha...uninhabited, except for some Buddhist monks in scattered monasteries...Bhutan (as part of a greater Tibet) and the persecution of Tibetan Buddhists led India to close the Bhutanese-Tibetan...
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Nepal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...from the north (especially Tibet), and peoples who came from...small minorities of Tibetan Buddhists (see Tibetan Buddhism ) and...From the 8th 11th cent. many Buddhists fled to Nepal from India, and...Nepal; but their invasion of Tibet, over which China claimed sovereignty...

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