The classic 1933 novel that introduced Shangri-La to the world focuses on one woman and three men who, in a paradisiacal community deep in the mountains of Tibet, experience physical, cultural, and sp
Eternal Transience, Enlightened Wisdom:Masterpieces of Buddhist Art contextualises thirtythree bronze statues and thangkas of deities and gurus in Tibetan Buddhism from Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan and Mongolia dating from the 6th–19th centuries.From an art historical perspective, these Himalayan masterpieces reflect an array of aesthetic and artistic traditions from neighbouring regions across the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the artworks’ iconography and material culture.As part of Buddhism’s eternal journey from India to the Himalayas, China and Japan, the religious icons and objects of daily religious practice remain a testament to the shifting cultures that have engaged with Buddhism over the millennia.Acknowledging such a state of transience highlights the enlightened wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism as portrayed through the various artworks.「如來一相：佛教藝術藏珍」展出藏傳佛教藝術品，包括銅像及唐卡。展品源自6至19世紀西藏、尼泊爾、巴基斯坦，甚至遠及蒙古。藝術史上，藏傳佛教藝術興於喜馬拉雅山脈一帶，承襲了印度次大陸及中亞地區的美
“Tibet is the Roof of the World, a place where you feel that you arein the sky just as much as you are on the earth. The intense blueness of space contrasts sharply with the deep green of eastern Tibe
With more than two million copies sold in more than a dozen languages,the Art & Imagination series provides illustrated introductions by distinguishedwriters and scholars to the worlds of mytholog
Before Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall, there was George Schaller. Schaller has spent more than half a century walking into the wildest places on Earth to lie down with animals; he first did so with moun
Unlike most books by the Dalai Lama which are edited compilations of talks that he has given, this book consists of two texts that he himself wrote and two that he chose—all especially aimed at helpin
In the last years of the nineteenth century, a caravan of traders sets off from the high hills of Kumaon, India, for Tibet. They traverse dangerous passes and brave blinding snowstorms, in order to ca
Acudiendo a una petici n de ayuda astral del Dalai Lama, Fray Gian Galeazzo Ruspoli tendr que viajar a unos monasterios remotos del T bet para esclarecer una amenaza de tiempos lejanos y enfrentarse a
Acudiendo a una petici n de ayuda astral del Dalai Lama, Fray Gian Galeazzo Ruspoli tendr que viajar a unos monasterios remotos del T bet para esclarecer una amenaza de tiempos lejanos y enfrentarse a
"No one is better qualified than Tucci to write a general yet comprehensive work on such a complex subject. His explorations in Tibet, extensive personal experiences, direct observations of ritual, an
Huber (Tibetan studies, Humbolt U.) has edited and updated Thagyal's 1985 masters thesis in social anthropology at the University of Oslo, and provided a substantial introduction placing the study in
The 18 papers of this proceedings were originally presented at the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, held in Oxford in 2003. Presenting their current research, and of
