Download or read book The Search for the Panchen Lama written by Isabel Hilton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "chilling picture of the brutality of Chinese repression in Tibet" ("Wall Street Journal"), Hilton relates the 1995 kidnap and disappearance of a seven-year-old Tibetan boy believed to the the 11th incarnation of the Panchen Lama. 21 photos.
Download or read book From the Heart of the Panchen Lama written by Chos-kyi-dbaṅ-phyug (Panchen Lama VII) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticism against Chinese rule over Tibet and political atrocities in Tibet.
Download or read book Himalayan Tragedy written by David White and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surviving the Dragon written by Arjia Rinpoche and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader. Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate lama at the age of two and fled Tibet 46 years later. In his gripping memoir, Rinpoche relates the story of having been abandoned in his monastery as a young boy after witnessing the torture and arrest of his monastery family. In the years to come, Rinpoche survived under harsh Chinese rule, as he was forced into hard labor and endured continual public humiliation as part of Mao's Communist "reeducation." By turns moving, suspenseful, historical, and spiritual, Rinpoche's unique experiences provide a rare window into a tumultuous period of Chinese history and offer readers an uncommon glimpse inside a Buddhist monastery in Tibet.
Download or read book The Easy Path written by Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Panchen Lama's Easy Path (de lam), written nearly four hundred years ago, is like a chest of jewels that has, until now, been locked to English speakers. This translation, with Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa's commentary, unlocks that chest and holds each jewel up to the sunlight to reveal its great beauty and value. A number of books in the past have explained how to meditate on the stages of the path, but Geshe Lobsang Jampa's volume is unique in showing the reader how to integrate visualizations from highest yoga tantra, guru yoga, and the instructions of the oral tradition within the contemplations of every single stage. From the initial meditations on the precariousness and immense value of human existence, through the contemplations of how we perpetuate the cycle of suffering, to the highest teachings on the practice of universal compassion and the empty nature of phenomena, The Easy Path leads practitioners step by step through the journey to enlightenment.
Download or read book The High Road to China written by Kate Teltscher and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _______________ 'Splendid and fascinating ... Teltscher has made remarkable use of her source material, aided by the constantly perceptive and witty tone of Bogle's own writings' - Patrick French, Sunday Times 'It is hard to imagine this fascinating story being told with greater sensitivity or skill' - Sunday Telegraph 'Teltscher is a remarkable new historian ... wholly original' - William Dalrymple 'Thrilling and fascinating ... Letters, journals and documents are woven into the flowing narrative, which is wonderfully vivid and evocative' - Jenny Uglow _______________ An unlikely meeting between a young Scotsman and the Panchen Lama gives birth to a remarkable friendship In 1774 British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltscher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds.
Download or read book The Ninth Panchen Lama 1883 1937 written by Fabienne Jagou and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the Ninth Panchen Lama, the second highest spiritual authority in Tibetan Buddhism, offers new insights into the tumultuous history of the relations between China and Tibet at the start of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how the Panchen Lama's flight from his monastery on the night of December 22, 1923, remains an essential characterizing event of Tibet's modern history. His flight from his country set the stage for Chinese Republican, and later Communist, control over the selection of his successors, with repercussions even today for Sino-Tibetan relations. This is the first publication in an innovative new series of research work on Asia, a collaboration between the École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and Silkworm Books to translate French publications for an English-language readership.
Download or read book The Panchen Lama Speaks written by Chos-kyi-dbaṅ-phyug (Panchen Lama VII) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hostage of Beijing written by Gilles van Grasdorff and published by Element Books, Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN MAY 1995, SIX- YEAR-OLD Gendun Chokyi Nyima was officially recognized by the present Dalai Lama as the eleventh incarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibet's second most important spiritual leader. A few days later, he and his family were removed from their village by the Chinese authorities, and disappeared from public view. Shortly after this kidnapping Beijing produced its own Panchen Lama, another boy from the same village. Both these children are effectively 'Hostages of Beijing'. According to Tibetan tradition, the Panchen Lama plays a key role in identifying the next incarnation of the Dalai Lama. Will Gendun Chokyi Nyima, the world's youngest political prisoner, be allowed to fulfil this pivotal role? Or, in a move calculated to to give them control over the spiritual and temporal leadership of Tibet, will the Chinese use their puppet Panchen Lama to nominate the next Dalai Lama? Drawing on a deep understanding of Tibetan affairs and many years' contact with leaders in exile, Gilles van Grasdorff gives fresh and illuminating insights into the recent history of Tibet and its ambiguous relationship with China. In doing so, he helps us to understand why the stability of the region and the future of the Tibetan people is inextricably linked with the future of these two young boys.
