Author: Marion Herbert Duncan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Based on twelve years residence in Eastern Tibet during the 1920's and 1930's.

Author: Marion Herbert Duncan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Author: Sagong Wangdu
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN: 8186470964
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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A Hundred Customs and Traditions of Tibetan People puts together the everyday Tibetan beliefs, practices, observances and mannerisms of living life enriched by thousands of years of spiritual consciousness. From ceremonial rites, auspicious days and symbols to everyday beliefs, Tibetan opera and various kinds of dance forms to the main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It includes: offering substances, customs and traditions, Tibetan performing arts, types of design, architectural designs, recreation, marriage customs, Bon and the main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, festivals, things to avoid, lifestyle, death ceremonies and funeral rites, kinds of decoration, and other customs.

Author: Donald S. Lopez
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648551X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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To the Western imagination, Tibet evokes exoticism, mysticism, and wonder: a fabled land removed from the grinding onslaught of modernity, spiritually endowed with all that the West has lost. Originally published in 1998, Prisoners of Shangri-La provided the first cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Donald Lopez reveals here fanciful misconceptions of Tibetan life and religion. He examines, among much else, the politics of the term “Lamaism,” a pejorative synonym for Tibetan Buddhism; the various theosophical, psychedelic, and New Age purposes served by the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead; and the unexpected history of the most famous of all Tibetan mantras, om mani padme hum. More than pop-culture anomalies, these versions of Tibet are often embedded in scholarly sources, constituting an odd union of the popular and the academic, of fancy and fact. Upon its original publication, Prisoners of Shangri-La sent shockwaves through the field of Tibetan studies—hailed as a timely, provocative, and courageous critique. Twenty years hence, the situation in Tibet has only grown more troubled and complex—with the unrest of 2008, the demolition of the dwellings of thousands of monks and nuns at Larung Gar in 2016, and the scores of self-immolations committed by Tibetans to protest the Dalai Lama’s exile. In his new preface to this anniversary edition, Lopez returns to the metaphors of prison and paradise to illuminate the state of Tibetan Buddhism—both in exile and in Tibet—as monks and nuns still seek to find a way home. Prisoners of Shangri-La remains a timely and vital inquiry into Western fantasies of Tibet.

Author: Tao Li
Publisher: 五洲传播出版社
ISBN: 9787508502540
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: Norbu Chophel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788185102238
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 101

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Author: John Bellezza
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047407512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 581

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Unique original material on the phenomenon of the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. With extensive interviews with members of this living tradition.

Author: Kiran Atma
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Losar is an important and ancient New Year festival unique to the people of Tibet. The day is observed starting from the first day of the Tibetan lunisolar calendar, around the month of February and March every year. This work briefly examines the festival in relation to its social and cultural origins, and the religious beliefs surrounding Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan calendar, and the defining traditions, customs, and ethnic practices of Tibetan culture.

Author: Yangdon Dhondup
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004255692
Category : Amdo (China : Region)
Languages : bo
Pages : 0

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This volume brings together recent research findings that highlight the multi-ethnic and multi-religious composition of Rebkong, a frontier region located at the Sino-Tibetan border.

Author: Margaret Gouin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136959173
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals, and situates that performance within the wider context of Buddhist death practices generally. Drawing on a detailed and systematic comparative survey of existing records of Tibetan funerary practices, including historical travel accounts, anthropological and ethnographic literature, Tibetan texts and academic studies, it demonstrates that there is no standard form of funeral in Tibetan Buddhism, although certain elements are common. The structure of the book follows the twin trajectories of benefiting the deceased and protecting survivors; in the process, it reveals a rich and complex panoply of activities, some handled by religious professionals and others by lay persons. This information is examined to identify similarities and differences in practices, and the degree to which Tibetan Buddhist funeral practices are consistent with the mortuary rituals of other forms of Buddhism. A number of elements in these death rites which at first appear to be unique to Tibetan Buddhism may only be ‘Tibetan’ in their surface characteristics, while having roots in practices which pre-date the transmission of Buddhism to Tibet. Filling a gap in the existing literature on Tibetan Buddhism, this book poses research challenges that will engage future scholars in the field of Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Anthropology.