The Political and Religious History of Tibet was written by Fazun, a Buddhist monk and researcher of modern times (English translation by Yang Qu). The author was the deputy dean of the Chinese-Tibetan Buddhist Teaching College and this book was one of his teaching materials, which was written based on the Tibetan historical data – mainly, The Blue Annals. The book was first … [Read more...]
Meditate NYC – Life Outside The Classroom
A website, nycmeditation.wordpress.com, by Tucker Klutey and Colin Keane Introductory letter: Hello all, My name is Colin, and along with my friend and partner for this project, Tucker, we have presented you a catalog of our journey with the practice of meditation in the greater New York City area. In an effort to avoid taking a cumulative final exam on the history of … [Read more...]
Fearless in Tibet; the life of the mystic Tertön Sogyal
Tertön Sogyal, or Lerab Linpa was a treasure reveler, a tertön, who was born in the year of the Fire Dragon (1856) in Shiwa Village, in Nearing, Eastern Tibet. His family was descended from a financially secure lineage in upper Nyarong in Kham. Dargye, Sonam Gyalop’s father, encouraged his son to follow in the footsteps of the warrior chief Amgon, a skilled marksman hunter, … [Read more...]
The Life of Longchenpa
The fourteenth century Nyingma synthesizer known by the epithet Longchenpa occupies a fascinating space within his tradition. He was among the first treasure discoverers, the hallmark of Nyingma, yet he also studied widely across the ‘new tradition’ (Sarma) topics and was ordained – both somewhat characteristics being aberrational in a tradition that largely values its … [Read more...]
Rosary of White Lotuses
A Brief Examination of Two Figures in Rosary of White Lotuses, Being the Clear Account of How the Precious Teaching of Buddha Appeared and Spread in the Great Hor Country Nathan Bates Abstract: Damcho Gyatso Dharmatāla (Dam-chos rGya-mtsho Dharma-ta-la) wrote Rosary of White Lotuses, Being the Clear Account of How the Precious Teaching of Buddha Appeared and Spread in the … [Read more...]
Tibetan Meditation
Website: Tibetan Meditation: The science behind Buddhist practices by Lauren Crane … [Read more...]
Prayer Wheel Object Biography
Object biography by Juliana Remark, view HERE. Introduction: "The object shown is a prayer wheel (below) , which is an integral object in Tibetan Buddhism. The goal of the Tibetan prayer wheel is to “relieve the misery of all beings” (Sakya 2012). Inside of prayer wheels are Mantras, sacred prayers associated with certain deities that are “empowered by enlightened beings and … [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...]
Artistic Influences in Tibetan Buddhism
A website by Edward Ward. Visit the site HERE. … [Read more...]
Tibetan Human Cranium Prayer Beads
by Victoria Dombronski Michel's Adventures with Tibetan Human Cranium Prayer Beads Mala’s story begins with a traveling student, Michel, who finds a circle of beads on a dirt path while studying abroad in Tibet. Michel began to analyze the beads as he carefully manipulated them in his hands. Are these bone? It certainly looks like it. Did this ritual object really all start … [Read more...]
Manhattan Meditator
Manhattan-Meditator website I’m a senior at Columbia University, and I’m student in Professor Tuttle’s class Intro to East Asian Civilization: Tibet. As a part of my final project in this class, I decided to explore the modern form of the ancient practice meditation. In this class, we’ve explored much of what has made Tibetan culture distinctive and unique, examining the … [Read more...]