Download or read book The Panchen Lama Speaks written by Panchen Lama VII. and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prince of Shambala written by Tsangtruk Topla and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-serving ‘Fat Businessman’, or wise negotiator? The most thorough research on the tenth Panchen Lama to date examines as many oral and written records as possible in several languages, to examine the entire life and work of the Tenth Panchen Lama, who chose to stay in Tibet to help alleviate the suffering of the Tibetan people after His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced to leave. In this fresh study, we look at his early life, his family, education, the politics at the time, and the conflicts around the recognition process. We look at the extent of his projects, work, negotiations with Chinese leaders and authorities, controversies and insults, and his deep commitment to the culture, language, education and wellbeing of the people of Tibet, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. It examines all possible records of his relationship, faith in and contact with His Holiness, his advice and guidance to representatives from Exile, his many works, and his longstanding commitment to protecting Tibetan people in dangerous times. This is a riveting study of one of Tibet’s major religious and diplomatic figure, his life, work, imprisonment, marriage and untimely death in highly suspicious circumstances, in the 20th century chaos and challenges of Tibet, a nation cruelly silenced and largely destroyed under Chinese occupation. Such an extensive study is timely, as we move into a new era of dialogue and talks. The skill, intelligence, strength, power and wisdom of Panchen Lama saved many lives, and helped create pathways for negotiation with Chinese leaders and authorities.
Download or read book A Poisoned Arrow written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Panchen Lama Lineage written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gelug Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra written by Dalai Lama and published by Shambhala. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahamudra, the great sealing nature, refers to systems of meditation on both the conventional and ultimate natures of the mind. These have been transmitted through the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Within the Gelug, Mahamudra teachings occur in a combined Gelug/Kagyu tradition exemplified in the First Panchen Lama's Root Text for the Precious Gelug/Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra. The work presented here contains two brilliant commentaries by the Dalai Lama. The first is a teaching based directly on the First Panchen Lama's root text. In the second, His Holiness bases his discussion on the First Panchen Lama's own commentary to this text. The book opens with an overview of Mahamudra by Alexander Berzin that discusses the relation of mind appearances and reality and offers practical techniques for overcoming problems of excessive worry, anxiety, and disturbing thoughts. This treasury of practical instruction contains extensive teachings on the nature of mind, the development of shamata, sutra and tantra levels of Mahamudra, and the compatibility of Dzogchen and Anuttarayoga Tantra.
Download or read book The Easy Path written by Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa and published by Wisdom Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Panchen Lama's Easy Path (de lam), written nearly four hundred years ago, is like a chest of jewels that has, until now, been locked to English speakers. This translation, with Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa's commentary, unlocks that chest and holds each jewel up to the sunlight to reveal its great beauty and value. A number of books in the past have explained how to meditate on the stages of the path, but Geshe Lobsang Jampa's volume is unique in showing the reader how to integrate visualizations from highest yoga tantra, guru yoga, and the instructions of the oral tradition within the contemplations of every single stage. From the initial meditations on the precariousness and immense value of human existence, through the contemplations of how we perpetuate the cycle of suffering, to the highest teachings on the practice of universal compassion and the empty nature of phenomena, The Easy Path leads practitioners step by step through the journey to enlightenment.
Download or read book Essence of the Ocean of Attainments written by Penpa Dorjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the creation stage of the Guhyasamaja. The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments (Dngos grub rgya mtsho’i snying po) is a commentary on the creation stage of the Guhyasamaja Tantra written by the illustrious Panchen Lama, Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662). The practice of Guhyasamaja, one of the earliest and most influential of the highest Tantras, along with its remarkable hermeneutic system, created a framework that was applied to other so-called unexcelled Tantras. Still very much a living tradition, in our time the Fourteenth Dalai Lama confers its empowerment every year. In this work, the Panchen Lama not only clarifies each step of the sadhana meditation ritual, but he also offers general insights into the practice and its workings. It is an Essence because it distills the much longer Ocean of Attainments commentary on the practice composed by Khedrup Jé (1385–1438), one of two key disciples of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism’s Geluk school. The Panchen Lama identifies core elements of sadhana and with unparalleled precision clarifies many seminal points. In her introduction, Yael Bentor surveys the creation stage of unexcelled Tantra as presented by the founding fathers of the Geluk school and unpacks the contents of The Essence of the Ocean of Attainments for readers. The translation features both explanatory annotations for practitioners and ample references for scholars.
Download or read book From Conflict to Conciliation written by Parshotam Mehra and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long and chequered annals of the land of the Lama, the twentieth century was a period of considerable turmoil. To start with, the maturity into adulthood of the 13th Dalai Lama (1895) was not a little unusual. Again, not unlike the Great Fifth, he too proved his mettle and survived both a British assault under Younghusband (1904) as well as that of China's Ch'ing rulers (1910-11). Sadly, his strongarm methods soon drove the 9th Panchen into exile - and the arms of the Guomindang regime. Their gap proved hard to bridge and the Lamas died (1933, 1937), virtually unreconciled. Unhappily for their land, the new incarnations too were ranged in opposite camps: the 14th DL, his own master; the 10th Panchen, Mao's protege and harbinger of Tibet's "liberation"(1951). Promises to the contrary notwithstanding, the DL soon discovered his autonomy to be a farce and in the wake of the March (1959) Rebellion fled. Even though the Lamas had inched closer, the Panchen who remained behind presently found himself out of step with his masters. And after a long saga of persecution died (1989), a much disillusioned man. Leaving behind a Dalai Lama in exile and the status of his own incarnation - actually there are two rival candidates - a little less than clear.
