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Ruins And Remedies: Hospital Site Archaeology In Medieval Southeast Asia, Karen Hill
Ruins And Remedies: Hospital Site Archaeology In Medieval Southeast Asia, Karen Hill
Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects
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Review Of The Battle For Fortune: State-Led Development, Personhood, And Power Among Tibetans In China By Charlene Makley, Andrew Grant
Review Of The Battle For Fortune: State-Led Development, Personhood, And Power Among Tibetans In China By Charlene Makley, Andrew Grant
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
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The Heritage Buddhist Manuscripts Of Ladakh Tibetan Buddhist Canons And The Perfection Of Wisdom Sutra, Georgios T . Halkias
The Heritage Buddhist Manuscripts Of Ladakh Tibetan Buddhist Canons And The Perfection Of Wisdom Sutra, Georgios T . Halkias
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The history of the earliest transmission of Indian Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th– 8thcenturies is in essence the story of the transmission of its scriptures. Tibetan translations of Sanskrit texts from the early imperial period, along with manuscripts translated from the 11thcentury onwards, contributed to the formation of Buddhist scriptural collections. Today different versions of the Tibetan Kangyur survive in the interior and at the margins of the Tibetan cultural world. This Perspectives piece serves as a modest introduction to the illustrated Prajñāpāramitā manuscripts and handwritten Buddhist canons preserved in the Indian north-western Himalayas. Their further study will undoubtedly …
The Sacred And The Secular: Exploring Mass Tourism Encounters At Lamayuru Monastery In Ladakh, Tashi Lundup
The Sacred And The Secular: Exploring Mass Tourism Encounters At Lamayuru Monastery In Ladakh, Tashi Lundup
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This paper is an attempt to understand and conceptualize tourism and changing monastic space in Ladakh with special reference to the Lamayuru monastery. The study adopts a qualitative ethnographic approach, drawing on participant observation as well as interviews with both monks and tourists. It shows how local monastic culture has been reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourist consumption and explores the tensions that arise from the use of the same monastic space for both religious and secular purposes. The monks’ views in relation to the changing context of tourism at the Lamayuru monastery reflect a dual perspective, representing both …
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 …
Manepa In Ladakh: The Revival Of A Religious Tradition, Pascale Dollfus
Manepa In Ladakh: The Revival Of A Religious Tradition, Pascale Dollfus
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Among Buddhist religious specialists in Ladakh, there were until recently people called manepa, the Ladakhi pronunciation of the Tibetan word manipa, literally ‘the one [who recites] mani’. In the western Himalayas the repertoire of these non-monastic practitioners not only contains the famous mantra dedicated to the Great Compassion Bodhisattva Chenrezi (Skt. Avalokiteśvara), but also dozens of biographies which imply liberation in the Buddhist sense of the word and which praise the victory of Dharma over heretics. The Masters of the mani mantra are tantrists who regard the fourteenth-century Tibetan saint Thangtong Gyalpo as their founding preceptor. Among other skills, they …
Rahul Sankrityayan, Tsetan Phuntsog And Tibetan Textbooks For Ladakh In 1933, John Bray, Martijn Van Beek, Tsering Gonkatsang, Phuntsok Wangchuk
Rahul Sankrityayan, Tsetan Phuntsog And Tibetan Textbooks For Ladakh In 1933, John Bray, Martijn Van Beek, Tsering Gonkatsang, Phuntsok Wangchuk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
In 1933 the Indian scholar and social activist Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) compiled a set of four Tibetan-language readers and a grammar for use in Ladakhi schools, together with his Ladakhi colleague Tsetan Phuntsog. The readers contain a mix of material from Western, Indian, Ladakhi and Tibetan sources. This includes simple essays about ‘air’ and ‘water’, selections from Aesop’s fables, Indian folk stories, biographies of famous people in Ladakhi and Tibetan history, poems by Ladakhi authors, and extracts from the Treasury of Elegant Sayings by Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen (1182-1251). This essay begins with a review of earlier Tibetan-language schoolbooks published …
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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Review Of Reciting The Goddess: Narratives Of Place And The Making Of Hinduism In Nepal By Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz., Christoph Emmrich
Review Of Reciting The Goddess: Narratives Of Place And The Making Of Hinduism In Nepal By Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz., Christoph Emmrich
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
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Review Of The Spread Of Tibetan Buddhism In China: Charisma, Money, Enlightenment By Dan Smyer Yü., Robert E. Beazley
Review Of The Spread Of Tibetan Buddhism In China: Charisma, Money, Enlightenment By Dan Smyer Yü., Robert E. Beazley
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
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Challenging The Biomedical Notion Of ‘Active Substance’: The Botanical Plasticity Of Tibetan Medical Formulas, Herbert Schwabl, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Challenging The Biomedical Notion Of ‘Active Substance’: The Botanical Plasticity Of Tibetan Medical Formulas, Herbert Schwabl, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine) has been practiced across vast regions of Central and South Asia for centuries. In this medical tradition, it is common practice to dynamically adapt the mainly herbal formulas according to the regional flora and local conditions, and to use local variants of ingredients. Consequently, one Tibetan ingredient name within a specific formula can signify a variety of therapeutically fitting botanical items, which appear quite different from the perspective of modern taxonomy. This has led many researchers to understand the botanical plasticity of Tibetan medical formulas as misidentifications. We develop an alternative approach, exploring the advantages of …
