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A Classical Tibetan Reader

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614292728
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book A Classical Tibetan Reader written by Yael Bentor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Classical Tibetan Reader answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty years. She has assembled here a selection of Tibetan narratives, organized to introduce students of the language to complex material gradually, and to arm them with ample reference materials in the form of glossaries customized to individual readings. Instructors will find this reader an invaluable tool for preparing lesson plans and providing high-quality reading material to their students. Students, too, will find the selections contained in the reader engaging. Even novice readers of Tibetan will feel welcomed and encouraged, thanks to the author's astute judgment of student capacity.

Learning Classical Tibetan

Author : Paul Hackett
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559394560
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Learning Classical Tibetan written by Paul Hackett and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern and accessible reader of Classical Tibetan Buddhist texts based on the traditional monastic educational system, designed for both classroom use and independent study Designed for both classroom use and independent study, Learning Classical Tibetan is a modern and accessible reader for studying traditional Buddhist texts. Unlike other readers of Classical Tibetan, this is a comprehensive manual for navigating Tibetan Buddhist literature drawing on a monastic curriculum. Utilizing the most up-to-date teaching methods and tools for Tibetan language training, students learn to navigate the grammar, vocabulary, syntax, and style of Classical Tibetan while also engaging the content of Buddhist philosophical works. Chapters consist of a contextual introduction to each reading, a Tibetan text marked with references to annotations that provide progressive explanations of grammar, cultural notes on vocabulary, translation hints, notes on the Sanskrit origins of Tibetan expressions and grammatical structures, as well as a literal translation of the text. The reader also includes study plans for classroom use, discussion of dictionaries and other helpful resources, a glossary of English grammatical and linguistic terms, and much more. This reader can be used in conjunction with Paul Hackett’s expanded edition of his well-known Tibetan Verb Lexicon. Using a clear and approachable style, Hackett provides a practical and complete manual that will surely benefit all students of Classical Tibetan.

A Textbook in Classical Tibetan

Author : Joanna Bialek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000543579
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Textbook in Classical Tibetan written by Joanna Bialek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Textbook in Classical Tibetan is the first comprehensive course book in the Classical Tibetan language written in English. The textbook describes the grammar of pre-16th-century Classical Tibetan works for beginners and students of intermediate level. It is intended to cover the most essential topics that can be mastered within two semesters of an academic class. Classical Tibetan is a written Middle Tibetan language that has been in use in Tibet from the 9th century. Until the early 20th century it served all purposes, from administrative, to medical, to religious. Nowadays Classical Tibetan remains an important part of religious identity and services for communities also outside of cultural Tibet, foremost in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, but also elsewhere, most importantly in Europe, North America and Australia. The main body of the textbook consists of an introduction to the Tibetan script, eighteen lessons, and a reading section. Each lesson elucidates several grammatical topics which are followed by an exercise and a word list. The chapter readings contain four supplementary readings. In addition to the main parts of the textbook, a brief introduction to Tibetic languages provides linguistic context for the language taught in the textbook, whereas the chapter Translations of Exercises and Readings contains translations and explanatory notes to the exercises provided at the end of each lesson, as well as to the readings. A Textbook in Classical Tibetan is essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students without any knowledge of Classical Tibetan, but also for those who would like to deepen their experience of the language by reading annotated excerpts from well-known pieces of Tibetan literature.

An Introduction to Classical Tibetan

Author : Stephen Hodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789745240391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Classical Tibetan written by Stephen Hodge and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the seventh century, is the language found in a huge corpus of surviving Tibetan, mostly Buddhist, texts; native Tibetans still employ this language, today, when writing on religious, medical or historical subjects. This book aims to provide a rapid introduction to the main elements of Classical Tibetan, so that students may begin to access for themselves the vast amount of available material. While designed for guided study, the book will also be of use to those who tackle the language on their own. Steady study over approximately six months should result in an understanding of most grammatical features and allow the student to read the simpler prose texts.

