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The Mirror of Orientalism

open access: yesCzech Journal of International Relations, 2005
This study deals with Orientalism, focusing on the main aspects of Tibet's image in the West, and particularly within Czech society. The first part summarises Tibetologists' and Buddhologists' previous research about Western images of Tibet and Tibetan ...
Jana Rozehnalová
doaj  

Bidirectional Transmission Mapping of Architectural Styles of Tibetan Buddhist Temples in China from the 7th to the 18th Century

open access: yesReligions
Architecture is the stone book of history, and the evolution of architectural styles showcases a non-verbal history constructed through images. As an important part of China’s historical and cultural heritage, the architectural forms and styles of ...
Tianyi Min, Tong Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Crossing and Questioning Boundaries: Five Influential Books in Mahayana/East Asian Buddhism

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Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 333-336, June 2025.
Matthew Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Constituting Canon and Community in Eleventh Century Tibet: The Extant Writings of Rongzom and His Charter of Mantrins (sngags pa’i bca’ yig)

open access: yesReligions, 2017
This paper explores some of the work of Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo (hereafter Rongzom) and attempts to situate his pedagogical influence within the “Old School” or Nyingma (rnying ma) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.1 A survey of Rongzom’s extant writings ...
Dominic Sur
doaj   +1 more source

Arguing over the Buddhist Pedigree of Tibetan Medicine: A Case Study of Empirical Observation and Traditional Learning in 16th- and 17th-Century Tibet

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This article examines the relationship between the practice and theory of medicine and Buddhism in premodern Tibet. It considers a polemical text composed by the 16th−17th-century Tibetan physician and tantric Buddhist expert Sokdokpa Lodrö ...
James Duncan Gentry
doaj   +1 more source

Pure Land or Pure Mind?: Locus of Awakening and American Popular Religious Culture

open access: yesJournal of Global Buddhism, 2015
This essay has two sections, each with its own distinct goal, forming an interrelated whole. The first introduces “locus of awakening,” and applies it to the relative success in America of Zen and Tibetan Buddhisms, compared to Pure Land Buddhism.
Richard K. Payne
doaj  

SOUTH TIBET (TAWANG) IN SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2015
The article is devoted to the study of the special situation concerning Tawang region (is a part of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, otherwise - Southern Tibet) in the Sino-Indian relations.
Rui Zhong
doaj  

BUDDHISM AND SCIENCE: HOW FAR CAN THE DIALOGUE PROCEED?

open access: yesZygon, 2010
On the stage of the religion‐and‐science dialogue, Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, is a late arrival. However, thanks primarily to the long‐standing personal interest of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan tradition he represents has come to engage ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Baikal Institute for Economics and Law

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article is devoted to the spiritual activity of the Buddhist scholar, yogin, religious fi gure Lubsan-Samdan Tsydenov who has collected a heritage not only of Gelug tradition, which was popular in Central Asia, but also a heritage of other basic ...
D. Bayartuyeva
doaj  

History of traditional Mongolian medical education based on Manba Datsan: A literature review. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Sci Rep, 2023
Batmunkh B   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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