Showing all 3 books
We all know the cause of ill-health: germs and ciruses; and, of course, genetic propensity. To these we should add: the ripening of recent or ancient karma; predatory demons and witches; adverse astrological configurations; the retaliation of earth-gods angered by humans' callous treatment of the environment; spilling milk on the stove. The treatment is also well known: allopathic care, whether Western, Tibetan or Ayurvedic; or the accumulation of merit to ...
This compendium of 12 papers, presented at an international conference, organized by the Department of Mongolian and Tibetan Studies, Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, Bonn University, provides deep insight into the social history of Tibetan societies. Analyzing the role of the Ambans in the Dalai Lama government according to the Ten Point Edict, it describes the edition, structure and authorship of the Weizang Tongzhi.
Recapturing runaways or ...
BÖN IN NEPAL Traces of the Great Zhang Zhung Ancestors in the Himalayas The Light of the History of Existence by Nagru Geshe Gelek Jinpa Edited by Carol Ermakova and Dmitry Ermakov For many millennia, Yungdrung Bön has been practised in the remote mountainous regions of Nepal which once formed part of the ancient Zhang Zhung empire. Although the tradition's fate fluctuated with the changing political tides, many aspects of this rich religious culture ...