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East Asia, Far East
Re-enacting the Past
A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka
This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507)....
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 1
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 2
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Editor: Cicuzza, Claudio
A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection
Volume 3
We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...
Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation – Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space
Proceedings of the Workshop "Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times" at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 -13 January 2010
Malkurs Chinesische Blumenmalerei
Schritt für Schritt mit Lili Yuan
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Die Kunst der chinesischen Tuschemalerei, die auf einer über fünftausendjährigen Tradition chinesischer...
Scribes, Texts, and Rituals in Early Tibet and Dunhuang
Proceedings of the Third Old Tibetan Studies Panel held at the Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver 2010
This volume presents new findings and original research concerning early Tibet and the social and the Tibetan Empire (c. 600–850 CE). Demonstrating the methodological breadth of...
Nomadische Ressourcennutzung und Existenzsicherung im Umbruch
Die osttibetische Region Yushu (Qinghai, VR China)
On the basis of a précis of available knowledge on traditional nomadic ways of life and livelihoods on the Tibetan Plateau this book presents an analysis of current conditions of...
Die Hagiographie des La phyi ba Nam mkha’ rgyal mtshan (1372 bis 1437)
Eine Studie über das Leben eines tibetischen Heiligen
This is the life story of a saint who is deemed to be the reincarnation of the most famous Tibetan hermit, rJe btsun Mi la ras pa. Due to his more than three-decades long abode in...
Frühe Quellen zum buddhistischen Stufenweg in Tibet
Indische und tibetische Traditionen im »dPe chos« des Po-to-ba Rin-chen-gsal
During the 11th and 12th centuries, Tibetan culture underwent fundamental changes. It was during this period that Buddhism became firmly rooted on the Tibetan plateau and its...
Dawn of Japan
Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors
In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan’s legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the...
The Sherpa »Dumji« Masked Dance Festival
An ethnographic description of the ›great liturgical performance‹ as celebrated annually according to the tradition of the Lamaserwa clan in the village temple of Gonpa Zhung, Solu
Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century
The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet
Red mda’ ba gZhon nu blo gros (1348-1412) played a pivotal role in the history of Tibetan Buddhists' engagement with Indian Madhyamaka, especially with regard to Candrakirti's...
Hibiki no utsawa – Das Leben und die Musik
Musik und Musiktherapie zwischen Japan und Deutschland
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Was ist Musik? Was ist Musiktherapie?
Die sanfte Erzählweise der Autorin bringt uns langsam, aber sicher zu...
Hevajra and Lam’bras Literature of India and Tibet as Seen Through the Eyes of A-mes-zhabs
The Hevajra Tantras and teachings of the 'Path with Its Fruit' (lam ‘bras) that originated in India have been central practices of Tibetan tantric Buddhism for a millenium. The...
Rare Texts from Tibet
Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet
A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri...
Tradition und Wandel
Untersuchungen zu Gräberfeldern in der Westlichen Han-Zeit (206 v. Chr. bis 9 n. Chr.)
Just before the unification of the Chinese empire by the first emperor Qin Shihuangdi (221 bis 210 BC) China is determined by the antagonism of the two culturally very different...
Das tibetische Fürstentum La stod lHo (um 1265 bis 1642)
Die Geschichte der Herrschaftsbildung nebst einer Edition der Chronik Shel dkar chos ‘byung
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Die Untersuchung über das Fürstentum La stod lHo erschließt anhand des gesamten zur Verfügung stehenden...
The Phenomenon of “Foreign” in Oriental Art
In the context of this book, the term ‘foreign’ can be interpreted in such a way as to consider anything outside one’s perceived norm as unfamiliar and therefore strange or even...