Some Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal
Author : Prakash A. Raj
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 22,90 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Buddhist monasteries
ISBN :
Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas
Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,47 MB
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1782001905
Book Description
The spread of Buddism and Tibetan secular power throughout the Himalayas led to a distinctive style of fortifications not found anywhere else. This book looks at Himalayan fortifications, from their creation in the Middle Ages to their destruction and capture by the Chinese in the 20th century.
Tibetan Murals
Author : Dan Chen
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2012
Category : 0Mural painting and decoration, Tibetan
ISBN :
Book Description
Chen Dan was a graduate from the Department of Journalism of the China School of Journalism and Communication, and furtHered Her study of the Chinese culture in Tsinghua University. She went to cover the cultura! activities in Tibet for a dozen times, and once stayed in Lhasa for over a year. Her experience made it possible for her to write good books or articles on Tibetan culture. Beginning in 2009, she wrote for China's Tibet magozine columns of Tibet Handicrafts and Tibctan Arr Collectors. Cashingin on her stay and work in Tibet, she has taken thousands of photos ofgreat value, and many of these were used for her works which run to somemillion wor'ds. Her illustrated works aiready published include? Tibetan murals, Arts and Crafts Unique to the Snowland, Tibetarz, Hanclicrafts and Ancient Road for Tea-Horse Trade-Places Covered by Caravans.
Buddhism Observed
Author : Peter Moran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1134341857
Book Description
This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu and analyses the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural and religious identity.
A Buddhist Guide to the Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley
Author : Keith Dowman
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN :
Book Description
With reference to Kathmandu Valley in Nepal; includes traveler information.
Power Places of Kathmandu
Author :
Publisher : Inner Traditions
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780892815401
Book Description
Award-winning photographer Kevin Bubriski captures in stunning detail the sacred places of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Noted scholar Keith Dowman provides history and commentary on the significance of the sites.
Hardcore Zen
Author : Brad Warner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 2015-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1614293163
Book Description
Zen, plain and simple, with no BS. This is not your typical Zen book. Brad Warner, a young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one. This bold new approach to the "Why?" of Zen Buddhism is as strongly grounded in the tradition of Zen as it is utterly revolutionary. Warner's voice is hilarious, and he calls on the wisdom of everyone from punk and pop culture icons to the Buddha himself to make sure his points come through loud and clear. As it prods readers to question everything, Hardcore Zen is both an approach and a departure, leaving behind the soft and lyrical for the gritty and stark perspective of a new generation. This new edition will feature an afterword from the author.
Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat
Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1891868713
Book Description
This book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, from February 1 to April 30, 1999.
The Monastery Rules
Author : Berthe Jansen
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0520297008
Book Description
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Monastery Rules discusses the position of the monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies and how that position was informed by the far-reaching relationship of monastic Buddhism with Tibetan society, economy, law, and culture. Jansen focuses her study on monastic guidelines, or bca’ yig. The first study of its kind to examine the genre in detail, the book contains an exploration of its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, while also containing rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Jansen argues that the monastic institutions’ influence on society was maintained not merely due to prevailing power-relations, but also because of certain deep-rooted Buddhist beliefs.
Women in Tibet
Author : Janet Gyatso
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 16,5 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Women
ISBN : 9780231130981
Book Description
Collection of historical, literary, ethographical essays about the history - Women in traditional Tibet - and present situation of women in Tibet - Modern Tibetan Women, offering data and reflection on certain topics, like the lives of individual women. Based on texts, anthropological data, literature, newspaper articles, fieldwork and oral history.