Medicinal Mandala: Potency In Spatiality, Anna Sehnalova
Medicinal Mandala: Potency In Spatiality, Anna Sehnalova
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article explores the complexities of accomplishing potency, nüpa (nus pa), within a Tibetan healing, rejuvenation, and longevity ritual practice known as ‘medicinal accomplishment,’ mendrup (sman sgrub). The study is based on the observation and examination of the Light-Swirled Mendrup performed in the Tibetan exile Bonpo community in Nepal in 2012. The mendrup represents a meditative sādhana practice, which involves the production and consecration of ritual materia medica derived from the Tibetan medical Sowa Rigpa tradition as well as Buddhist tantric heritage. The article analyzes the generation of potency based on spatiality within the mendrup ritual—the potency of the ritual …
Garuda 5 (Khyung Lnga): Ecologies Of Potency And The Poison-Medicine Spectrum Of Sowa Rigpa’S Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Garuda 5 (Khyung Lnga): Ecologies Of Potency And The Poison-Medicine Spectrum Of Sowa Rigpa’S Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article focuses on ethnographic work conducted at the Men-Tsee-Khang (Dharamsala, India) on Garuda 5 (khyung lnga), a commonly prescribed Tibetan medical formula. This medicine’s efficacy as a painkiller and activity against infection and inflammation is largely due to a particularly powerful plant, known as ‘virulent poison’ (btsan dug) as well as ‘the great medicine’ (sman chen), and identified as a subset of Aconitum species. Its effects, however, are potentially dangerous or even deadly. How can these poisonous plants be used in medicine and, conversely, when does a medicine become a poison? How can ostensibly the same substance be both …
Introduction | Approaching Potent Substances In Medicine And Ritual Across Asia, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Introduction | Approaching Potent Substances In Medicine And Ritual Across Asia, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Introduction to themed research articles on Approaching Potent Substances in Medicine and Ritual across Asia.
Gallery | Potent Substances In A Thirteenth Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Katja Triplett, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
Gallery | Potent Substances In A Thirteenth Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Katja Triplett, Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. Van Der Valk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Himalayan Studies Conference V, The Tibet Himalaya Initiative, University Of Colorado, Boulder
Himalayan Studies Conference V, The Tibet Himalaya Initiative, University Of Colorado, Boulder
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative at CU Boulder had the honor of hosting the 5th Himalayan Studies Conference of the Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) over Labor Day weekend, 1-4 September 2018.
2017 Annual Meeting Of The American Academy Of Religion, Eric Haynie
2017 Annual Meeting Of The American Academy Of Religion, Eric Haynie
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Verses Of Praise And Denigration: Finding Poetic Creativity In The Tibetan Election In Exile, Tsering Wangchuk
Verses Of Praise And Denigration: Finding Poetic Creativity In The Tibetan Election In Exile, Tsering Wangchuk
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Between October 2015 and March 2016, over ninety-thousand Tibetans in exile prepared to elect either Lobsang Sangay or Penpa Tsering as the new political leader of the Tibetan government in exile. In a negative campaign style, which was unprecedented in the history of the Tibetan democracy in exile, the two candidates were pitted against each other. Many Tibetans now reminisce with some remorse about how this election campaign stirred up tensions and animosity in the exile community. The campaign offered a germane platform to many Tibetan poets all over the world to express their opinions about their potential future leaders …
The Singer Of Tibet: Shabkar (1781-1851), The “Inescapable Nation,” And Buddhist Universalism, Rachel H. Pang
The Singer Of Tibet: Shabkar (1781-1851), The “Inescapable Nation,” And Buddhist Universalism, Rachel H. Pang
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This paper examines the concept of ‘Tibet (Tib. bod)’ in the spiritual autobiography of the celebrated Tibetan Buddhist author, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdröl (1781–1851). I use both literal and literary modes of analysis in conjunction with Steven Grosby’s and Lama Jabb’s definitions of ‘nation’ to demonstrate how Shabkar initially builds a vivid persona— the ‘Singer of Tibet’—that is rooted in the Tibetan landscape, but then shifts to a different persona— ‘Shabkar’—that transcends Tibet altogether and embraces a sense of Buddhist universalism. Throughout the process, Shabkar evokes deities and historical figures that are fundamental to Tibetan historical, cultural, and religious memory and …
100th Anniversary Celebrations Of The Men–Tsee–Khang - Dharamsala, India, Barbara Gerke
100th Anniversary Celebrations Of The Men–Tsee–Khang - Dharamsala, India, Barbara Gerke
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Engendering The Buddhist State: Territory, Sovereignty And Sexual Difference In The Inventions Of Angkor, By Ashley Thompson, London, Routledge, 2016, Xvi + 203 Pp., Us$145.00 (Hardback), Isbn 978 0 4156 7772 1, Erik W. Davis
Faculty Publications
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Obituary: David Llewelyn Snellgrove (1920 – 2016), Roger Croston
Obituary: David Llewelyn Snellgrove (1920 – 2016), Roger Croston
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Pathways: A Concept, Field Site And Methodological Approach To Study Remoteness And Connectivity, Martin Saxer
Pathways: A Concept, Field Site And Methodological Approach To Study Remoteness And Connectivity, Martin Saxer
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Martin Saxer was a Clarendon scholar at Oxford and received his doctorate in 2010. He conducted extensive fieldwork in Siberia, Tibet and Nepal. He currently leads a 5-year research project under the title ‘Remoteness & Connectivity: Highland Asia in the World’, funded by the European Research Council. Martin also directed two feature length documentary films and runs the visual ethnography blog theotherimage.com.