How to Read Classical Tibetan, Volume One

Author : Craig Preston
Publisher : Snow Lion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read Classical Tibetan, Volume One written by Craig Preston and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn to read Classical Tibetan? If you know how to read the Tibetan u-chen script (know the Tibetan alphabet and how letters combine to form syllables i.e., be able to recognize a root letter, vowel, prefix, superscript, subscript, suffix, and know how to pronounce the syllable) and how to recognize words, How to Read Classical Tibetan will show you at your own pace all the relationships that make Tibetan easy to read. It is a complete language course built around the exposition of a famous Tibetan text on the Summary of the General Path to Buddhahood written at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

The Classical Tibetan Language

Author : Stephan V. Beyer
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791410998
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Classical Tibetan Language written by Stephan V. Beyer and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among Asian languages, Tibetan is second only to Chinese in the depth of its historical record, with texts dating back as far as the eighth and ninth centuries, written in an alphabetic script that preserves the contemporaneous phonological features of the language. The Classical Tibetan Language is the first comprehensive description of the Tibetan language and is distinctive in that it treats the classical Tibetan language on its own terms rather than by means of descriptive categories appropriate to other languages, as has traditionally been the case. Beyer presents the language as a medium of literary expression with great range, power, subtlety, and humor, not as an abstract object. He also deals comprehensively with a wide variety of linguistic phenomena as they are actually encountered in the classical texts, with numerous examples of idioms, common locutions, translation devices, neologisms, and dialectal variations.

Translating Buddhism from Tibetan

Author : Joe B. Wilson
Publisher : Snow Lion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Translating Buddhism from Tibetan written by Joe B. Wilson and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 1992 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grammar, syntax, and technical vocabulary of classical Tibetan used in Buddhist works.

A Textbook in Classical Tibetan

Author : Joanna Bialek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000543579
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change

Author : Lauran R. Hartley
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381435
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change written by Lauran R. Hartley and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change is the first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature, which has burgeoned only in the last thirty years. This comprehensive collection brings together fourteen pioneering scholars in the nascent field of Tibetan literary studies, including authors who are active in the Tibetan literary world itself. These scholars examine the literary output of Tibetan authors writing in Tibetan, Chinese, and English, both in Tibet and in the Tibetan diaspora. The contributors explore the circumstances that led to the development of modern Tibetan literature, its continuities and breaks with classical Tibetan literary forms, and the ways that writers use forms such as magical realism, satire, and humor to negotiate literary freedom within the People’s Republic of China. They provide crucial information about Tibetan writers’ lives in China and abroad, the social and political contexts in which they write, and the literary merits of their oeuvre. Along with deep social, cultural, and political analysis, this wealth of information clarifies the complex circumstances that Tibetan writers face in the PRC and the diaspora. The contributors consider not only poetry, short stories, and novels but also other forms of cultural production—such as literary magazines, films, and Web sites—that provide a public forum in the Tibetan areas of the PRC, where censorship and restrictions on public gatherings remain the norm. Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change includes a previously unavailable list of modern Tibetan works translated into Western languages and a comprehensive English-language index of names, subjects, and terms. Contributors: Pema Bhum, Howard Y. F. Choy, Yangdon Dhondup, Lauran R. Hartley, Hortsang Jigme, Matthew T. Kapstein, Nancy G. Lin, Lara Maconi, Françoise Robin, Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani, Ronald D. Schwartz, Tsering Shakya, Sangye Gyatso (aka Gangzhün), Steven J. Venturino, Riika Virtanen

Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet

Author : Frances Garrett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134068921
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet written by Frances Garrett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the cultural history of embryology in Tibet, in culture, religion, art and literature. Filling a significant gap, this is the first in-depth exploration of Tibetan medical history in the English language. It examines embryological narratives in relation to turning points in Tibetan medical history, and its relationship with religious doctrine and practice.

Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520911840
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (118 download)

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Book Synopsis Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan by : Melvyn C. Goldstein

Download or read book Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-09-06 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Half of the words are read by implication." This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. This book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference grammar for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays.

Tibetan Diary

Author : Geoff Childs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520241336
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Diary written by Geoff Childs and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-09-27 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High in the Nepali Himalaya are a number of ethnic Tibetan communities. Geoff Childs presents a portrait of Nubri & Kutang in which he chronicles the daily lives of community members in all their tangled intricacies.

