Vajra publications kathmandu (28 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Illustrated purple stiff card covers with matching DJ. 217pp plus illustrations, warmly inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, else contents unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book offers a selection of wisdom quotes from the international Buddhist meditation teacher Thomas Dhammadipa. Each quote stands alone, inviting the reader to engage with these texts as points of departure for personal contemplation. This book offers a selection of wisdom quotes from the international Buddhist meditation teacher Thomas Dhammadipa. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Presumed first printing with NAP, trade paperback, has a previous owner's signature penned in green to the inside of the front cover, light bumps with a touch of peeling to the laminate at the spine ends and cover corners, and rubbing with mild edge wear to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For too long Nepals Dalits have been marginalized, not just socially, economically, and politically, but from academic accounts of Nepalese society as well. This volume forms part of a welcome new trend, the emergence of Dalit Studies in Nepal, led by a new generation of Dalit scholars. It covers a wide range of issues concerning Nepals Dalits and offers a snapshot of the advances that they have madein education, in politics, in the bureaucracy, economically, and in everyday relations. At the same time the book documents the continuing material disadvantage, inequality, discrimination, both direct and indirect, and consequent mental suffering that Dalits have to face. It also touches on the struggles, hopes, and dilemmas of Dalit activists as they seek to bring about a new social order and a relatively more egalitarian society. Nepals Dalits in Transition will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, or future of social change in Nepal. It also touches on the struggles, hopes, and dilemmas of Dalit activists as they seek to bring about a new social order and a relatively more egalitarian society. Nepals Dalits in Transition will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, or future of social change in Nepal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Sherpa Buddhist monk Ngawang Leksh. (1913 1983), familiarly known as Auleshia name that might be approximated as Uncle Benedict in Englishoccupies a unique place in the history of Buddhism in twentieth century Nepal. At once an accomplished artist and a yogi living always in retreat, he eschewed the trappings of a Buddhist master but taught instead through his art and, above all, his personal example. In this, he embodied the ideal of transmitting the Dharma without teaching a word. As we honor the hundred-and-tenth anniversary of his birth, and fortieth since his death, with those who knew him now few, it seems appropriate to make available to all what may be recalled of his life and work. The book includes a brief history of Buddhism among the Sherpa, with new information gleaned from Tibetan written sources, the biography of Auleshi (1913-1983), in both Tibetan and annotated English translation, and and a selection of reproductions of his paintings and drawings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Colour photographic illustrations, 300pp. Paperback in very good condition, 21.5 x 13.8cm. This is a true story of a spiritual journey and the incredible but all too human love between a Western woman and a high reincarnate Lama, the spiritual king of Bhutan. It is neither biographical nor autobiographical. It is a play that arose and disappeared like an illusion; A magical display of comedy and tragedy, history, romance, and transcendence.…

2006, paperback, xxxii, 106 pp., fine copy.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Madhyamakavatara or Introduction to the Middle Way (Tibetan: dbu ma la jug-pa) is a text by Chandrakirti, the seventh-century Buddhist philosopher and siddha, on the Madhyamaka School of Buddhist philosophy. It is a commentary on the meaning of Nagarjunas Mulamadhyamakakarika or The Root Stanzas on the Middle Way (Tibetan: dbu ma rtsa ba shes rab) and the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika Sutra). Madhyamaka refers to the texts that express the meaning of the middle way beyond extremes, both the Buddhas teachings of the second turning of the Wheel of Dharma and the commentaries that further elucidate their meaning. Avatara means entry or introduction. This text