Announcements
International Seminar of Young Tibetologists
Posted May 4 by sweinberger
A conference for Tibetologists in the early stages of their careers, Oxford, England, August 9-13, 2007. Submit an “informal registration of interest” by May 1 and an abstract by June 1, following the directions at http://www.isyt2007.com/submissions.
New Resources
An Introduction to Drepung’s Colleges
George Dreyfus' introduction to the institutional structure of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, which during the last century was the largest monastery in the world. (Steven Weinberger 2011-12-22) Drepung: An Introduction
George Dreyfus' introduction to the history, structure, and scholastic life of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, which during the last century was the largest monastery in the world. (Steven Weinberger 2011... Visions of Unity: The Golden Pandita Shakya Chokden’s New Interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka
Creator’s Description:
This book focuses on the novel interpretation of Yogācāra and Madhyamaka by the controversial Tibetan thinker Shakya Chokden. It explores his thought within the broa... Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings
Creator's Description: this book is an introduction to Buddhist thought and practice in Tibet through the window of Mipam ('ju mi pham rgya mtsho, 1846-1912). This book was written with undergr... Of Horses and Motorbikes: Negotiating Modernities in Pastoral A mdo, Sichuan Province
Creator's Description: This article is a preliminary study examining the shifting roles of horses and motorbikes and how these modes of transportation make visible changes in nomad spatiality. ... The Jiaqing Emperor’s Magnificent Record of the Western Tour
Creator's Description: The Qing Jiaqing Emperor’s Magnificent Record of the Western Tour (xixun shengdian), published in 1812, is the last “magnificent record” of the Qing d... Spirit-Mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet: Calling down the Gods
This work encapsulates the full spectrum of extant Tibetan religious heritage. To date, no other ethnographic or literary source has demonstrated such an unmodified and rich juxtaposition of disparate... The Center for Research on Tibet
The Center for Research on Tibet is located at Case Western Reserve University. Its co-directors are Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia Beall. (Steven Weinberger, 2011-09-23) Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Issue 5
This is the fifth issue of the Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, edited by Kurtis Schaeffer and released in December, 2009. This issues focuses on Tibetan canonical l... Tibetan-English Dictionary
The dictionary is unique, as far as I know, in that each lexical item has a sentence in English and the same sentence in Tibetan using the lexical item. (David Germano 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGr... Padma Dkar-po on Tantra as Ground, Path and Goal
In this first part of a two-part paper, Broido tries to understand Padma Karpo's (pad ma dkar po) explanation of tantra in general as ground, path and goal (gzhi, lam, 'bras bu) found within his treat... How Ajātaśatru Was Reformed: The Domestication of "Ajase" and Stories in Buddhist History
Creator’s Description: Ajātaśatru is famous in Buddhist literature for having killed his
father, Bimbisāra, in order to come to the throne. This study traces
the development of this stor...
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