Reenchantment

Author : Jeffrey Paine
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393326260
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Reenchantment written by Jeffrey Paine and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-11-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colorful tale of the successful flowering of an obscure, ancient Eastern sect in the modern world. In a single generation, Tibetan Buddhism developed from the faith of a remote mountain people, associated with bizarre, almost medieval, superstitions, to perhaps the most rapidly growing and celebrity-studded religion in the West. Disaffected with other religious traditions yet searching for meaning, huge numbers of Americans have found their way to the wisdom of Tibetan lamas in exile. Earthy, humorous, commonsensical, and eccentric, these flamboyant teachers—larger-than-life characters like Lama Yeshe and Chogyma Trungpa—proved to be charismatic and gifted ambassadors for their ancient religion. So did two Western women, born in Brooklyn and London's East End, whose homegrown religious intuitions turned out to be identical with the most sophisticated Tibetan teachings, revealing them to be reincarnated lamas. With great flair for both the sublime and the human, Jeffrey Paine narrates in page-turning, richly informative fashion how Tibetan Buddhism—rarefied and sensual, mystical and commonsensical—became the ideal religion for a "post-religious" age. "By far the best of the recent popular books exploring the amazing impact of Tibetan Buddhism. Paine's witty, erudite, flowing prose creates a memorable album of many characters—saints, rascals, and ordinary folks. He glosses over nothing, is ruthlessly critical where it is deserved, but is also secure enough to appreciate the beauty and the power of the 'magic and mystery': the profound practical wisdom and compassion of Tibetan civilization gone global."—Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University "Riveting....Recounts elegantly, yet without fuss, stories of human transformation that consistently incite our capacity for wonder."—Askold Melnyczuk, Boston Globe "Memorable anecdotes, great storytelling and keen observations mark this cogent exploration of the explosive growth of Tibetan Buddhism in the West."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Manual of Standard Tibetan

Author : Nicolas Tournadre
Publisher : Snow Lion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Manual of Standard Tibetan written by Nicolas Tournadre and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 2003 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manual of Standard Tibetan presents the everyday speech of Lhasa as it is currently used in Tibet and among the Tibetan diaspora. It not only places the language in its natural context but also highlights along the way key aspects of Tibetan civilization and Vajrayana Buddhism. The Manual, which consists of forty-one lessons, is illustrated with many drawings and photographs and also includes two informative political and linguistic maps of Tibet. Two CDs provide an essential oral complement to the manual. A detailed introduction presents a linguistic overview of spoken and written Tibetan.

Readings in Vedic Literature

Author : Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Publisher : The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
ISBN 13 : 9171497730
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Readings in Vedic Literature written by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami and published by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. This book was released on 1977 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readings in Vedic Literature provides a firsthand experience of India's timeless wisdom. Along with concise essays, the book includes the entire Bhagavad-gita and illuminating excerpts from the Puranas and Upanisads. In this way the reader can discover the tradition for himself. “Readers, be of good cheer. To those of you who have surveyed in confusion the trackless path of Indian philosophy, this volume offers hope and respite. You are holding in your hands a reasonable and highly readable account of the particulars of Vedic thought. … Read and find enlightenment.” Professor Jerry Clack Department of Classics, Duquesne University “I am impressed by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami’s presentation. His initial chapter is one of the best statements available on the importance of the guru in transmitting spiritual knowledge.” Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins Department of Religious Studies, Franklin & Marshall College

The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead

Author : Stephen Hodge
Publisher : Sterling
ISBN 13 : 9780806964317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Tibetan Book of the Dead written by Stephen Hodge and published by Sterling. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely blending poetry and prose, this magnificently illustrated modern adaptation of the Buddhist “reference manual to the soul” offers spiritual teachings that are practical for today’s world. Adapted from a version written by one of Tibet’s great spiritual leaders in the 8th century. “A new translation and commentary...features lively poetry and prose accompanied by lavish full-color illustrations.”—Publishers Weekly.

Tibet's Great Yogī, Milarepa

Author : Gtsaṅ-smyon He-ru-ka
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195133137
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Tibet's Great Yogī, Milarepa written by Gtsaṅ-smyon He-ru-ka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary work is the life story of Milarepa--the important Tibetan religious leader who lived over 800 years ago. While there are many differences among the several sects of Tibetan Buddhism, each holds the Great Yogi Milarepa in the highest reverence and esteem ...