expresses both the profound aspect of Nagarjunas text, namely emptiness, as well as the vast aspect, the paths and the bhumis. This book includes the root verses of Chandrakirtis Madhyamakavatara and their commentary by the late Sakya Khenpo, Khenchen Migmar Tsering, as well as the outline of the commentary on the Madhyamakavatara called Dispelling Wrong Views by the great Sakya philosopher, Gorampa Sonam Sengge (1429-1489) on which Khenchen Migmar based his teachings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. The book is inscribed, signed and dated by Pushparaj Acharya on the full title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. I. The history and lineages 1. The Bonpo and Nyingmapa traditions of Dzogchen. 2. The primordial Buddha Kuntu Zangpo. 3. The mind to mind transmission of the Buddhas. 4. The oral transmission of the Siddhas. 5. The masters Tapihritsa and Gyerpungpa. 6. The prophetic sayings of the lord Tapihritsa. 7. The reasons why the Bon did not decline. 8. The experimental transmission and the percepts transmission. 9. The later history of the transmission. II. The literature of the Zhang zhung Nyan gyud cycle 10. The texts in the Menri edition of the Zhang zhung Nyan gyud. 11. The practice manual for the Zhang zhung Nyan gyud. Appendices 1. The Guru Yoga for Tapihritsa. 2. The preliminary practices. 3. The invocations to the guardian deity Nyipangse and to the Goddess Menmo. 4. The biography of Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary of Tibetan terms. Index. The original Dzogchen teachings are found equally in the old unreformed Tibetan schools of the Buddhist Nyingmapas and the pre Buddhist Bonpos. These teachings are substantially the same in both schools in terms of meaning terminology and practice both traditions justly claiming unbroken lineages of transmission coming down to the present day from the 8 century and even before. Moreover both schools assert that Dzogchen did not originate in Tibet itself or even in India but in Central Asia variously known as Tazik and Uddiyana. From there it was brought to India and Central Tibet by certain Mahasiddhas or great adepts where it represented an Upadesha or secret oral instruction concerning an unconditioned state of being and awareness beyond the Tantric process of transformation. This refers to the natural state of the nature of mind one's own innate Buddha nature that is beyond all time conditioning and causality. In both traditions the Nyingmapa and the Bonpo Dzogchen is regarded as the ultimate teaching of the Buddhas of three times and it is classified as the ninth or highest vehicle to enlightenment. In this volume will be found translations from the Tibetan of the Dzogchen teachings originally transmitted by the master Tapihritsa to his disciple Nangzher Lodpo at the Darok Lake in Zhang zhung or Northwestern Tibet which at that time was still an independent kingdom. Included here also are translations of the hagiographies of the principal masters of this tradition in ancient times extending back to the ultimate source of the Dzogchen teachings the Primordial Buddha Kuntu Zangpo himself. The appendices in the book present translations and explanations of the preliminary practices for this tradition of Dzogchen known as Ngondro as well as the Guru Yoga practice for Tapihritsa. These explanations proceed according to the oral instructions of Yongdzin Rinpoche Lopon Tenzin Namdak the greatest living exponent of the Bonpo tradition of Dzogchen. The texts of the Zhang zhung Nyan gyud first written down in the 8 century in the Zhang zhung language and a century later translated by Ponchen Tsanpo into Tibetan never became Termas or hidden treasure texts but represent a continuous system of oral and written transmission until the present time. Therefore the Zhang zhung Nyan gyud the oral tradition from Zhang zhung is of singular importance for the understanding of the historical development of Dzogchen in Early Tibet. 577 pp.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book offers a selection of wisdom quotes from the international Buddhist meditation teacher Thomas Dhammadipa. Each quote stands alone, inviting the reader to engage with these texts as points of departure for personal contemplation. This book offers a selection of wisdom quotes from the international Buddhist meditation teacher Thomas Dhammadipa. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. 8vo, pp. xv, 268; 4 black/white photographs, light blue wrappers with very minor wrinkling at corners; all else good and sound.

