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Prayer Wheels Came from Where?
It’s such a pleasure to read the essays of Rasé Konchok Gyatso, each one devoted to a subject even more interesting than the last. Now is one of those times I wish I had paid more frequent attention to...
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Stone Meditation Seat in Amdo
Our thanks to Katia Buffetrille, who sent us this remarkable sign of Padampa’s presence way up in Amdo to the south of the Blue Lake known under various names, among them Kokonoor.The full stone...
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A Short Survey of the Stages of the Bodhisattva Path
I found this going though old papers I hadn’t had access to for a few decades. I was initially a little puzzled what it was. I did recognize it as a draft translation. I worked on a lot of those back...
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Not a Padampa
As I am often prone to do when trapped in my room with nowhere to go, I was wearing out my eyesight for a good cause browsing through some recently posted photos of Tibetan art works at Himalayan Art...
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Tibetan Histories, a New Website
I was struggling with it until just a few minutes ago, but now I believe it is all there. I opened one of those free new websites that Google supplies for free. As today is the eve of Saga Dawa I...
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Giuseppe’s Jeep
A screen shot from the Swat Museum’s virtual tour websiteNow that the Crown Virus lockdown seems doomed to be forever, we need to find more productive ways of wasting our time indoors. Not wasting it...
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Historian Father Historian Son
Today I just wanted to apologize for my silence and try to make up for it by telling you a little bit about what I’ve been doing to keep myself occupied during these difficult times.It’s been a few...
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All the words below were written by a guest blogger Matthew Akester, translator and author of several books, including his Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Guide to Central Tibet, recently published by...
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That’s Not the Shape of my Ark
Quite frankly I resentpeople who give vent to their loquacity by extraneous bombastic circumlocution.—Monty PythonI’m not suggesting there was a lot of talking around the point, let alone expressions...
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Who is that Drunken Man?
If you haven’t seen any “Curators’ Corner” videos yet, some of them are both amusing and informative, so I warmly recommend watching. One in particular made me think in a new way about a Tibetan...
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Free Younghusband Secrets
In celebration of this season of holidays Tibeto-logic is passing on a gift, or spilling the beans, one or the other. We just want to tell you that if the Younghusband Expedition of 1904 is as...
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Tibetan Histories: Newly Expanded
I’m sure some of you reading this already know about it. But in case you don’t I’m happy to report that those months of struggle at my keyboard during the 2nd shutdown last year have paid off. I...
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Alchi Padampa's Meaning: A New Light to Shine on it
I remember being perplexed over and over again by this particular painting of Padampa, not only because of its unusual iconography but perhaps even more by its placement. Not that there is the least...
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Dionysian Drunk Scene, Doubling Back
Dionysos with his Thyrsos on his PantherBy Unknown author - from Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, 10-2012, Public DomainAfter a night of very serious drinking, far past the time reasonable people would have...
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Padampa Studies in the Last Decade
The last ten years have seen some interesting and important new publications that enrich the coffer of Padampa and Zhijé studies. Included in the list are some fresh new translations of the Tingri...
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Another Death in the Family
Foreground: Takeuchi Tsuguhito (lft.) and Elliot Sperling (rt.) Bergen, Norway, 2016Just this morning I heard the very unwanted news that my old friend Tsugu* had, very early this morning, died after...
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The Realm of Dharmas, Chapter Two
— CHAPTER TWO —APPEARANCES AND BECOMING DAWN AS BUDDHAFIELD[Now that the nature of the Realm has been determined to be the basis for dawning, the reason why the Realm and its appearances are totally...
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What Happened to Armenia’s Famous Tibetan Bell?
This is a guest blog written by Simon Maghakyan, University of Colorado Denver lecturer in international relations and independent researcher of heritage crime. He is best known for his groundbreaking...
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Combining Sources of Holiness and Blessing
Swayambhunath, Nepal, taken in 2011The Buddha Image shrines niched into its sides were being renovated Combining the Cult of the Image with the Cult of the ChortenI was reading Anne Marie Yasin’s essay...
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Puzzle Solved! Another Padampa Metaphor for Counterintuitive Klesha...
The White Cliffs of DoverPhoto by Piotr Kuczynski, 2005. Creative Commons. “[There is something that] thoroughly dries out when placed in water.” —Padampa.Sometimes when all your efforts fail, apply...
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