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Bayonets To Lhasa : The first full account of the British invasion of Tibet in 1904

Fleming Peter

Publié en 1962

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The British invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Conceived by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game - that colossal struggle between imperial Britain and Tsarist Russia for influence in Central Asia - the incursion was in fact ill-conceived and inspired by only the weakest of motivations. Led by the soldier, explorer and mystic, Francis Younghusband, the mission - doomed from the very beginning - became caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and Britain and ended in ignominy and disappointment for this idealistic adventurer. Peter Fleming's gripping portrayal of this curious episode and its charismatic protagonists brilliantly illuminates what is now seen as a key moment in the Great Game, the repercussions of which continue to be felt throughout the region.

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

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The Tibet Guide : Central and Western Tibet

Batchelor Stephen

Publié en 1998

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The best available companion for travelers to Tibet--The New York Times Review of Books. Tibet, the Forbidden Kingdom, Shangri-La, The Land of Snows, is here revealed in all its beauty, magic, and mystery. This completely revised and updated edition of the award-winning Tibet Guide contains an illustrated iconographical guide, a phrase book, and a glossary of terms. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, maps, monastery floor plans, and rare photos of historic places as they once were, The Tibet Guide provides answers to questions about travel logistics as well as explanations of the history, politics, and Buddhist culture of Tibet. A treasure for actual and armchair travelers alike, this definitive guide to Tibet, past and present, supplies detailed, practical advice on how to get the most out of both real and imagined trips to the Roof of the World.

Language: English.

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No Hope No Fear - 1999 Kailash

Pam Max ; Paradinas Michel

Publié en 2002

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Présente le voyage qu'a fait le photographe australien Max Pam au mont Kailash au Tibet, considéré comme un pèlerinage sacré par les tibétains.

Languages: English/french. Translator(s): Eric Baudelaire (to french.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

Humla To Mt Kailas - A Treck from Nepal into Tibet

Armington Stan ; Upadhway Sushil

Publié en 1993

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Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

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Cave In The Snow

Mackenzie Vicki

Publié en 1998

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Dianne Perry led an average childhood in London's East End until, in her teens, she became convinced there must be a spiritual dimension to life of a kind unavailable to her. After reading a book on Buddhism she realized that this was what she had been seeking and left England for India at the age of twenty. After considerable searching she entered a monastery. The only woman among hundreds of men, she grew determined to break down the prejudices that had excluded women from the path to enlightenment for thousands of years. She left after six years, set on attaining enlightenment in the body of a woman; a totally radical objective. She decided to seclude herself in a remote cave, 12,00 feet up in the Himalayas. For twelve years she faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, floods and rockfalls, grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three feet square---she never lay down. In 1988 she emerged from the cave determined to build a convent in northern India, and to revive the Togdenma lineage, a long-forgotten female spiritual elite. From living as a mendicant of $80 a year, she became a globe-trotting fundraiser. Tenzin Palmo has agreed to tell her story only to Vicki Mackenzie.

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

Rebirth The Tibetan Game Of Liberation

Tatz Mark, Kent Jody

Publié en 1978

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For the first time ever, Westerners can enjoy one of the traditional Tibetan pastimes the ancient game of Rebirth which teaches the Buddhist principles of enlightenment and reincarnation. This authetic board game, devised in the 13th century, depicts the Buddhist map of the universe in a scheme of 104 sqares - one for each possible stage of man's existence, from the hottest hells to Nirvana. Included is a poster-size full-color tanka gameboard, an introduction to the origins of the game, instructions on how to play, and commentaries which expand on the text and teachings for each sqare. The reader may use the game either as an instructive pastime or as a form of divination.

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

If Not Now, When

Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

Publié en 2009

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Language: English.

