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Symbolic Imagery in Himalayan and Tibetan Sacred Art The arts of India, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan display a rich stylistic diversity. However, these Himalayan regions share many symbols and important figures in their arts. Dating from the first millennium, Himalayan art is part of the Buddhist tradition. It is beyond decorative or fine arts and thus is sacred art.

Hombre despierta de amnesia con otro nombre y hablando sueco El 28 de febrero pasado, un hombre fue hallado inconsciente en un motel de Palm Springs, Florida. Según sus documentos de identidad se trataba de Michael Thomas Boatwright, un militar veterano que sirvió entre 1971 y 1973 a la aviación estadunidense, pero luego de despertar de un extraño coma en el hospital, afirmó ser otra persona. Las enfermeras comenzaron a hacerle preguntas sobre su pasado, pero él no sólo no podía entenderlas, sino que contestaba hablando en sueco y afirmando que su nombre era Johan Ek.

Tibetan Arms and Armor Armor and weapons are certainly not among the images usually called to mind when considering the art or culture of Tibet, which is closely identified with the pacifism and deep spirituality of the Dalai Lama and with the compassionate nature of Tibetan Buddhism . However, this seeming paradox resolves itself when seen in the context of Tibetan history, which includes regular and extended periods of intense military activity from the seventh to the mid-twentieth century. Many excellent examples of Tibetan arms and armor can be found in museum collections today largely due to the fact that various types of armor and weapons continued to be used in Tibet into the early twentieth century, long after they had gone out of use in the West. Other types were preserved for ceremonial occasions, the most important of which was the Great Prayer Festival, a month-long event held annually in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.

The Tibetan Book of Proportions In this section of the site we bring you curated collections of images, books, audio and film, shining a light on curiosities and wonders from a wide range of online archives. With a leaning toward the surprising, the strange, and the beautiful, we hope to provide an ever-growing cabinet of curiosities for the digital age, a kind of hyperlinked Wunderkammer – an archive of materials which truly celebrates the breadth and variety of our shared cultural commons and the minds that have made it. Some of our most popular posts include visions of the future from late 19th century France, a dictionary of Victorian slang and a film showing the very talented “hand-farting” farmer of Michigan.

China’s new directive on controversial Shugden spirit in Tibet in bid to further discredit Dalai Lama - International Campaign for Tibet A copy of the document, entitled “Some opinions on dealing correctly with the ‘Gyalchen Shugden’ issue” and issued by the General Office of the Communist Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is translated below from Tibetan into English. It was released on February 20, 2014, but has only just reached ICT due to restrictions on information and the dangers of sending such documents outside Tibet. The document states that the issue “should be given a high degree of importance, and clearly recognized as a deceitful ploy by the 14th Dalai’s Clique to split the country.”

I Stand For Tibet: 6 Reason Why "Tibet" is not Part of China. Tibet's history Tibet had history written over 2,000 years ago. The Genghis khan's mongol empire expanded over almost half of the world .The Tibetans had agreement for full protection for the exchange of religious blessing and teaching.That religious relation became so close even to Kublai khan. Language Tibet has the one most beautiful language in the world. It was created by the one of greatest Tibetan scholar Thonmi Sambhota during 7th century C.E.

The curious case of the Tibetan skull drum I was recently asked to work on a very unusual object, which was a 19th century Tibetan drum, made of human skulls. The drum was about to travel to the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition titled; ‘Tibet’s Secret Temple; Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism’. It was highly exciting to work on this loan as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, himself has given his special blessing for the show. The 19th century Tibetan skull drum © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Although a colleague had recently assessed the skull that was used by the actress, Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in a production of Hamlet, handling objects made from human remains is a rare occurrence in the V&A. Being in close proximity of human remains invokes pertinent feelings of mortality.

Archaeologist pieces together story of the mysterious Zhang Zhung people of Tibet Many centuries ago, high in the mountains of western Tibet, the Zhang Zhung people established a civilization complete with technological advancements, rich art and a pantheon headed by a supreme god with strange and wonderful origins. John Vincent Bellezza, a senior research fellow with the Tibet Center of the University of Virginia, has been studying the archaeology of the Iron Age people of western Tibet and their gods and cultures for more than 25 years. His blog states: “Until the author’s [Professor Bellezza’s] intensive exploration of Upper Tibet in the 1990s and 2000s, very little was known about Zhang Zhung.

China has no legitimacy in spiritual matters: Tibetan PM By Tenzin Monlam DHARAMSHALA, January 25: The Prime Minister of Tibetan government in exile (Sikyong) Dr. Lobsang Sangay condemned the 'Authentic Living Buddha list’ published by China's religious affairs administration on January 18, calling it ‘an attempt to control the reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism’. The Biru Skull Wall A wall of skulls in St. Leonards Church in England (photograph by Michael Rowe/Wikimedia) Though the European bone houses are some of the most famous in the world, there are similar charnels in Asia. Located in Biru County in the Nagchu Prefacture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is the Biru Skull Wall, or the Dodoka Skull Wall. The Biru Skull Wall is located on the grounds of the Dodoka (also Duoduoka) Monastery and contains an estimated 1,000 skulls.