A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture

A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture
Title A Handbook Of Tibetan Culture PDF eBook
Author Graham Coleman
Publisher Random House
Pages 515
Release 2016-03-24
Genre Religion
ISBN 147355022X

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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

Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture

Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture
Title Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture PDF eBook
Author Loden Sherap Dagyab
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 169
Release 2016-03-29
Genre Religion
ISBN 0861718100

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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.

The Book of Tibetan Elders

The Book of Tibetan Elders
Title The Book of Tibetan Elders PDF eBook
Author Sandy Johnson
Publisher Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
Pages 312
Release 1996
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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"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

The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols

The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
Title The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Serindia Publications, Inc.
Pages 284
Release 2003
Genre Art
ISBN 9781932476033

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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.

Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry

Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry
Title Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry PDF eBook
Author Christoph Cüppers
Publisher BRILL
Pages 391
Release 2012-06-22
Genre History
ISBN 9004180141

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A facsimile reproduction of a lavishly illustrated treatise describing the iconometic principles and measurements at the heart of 17th century Tibetan art. It includes many drawings of buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, script types, and stupa models from the world of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Tibetan Book of the Dead
Title Tibetan Book of the Dead PDF eBook
Author W. Y. Evans-Wentz
Publisher Courier Dover Publications
Pages 303
Release 2020-11-18
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0486845370

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Derived from a Buddhist funerary text, this famous volume's timeless wisdom includes instructions for attaining enlightenment, preparing for the process of dying, and moving through the various stages of rebirth.

The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying

The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying
Title The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying PDF eBook
Author Sogyal Rinpoche
Publisher Random House
Pages 468
Release 2012-02-29
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 1448116953

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25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold 'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLY Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, but also advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion, and how to bring them help of a spiritual kind. But there is much more besides in this classic work, which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become 'servants of peace'.