9" x 11.25" pp. [10], 134; 139 color plates. Hardcover bound in brown paper boards in matching jacket. Boards are slightly wrinkled at the corners with small wrinkles to clear protective layer. Slight smudges on front and back pastedowns and free endpapers. Text and plates are otherwise sound and clean. Very good. High-definition color reprints of the 139 Ngor Mandalas. Complete with historical preface and background information.…

Condizione: Sehr gut. Original softcover binding, viii, 88 pages, 62 colour illustrations, 1 map, oblong format, corners slightly bumped, very good condition. Excellent overview of religious sites associated with the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism in an area north of Lhasa, including such famous sites as Reting monastery or the retreat center Drak Yerpa. Also about the very old monastery Nesur. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For too long Nepals Dalits have been marginalized, not just socially, economically, and politically, but from academic accounts of Nepalese society as well. This volume forms part of a welcome new trend, the emergence of Dalit Studies in Nepal, led by a new generation of Dalit scholars. It covers a wide range of issues concerning Nepals Dalits and offers a snapshot of the advances that they have madein education, in politics, in the bureaucracy, economically, and in everyday relations. At the same time the book documents the continuing material disadvantage, inequality, discrimination, both direct and indirect, and consequent mental suffering that Dalits have to face. It also touches on the struggles, hopes, and dilemmas of Dalit activists as they seek to bring about a new social order and a relatively more egalitarian society. Nepals Dalits in Transition will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, or future of social change in Nepal. It also touches on the struggles, hopes, and dilemmas of Dalit activists as they seek to bring about a new social order and a relatively more egalitarian society. Nepals Dalits in Transition will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, or future of social change in Nepal. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Looking through the walls of a cloistered monastic community, such as a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery, is nearly impossible as lay person. These religious communities are multi-layered in being simultaneously places of spiritual development, Buddhist scholasticism, and religious devotion. Chandra Chiara Ehm lived for nearly a decade behind the walls of Khachoe Ghakyil Ling nunnery in the Nepalese Himalayas. During this time, she collected the nuns stories and studied their lifestyle and their scholarship. This book invites the reader to step through the convents walls to explore Tibetan monastic life from the perspective of the nuns. Her ethnography offers a first-hand account of life in the nunnery, carefully calibrated within a theoretical frame to investigate the historical social aspects of monastic institutions. Another important theme Ehm depicts is the religious hierarchy and the remarkable changes that globalisation, feminism, and secularisation have brought to this gender balance and the nuns monastic life in recent years. This vivid and comprehensive study of female monastic life provides novel insights with essential implications for the inter- and intra-religious analysis of monasticism today. This book invites the reader to step through the convents walls to explore Tibetan monastic life from the perspective of the nuns. Her ethnography offers a first-hand account of life in the nunnery, carefully calibrated within a theoretical frame to investigate the historical social aspects of monastic institutions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Vajra Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2005. Second edition. Paperback. A nice clean copy with slightly worn covers.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Sherpa Buddhist monk Ngawang Leksh. (1913 1983), familiarly known as Auleshia name that might be approximated as Uncle Benedict in Englishoccupies a unique place in the history of Buddhism in twentieth century Nepal. At once an accomplished artist and a yogi living always in retreat, he eschewed the trappings of a Buddhist master but taught instead through his art and, above all, his personal example. In this, he embodied the ideal of transmitting the Dharma without teaching a word. As we honor the hundred-and-tenth anniversary of his birth, and fortieth since his death, with those who knew him now few, it seems appropriate to make available to all what may be recalled of his life and work. The book includes a brief history of Buddhism among the Sherpa, with new information gleaned from Tibetan written sources, the biography of Auleshi (1913-1983), in both Tibetan and annotated English translation, and and a selection of reproductions of his paintings and drawings. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: As New. Second Edition. Contents Preface by E. Gene Smith. Editors introduction. I. The Tibetan language 1. A survey of the development of Western and Southwestern Tibetan dialects/Roland Bielmeier. 