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When Buddhism Meets Bollywood: The Naropa 2016 Festival In Ladakh, India, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
When Buddhism Meets Bollywood: The Naropa 2016 Festival In Ladakh, India, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
In September 2016, hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered in Ladakh to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Naropa (1016- 1100 CE), an Indian Buddhist scholar-saint who is widely revered in the Himalayas. Deemed ‘Naropa 2016,’ this Himalayan Buddhist festival centered on the ritual of na ro gyen druk (Tib. na ro rgyan drug), the ‘Six Bone Ornaments of Naropa.’ What was announced as a sacred Buddhist ritual of revealing these ornaments, also included evening performances by renowned Bollywood performers with booming sound and impressive light shows enjoyed by large crowds of monks and laity until late in the night. This …
Introduction | Religion And Social Change In Ladakh, John Bray, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, Rafał Beszterda
Introduction | Religion And Social Change In Ladakh, John Bray, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, Rafał Beszterda
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
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Locating The Copper-Colored Mountain: Buddhist Cosmology, Himalayan Geography, And Maps Of Imagined Worlds, Benjamin Bogin
Locating The Copper-Colored Mountain: Buddhist Cosmology, Himalayan Geography, And Maps Of Imagined Worlds, Benjamin Bogin
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article explores various ways in which Tibetan authors have attempted to locate the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Tib. zangs mdog dpal ri), considered to be the present abode of Padmasambhava, the tantric guru famous for establishing Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth century. Literary sources ranging from the twelfth through the nineteenth century are considered as examples of the cultural work of place-making. Their authors are shown to draw upon multiple frameworks to map the Copper-Colored Mountain as a sacred site. Using a list of place-names associated with the mountain that are found in the closing chapters of Nyangrel Nyima …
Rebuilding Buddhism: The Theravada Movement In Twentieth-Century Nepal By Sarah Levine And David N. Gellner; Reviewed By Bruce Owens, Bruce Owens
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
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