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Tibet The Sacred Realm
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Author : Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tibet The Sacred Realm written by Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Ever since the first European travelers reached Tibet six centuries ago, Westerners have been fascinated and tantalized by tales of that legendary, remote mountain civilization. Today, Tibet 's peaceful , integrated way of life; deeply felt Buddhist tradition; and its culture rich in art, architecture, dance and music have all but disappeared, gradually replaced by the trappings of life introduced since the Chinese take-over of the 1950s. Most of the 3,000 monasteries and temples that once dotted the Tibetan countryside have been destroyed or converted into museums. Only in a few scattered emigre communities, in the treasures hastily smuggled out by 100,000 refugees who fled Tibet in 1959, and in a handful of photographs, is the old Tibet remembered and preserved. Tibet: The Sacred Realm brings together for the first time a selection of more than 140 of these rare photographs, taken from 1880 to 1950 by more than twenty intrepid adventurers, naturalists, explorers, scientists, and missionaries, who were among the very few in the West to travel to Tibet. In this valuable visual record the forward-looking thirteenth Dalai Lama sits in exile in India surrounded by his high officials; one of Tibet's wealthiest families poses in their Western-style dining room; the artificial lake of Lhasa reflects the imposing gilded roofs of the Potala Palace; Buddhist monks perform sacred dances in ornate animal masks; pilgrims circumambulate the holy city; and monks and sheepskin-bundled nomads gather on the vast northern plains to listen for the first time to a visitor's gramophone. Selected from the collections of twenty-three institutions' archives and private sources in Europe and the United States, the photographs represent the finest work of the explorer-photographers Alexandra David-Neel, Brooke Dolan, George Taylor, Ilya Tolstoy, and Claude White, among others, including the Tibetan photographer Sinam Wangfel Laden-La. Facing inclement weather, the threats of bandits, the objections of the lamas, the countless other hardships, these photographers still managed to distill the essence of Tibet's mystery and fascination. Recalling his early years in Tibet, Buddhist scholar, translator, and son of the former chief state oracle of Tibet, Lobsang P. Lhalungpa adds another dimension to the story revealed in the photographs. He shares his recollections of a boyhood in Lhasa, his training under the most revered Tibetan lamas, his life as a monk official in the Dalai Lama's government, and his sorrowful departure from his native land: "I mounted my favorite gelding, which had been saddled with its finest saddle cover. As I bent down to tuck the folds of my clothes under one leg, my round, fur-and-brocade-trimmed hat slipped off my head and fell to the ground. I remember feeling instant apprehension. Was this a sign that I would never see Lhasa again?" As the technological age threatens to swallow, one by one, the unique civilizations of the world, the lessons to be learned from the age-old traditions of Tibet become all the more valuable. Tibet's past, illuminated here by glimpses of special vision, offers profound spiritual insight and a majestic feast for the eye. The photographs are introduced by a preface by his Holiness the Dalai Lama. "Whatever the fate of Tibet, the spiritual essence of the Sacred Realm remains in the hearts of the Tibetan people. Our cultural heritage lives, too, in the handful of photographs taken in our country before 1950, all the more precious because they preserve a sense of time and place that now exists only in our memories."--Lobsang P. Lhalungpa from the Chronicle
Tibet The Sacred Realm
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Author : Martha Chahroudi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Tibet The Sacred Realm written by Martha Chahroudi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Tibet (China) categories.
Tibet The Sacred Realm Photographs 1880 1950
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tibet The Sacred Realm Photographs 1880 1950 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Tibet Autonomous Region (China) categories.
Tibet
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Author : Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tibet written by Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Tibet
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Author : Dalai Lama XIV.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tibet written by Dalai Lama XIV. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
From The Sacred Realm
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Author : Valrae Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Release Date : 1999
From The Sacred Realm written by Valrae Reynolds and has been published by Prestel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
Ranging from the 11th to the 20th century, and covering all forms of art from ceremonial silver objects to prayer wheels and sculpture, this book provides an overview of the Newark Museum's holdings of Tibetan art.
The Sacred Life Of Tibet
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Author : Keith Dowman
language : en
Publisher: HarperThorsons
Release Date : 1997
The Sacred Life Of Tibet written by Keith Dowman and has been published by HarperThorsons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.
Provides excellent insight into both ancient and modern Tibet.
Wisdom And Compassion
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Author : Marilyn M. Rhie
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2000-09-01
Wisdom And Compassion written by Marilyn M. Rhie and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-01 with Art categories.
Illustrates, explains and celebrates 241 examples of Tibetan sacred art of the 9th to 12th centuries. The authors discuss the religious meaning and use of tangkas, Buddhist iconography and the aesthetics of tangka paintings, sculpture and mandalas.
A Garland Of Gold
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Author : Jampa Thaye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-20
A Garland Of Gold written by Jampa Thaye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-20 with categories.
'A Garland of Gold' is a history of the early masters of the great Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, charting the flow of esoteric teachings from India to Tibet, and allowing the reader to enter the sacred realm of spiritual transmission.
The Sacred Art Of Tibet
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Author : Marylin M. Rhie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Sacred Art Of Tibet written by Marylin M. Rhie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art, Tibetan categories.
For centuries the priciples of Buddhism have inspired Tibetan artists to create some of the world's most sophisticated, profound and beautiful art. Tangkas, paintings, sculptures and mandalas provide a window on the enlightened realm of pure wisdom, the perfected universe that represents the ultimate goal of Buddhism.
