Arrow and Spindle vol 1- Studies in History, Myths, Rituals and Beliefs in Tibet by Karmay (1997-09-11)

Karmay

Samten G.

Religion & Spirituality

Mandala Book Point

Language: EnglishPages: 230 (5 B/W Illustrations)About the BookThe first part of this book contains studies of historical documents such as royal decrees of the 10th and 11th centuries A.D.The second part of deals with the history of Bon monastic establishment, the question of codification of the Bon Canonical texts as well as recent discoveries of ancient manuscripts of the Bon tradition that focus on the early Tibetan concepts of ritual practices.The third part is devoted to a short presentation of a personal letter of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, founder of the modern state of Bhutan and the question of tulku institution in Tibet that had marred Tibetan political unity.About the AuthorBorn in Amdo, northeastern Tibet, and educated in a Bonpo monastery, Samten G. Karmay studied Buddhist philosophy in Drepung, a Gelug monastery, in Central Tibet, till 1959. He also studied at the school of Oriental and African studies (SOAS), University of London where he obtained the M.Phil and PhD degrees. He was a research Fellow at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris and a visiting scholar in a number of academic institutions: Toyo Bunko, Tokyo; University of Tokyo; The National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Kyoto University and international institute of Asian Studies, Leiden.In 1981, he become a charge de Recherche in the Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNCR), Paris and a member of Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative,University de Paris-X. From 1989, he became a Director of Research in CNRS and was awarded the 1990 Silver Medal of CNCR for “Originality and elected President of the International Association or Tibetan Studides (IATS) at this 7th Seminar in Graz, Austria.

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Politics & Social Sciences

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