2. The phonetic structure of ABCB type words in Modern Lhasa Tibetan/Zhang Lians 398 pp.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Softcover in DJ; 827pp; DJ clean & bright, covers clean & bright, spine slightly bumped, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG+ condition. Explores ancient shamanic traditions of Siberia and Tibet in relation to teachings of a central Asian Buddha. Illustrated with photos & diagrams.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Madhyamakavatara or Introduction to the Middle Way (Tibetan: dbu ma la jug-pa) is a text by Chandrakirti, the seventh-century Buddhist philosopher and siddha, on the Madhyamaka School of Buddhist philosophy. It is a commentary on the meaning of Nagarjunas Mulamadhyamakakarika or The Root Stanzas on the Middle Way (Tibetan: dbu ma rtsa ba shes rab) and the Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Dashabhumika Sutra). Madhyamaka refers to the texts that express the meaning of the middle way beyond extremes, both the Buddhas teachings of the second turning of the Wheel of Dharma and the commentaries that further elucidate their meaning. Avatara means entry or introduction. This text expresses both the profound aspect of Nagarjunas text, namely emptiness, as well as the vast aspect, the paths and the bhumis. This book includes the root verses of Chandrakirtis Madhyamakavatara and their commentary by the late Sakya Khenpo, Khenchen Migmar Tsering, as well as the outline of the commentary on the Madhyamakavatara called Dispelling Wrong Views by the great Sakya philosopher, Gorampa Sonam Sengge (1429-1489) on which Khenchen Migmar based his teachings. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Rock and stone, like water, plants, and trees, are part of what surrounds us in nature. All elements possess the potential to embody the divine. As such, they are what turns nature into a sacred landscape: rocks and mountain ranges are perceived as religious symbols that grace and protect the habitat. Rock and stone seem to contain the call of a cosmic force struggling to break free. The cult of stone can be traced back to the megalithic structures of the Neolithic Age and the worship of meteorites in the Ancient Orient as ensouled stones. These are presented in the books introduction. The main chapter documents stone worship practised in the context of the urban culture of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley. There, thousands of unworked stones without any distinctive iconographic features represent the Supernaturals whether deities named at some point in the past in accordance with the Hindu tradition or spirits or unnamed ancestor deities. These stones absorb impurities, act as guardians, and often demand blood sacrifices. Placed in open shrines, they represent the idea or essence of place, the genius loci, and the limen between the netherworld and the world of human beings. Individuals, families, and lineages maintain a predefined, stable relationship with these landmarks in rites of passage or during annual urban rituals. The final chapter is dedicated to stone in modern art. The Surrealists of the 1920s were stricken with sculptural fever when confronted with living stones. Andre Breton explained his fascination in an essay titled The Language of Stone. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Second Edition. Colour maps and photographic illustrations, xi + 89pp, appendix, bibliography. 24 x 18cm. Trifle rubbed paperback covers, top edge patchily foxed, a good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Looking through the walls of a cloistered monastic community, such as a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery, is nearly impossible as lay person. These religious communities are multi-layered in being simultaneously places of spiritual development, Buddhist scholasticism, and religious devotion. Chandra Chiara Ehm lived for nearly a decade behind the walls of Khachoe Ghakyil Ling nunnery in the Nepalese Himalayas. During this time, she collected the nuns stories and studied their lifestyle and their scholarship. This book invites the reader to step through the convents walls to explore Tibetan monastic life from the perspective of the nuns. Her ethnography offers a first-hand account of life in the nunnery, carefully calibrated within a theoretical frame to investigate the historical social aspects of monastic institutions. Another important theme Ehm depicts is the religious hierarchy and the remarkable changes that globalisation, feminism, and secularisation have brought to this gender balance and the nuns monastic life in recent years. This vivid and comprehensive study of female monastic life provides novel insights with essential implications for the inter- and intra-religious analysis of monasticism today. This book invites the reader to step through the convents walls to explore Tibetan monastic life from the perspective of the nuns. Her ethnography offers a first-hand account of life in the nunnery, carefully calibrated within a theoretical frame to investigate the historical social aspects of monastic institutions. