An Analysis of the Monastery's Changing Architecture and Symbolism from the Tibetan Plateau to Hebei and the West Ben Guggenheim | December 22, 2020 | PDF Tibetan Buddhism is a rich tradition that has continually contributed to the religious, cultural, and political landscape of Inner and East Asia since its being institutionalized more than 1,200 years ago. In recent … [Read more...]
Geographies of Tibetan Sacred Space
Reading Buddhist Monasteries Against Their Landscapes Rose Kuo | December 20, 2020 | Website: ArcGIS StoryMaps Sacred Space This project is inspired by the study of environmental perception advanced by scholars such as Belden C. Lane and Tim Ingold, cited by Federica Venturi in her work on sacred spaces and the Monastery of Sakya (Lane 2001, Ingold 1993, Venturi 2013). … [Read more...]
The Great Melody of Illusion, the False Account of a Dream
Representations of Shambhala as Sacred Space, a project by Wan Yii Lee The name of this website (“The Great Melody of Illusion, the False Account of a Dream”, or rMi lam rdzun bshad sgyu ma’i sgra dbyangs chen mo) was the name of the document that contained the earliest datable Tibetan itinerary to Shambhala by Man lung Guru (b. 1239). This itinerary, although written in … [Read more...]
Sacred Space
Online essay by Alex Whitman, Sacred Space. Tibet’s srin mo legend has been invoked at key moments of political flux, offering actors new modes of relating to–and benefiting from–a common imperial past. The fight against the demoness is continuously played out in sacred spaces, where institutional duty and virtue are intimately tied to the fulfillment of the imperial … [Read more...]
Sacred Space in Perspective
An online essay by Neil Agarwal and Millen Anand, including video with drone footage. Excerpt: For our final project, we decided to look at sacred space from a variety of perspectives. As we’ve learned in Professor Tuttle’s class, sacred space can look different from unique viewpoints. For example, in one of our recent readings titled No Man’s Land: Real and … [Read more...]
Sacred Spaces in Modernity
Experiencing Sacred Space — A Reflection on my Trips to The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and to the Ground Zero Memorial Essay by Corin I. Bronsther With graduation from college approaching, I returned to two places that have had a meaningful impact on my life. One was the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the place where my high school graduation took place … [Read more...]