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January 5, 2024

Greater Tibet An Examination of Borders, Ethnic Boundaries, and Cultural Areas

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Free Download P. Christiaan Klieger, "Greater Tibet: An Examination of Borders, Ethnic Boundaries, and Cultural Areas"
English | ISBN: 1498506445 | 2015 | 178 pages | EPUB | 1021 KB
The concept of Greater Tibet has surfaced in the political and academic worlds in recent years. It is based in the inadequacies of other definitions of what constitutes the historical and modern worlds in which Tibetan people, ideas, and culture occupy. This collection of papers is inspired by a panel on Greater Tibet held at the XIIIth meeting of the International Association of Tibet Studies in Ulaan Baatar in 2013. Participants included leading Tibet scholars, experts in international law, and Tibetan officials.

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September 28, 2023

The Chiru of High Tibet A True Story

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Free Download Linda Wingerter, "The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story"
English | 2010 | pages: 40 | ISBN: 0618581308 | EPUB | 41,1 mb
The true gripping story of how scientist George Schaller and four mountain men set out to save the chiru (antelope-like creatures who cannot survive captivity and who live on the high plains of Tibet) from near extinction.

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September 28, 2023

Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan

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Free Download Peter Dennis, "Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas: Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan"
English | 2011 | pages: 66 | ISBN: 1849083967 | PDF | 6,9 mb
Buddhism has been influential in the mountain kingdoms of the Himalayas since the 7th century AD, most notably in the kingdom of Tibet where it permeated all aspects and levels of society until the 20th century. From the 9th-century AD onwards, the secular rulers of Tibet sought to extend their influence, and that of Buddhism, throughout the region. To this end, huge stone and mud-brick fortifications, known as dzongs, were constructed to dominate the secular landscape, while massive Buddhist monasteries dominated the religious – both following a very specific style of Tibetan architecture. It has been estimated that as many as 3,000 monasteries were built along with 200 dzongs.

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August 17, 2023

Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa A Biography from the Tibetan

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Free Download W.Y. Evans-Wentz, "Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan"
English | 2002 | pages: 316 | ISBN: 0195133137, 8177690655 | EPUB | 0,7 mb
This life story of Milarepa-the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago-is part of a remarkable four-volume series on Tibetan Buddhism produced by the late W.Y. Evans-Wentz, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions. While there are many parochial differences among the several sects of Tibetan Buddhism, each holds the Great Yogi Milarepa in the highest reverence and esteem. For exemplified in Milarepa’s life, as we discover in these pages, are all of the teachings of the great yogis of India-including those of Gautama the Buddha, the greatest yogi known to history.

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July 8, 2023

Religions of Tibet in Practice Abridged Edition

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Free Download Donald S. Lopez Jr., "Religions of Tibet in Practice: Abridged Edition"
English | ISBN: 069112972X | 2007 | 440 pages | PDF | 38 MB
Originally published in 1997, Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work-the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. This new edition-abridged to further facilitate course use-presents a stunning array of works that together offer an unparalleled view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries.

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