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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)

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
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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

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
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Tibetan Buddhism, Wetland Transformation, and Environmentalism in Tibetan Pastoral Areas of Western China

open access: yesConservation & 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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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
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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
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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
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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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