Object biography by Michaela O'Connor, view HERE. Introduction: "The object I chose to discuss is the Protective Wood Block Print. This object was particularly appealing to me during the Treasure Hunt stage of the paper because I focused on Avalokitesvara for my first paper and found the bodhisattva's importance in both religion and Tibetan identity intriguing. The … [Read more...]
Treasure Hunt
Object biography by Karina Dundukova, view HERE. Introduction: A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales. A fractal is a way of seeing infinity. Benoit Mandelbrot CHOICE OF THE OBJECT In search for a Tibetan object for my analysis I came across an image of Medicine Buddha – a 20th century Wall Mural from … [Read more...]
Cosmological Scroll
Object biography by Corn Bronsther, view HERE. Introduction: "The Tibetan medical tradition represents an interesting intersection between fundamental Buddhist ideas and the empirical observation of the human body. Janet Gyatso writes about the medical tradition: “How can one adjudicate between the Buddha’s word and empirical observation? In Tibet these questions were never … [Read more...]
Neuroscience & Tibet
A website 'Neuroscience & Tibet' by Juliana Remark and Lindsey Remark. About: "A key component of Buddhist belief is that meditation literally transforms the mind. Thus, Buddhists are highly interested in scientific advances that could possibly help explain and/or provide evidence for this phenomenon. The question as to whether meditative phenomena have a biological … [Read more...]
A Guide to Tibetan Medicine
A website as an introductory guide to Tibetan medicine, by Luke Thorsell. In Tibet, medicine is one of the five major Tibetan sciences, and is known as gSo-ba Rig-pa – the science of healing. It's based mostly on the information contained in the Four Medical Tantras (rGyud-bzhi), the most prominent and authoritative Tibetan medical text. The four tantras are the root tantra, … [Read more...]
Sports & Recreation of Tibet
Solomon Rice & Chris Thompson A website reporting on the diversity of sports and recreation which are actively pursued in Tibet, including soccer, yak racing, basketball, wrestling, horse racing, and archery. … [Read more...]
Tibet Art in NYC
A website 'Tibetan Art in NYC' serves to introduce various places to experience Tibetan art in New York, relevant news articles, and notable modern art pieces. By Jamie Kang. … [Read more...]
Lhasa’s Urban Form Through Imagery and Art
A slideshow by Larson Holt. … [Read more...]
Artistic Influences in Tibetan Buddhism
A website by Edward Ward. Visit the site HERE. … [Read more...]
Exploring Tibetan Music and Its Western Counterparts Over Time
A website by Peter Jiang & Christopher Yuan Shen. Visit HERE. … [Read more...]
Pieces of Tibet
A website by Ivy Chen and Lydia Jiang exploring pieces of Tibetan Culture in NYC, VIEW WEBSITE HERE. … [Read more...]
Tibet Through the Eyes of a Tibetan American
A website documenting an interview by Molly Burke and Robin Nguy, VIEW WEBSITE HERE. … [Read more...]
Jackson Heights: A Tibetan Perspective
A Brief History Over the past one-hundred and twenty-five years, Jackson Heights, a community situated in the northern part of Queens, New York, has become one the most ethnically diverse communities in the United States. In the early 20th Century, when Jackson Heights was first developed, nothing about its design or purpose precluded to the ethnic diversity it has today. … [Read more...]
To Build a Buddha
Adrian Garza The phrase “thangka painting” is used often to describe Buddhist and traditional Tibetan art, but the word thangka is actually much broader, and used to encompass anything from a simple painting to a complex three-dimensional piece of art. Generally, it includes the original painted or embroidered picture, mounted on some textile, and framed with anything from … [Read more...]
Tibetan Instruments
Because music is extremely integral to any form of dance, it makes sense to take some time to focus on the various Tibetan instruments that make up Tibetan ritual music. Tibetan instruments can usually be divided into three categories: drums, wind instruments, and cymbals. Despite this apparent lack of variety, Tibetan ritual music is fairly rhythmically and … [Read more...]
Tibetan Dance Training, Teaching, Etc.
At Nayngmel Monastery and many other monasteries, once monks in training have mastered the basics of various styles of dance, they must take dance examinations. Between December and February every year these examinations are offered, divided up into sections based on the specific style of dance and the level of difficulty of different sections (Hoetzlein 316-317). It is … [Read more...]
Sha-nak – Black Hat Dance
Click here to watch Sha-nak Video This type of dance, which translates to “Black Hat Dance”, is one of the first dances the monks typically learn and serves a variety of purposes depending on the venue and religious context. At the Mahakala festival, 21 monks perform a day long version of the Sha-nak in order to clear the ground and clear it of any spiritual obstacles … [Read more...]
Duixie
Duixie is a type of Tibetan dance that originated near the Yarlung River. Duixie is usually likened to a version of tap dance and is accompanied by music played by a small band (“Duixie”). This has an interesting similarity to American tap dance and its culture. Because American tap dance was born with jazz, more so than other American dance forms, tap dance was, and still is, … [Read more...]
Dep Cham
Because Cham as an art form is so vast and deep, I decided to focus my writing on one specific type of Cham. However, videos have been provided for multiple styles of Cham, so the viewer can experience them. The purpose of this specific type of Cham dance is eliminate any influence that is interfering with the Buddha’s teachings. Numerous rituals are performed before the … [Read more...]
A Beginner’s Guide to Tibetan Art
Creation of the website: A Beginner's Guide to Tibetan Art This website is designed to help students better understand Tibetan Art as they encounter works of art in class and on field trips such as to the Rubin Museum of Art. By understanding what different Tibetan symbols represent and what went into the creation of the work, my hope is for students to gain a better … [Read more...]
Phurba with three faces of Vajrakila Buddha
by Ryan Hudson "Vajrakilaya, or kīla, means something sharp, and something that pierces – a dagger. A dagger that is so sharp it can pierce anything, while at the same time nothing can pierce it. That is the quality. This sharp and piercing energy is what is used to practice and out of the many infinite, endless Vajrayana methods this happens to be one of most important … [Read more...]
Our Journey to Punda: Learning a Life through Food
Maxwell C. Hu & Ethan Danial Exploring Tibetan food as a way of exploring local Queens Tibetan communities and experiences of individuals in a website, Here: https://tibetfinal.wordpress.com/ … [Read more...]
The Headdress: Women’s Status Symbol
by Alexandra Cassutt for INTRO EAST ASIAN CIV: TIBET V2365- 001 While from the outset hundreds of years back Tibet's economy was run by and largely for patriarchal interests, there continues to this day a tradition of female adornment which expresses, through the use of a multitude of precious stones, a woman's status and that of her family. The women of the … [Read more...]
Tibetan Ritual Dance
Welcome to my website about Tibetan ritual dance for my final project in Columbia University’s Intro to Tibetan Civilization class! On this main page you will find background information. At the top you will see tabs to other pages that delve into more specific topics! Have fun exploring! Please note that the reason videos are linked rather than embedded is that I would need to … [Read more...]