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In The Shadow Of The Buddha

Pistono Matteo

Publié en 2011

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For nearly a decade, Matteo Pistono smuggled out of Tibet evidence of atrocities by the Chinese government, showing it to the U.S. government, human rights organizations, and anyone who would listen. Yet Pistono did not originally intend to fight for social justice in Tibet- he had gone there as a Buddhist pilgrim. Disillusioned by a career in American politics, he had gone to the Himalayas looking for a simpler way of life. After encountering Buddhism in Nepal, Pistono's quest led him to Tibet and to a meditation master whose spiritual brother is Sogyal Rinpoche, bestselling author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Pistono not only became the master's student but also couriered messages to him in Tibet from the Dalai Lama in India. This began an extraordinary, and ultimately vital, adventure. In the Shadow of the Buddha is a book about Tibet through the eyes of a devotee-a stranger hiding in plain sight. It's about how a culture's rich spiritual past is slipping away against the force of a tyrannical future. It's about how Tibetans live today, and the tenacity of their faith in the future in spite of dire repression and abuse. It's also about Pistono's own journey from being a frustrated political activist to becoming a practicing Buddhist mystic, a man who traveled thousands of miles and risked his own life to pursue freedom and peace.

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

Thai Buddhism Its Rites And Activities

Wells Kenneth E

Publié en 1975

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Language: English.

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Ama Adhe - The Voice That Remembers : The Heroic Story of a Woman's Fight to Free Tibet

Adhe Tapontsang

Publié en 1997

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When Adhe Tapontsang - or Ama Adhe, as she is affectionately known - left Tibet in 1987, she did so on the condition that she never speak to anyone about the atrocities of her twenty-seven years in Chinese prisons. Although she did not want to leave her high mountain homeland in eastern Tibet, where she spent a very happy childhood, she wanted to inform the world of the inhuman conditions she and countless others were forced to endure after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950. She wanted to tell the world of the destruction of Buddhist monasteries and the implementation of policies that would result in mass starvation. But, more importantly, she wanted to tell the world of the systematic physical torture and imprisonment of thousands and thousands of Tibetans who dared to protest the occupation of their nation. Although Adhe's story is one of suffering, it is also a testimony of great hope for humanity. Throughout nearly three decades of malnutrition, beatings, physical labor, and solitary confinement, Adhe never wavered in her courage or her compassion. Her constant attention to the needs of other prisoners and her steadfast refusal to divulge, even under torture, the names of other Tibetans who shared her patriotic perspective serve to remind us of the immense power of the human will. Certainly, the reader of this astounding narrative will come away with a renewed sense of the injustices that have been inflicted on Tibet and the urgency of the situation there. But just as certainly, the reader will be inspired by the strength, the determination, and the selflessness of this extraordinary Tibetan woman. Having read this book, it will be impossible to forget Adhe Tapontsang, for she is "the voice that remembers".

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

Tibet - Proving Truth From Facts

Inconnu

Publié en 1993

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At a time when the Tibetans and Chinese were in the process of initiating a fresh dialogue, the Chinese Government published a White Paper, Tibet - Its Ownership and Human Rights Situation, on September 22, 1992. In April 1992 the Chinese Ambassador in New Delhi met Mr Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Ambassador invited Mr Thondup to visit Beijing, stating that China's policy towards Tibetans in the past had been "conservative" and that if the Tibetans were prepared to adopt a "realistic" stand, the Chinese Government would be "flexible". His Holiness the Dalai Lama responded positively by approving the visit, which took place in June 1992. Following this, His Holiness proposed to send a delegation to Beijing with a personal letter and a detailed memorandum to Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin. The delegation met with the Chinese Ambassador in New Delhi on September 17, 1992 to discuss their visit to Beijing. At the request of the Chinese Ambassador, copies of the letter and memorandum were given to him. The Chinese Government's decision to publish the White Paper at a time like that caused widespread dismay and disappointment among the Tibetans, and it became necessary for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile to bring out in 1993 the first edition of this document, Tibet: Proving Truth From Facts, to explain the Tibetan position. Secretary - Department of Information and International Relations - Central Tibetan Administration - Dharamsala, India

Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

Langue : Français

Tibet In China - An International Alert

Ennals Rt.h. ; Hyde-chambers R

Publié en 1988

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Language: English.
Subsection: TIBET.

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