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

Religions, 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
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The Mirror of Orientalism

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

Religions, 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
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A Message from Tibetan Buddhism

Journal of Moral Theology
Universal responsibility allows us to avoid exploiting resources. The benefits will be for us and for future generations. The United Nations should safeguard the long-term health of our planet and of humankind.
The Dalai Lama
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Bidirectional Transmission Mapping of Architectural Styles of Tibetan Buddhist Temples in China from the 7th to the 18th Century

Religions
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
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ON THE ISSUE OF THE EARLY INTERACTIONS OF THE MANCHU RULERS WITH TIBETAN LAMAS

RUDN Journal of World History, 2018
The article is devoted to the study of the early connections of the Manchu rulers with the highest leadership of Tibetan Buddhism. Probably, the countdown should be conducted from the 1620s, when the Manchus intensified their interaction with the ...
B U Kitinov, Liu Qiang
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Sino-Tibetan Buddhism: Continuities and Discontinuities. The Case of Nenghai能海’s Legacy in the Contemporary Era

, 2017
The interest of Han Chinese in Tibetan tantric teachings and practices is on the rise in contemporary China. To some extent, this can be seen as a continuation of a phenomenon that marked the first half of the 20th century, when Chinese Buddhist monks ...
BIANCHI, Ester
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Tibetan Buddhism, Wetland Transformation, and Environmentalism in Tibetan Pastoral Areas of Western China

Conservation & Society, 2017
Alpine wetlands occupy a considerable area of the Tibetan Plateau, a region that is characterised by diverse but fragile ecosystems, including alpine wetlands, which are reported to have shrunk by 29% over the last several decades.
Kabzung Gaerrang
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Tibetan Buddhism in France: A Missionary Religion?

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2001
Langzeitarchivierung durch: Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern - zhb:lory_unilu_10_5281_zenodo_1310670 - 2025-07 ...
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The Coming of Secular Buddhism: a Synoptic View

, 2012
Secular Buddhism is coalescing today in response to two main factors. First, it rejects the incoherence of Buddhist modernism, a protean formation that accommodates elements as far afield as ancestral Buddhism and psychotherapies claiming the Buddhist ...
Higgins, W
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