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Tibetan Studies - Miscellaneous Materials
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Changthang Circuit Expedition 1999 (www.asianart.com, US)
["Northern Tibet Exploration Archaeological Discoveries
of the Changthang Circuit Expedition 1999", a preliminary report by John Vincent Bellezza from his Apr-Oct 1999 archaeological survey in Byang-thang region of NW Tibet]
- Explorations of the Greater Himalaya, Karakorum, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet & High Tartary (www.billbuxton.com,Canada)
[Annotated Bibliography; Dramatis Personae (up to 1921); Timeline]
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The International Campaign for Tibet (www.peacenet.org, US)
[Features the 1995 U.S. visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
(September 5 - 13). Also, information about ICT, sending birthday
greetings to H.H. the Dalai Lama, information about Tibet, and actions
you can take to help Tibet]
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Homeless Yak Productions (www.halcyon.com, US)
[Homeless Yak Productions (run by Yeshe Dolma, Tibetan weaver, singer, dancer, and Yak Herder) sells garments and handicrafts designed to raise
awareness of the plight of Tibet and help fund efforts to achieve its liberation]
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Paper Road Tibet 1995 (www.boms.com, US)
[The Paper Road Tibet Project will establish a facility that will teach local craftspeople how to recycle paper trash into new
paper. The project will help preserve the fragile surrounding environment, and will also help secure the craft of hand
papermaking in Tibet]
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Temple Art Studios (www.tibetcolor.com, US)
[Terris [Nguyen] Temple is the first Westerner to be trained in the art of Tibetan thangka painting 40 years ago. His focused enthusiasm for this art form led him to teach first at Naropa Institute, then at Buddhist centers across Hawaii. Presently he teaches at Phoenix Az. KTC. As well as creating thangkas, he paints birds, flowers and landscapes on silks with mineral pigments and is making a feature documentary about the Giant Buddha Thangka for Tsurphu Monastery. Site contents: Leslie Art; * Terris Art; * Applique Thangkas; * Tibetan Iconography; * Past Projects; * Tsurphu; *
Stupa; * The Movie; * Kathog; * White Conch; * Future Projects; * About Us]
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A Note About Tibetan Museum (Brooklyn Union's NY: Staten Island, US)
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Tibetan Dogs web pages
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Tibetan Numismatics Book (ANU,Australia)
[A collection of ascii & JPEG documents forming a 1994 book by Gilbert R. Richardson, edited by Adam Green]
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Tibetan Formulas - Herbal Tea
[Tibetan Formulas manufactures and markets
herbal tea based on medical formulas created by traditional Tibetan
doctors in Nepal using wild harvested Himalayan
herbs]
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The Coinage of Tibet
(AGG Coins, US)
[Chapters of an unfinished book on Tibetan numismatics by late Gilbert
R. Richardson, based on the 40 years of research and his outstanding
collection of Tibetan coins. The book is now edited and placed online
by Adam Green.
Site contents:
[Chapters are added to the site as they become available in complete
or partial form - ed.] Introduction: Background, ("The Tibetan
Heritage" and "Early forms of Money"), Chapter III: Tibetan Trade (The
development of international trade in Eurasia since AD.600), Chapter
VI: Nepalese Coins, Chapter X: Patterns, Chapter XI: Medals, Chapter
XIII: Fantasies]
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Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy [a film by Ellen Bruno] (found.cs.nyu.edu\POV, US)
[Personal testimonies of a group of young nuns who have been subjected to
torture and imprisonment for their nonviolent protests against Chinese communist
repression]
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Shambhala Publications Online (www.shambhala.com, US)
[Books, Forums, Post Cards, History, Excerpts, Links]
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The Story of Father Orazio della Penna (www.infotel.it, Italy)
[La Storia di Fra Orazio della Penna. Brevi note sulla vita di
padre Francesco Orazio della Penna (1680 - 1745), missionario
Cappuccino e Prefetto della Missione in Tibet]
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Shangri La Home Page (Clark U, US)
["Shangri La is my idea of abstracting the Nature of the entire Himalaya Range and the vicinity
as one integral habitat, spanning from the northern rim of Burma (Myanmar) along India,
Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet (China) to Pakistan and Afghanistan."]
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Snow Lion Publications (www.snowlionpub.com, US)
[CATALOG: art & photography, children, cookbooks, the Dalai
Lama, death & dying, Dzogchen, health & fitness, history, social
action, politics, Kalachakra, language, music & chants, religion &
philosophy, biography, adventure/travel, dharma goods & art, other
traditions, sadhanas, women's studies, printed visual materials, audio & video
tapes, ordering information; Other Tibetan Resources]
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The Secret Doctrine (marlowe.wimsey.com, Canada)
[Parallels between the philosophy of the Madhyamika (or
'middle-way') School of Tibetan Buddhism and contemporary Western
scientific thought]
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Tibetan Voices: A Traditional Memoir (www.seva.ca, Canada)
[A superb photographic book and calendar
fundraising project by the Seva Service Society Canada supporting blindness prevention and sight restoration programs in India, Nepal and Tibet. Tibetan Voices, photographed by Brian
Harris, portrays Himalayan Buddhist spiritual and folk culture through photography and collected memoirs of the Tibetan people.]
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Virtual Tibet ! (www.bekkoame.or.jp,Japan)
[Japanese Tibetan materials, including inf. about Tibetan book & goods shop in Tokyo]
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Women Working for Tibet (www.grannyg.bc.ca,Canada)
[A Vancouver, BC., Canada based non-profit
society fundraising for The Nun's Project with 1996 daily pocket calendar of
Tibetan Nuns In Exile and cards of images from the Butterfly Quilt donated
to Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute by the Sunbow Quilt Project]
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