Explorations Of A Transforming Himalaya: Everyday Religion, Sustainable Environments, And Urban Himalayan Studies, Georgina Drew, Ashok Gurung
Explorations Of A Transforming Himalaya: Everyday Religion, Sustainable Environments, And Urban Himalayan Studies, Georgina Drew, Ashok Gurung
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This text serves as an introduction to a special issue introducing the work of scholars associated with the Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya project. Included in the discussion is a set of observations on the key themes that brought the research project together, and which orient the submissions in this issue.
Review Of ' Being Human In A Buddhist World: An Intellectual History Of Medicine In Early Modern Tibet' By Janet Gyatso, Barbara Gerke
Review Of ' Being Human In A Buddhist World: An Intellectual History Of Medicine In Early Modern Tibet' By Janet Gyatso, Barbara Gerke
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Tibetan Woodblock Printing: An Ancient Art And Craft, Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé, Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang
Tibetan Woodblock Printing: An Ancient Art And Craft, Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé, Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
No abstract provided.
Knowing King Gésar Between Buddhist Monastery And Socialist Academy, Or The Practices Of Secularism In Inner Asia, Matthew W. King
Knowing King Gésar Between Buddhist Monastery And Socialist Academy, Or The Practices Of Secularism In Inner Asia, Matthew W. King
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This argues that selective memories of imperial-era Buddhist knowledge practices helped Soviet-era scholars localize secularist ideology, knowledge practices, and historical models in post-imperial Mongolia. At the root of one such memory was the eighteenth century eastern Tibetan Buddhist polymath Sumpa Khenpo, who differentiated between historical, legendary and enlightened King Gésars in a letter correspondence with the Sixth Panchen Lama, Palden Yéshé (1738-1780). To the delight of his later Soviet and socialist Mongolian readers, Sumpa Khenpo drew his conclusions about the historical Gésar based on observable evidence instead of scriptural authority. On the basis of a close examination of the contents …
Controversy Over Buddhist Ethical Reform: A Secular Critique Of Clerical Authority In The Tibetan Blogosphere, Holly Gayley
Controversy Over Buddhist Ethical Reform: A Secular Critique Of Clerical Authority In The Tibetan Blogosphere, Holly Gayley
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This article explores the online debate in the Tibetan-language blogosphere over a burgeoning ethical reform movement. Annually, whole villages and clans in nomadic areas along the eastern reaches of the Tibetan plateau are committing to a newly formulated set of ten Buddhist virtues that include vows not to sell yaks for slaughter, not to fight with weapons, and not to drink, smoke, or gamble. Spearheaded by Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö and cleric-scholars at Larung Buddhist Academy concerned with the erosion of social values in the face of state modernization policies, novel vow ceremonies have generated a new level of commitment to …
Introduction | Theorizing The Secular In Tibetan Cultural Worlds, Holly Gayley, Nicole Willock
Introduction | Theorizing The Secular In Tibetan Cultural Worlds, Holly Gayley, Nicole Willock
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This special issue on ‘The Secular in Tibetan Cultural Worlds’ originated in a panel on The Secular in Tibet and Mongolia at the Thirteenth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2013. To contextualize the contributions to this issue, spanning diverse temporal and geographic contexts, this Introduction raises theoretical concerns and discusses contested terminology regarding ‘religion’ and the ‘secular’ in Tibetan discourse. The authors situate local articulations of the secular within broader academic discussions of the varieties of Asian secularisms and offer a key intervention to complicate the secularization thesis and prevailing views of …
Which Medicine? Medicine-Taking And Changing Sherpa Lives, Susan Heydon
Which Medicine? Medicine-Taking And Changing Sherpa Lives, Susan Heydon
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
An increasing quantity of medicines, including medicines of different healing systems, have become available since the nineteen fifties to the mainly Sherpa inhabitants of the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. Considerable change and economic development has occurred in which this mountainous and remote area has become one of Nepal’s principal tourist destinations and people have gained access to education, health services, and modern means of communication. Many Sherpa travel regularly in Nepal and overseas, especially for work, education, or pilgrimage, or have migrated permanently. Focusing on oral histories, this article explores factors that have influenced people’s use of different medicines …