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ISYT Conference: Religious Figures, Doctrines and Practices
ISYT Conference Day 2 Room Dussane, École Normale Supérieure. Seiji Kumagai (Kyoto University, Japan) “Development of the Two Truths Theory in Tibet” Marc-Henri Deroche (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France And Kyoto University, Japan) “Study of…
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ISYT Conference: First Day
Mr. Gurung’s discussion of some finer points of Bön po history opened the conference, after a great welcome from conference convener Elijah Ary and superb speeches by the eloquent and genuinely funny Charles Ramble…
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ISYT Conference: Blogging at ISYT Paris, 2009
I have arrived in Paris! Sans baggage, but in high spirits. I will be blogging about the presentations made at the Second International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (ISYT), which will be convening tomorrow, Monday…
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Excellent Review of Cyrus Stearns’ King of the Empty Plain
King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo. By Cyrus Stearns. Snow Lion Publications, 2007. 682 pages. $49.95. Review by Andrew Quintman: In King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo,…
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Stéphane Arguillère’s blog on Klong chen pa
Stéphane Arguillère is a professor trained in both Tibetan Buddhist and Western philosophy. His work has been lauded by Matthew Kapstein and many others. For all you Francophones, please see his blog on Klong chen…
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Kapstein at Nītārtha Institute
Western Washington University – Bellingham, WA – Just last week at Nītārtha Institute’s 2009 summer program, professor Matthew Kapstein, translator of such seminal works as The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, taught five two-hour morning classes…
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Tibetan Personal Names from the Blue Annals
In case you were not aware, there is a list of easily searchable Tibetan personal names referenced in the Blue Annals here: Blue Annals Personal Names Databases This page provides links to pages of…
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Update on the Tibetan Himalayan Library
Many of you probably know THDL, but if you haven’t kept up with their machinations you may find it difficult to find information on this huge resource. The first thing to know is that…
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Bibliography of Buddhist Studies Bibliographies in Western Languages
Buddhist Studies Bibliographies Compiled by Marcus Bingenheimer and updated last in March 2008. A very useful list of bibliographies on all kinds of subjects, such as The Architecture of Tibet: An Introductory Bibliography, or Bibliographical Sources…