Brave Son of Tibet

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666769053
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book Brave Son of Tibet written by David P. Jones and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, access to Tibet was difficult for geographical and political reasons until missionaries pried it open in the nineteenth century. Their reports provided glimpses of those living behind the towering mountains, hidden from the Western world. One of those missionaries, Robert B. Ekvall (1898-1983), stands out as one of the most illustrious and overlooked alumni of Nyack College (now Alliance University) and Wheaton College. He joined the short list of those who contributed significantly to the evangelization of the Tibetan Buddhist nomads of Northeastern Tibet. After serving two decades as a pioneer missionary-anthropologist on the Gansu-Tibetan border of western China, his career in missions suddenly ended. He was thrust into WWII as a captain in the US Army, a combatant, interpreter, military attache, diplomat, and chief interpreter at the Panmunjom Korea armistice talks in 1953. In the late 1950s, he entered the academic world at the University of Washington, Seattle, before retiring in the 1970s. Adventure, bravery, intrigue, tragedy, and sorrow all describe facets of Ekvall's life. Few missionaries can boast of such a varied career.

Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000838382
Total Pages : 265 pages
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Book Synopsis Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia by : Matsuo Mizuho

Download or read book Life, Illness, and Death in Contemporary South Asia written by Matsuo Mizuho and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the experiential and affective dimensions of structural transformation in South Asia through contemporary and historical accounts of life, ageing, illness, and death. The contributions to this book include analyses from various regions in South Asia, and topics discussed uncover how people’s experiences of life, ageing, illness, and death are entangled with the technology of governance, biomedicine, neoliberal restructuring and other national/international policies. Structured in three parts – governance, technology, and citizenship; well-being and restructuring of the social; waiting, hesitation, and hope as attitudes in facing the precariousness and fundamental uncertainty of life – the book brings to light the ways in which people face and continue to engage with their own and others’ lives cautiously, waveringly, but with a sense of hope. A novel contribution to the study of how people struggle or navigate their lives through the conditions of inequity and precariousness in South Asia, this book will be of interest to researchers studying anthropology, sociology, history, medical and development studies of South Asia, as well as to those interested in cultural and social theory.

Sons of Sikkim

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Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1648059813
Total Pages : 419 pages
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Book Synopsis Sons of Sikkim by : Jigme N. Kazi

Download or read book Sons of Sikkim written by Jigme N. Kazi and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Sons of Sikkim: The Rise and Fall of the Namgyal Dynasty of Sikkim, is not a comprehensive history of Sikkim; it is only a brief history of Sikkim’s Namgyal Dynasty, which ruled the former Kingdom of Sikkim for more than 300 years (1642-1975). The main purpose of writing this book is to give the ordinary people – in Sikkim and elsewhere – a glimpse of Sikkim’s history: its origin in the 13th century, advent of the Namgyal Dynasty in mid-17th century, invasion of neighbouring countries in the 18th and 19th centuries, and finally, the emergence of the kingdom as a democracy in the 20th century, leading ultimately to its present status – the 22nd State of India. There are very few books dealing on the above subjects in great detail in one book. Most books on Sikkim’s history and politics are either one-sided or fail to present a holistic view of Sikkim. A book such as this is perhaps written for the first time by a Sikkimese and from the Sikkimese perspective. History is not always written by the victors; at times, as in this case, it is written by its victims. Empires fall, civilizations crumble but the human spirit, which fights against all kinds of oppression and exploitation, cannot be extinguished so easily. More than anything else, the story of the Sons of Sikkim is a story worth telling; a story of a small Himalayan kingdom and its people’s struggle to survive in the face of great odds.

Brave Son of Tibet

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666769037
Total Pages : 275 pages
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Download or read book Brave Son of Tibet written by David P. Jones and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, access to Tibet was difficult for geographical and political reasons until missionaries pried it open in the nineteenth century. Their reports provided glimpses of those living behind the towering mountains, hidden from the Western world. One of those missionaries, Robert B. Ekvall (1898–1983), stands out as one of the most illustrious and overlooked alumni of Nyack College (now Alliance University) and Wheaton College. He joined the short list of those who contributed significantly to the evangelization of the Tibetan Buddhist nomads of Northeastern Tibet. After serving two decades as a pioneer missionary-anthropologist on the Gansu-Tibetan border of western China, his career in missions suddenly ended. He was thrust into WWII as a captain in the US Army, a combatant, interpreter, military attaché, diplomat, and chief interpreter at the Panmunjom Korea armistice talks in 1953. In the late 1950s, he entered the academic world at the University of Washington, Seattle, before retiring in the 1970s. Adventure, bravery, intrigue, tragedy, and sorrow all describe facets of Ekvall’s life. Few missionaries can boast of such a varied career.

