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<p>A brief survey of four Tibetan texts dealing with the mixing of colors for painting. The texts were written by Deumar Geshé Tendzin Puntsok (de'u dmar dge bshes bstan 'dzin phun tshogs, 1725-?), Bodong Penchen Choklé Namgyel (bo dong pan chen phyogs las rnam rgyal, 1375-1451), Mipam Gyatso (mi pham rgya mtsho, 1846-1912), and Rongta Lozang Gyatso (rong tha blo bzang rgya mtsho, 1863-1917). (Ben Deitle 2006-05-04)</p>
<p><strong>Publisher's Description:</strong> In this volume, for the first time Tibetan Medicine is approached from a combination of anthropology and history. These two disciplines appear to be vital to come to understand Tibetan medical knowledge and practice as being complex, diverse and dynamic phenomena which reflect changing social and historical conditions at the same time while also appealing to or preserving an older canon of traditions.<br />
Part One examines the impacts of various modernities in Tibet, the Himalayan borderlands and the Tibetan exile, including standardisation and scientization of Tibetan medicine. Part Two investigates the transmission and professionalisation of medical knowledge and its role in identity construction. Part Three traces connections between various body images, practices, and cosmologies in Tibetan societies and how mental and physical illnesses are understood. Part Four critically presents new or little known histories, commentarial practices, textual narratives and oral sources for investigating the history of Tibetan medicine.</p>
<p>A study of the organization of early versions of the Tibetan canonical collection known as the Kangyur (bka' 'gyur; also Kanjur): texts identified as translations of Indian Buddha-voiced texts.</p>
<p>A critical study of fragments of the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra (Tib. de bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po'i mdo) from Tabo monastery in Himalchal Pradesh, India, and other versions of the text found in main Kangyurs (bka' 'gyur). (Ben Deitle 2006-05-03)</p>
<p>This article explores the relationship between aesthetics, art, and morality within Tantric Buddhism in India and Tibet. The author consults several Sanskrit texts which relate to the intersection of art and religious experience. (Ben Deitle 2006-05-04)</p>
<p>This is a study of the structural elements of Tibetan legal documents. The study is based on a collection of documents dating from the 17th to 20th centuries from southwest Tibet, mainly the areas of Porong (spo rong), Shelkar (shel dkar) and Dingri (ding ri). Specific examples are cited from the collection to demonstrate several types of legal writing. (Ben Deitle 2006-03-09)</p>
This is the first volume of papers from the ninth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies held in Leiden, the Netherlands in 2000. The volume is divided between papers on history and papers on linguistics. (Ben Deitle 2006-03-09)
<p>A study of <em>The Book of the Kadam[pa Tradition]</em> (bka' gdams glegs bam) with special attention paid to the practice of the "Sixteen Spheres" (thig le bcu drug). The paper looks into the transmission of the text and the practice, and their influence on Avalokiteśvara related practices and iconography.</p>
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