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Notes on the Co ne Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Creator's Description: In 1926 the botanist/scholar Joseph F. Rock (1884-1962) acquired a complete set of the Co ne Bka’ ’gyur and Bstan ’gyur for the Library of Congress (LC) in Washingt...
A Noble Noose of Methods, the Lotus Garland Synopsis: Methodological Issues in the Study of a Mahāyoga Text from Dunhuang
Creator's Description: The extraordinary Dunhuang manuscript IOL Tib J 321 is a Rnying ma tantra commentary in eighty-five folios, the Thabs kyi zhags pa padma ’phreng gi don bsdus pa’i ’...
Wutai Shan: Pilgrimage to Five-Peak Mountain
Creator's Description: The sacred mountain Wutai shan, located in Shanxi Province, China, is believed to be the earthly abode of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Mañjuśrī. While Wutai shan was a s...
Wutai Shan, Qing Cosmopolitanism, and the Mongols
Creator's Description: The aim of this article is to challenge some of the circumscribed ethnic boundaries that shape much of “New Qing History” in order to explore the Manchu dynasty as an...
Si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas in History: A Brief Note
Creator's Description: Si tu chos kyi ’byung gnas’s (1699/1700-1774) history of the Karma bka’ brgyud pa is a vital source for the history of his subsect and for Tibetan history from the ...
Si tu paṇ chen on Scholarship
Creator's Description: n this article I will examine Si tu paṇ chen’s views on scholarship, and in particular will explore his views on literature, linguistic thought, and language as expre...
The Prolific Preceptor: Si tu paṇ chen’s Career as Ordination Master in Khams and Its Effect on Sectarian Relations in Sde dge
Creator's Description: In addition to being an influential artist, author, translator, and doctor, Si tu was also a central figure in the history of monasticism in eighteenth-century Khams. Ove...
Purity in the Pudding and Seclusion in the Forest: Si tu paṇ chen, Monastic Ideals, and the Buddha’s Biographies
Creator's Description: In this paper I demonstrate that close readings of Tibetan adaptations of the Buddha’s life reveal a complex literary and artistic corpus. Such adaptations serve as sit...
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Notes Apropos to the Oeuvre of Si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas (1699?-1774) (4): A Tibetan Sanskritist in Nepal
Creator's Description: This article deals with the activities of Si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas (1699?-1774) during his two sojourns in Nepal, in the years 1723-1724 and 1748. It is ba...
Si tu paṇ chen and His Painting Style: A Retrospective
Creator's Description: This article will show how Si tu paṇ chen became familar with many artistic schools and their aesthetics, how he gained the skills to appraise Tibetan painting and scul...
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