My Tibetan Childhood

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822376385
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Book Synopsis My Tibetan Childhood by : Naktsang Nulo

Download or read book My Tibetan Childhood written by Naktsang Nulo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Tibetan Chldhood, Naktsang Nulo recalls his life in Tibet's Amdo region during the 1950s. From the perspective of himself at age ten, he describes his upbringing as a nomad on Tibet's eastern plateau. He depicts pilgrimages to monasteries, including a 1500-mile horseback expedition his family made to and from Lhasa. A year or so later, they attempted that same journey as they fled from advancing Chinese troops. Naktsang's father joined and was killed in the little-known 1958 Amdo rebellion against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the armed branch of the Chinese Communist Party. During the next year, the author and his brother were imprisoned in a camp where, after the onset of famine, very few children survived. The real significance of this episodic narrative is the way it shows, through the eyes of a child, the suppressed histories of China's invasion of Tibet. The author's matter-of-fact accounts cast the atrocities that he relays in stark relief. Remarkably, Naktsang lived to tell his tale. His book was published in 2007 in China, where it was a bestseller before the Chinese government banned it in 2010. It is the most reprinted modern Tibetan literary work. This translation makes a fascinating if painful period of modern Tibetan history accessible in English.

The Tibet Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
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Download or read book The Tibet Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Brief History of the Kingdom Guge

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Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN 13 : 9390752736
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis A Brief History of the Kingdom Guge by : Nyima Samkar

Download or read book A Brief History of the Kingdom Guge written by Nyima Samkar and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the period of disintegration of Tibet, in 923, the Water-Sheep year, Kyide Nyimagon, the undisputed lineage-holder of the Three Great Kings of Tibet, went first to Pureng Ralairu. In 934 of the Wood-horse year, Rala Kharmar was built. Gradually, Nyizung Kukhar was built, and after introducing a new law, Purang, Guge, Maryul and other areas were brought under his control. His son Thri Tashi Gon built Guge fort after carving the blue slate hill of Guge. Since then, 26 Kings ruled there for more than 700 years forming thereby a Guge kingdom of what came to be known as the Cap-size Small Kingdom in Upper Tibet. The author was born in Ruchang, Ngari of Tibet. He escaped in 1959 and sought political asylum in 1960. Graduated from Tibet Homes Foundation in 1973 and obtained BA Degree from Punjab University in 1977. He joined CTA as a junior clerk on 15th June 1977 and at the time of his retirement from CTA on 15th December 2012, he was working as general secretary. He has also authored other books like History of Ngari, Rosary of white Pearl a youngster’s ornament in Tibetan and Mount Kailash the White Mirror, Ngari Tibet in English.

The Tibetans

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118725379
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Book Synopsis The Tibetans by : Matthew T. Kapstein

Download or read book The Tibetans written by Matthew T. Kapstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Explains recent events within the context of Tibetan history. Situates Tibet in relation to other Asian civilizations through the ages. Draws on the most recent scholarly and archaeological research. Introduces Tibetan culture – particularly social institutions, religious and political traditions, the arts and medical lore. An epilogue considers the fragile position of Tibetan civilization in the modern world.

Empress Wu the Great

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Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875866603
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Tibet

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ISBN 13 : 9781865081571
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Tibet written by Peter Sís and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most brilliant illustrators of our time takes us on a magical journey into his father's past in the once hidden kingdom of Tibet.

Grains of Gold

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022609202X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Grains of Gold by : Gendun Chopel

Download or read book Grains of Gold written by Gendun Chopel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Translated with grace and precision . . . gives us a rare glimpse of how Asian religion and life appeared from the perspective of the Tibetan plateau.” —Janet Gyatso, Harvard University In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel sent a manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer, yet he considered that manuscript, to be his life’s work, one to delight his compatriots with tales of an ancient Indian and Tibetan past, Now available for the first time in English, Grains of Gold is a unique compendium of South Asian and Tibetan culture that combines travelogue, drawings, history, and ethnography. Chopel describes the world he discovered in South Asia, from the ruins of the sacred sites of Buddhism to the Sanskrit classics he learned to read in the original. He is also sharply, often humorously critical of the Tibetan love of the fantastic, bursting one myth after another and finding fault with the accounts of earlier Tibetan pilgrims. The work of an extraordinary scholar, Grains of Gold is a compelling work animated by a sense of discovery of both a distant past and a strange present. “The magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century.” —Lauran Hartley, Columbia University

News-Tibet

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book News-Tibet written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Renegade Monk of Tibet

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Publisher : Banyan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780615127996
Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book The Renegade Monk of Tibet written by Rinjing Dorje and published by Banyan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk

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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802190006
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by : Palden Gyatso

Download or read book The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk written by Palden Gyatso and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With this memoir by a ‘simple monk’ who spent 33 years in prisons and labor camps for resisting the Chinese, a rare Tibetan voice is heard.” —The New York Times Book Review Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at eighteen—just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next twenty-five years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide. “To readers of this memoir, however untraveled, Tibet will never again seem remote or unfamiliar. . . . Gyatso reminds us that the language of suffering is universal.” —Library Journal “Has the ring of undeniable truth. . . . Palden Gyatso’s clear-sighted eloquence (in Tsering Shakya’s fluent translation) makes his tale even more engrossing.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
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Download or read book The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: