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Glimpses of Tibetan Divination: Past and Present is the first book of its kind, in that it contains articles by a group of eminent scholars who approach the subject matter by investigating it through various facets and salient historical figures. Over the centuries, Tibetans developed many practices of prognostication and adapted many others from neighboring cultures and religions. In this way, Tibetan divination evolved into a vast field of ritual expertise that has been largely neglected in Tibetan Studies. The Tibetan repertoire of divinatory techniques is rich and immensely varied. Accordingly, the specimen of practices discussed in this volume—many of which remain in use today—merely serve as examples that offer glimpses of divination in Tibet. Contributors are Per Kværne, Brandon Dotson, Ai Nishida, Dan Martin, Petra Maurer, Charles Ramble, Donatella Rossi, Rolf Scheuermann, Alexander Smith, and Agata Bareja-Starzynska.

Divination --- Augury --- Soothsaying --- Occultism --- Worship --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Religious life and customs.

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This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet's role in the conflict over Central Asia.

S24/0500 --- S09/0402 --- S04/0630 --- S32/0500 --- #SML: Chinese memorial library --- Tibet--History (incl. Relations with China and England) --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Central Asia --- China: History--Sui and Tang: 589 - 907 --- Central Asia--History (incl. Huns, Turkish people etc.) --- Asia, Central --- Tibet (China) --- -History. --- History --- History. --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)

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The first scholarly monograph on Buddhist maṇḍalas in China, this book examines the Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas. This iconographic template, in which a central Buddha is flanked by eight attendants, flourished during the Tibetan (786–848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848–1036) periods at Dunhuang. A rare motif that appears in only four cave shrines at the Mogao and Yulin sites, the maṇḍala bore associations with political authority and received patronage from local rulers. Attending to the historical and cultural contexts surrounding this iconography, this book demonstrates that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes during this period, and the religious dialogue between the Chinese and Tibetan communities, were defining characteristics of the visual language of Buddhist maṇḍalas at Dunhuang.

Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Buddhist deities) in art. --- Buddhist art and symbolism --- Mandala (Buddhism) --- Tantric Buddhism --- Buddhist symbolism --- Lamaist symbolism --- Symbolism and Buddhist art --- Symbolism --- Dunhuang (China) --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Civilization. --- Dunhuang Shi (China) --- Tun-huang (China) --- Tun-huang shih (China) --- 敦煌 (China) --- 敦煌市 (China) --- Dunhuang Xian (China)

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This book addresses the imaginative portrayal of Tibet among contemporary Tibetans and non-Tibetans as well as the global phenomenon known as "imagined Tibet", with a focus on modern Tibet and China. It critiques divergent perceptions of eco-religious practices, collective memories, and earth-inspired emotions in Tibet with emphasis on the potency of landscape. It is written for readers interested in the religious, cultural, and ecological aspects of Tibet. (Back cover).

Anthropology --- Ecotheology --- Human geography --- Place (Philosophy) --- Religion and sociology --- Anthropologie --- Ecothéologie --- Géographie humaine --- Lieu (Philosophie) --- Sociologie religieuse --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) --- History. --- Politics and government. --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- 908 <515> --- 908 <515> Heemkunde. Area studies--Tibet --- Heemkunde. Area studies--Tibet --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Public opinion. --- Ecothéologie --- Géographie humaine --- Région autonome du Tibet (Chine)

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In Rewriting Shangri-La: Migrations and Everyday Literacies among Tibetan Youth in McLeod Ganj, India , Heidi Swank examines differing histories of migration and exile through the lens of everyday literacies. The youth on whom this ethnography focuses live in a community that has long been romanticized by Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike, positioning these youth to see themselves as keepers of a modern day Shangri-la. Through this ethnography - based on a decade of research - Heidi Swank suggests that through seemingly mundane writings (grocery lists, text messages, et cetera) these youth are shifting what Shangri-la means by renogotiating important aspects of life in this Tibetan community to better match their lived - not romanticized - experiences as exiles in rural India.

Tibetans --- Youth --- Immigrant youth --- Youths' writings --- Written communication --- Group identity --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Writings of youths --- Literature --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Social aspects. --- Mcleodganj (India) --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Macleodganj (India) --- McLeod Ganj (India) --- Emigration and immigration --- Civilization.