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Rock and stone, like water, plants, and trees, are part of what surrounds us in nature. All elements possess the potential to embody the divine. As such, they are what turns nature into a sacred landscape: rocks and mountain ranges are perceived as religious symbols that grace and protect the habitat. Rock and stone seem to contain the call of a cosmic force struggling to break free. The cult of stone can be traced back to the megalithic structures of the Neolithic Age and the worship of meteorites in the Ancient Orient as ensouled stones. These are presented in the books introduction. The main chapter documents stone worship practised in the context of the urban culture of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley. There, thousands of unworked stones without any distinctive iconographic features represent the Supernaturals whether deities named at some point in the past in accordance with the Hindu tradition or spirits or unnamed ancestor deities. These stones absorb impurities, act as guardians, and often demand blood sacrifices. Placed in open shrines, they represent the idea or essence of place, the genius loci, and the limen between the netherworld and the world of human beings. Individuals, families, and lineages maintain a predefined, stable relationship with these landmarks in rites of passage or during annual urban rituals. The final chapter is dedicated to stone in modern art. The Surrealists of the 1920s were stricken with sculptural fever when confronted with living stones. Andre Breton explained his fascination in an essay titled The Language of Stone. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This is a fascinating book on a subject that has not previously received concerted academic attention. The editors have done an excellent job in bringing together the recent scholarship on this topic in a collection of 10 essays written by specialists, many of whom have hands-on experience of working with or in the museums under discussion. With its detailed chapters, ranging from close-focus art historical analysis of Tibetan objects to theorised discussion of the processes of curating in Tibetan/ Himalayan contexts, I think the volume will be greatly appreciated by academics and students of Tibetan Buddhism and of Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture, as well as those in art history and in museum studies. With its detailed chapters, ranging from close-focus art historical analysis of Tibetan objects to theorised discussion of the processes of curating in Tibetan/ Himalayan contexts, I think the volume will be greatly appreciated by academics and students of Tibetan Buddhism and of Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This is a fascinating book on a subject that has not previously received concerted academic attention. The editors have done an excellent job in bringing together the recent scholarship on this topic in a collection of 10 essays written by specialists, many of whom have hands-on experience of working with or in the museums under discussion. With its detailed chapters, ranging from close-focus art historical analysis of Tibetan objects to theorised discussion of the processes of curating in Tibetan/ Himalayan contexts, I think the volume will be greatly appreciated by academics and students of Tibetan Buddhism and of Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture, as well as those in art history and in museum studies. With its detailed chapters, ranging from close-focus art historical analysis of Tibetan objects to theorised discussion of the processes of curating in Tibetan/ Himalayan contexts, I think the volume will be greatly appreciated by academics and students of Tibetan Buddhism and of Tibetan and Himalayan history and culture. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 209, [1]; map, 1 color plate and 19 illustrations; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. 1, The Discourse on the Origins of the Teachers of Past, Present and Future Dus gsum ston pa 'byung khungs kyi mdo, by Henk Blezer; 2, Grub chen U rgyan pa and the Mongols of China, by Roberto Vitali; 3, The 17th cent. gTsang Rulers and their Strategies of Legitimation, by David Templeman; 4, "Flow of the river Ganga": the gSan-yig of the Fifth Dalai Bla-ma and its Literary Sources, by Franz-Karl Ehrhard; 5, Reincarnation and the Golden Urn in the 19th Century: The Recognition of the 8th Panchen Lama, by Elliot Sperling; 6, Tibetan Nomadic Trade, the Chinese "xiejia" System and the Sino-Tibetan Border Market in sTong 'khor/ Dan' gaer in 19th/20th Century Amdo, by Bianca Horlemann; 7, Tibetan and Sikkimese Relations: Preliminary Remarks on the Gam pa disputes and the Gam pa-Sikkim agreement of 1867, by Paul Mullard; 8, The careers of Ganden Phodrang officials (1895-1959): patrimonial aspects of public service, by Alice Travers; 9, Tharchin's One War with Mao, by Isrun Engelhardt.…